NearSolid in Pressgraph
Pressgraph, a reference magazine in printing and graphic arts, devoted six pages to NearSolid in its February issue.
I did not expect a specialist trade magazine to notice NearSolid that early.
Pressgraph, a well-known publication in printing, signage, and graphic arts, devoted six pages to the project in its February issue. What mattered was not only the space, but the angle: they understood that NearSolid is not about “doing 3D for the sake of it,” but about showing volume without forcing you out of your usual vector workflow.
That sums up the place the tool is trying to occupy.
NearSolid is not trying to become the shop’s full 3D software, nor the place where the most technical part of a complex project gets built. Its role is different: helping someone who already designs in vector check presence, thickness, scale, and spatial readability without turning every validation step into a small side project.
Seeing that idea understood so early outside my own circle was useful. When you are building alone, it is easy to think everything is still too green or that you are explaining the problem badly. A good external reading helps you see whether the proposal is landing or not.
The full feature is available as a PDF. If you come from the signage world, the NearSolid signage page gives the shorter product version.