OMEGA 4.0 includes dozens of new features and
enhancements, as well as improvements to
many existing functions to offers more intuitive,
easier usage. This page is a summary of some
of the highlights offered in this latest release.
 

OMEGA 4.0 Overview

OMEGA 4.0 includes features to improve output
quality, save time preparing for and outputting to
various devices, and helps users optimize their
production with tools to automatically leverage
features that already exist.

While OMEGA 3.0 included scores of features to
improve the design process, OMEGA 4.0 is packed
with output features for vinyl cutting, routing, GERBER
EDGE® and EDGE FX™ thermal transfer Printing
and inkjet workflow/import/export improvements.

OMEGA 4.0 Overview video

EDGE FX Hi-Rez mode

• Improved edge quality of solid small text,
  vector text and solid objects.
• Small text and objects print more clearly.
• Smaller classical dot halftone sizes can
  be used for objects and images that
  would previously exhibit banding.
• Classical dot halftone banding is reduced
  by 4 times as compared to the standard
  EDGE FX 300 dpi print mode.
• Less halftone patterning is discernable with
  Gerber halftone types.
• Foil transfer is more consistent on certain
  hard-to print materials such as LexEDGE
  or 280 Reflective.

Faster Rendering of
AutoText, AutoNumber Repeats

Rendering in OMEGA is the time required to send
a job to the EDGE once the print button is pushed.
Rendering of label and decal jobs can be sub-
stantially faster with OMEGA 4.0.
 
15 to 40 times faster depending on the job.

Faster Rendering video

Much Easier Backcut Decals
(Crack and Peel)

GSPPlot now includes a single dialog box to
create backcut decals. Create backcut decals
from any print/cut job by using a weedborder
as the backcut data. Custom backcut data is
also much easier!

Backcut with Weedborder video
Custom Backcut video

ART Path Automatic Nesting

Save time and save material with new
Automatic Nesting available in ART Path.
 
Nested objects will not exceed your selected
Maximum Sheet Size. Choose the number
of nesting iterations and time. Choose higher
limits to potentially increase the time allowed
for the nesting, and to potentially increase
the nesting efficiency.

Automatic Nesting video

GERBER EDGE
Automatic Halftones

Automatic Halftones can be used with any
GERBER EDGE-series printer. The goal of this
feature is to provide tools to AUTOMATICALLY
minimize halftone banding while providing the
smallest possible dot at given output sizes.
 
GSPPlot setting automatically assigns different halftones to objects based upon: size, fill type,
solid or gradient, object type, vector, stroke or
image, and output DPI.

Automatic Halftones video

Import Improvements

Map RGB colors to EDGE spot colors
This feature converts colors from an original PDF,
EPS or AI file into GERBER EDGE® Spot colors.
Colors can be mapped to solid spot colors,
percentage tints of spot colors, or
GerberColor™ Spectratone™ colors.
 
Import text as text instead of objects
Importing of PDF, AI, and EPS now optionally
allows for importing of text if it is present in
the original file. SPELLChecker automatically
occurs during import to improve importing of
proper wording.

Import Improvements video

• Image Fill SLIDERS are back!
• Assign source profiles to multiple images.
• Better integration of Foil Adjust program (formerly called RegFixer)
• Select multiple options such as multiple spot colors from SELECT MENU functions.
• 999 Undos and Undo after saving.

Choke Spread and
Auto “Strokes for Chokes”

Choke Spread again allows the top color to be
selected. This allows darker colors to hide lighter
colors by dragging them to the top of the color list.
 
New Auto "Stokes for Chokes" automatically
adds strokes to all selected objects that are the
same color as the fill of the objects.  This tool
also automatically turns on OVERLAP for the
newly added strokes.

Choke and Strokes video

Plotter Smart Start

Smart Start Point is designed to minimize
the amount of plotter tool movement when
cutting jobs. This feature will move the start
point of each cut shape to be closest to the
end point of the shape that was just cut
previously. The order that the shapes are
cut does not change, and no points are
added or removed from any given shape.

Plotter Smart Start video