With the much anticipated release of Adobe Creative Suite CS6 happening this year (confirmed first half of 2012), customers have been asking if they'll need to purchase upgrades for Art Files 2, SneakPeek Pro and SneakPeek. We're pleased to announce that we'll be offering free updates for CS6 support once it's released.

That means if you've been nervous about purchasing our software before CS6 comes out, you need not wait any longer. You'll be able to take advantage of our industry-standard software now for your current version of Adobe Creative Suite (currently through CS5.5) without having to upgrade again later this year.

Visit our website for more information.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Oct 06, 2011 (West Hills, California) - Code Line is pleased to announce the addition of Mary Schermerhorn, its new Sales Director. Mary brings to the company a wealth of experience in both the creative process and software sales. She is an expert in meeting the specific needs of creative professionals.

“I know our clients will be very happy to work with Mary. She’s really going to be their ‘go-to’ person in helping them determine what they need,” said Code Line President Matheau Dakoske. “As the demand for our products continue to grow, we know it’s important for our clients to have someone readily available to consult with whether they’re a small studio or a multinational corporation.”

With today's pressure for designers to be more creative and efficient, Code Line's products are more relevant than ever. The company expects that placing more emphasis on customer support will allow it to react quickly to the changing needs of designers as the industry evolves.

"Code Line represents the pinnacle of innovation, product development and customer support for professional designers,” says Schermerhorn. “It’s an honor to join a company with such vision and dedication. I look forward to continuing that tradition and expanding our market.” 

Mary Schermerhorn is based in Portland, OR.

Mary Schermerhorn
Sales Director
Phone: (818) 924-5008
Email: mary@code-line.com

--

Code Line develops software that improves the workflow of Creative Professionals. The company has spent the past decade innovating and refining industry-standard tools which include Art Directors Toolkit, Art Files, SneakPeek Pro for Mac, Color Expert for iPhone, and SneakPeek for iPhone/iPad. For more information, visit their website code-line.com.

Art Files 2 has powerful features that make collecting fonts and images for packaging and archiving your Adobe Illustrator documents faster and easier than ever. If you work with Adobe Illustrator and haven't had a chance to check it out, click here to download a free demo.

(download)

Click here to download:

Art_Files_2.mov (20.52 MB)

If you're already an Art Files user, and haven't yet upgraded to version 2, take a look at what you're missing:

1. Compatible with Adobe Illustrator CS5 and CS5.1 (part of Creative Suite 5.5)
   Version 2 collects documents from Illustrator 8 all the way through 15.1.
2. Quick Look Integration
   Cover Flow and Quick Look previews make it even easier to visualize your artwork.
3. Spotlight Enabled
   Broken links are no longer a problem. Just click "Locate" and watch Art Files find missing images for you, automatically.

It's easy to demo Art Files 2 and purchase a license. Demos are fully functional and licenses are sent via email immediately upon purchase. Just follow these steps:

1. Download Art Files 2 and drag it into your Applications folder
   If you're already using Art Files 1, don't worry about replacing your current version. You can always download it again from here.
2. Run the demo and check out its new features
   It's a fully featured demo until it expires, so you can see it in action on your artwork. Check out the video in this post to see how it can help you collect your digital artwork.
3. Select "License…" from the "Art Files" menu
   From there you can purchase a license from our online store. If you have an Art Files 1 license installed on your machine, it'll provide you with a one-click upgrade button that enters the previous serial number for you on our online store. Licenses are sent via email immediately upon purchase.

For more information about Art Files 2, or any of our other products including Art Directors Toolkit 5, Color Expert and SneakPeek Pro, visit our website at code-line.com.

SneakPeek Pro and SneakPeek Photo are Quick Look plugins for the Mac.

SneakPeek Pro allows you to preview graphic design files from within any application that supports Quick Look. That means you can preview the contents of an Illustrator file someone just emailed you without ever having to leave Mail. And Pro goes beyond just displaying previews. It also lets you know what fonts, images and swatches were used in many file types. SneakPeek Pro supports Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, Adobe Swatch Exchange, EPS and Freehand MX files.

SneakPeek Photo is the Quick Look plugin for digital photography. Photo's previews don't just show you previews of image files. It digs deep to display the digital photograph's metadata, histogram, camera settings and more. No longer do you have to open a JPG for PSD file in a photog app to find out what f-stop you used on a particular shot. Just pop open a Quick Look preview window and the information is presented neatly along with the photo.

Lion Compatible
Our SneakPeek line for Mac has been updated for Lion. That means both SneakPeek Pro and SneakPeek Photo are working just fine under Mac OS X 10.7. But unlike Snow Leopard, Lion introduced some changes to Quick Look. We, in turn, updated our SneakPeeks.

Grey is the New Black
First off, we updated our skins to match the new Lion Quick Look. I actually like the way this worked out. The original Quick Look’s black always seemed a little harsh to me. In either case, whether your preview windows are black or grey, SneakPeeks know which outfit to wear.

Quit Mousing Around
Lion’s Quick Look no longer responds to mouse moves and hovers. That means you’ll need to do some clicking and dragging to recreate some of the old functions, like view metadata in Photo and using the updated Loupe in Pro. But rapid clicks can lead to accidentally “opening” the preview document, so hold down “Command” (⌘) to avoid that.

Free Update
Version 1.6 of SneakPeek Pro and 1.1 of SneakPeek Photo are free updates for current users. These versions are recommended for Mac users with Leopard, Snow Leopard and Lion.

For more information, to download a demo, or to purchase our SneakPeek line of Quick Look plugins, visit our website at code-line.com.

Welcome to Code Line's new blog. It's a lot like our old blog, but we felt like it was time to make some changes. Put a fresh face on things. And let you know we're working everyday to write software that helps make designers' lives a little better.

So stay tuned. Subscribe to our Feed, follow us on Twitter and like us on Facebook. We promise to find ways to help you love your job more than ever.

Welcome, Creative Professionals. You'll be hearing from us!