Handheld scanners
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Handheld scanners have become more sophisticated. A gray-scale scanner is sufficient for digitizing photographs in image data bases. Color scanners work for on-screen presentations. Both kinds can serve as 'for position only' holders for illustrations for high-end publishing operations. They are not appropriate for users who want production-quality scans. NCL's ClearScan Color, $795 for the Macintosh and IBM PC, scans 256 colors at a single pass. The software permits color correction. The image must be less than 2.5 inches across, but several images can be pasted together. Hico's A4 Color Scanning System, $699 for the IBM PC, permits the user to change the color of a scanned image. Sharp JX-100, $995 for the Macintosh and IBM PC, functions like a miniature flatbed scanner. It sits on top of the image and takes three passes, scanning more evenly than the human hand can. Its images contain 262,144 colors. The JX-100 produces the best results for a thousand dollars, but it is not easy to use. Niscan/GS, $369 for the IBM PC, is a true gray-scale scanner that registers 62 levels of gray at resolutions up to 400 dots per inch. Any of these scanners can fill a user's needs provided production-quality grays and color are not required.
Publication Name: Publish
Subject: Publishing industry
ISSN: 0897-6007
Year: 1990
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Desktop photo lab
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Silicon Beach Software Inc.'s $395 Digital Darkroom performs darkroom techniques, such as photo retouching, correcting imperfections in gray-scale images and even altering elements within an image. Users can add or equalize contrast, as well as produce negatives. A de-speckling tool helps avoid streaking and spotting. Images can be softened, sharpened, or imported from file formats including PICT, Macpaint, and others. Pixels can even be added for density. Besides being able to produce 256 shades of gray, Digital Darkroom has a Magic Wand feature that selects objects with contiguous gray values automatically. A tracing and smoothing function and two methods for producing halftones at different resolutions add to the list of features. Digital Darkroom requires as much as 3 megabytes of RAM, but overall it is an exceptional product.
Publication Name: Publish
Subject: Publishing industry
ISSN: 0897-6007
Year: 1989
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Flashy photo-graphics
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Photomac, from Avalon Development Group, is a color manipulation program dedicated to photographs that gives users everything they need to create interesting art from photos. The program is designed for use on the Macintosh and works with color as well as gray-scale images. Photomac offers 24 bits per pixel and through the Adaptive Color Display system works with a standard Mac II 8-bit board. Requirements include a Macintosh II, 2Mbytes RAM, 40Mbyte hard disk, 8-bit video card, and System 6.0.2 or later version. List price is $695.
Publication Name: Publish
Subject: Publishing industry
ISSN: 0897-6007
Year: 1989
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