ITALIAN DIGITAL TEXTILE INDUSTRY | SOFTWARE
Plug-in software and... Plug-in software solutions were among the first to be developed by software houses for the textile market and were primarily intended to satisfy the requirements of designers. This software was designed to make the most of the engines of the main standard graphics applications for photo editing and vector design (Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, FreeHand or CorelDraw), using, however, a series of function palettes dedicated to the development of specific graphics applications. The main advantage of using plug-ins is clear: first of all there is no need to purchase brand new software, thus saving money and reducing implementation risks, and there is no need for specific training. Moreover,
plug-ins can considerably increase the speed of editing files and the images of samples of fabric to be printed. The textile world has a wide variety of plug-ins to choose from, which all designers can use “without hassle”. We are talking about small software packages that can add new palettes to the already excellent image processing capabilities of your graphics suite, such as colour libraries for different optimised shading options that can be personalised through spectrophotometric analysis of the fabric, colour-matching and soft-proofing tools, or even weft / warp and yield / size simulation palettes. This translates into significant savings in time and money, right from the design phase of the work.
Above, the preview window of RIP software Ergosoft TexPrint showing the various editing tools for digital textile applications || Below, DUAsoft Ramsete III’s colour libraries for image colour variations
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