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Contents

About CDG

Database Functions

Colour Correction

Working With Clipping Paths

Working With Layout

File Handling & File Output

VAM & The Internet

Digitizing Images

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CDG: Who are we?

CDG designs and develops software and complete system solutions for Image Processing, Colour management, databases and client/server environments.

Our aim is to supply a solution of a device-independent pictures stored in a versatile digital format that provides users with the opportunity to put them to an almost limitless number of uses.

CDG has supplied complete system solutions to a large number of graphic design and publishing companies - solutions that have resulted in appreciable savings in both time and money.

In the following presentation we want to tell you about the VAM - Visual Asset Management system.

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Digitizing Database Colour Corr. Layout File output VAMAbout CDG

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Digitizing images: The CDG Solution

Digitizing

Capture the digital original once –use for any output

Any input ... … Any output! The CDG Idea

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Digitizing images: where do the images come from?

Any input ...

Wire image

Digital camera

Photo CD

Scanner

Any image file

VAM Database

Digitizing

Click the images for further information

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Database functions: how does it work?

Database

VAM Database Server ImpressServer

VAM Workstation /Image Workflow Manager

Original Image Output

Click the images for further information

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Database functions: how does it work?

Database

VAM Workstation

Server Web ServerClient

OPI & AppleShareControlling spooling functions

VAM Database

FileGrabberAutomatically updates database

DatabaseObject Oriented Database Server

ImpressServerSeparating Digital Originals to output files

• Colour Correction on low resolution level

• Drag & Drop to layout programs

• Creation of Clipping Paths on low resolution level

The Internet extension

• Drag & Drop directly from browser to layout

• Ordering images with VAM Database

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Database functions: Powerful and fast search tools

Database

Click here for further information

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Colour Correction: Manipulate Colour information

Adjusting Levels

Defining Curves

Colour Balance

Selective Colour

Saturation

Duotone

Target Media

Colour C.

Click text boxes for further information

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Colour Correction: Target Media

Colour C.

Here you choose the output, ICC profile, the resolution and sharpness. The end user does not have to think about DPI or the like.

Click to return to main Colour correction page.

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Colour Correction: Adjusting levels

Colour C.

Here you set and adjust your highlight, shadow, and midtones.

Click to return to main Colour correction page.

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Colour Correction: Defining curves

Colour C.

By using this button the tone curve of the images can be adjusted.

Click to return to main Colour correction page.

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Colour Correction: Colour Balance

Colour C.

Here you adjust the Colour and the grey balance.

Click to return to main Colour correction page.

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Colour Correction: Selective Colour

Colour C.

This is a powerful tool where you can adjust specified Colours.

Click to return to main Colour correction page.

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Colour Correction: Saturation

Colour C.

Gives you the possibility to add more Colour to your images.

Click to return to main Colour correction page.

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Colour Correction: Duotone

Colour C.

By using this icon you have access to making simple duotones in four Colours (CMYK).

Click to return to main Colour correction page.

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Colour Correction: Display your corrections

Colour C.

Click here for further information

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Creating Clippaths: Create and store Bezier curves

Clippaths

Click here for further information

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Creating Clippaths: The VAM Plug-in working for you

Clippaths

Click here for further information

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Creating Clippaths: Simply name and store

Clippaths

Click here for further information

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Creating Clippaths: Display the clippath

Clippaths

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Working with layout: Drag & Drop to layout program

Layout

Click here for further information

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Working with layout: Preparing for printing

Layout

Click here for further information

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Working with layout: Processing the high-res files

Layout

Click here for further information

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File Output: Defining the Target Media

Choose Colour space Define sharpening options

File Output

Choose file formatClick text boxes for further information

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File Output: Which image media are used?

… any output!

CMYK separations

Computer to plate

New original, eg. Dia (4x5”)

Poster Plotter

Other digital image files

VAM Database

File Output

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VAM Database: Getting access through the Internet

Planet

Any input ... … any output!

Click here for further information

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VAM Database: Search VAM Database at host server

Planet

Any input ... … any output!

Click here for further information

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VAM Database: Display different corrections online

Colour Corrections

Clippaths

Planet

Click here for further information

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VAM Database: Ordering images with VAM Database

Planet

Click here for further information

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VAM Database: Receiving images with VAM Database!

Planet

Click here for further information

Any input ... … any output! The CDG Idea

The VAM Database from Kodak is the solution you have been looking for.

Never again will you have to rescan an image to adjust the final Colour, never again will you find yourself having to redo clippaths on an image that has been Colour adjusted and scaled to re-size.

Never again will you have to hunt for missing elements of a page layout file. Never again will you be faced with an incorrect version of the corrected image.

On top of that you are now able to use the World Wide Web for displaying images, for creating page layout, for ordering files for multi purposes, and for creating a perfect layout.

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Thank you for looking through our CDG VAM Database presentation which you are also able to download from our homepage as a Powerpoint Presentation file (5.5 MB) by choosing the icon to the right.

If you have any questions regarding our products or services please do not hesitate to contact CDG at:

Phone: 0117 963 6316Fax: 0117 963 6206e-mail: info@cursor.com

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