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Title: Dynagram inPO2 Free with Pistop Upgrade
Post by: Slappy on March 06, 2013, 08:16:48 PM
Interesting, when you get a Pistop Upgrade, they throw in a license for Dynagram's inPO2 (http://www.distributorx.com/prod_eu/us/DXC32511?-session=DX_Login:4A6B4A2D077f9051D6YGu2919039) too. Both are things I've been trying to get lately, can I be this lucky??
Title: Re: Dynagram inPO2 Free with Pistop Upgrade
Post by: Joe on March 06, 2013, 09:11:54 PM
Good luck, inPO2 is a great product. I did some testing on it for them a while back. It didn't really fit into a Prinergy workflow but for anyone using a workflow without an integrated imposition it works great!
Title: Re: Dynagram inPO2 Free with Pistop Upgrade
Post by: frailer on March 06, 2013, 11:33:52 PM
What's the catch?  Just kidding.
Yep, that would be great, as joe says, for anyone outside the biggies. I would weep to have to go back to non-integrated impo, but there must be plenty of places that could use that. Good info.
Title: Re: Dynagram inPO2 Free with Pistop Upgrade
Post by: Joe on March 06, 2013, 11:53:27 PM
Quote from: frailer on March 06, 2013, 11:33:52 PMWhat's the catch?  Just kidding.
Yep, that would be great, as joe says, for anyone outside the biggies. I would weep to have to go back to non-integrated impo, but there must be plenty of places that could use that. Good info.

Not to confuse inPO2 with Dynastrip  ( :puke: ) , inPO2 is a plugin for Acrobat and not a stand alone app.
Title: Re: Dynagram inPO2 Free with Pistop Upgrade
Post by: Slappy on March 07, 2013, 01:15:39 PM
I was wondering if we can "stack" the offer for the Buy One Get One deal Matt posted a while back, but that'd be hoping for too much now, right? Hell, even if we update our one license of Pitstop and inpO2 turn outs to not be all that great, at least we didn't shell out the $800 or whatever for it. I don't think it'll be that useful unless we moved all the way up to something like the Enfocus Switch setup for automation, but I think I'll Dl the inpO2 demo and at least see how it'll work.
Title: Re: Dynagram inPO2 Free with Pistop Upgrade
Post by: frailer on March 07, 2013, 03:36:14 PM
Quote from: Joe on March 06, 2013, 11:53:27 PM
Quote from: frailer on March 06, 2013, 11:33:52 PMWhat's the catch?  Just kidding.
Yep, that would be great, as joe says, for anyone outside the biggies. I would weep to have to go back to non-integrated impo, but there must be plenty of places that could use that. Good info.

Not to confuse inPO2 with Dynastrip  ( :puke: ) , inPO2 is a plugin for Acrobat and not a stand alone app.

DynaStrip was a 'love it to hate it' app. I just think there was a masochistic sense of achievement once you'd (half) tamed it.    :laugh:
Title: Re: Dynagram inPO2 Free with Pistop Upgrade
Post by: Joe on March 07, 2013, 07:10:40 PM
Quote from: frailer on March 07, 2013, 03:36:14 PM
Quote from: Joe on March 06, 2013, 11:53:27 PM
Quote from: frailer on March 06, 2013, 11:33:52 PMWhat's the catch?  Just kidding.
Yep, that would be great, as joe says, for anyone outside the biggies. I would weep to have to go back to non-integrated impo, but there must be plenty of places that could use that. Good info.

Not to confuse inPO2 with Dynastrip  ( :puke: ) , inPO2 is a plugin for Acrobat and not a stand alone app.

