Enfocus PitStop Extreme is a stand-alone high-efficiency PDF editor - built from the ground up to allow quick checking and correcting of the even most complex PDF files. Every function in Enfocus PitStop Extreme’s expansive toolkit is targeted for industry professionals working to a tight deadline. Need to change text (words, lines or paragraphs), edit or swap an image, alter page boxes, add or convert separations, or just move and resize elements on the page? Enfocus PitStop Extreme handles the lot - all within a clear, user-friendly interface. PitStop Extreme also incorporates Enfocus’ best-in-class preflighting engine and Certified PDF technology to prevent editing errors and safeguard the file.

PitStop Extreme is standards-compliant, including PDF/X and the Ghent PDF Workgroup specifications. Its familiar editing environment means a limited training requirement. And it operates in both Mac OS X (10.4 or 10.5) and Microsoft Windows (Windows XP and Vista) environments.

Availability

PitStop Extreme is immediately available in English, German, Spanish and Italian. Fully functional (time-limited trial versions of PitStop Extreme can be downloaded now from the Enfocus.co.uk website ( www.enfocus.co.uk ). PitStop Extreme is sold through an extensive distribution network and directly from the Enfocus website. To find a preferred reseller, go to the “Buy” section on the website.

Enfocus PitStop product family positioning

Enfocus offers both PitStop Professional and PitStop Extreme for PDF pre-flight and editing. PitStop Professional provides standard PDF editing functionality straight from within the familiar Adobe Acrobat user interface. PitStop Extreme on the other hand provides a standalone editor, built from the ground up to edit PDF files. This focus, and its powerful and clutter-free user interface make it the fastest PDF editor available.

Target market segments

PitStop Extreme is targeted towards those people in the professional publishing market who frequently need to edit PDF files. They often deal with more complex PDF files, or with tight deadlines to correct mistakes in PDF files.

PitStop Extreme is targeted to the following market segments: • Publishers • Printers • Prepress bureaus • Specific vertical markets such as Newspaper Printers • Packaging with typically high-volumes of PDF files with tight deadlines

Enfocus PitStop Extreme – product highlights

Optimized for efficiency
That means that every part of its interface has been fine-tuned towards PDF editing, which results in very fast turn-around times when corrections are needed. The user interface in PitStop Extreme has been carefully designed so that you’ll be able to run with it quickly and easily if you’re used to working in other design tools such as QuarkXPress or the Adobe Creative Suite applications.

Edit with confidence
PitStop Extreme is built using the proven Enfocus PDF editing engine, which ensures that only what you want to fix is changed in your PDF file. It also natively support Enfocus Certified PDF so that any change is documented and tracked and the PDF quality is safeguarded at any time by the Enfocus PDF preflight engine.

Expert tools are just a click away
PitStop Extreme provides advanced viewing modes and editing tools to tackle even the most complex jobs. Jobs you would be afraid to even open using other PDF editing tools can easily be fixed using PitStop Extreme.

The best of both worlds
PitStop Extreme has substantial advantages over Adobe Acrobat to edit PDF files, but if you are already viewing a certain file in Adobe Acrobat it might be more convenient to fix it up right there. If you buy a license for PitStop Extreme, you will also receive a license for PitStop Professional that you can use on the same system. If you decide to crossgrade from PitStop Professional 08 to PitStop Extreme 08, you will be able to continue to use your PitStop Professional license on the same system as PitStop Extreme. This gives you full flexibility to determine how you want to do your editing.

Enfocus PitStop Extreme - main features

Accurate viewing and high performance editing
PitStop Extreme provides true and uncompromising preview of any PDF file, exactly as it will be printed. To inspect the file in detail, use the unlimited zoom, fast switching to outline preview, viewing of separations, transparencies, overprints, total area coverage, etc…

Accurate measuring tools as well as an on-screen densitometer are available to quickly establish the dot percentages that will appear on plate. In PitStop Extreme, any object is easily accessible and editable. Its contents can be verified and modified in every possible way. Quickly change colors, add strokes, modify clip paths, fix page boxes, and as PitStop Extreme is fully PDF 1.7 compliant, work with layers or even modify shadows and transparencies.

When document-wide changes need to happen, build and execute standard Enfocus PitStop Action Lists to query and change the objects in the PDF file in any conceivable way.

Full text editor
PitStop Extreme has a full-fledged text editor on board, working right on your native PDF file. It not only gives access to characters, words or text lines, but even paragraphs are recognized on the fly. As such, it becomes a snap to edit your text with paragraph reflow or change the justification. It is even possible to link different text blocks on the page together and have text reflow correctly while editing!

Transform objects – Edit images
In PitStop Extreme, any object can be moved, scaled or rotated interactively or by numbers through the comprehensive transformation palette. By using the align tools, multiple objects can swiftly be aligned or distributed. PitStop Extreme also offers the capability of using an image editing application to edit your image content. Saving the image simply transfers the modifications straight back into the PDF document in PitStop Extreme. And if complete pictures need to be replaced, just select them in PitStop Extreme, point to the new image or image version on disk, and the image appears straight in the PDF file again, maintaining position, scaling and rotation.

Dealing with transparency
PitStop Extreme offers you complete flexibility when it comes to working with PDF files containing transparency. If you prefer to retain the transparency, you can edit the file without ever changing the transparency in the file. If you choose not to work with transparency, PitStop Extreme can easily and reliably flatten all transparent objects in the file.

Document resources
With PitStop Extreme, controlling your resources (separations, images and fonts) becomes easier than ever before. Add separations to your PDF document, convert separations to CMYK, or easily access images and fonts. Images can be converted using ICC profiles and even text content can be checked.

Preflight and Save as Certified PDF
After editing, PitStop Extreme saves the edits back to the PDF file, touching only the modified objects. As such, even non-printing objects like metadata are kept in the PDF file. Whilst saving, the operator can chose to preflight his file with an Enfocus PDF Profile, and even completely work within the Enfocus Certified PDF workflow. PitStop Extreme saves all modifications to a Certified PDF session in the PDF file, so they can always be tracked using the History palette in PitStop Extreme or within PitStop Professional.