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Elpical Claro 7 integrates image optimization into the page layout process for large and small
Monday 29. March 2010 - Major Upgrade of Claro Product Range Offers InDesign Integration and Further Enhanced Image Quality
Elpical Software, a growing provider of unique image optimization and workflow solutions for publishers and large enterprises, announces the 7th generation of its Claro range of automatic image enhancement solutions. Claro 7 is the result of substantial quality advances made to Elpicals Claro Individual Image Analysis technology; and market-demanded, deeper integration of image optimization in the page layout process.
Core Claro Technology Is At Foundation Of Market-centric Product Line
Elpical Claro has grown from a single product into a complete product range, addressing the needs of different target audiences.
Claro Layout is used by designers, agencies and other small workgroups that create image-heavy or large publications such as catalogs and annual reports. The Claro Layout plug-in optimizes the quality, crop and size of the image in one click of a button, within InDesign itself.
Claro Single gives printers and publishers true server solutions offering 100% hands-off image optimization. As an integration module, Claro Single is easy to plugin to automation solutions, such as Enfocus Switch or PuzzleFlow.
Claro Premedia goes beyond pure image enhancement in a complete, client-server based image optimization workflow combining productivity benefits of a server solution with the discerning visual capability of the human eye.
Claro Premedia 7: InDesign Integration And Advanced Workflow Enhancements
Claro Premedia 7 now features InDesign integration offering very similar functionality to Claro Layout. However, unlike Claro Layout, the image processing is done on the server side and is fully integrated within the Claro Premedia workflow. Publishers and large agencies can now set up their image enhancement from within InDesign. This optimizes the productivity and the use of resources throughout the organization.
Another major workflow enhancement is the customizable Scheduler. The Scheduler processes images in a specific way, depending on the time of day (or night that is). Using the Scheduler, images can be sent to the Claro Inspector for visual side-by-side inspection during the day, while at night they can follow a 100% automatic flow.
Claro 7 also adds gif and png to the possible output formats. By adding indexed colorspace options on the output side, Claro 7 offers improved capability when it comes to supporting popular eReader devices like the Kindle.
Significant Quality Advances To Claros Core Technology
Claro 7 utilizes improvements made in Claro Individual Image Analysis technology which result in a better defined spectrum of specific skin-tone treatments. Claro recognizes skin-tones and treats them differently than other objects in the image to achieve natural looking skin-tones.
This new version of Claro also features a faster and better noise filter. It even identifies and reduces jpeg artifacts.
Other quality improvements include high quality downsampling, reducing donwsampling artifacts and more control over color output by means of curves.
Pricing And Availability
The entire Claro 7 product range is immediately available. Pricing is as follows
Elpical Claro Layout 7: 799
Elpical Claro Single 7: 3500
Elpical Claro Premedia 7: 7000 (includes unlimited Claro Inspectors and 2 InDesign Job Clients.