of late , I ’ve been talking about tot productivity to your workflow , via plug - Hoosier State for InDesign , action and styles for Photoshop and graphical styles for Illustrator , but we seldom conceive of products that have nothing to do with the creative software we use on a daily basis .
Today I have a two such product to talk about — iClip and CubeDoor — that can help oneself not only hike up your productivity , but your creative “ space ” as well .
iClip 4
Enter Inventive’siClip , a multiple - clipboard and scrapbook usefulness for Mac OS X. iClip allows you to re-create and store multiple item ( text , objects , persona and more ) by the standard Copy menu token ( Command - C ) or by plainly dragging the files into iClip ’s bins . you may then enter them into your documents via the Paste command ( Command - V ) or clicking the Unload push in iClip .
iClip fall because it provide you to store your snip into radical , which remain stored , even after you reset your Mac . It also lets you customize keyboard commands for every iClip action and automatically show or hide out the iClip bin on three unlike sides of the blind .
I ca n’t secern you how utile iClip is in an everyday workflow . Not only will you find yourself using it for your design work , but if you use it for a while you ’ll find that it ’s a heavy addition for Web surfing and email as well . I often find myself having to copy an image off of each page in a multi - page InDesign document to place in another papers . Rather than slew and pasting one at a time ( since you’re able to only copy objects from an active page in most varlet layout apps that I get it on of ) , or moving them all to one varlet and then copying them , I can perform these actions more of course with iClip ’s “ replicate now , paste after ” workflow .
And , on top of it all , I have to say that iClip the best - looking service program for OS X that I have come across in a long time .
iClip 4 is a Universal Binary app and will only set you back a measly $ 29 . Give the demo a twist ; I ’m sure it wo n’t take long for you to realize how utile it is .
If your needs are childlike and the $ 29 is a footling more than you ’re willing to spend , how aboutfree ? delay outiClip Lite , a free Dashboard Widget that offers some of the same features as its boastful brother .
CubeDoor
Everyone has their own way they like to decorate their surround when working , specially when you sit down in a kiosk for an representation or invention firm . But working in a cubicle sometimes tender fiddling or no privacy . For as little as $ 29 you’re able to change that with CubeSmart’sCubeDoor . CubeDoors are retractable textile doors that you install on your cube bulwark . They provide a prompt and easy way to boost your productiveness and give you a little concealment for phone calls and the same .
To give you an estimation of what it is , take a look at thisFlash animationcreated by the company . An agency I function for class ago had a giant cube island with walls that expire about eight feet up , but had no doors . Personally , I hated it when people stood just outside my block looking over my shoulder at what I was working on ! Most of us ended up hanging inglorious shower bath curtains across the opening for privacy . The CubeDoor would have been a much more elegant solution .