DynaStrip was a 'love it to hate it' app. I just think there was a masochistic sense of achievement once you'd (half) tamed it.    :laugh:

I don't know. I never got that far before :shoots_self: . :laugh:
Title: Re: Dynagram inPO2 Free with Pistop Upgrade
Post by: Slappy on March 12, 2013, 04:16:40 PM
I can NOT get this demo to install. Or rather, it installs but keeps looking for a software license or physical hasp. Their support gave me one suggestion in the Prefs to try and circumvent it, but I've uninstalled & re-installed twice, in both Acrobat X & Ver9 and it just won't let me use it.  :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Dynagram inPO2 Free with Pistop Upgrade
Post by: Joe on March 12, 2013, 04:43:10 PM
They gave me a temp license number while I was testing it. Ask support if they can do the same for you.
Title: Re: Dynagram inPO2 Free with Pistop Upgrade
Post by: Slappy on March 12, 2013, 08:39:25 PM
Cool, I'll do that tomorrow if they haven't already sent one. Thanks!
Title: Re: Dynagram inPO2 Free with Pistop Upgrade
Post by: Slappy on March 13, 2013, 02:01:04 PM
Annnnnnnd - they just sent me a quote, for a  30-day trial. $150. WTF? I'm not pursuing this any longer, the "deal" is for inpO2 Wizard, so I don't even know that the demo would show me what we'd get anyway. If we upgrade Pitstop & this shows up as part of the deal, fine. Ridiculous.  :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Dynagram inPO2 Free with Pistop Upgrade
Post by: Joe on March 13, 2013, 02:41:04 PM
 :wtf:

That is insane!
Title: Re: Dynagram inPO2 Free with Pistop Upgrade
Post by: Farabomb on March 13, 2013, 02:46:49 PM
Charging for a trial? that's a little insane. You can try it and find out it doesn't work for you and you're still out $150?
Title: Re: Dynagram inPO2 Free with Pistop Upgrade
Post by: t-pat on March 13, 2013, 03:08:15 PM
uhh yeah, no thanks, I'll go get an unlimited free trial off TPB or something.

edited for quick fixin of that noise.
Title: Re: Dynagram inPO2 Free with Pistop Upgrade
Post by: AlexH on March 13, 2013, 03:13:06 PM
There seems to be some mistake here. Enfocus and Dynagram are not charging for the trial. Please contact me and I will make sure you get a free trial of this software so you can evaluate it freely! alexh@enfocus.com
Title: Re: Dynagram inPO2 Free with Pistop Upgrade
Post by: Slappy on March 13, 2013, 04:11:36 PM
Thanks Alex, I've sent them an email to clarify but I'll be in touch if they can't be more clear.
Title: Re: Dynagram inPO2 Free with Pistop Upgrade
Post by: Grimace on April 03, 2013, 10:21:48 AM
Quote from: Slappy on March 13, 2013, 04:11:36 PMThanks Alex, I've sent them an email to clarify but I'll be in touch if they can't be more clear.

Slappy, did you ever get the demo to work for inPO2 ? If so, what do you think?
Title: Re: Dynagram inPO2 Free with Pistop Upgrade
Post by: Slappy on April 04, 2013, 12:35:20 PM
I did, had a 15 Day demo that was pretty horribly crippled as far as feature use & exporting finished, imposed files. It's the most low-level version of software they offer, the inPO2 Basic I believe it's called and it seems like as much work to use that as to manually impose things through InDesign. Without some kind of Hot Folder integration or Automation functions, I don't know that I'd see much use for this flavor. I know they have more robust add-ons and things, I just get the feeling we're not ready to spend any serious money on what the Mgmt here doesn't see as a problem. Yet.
Title: Re: Dynagram inPO2 Free with Pistop Upgrade
Post by: Grimace on April 04, 2013, 01:10:38 PM
hmmmm bummer. I may still pull the trigger still.
Title: Re: Dynagram inPO2 Free with Pistop Upgrade
Post by: Slappy on April 04, 2013, 01:25:21 PM
If you're getting it bundled with the Pitstop upgrade & it's Free - nothing lost. Just not sure how much value the Basic version holds as a standalone purchase.