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PF INDUSTRY SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS www.images-magazine.com 74 images AUGUST 2020 CadLink Technology: Gateway RIP CadLink Technology has joined forces with Custom Gateway to create a cloud-based, RIP ecommerce solution for online retailers. Gateway RIP offers an automated raster image processing solution integrated within a complete ecommerce-based digital print ordering and fulfillment service, explains CadLink. The company comments: “It enables rapid, scalable deployment of a complete colour management, production workflow solution for digital print providers, which offer wide-format, print/cut and specialty personalisation/customisation print services. “The cloud-based approach provides a completely automated print workflow solution, which requires little to no ongoing management and maintenance overheads once deployed.” Hoops: Job management and workflow software Hoops software automates and streamlines job management and workflow, providing decorated product businesses with a platform that undertakes the everyday tasks and processes — all in one simple and easy-to-use cloud-based application, explains the company. Designed for screen printing, embroidery and promotional product companies, the software is said to provide users with an easier and faster way to communicate with their internal team, customers and vendors. It also enables users to create quotes, get proofs approved online and generate purchase orders, and has integrations with Quickbooks and Xero. Hoops is currently offering a free trial period for customers. Gateway RIP offers a cloud-based, automated print workflow solution CorelDraw Graphics Suite 2020 is available for Windows and macOS Hoops enables users to communicate with their internal team, customers and vendors Scott Fresener: Online T-shirt printing masterclasses Scott Fresener offers online masterclasses for T-Shirt printers, including courses such as High-End Colour Separations with Adobe Photoshop, T-Shirt Graphics with Adobe Illustrator and T-Shirt Screen Printing. The High-End Colour Separations with Adobe Photoshop course offers 11 hours of training including complete Adobe Photoshop training, 68 videos and sample work files, as well as personal separation evaluation and critique from the company. Scott Fresener’s T-Shirt Graphics with Adobe Illustrator course includes 27 videos, providing 4.5 hours of training from basic to intermediate level on colour separation. The T-Shirt Screen Printing course offers 15 hours of training from basic to advanced level, with 44 videos and a 200-page manual provided. Users are able to learn at their own pace, track and review their progress, with the course available online for up to two years. All manuals and class materials can be downloaded, and users receive a certificate of completion when they finish the course. Users can track and review their progress throughout the online masterclass CorelDraw: CorelDraw Graphics Suite 2020 CorelDraw Graphics Suite 2020 provides garment and textile decorators with a cloud-based, design collaboration platform to help speed up the creative workflow. Available for Windows and macOS, the updated CorelDraw Graphics Suite 2020 offers a collection of applications for vector illustration, layout and typography, photo editing and much more. Decorators can also use the CorelDraw.app to work with design files virtually anywhere and, for the first time, they can use the app’s new collaboration features to simplify the entire review and approval process.