New Adobe InDesign Plugin for Image Correction, Elpical Layout, Goes Into Final Beta Phase

Friday, September 11, 2009

CHICAGO, September 11, 2009 -- Elpical, the imaging development company whose image analysis technology is used by some of the largest, high volume production printers in the world, is showing the free beta version of its Claro Layout plugin for Adobe InDesign at PRINT 09. It is the first public showing of the application.

Elpical products are available in the Americas from Tools4Media. Elpical Layout automatically manages quality analysis and enhancement of pictures. Print, design and publishing professionals don’t need to "leave" the InDesign application while the Elpical Layout plug-in individually analyzes and enhances each image inside the InDesign file.

InDesign guru David Blatner (co-author of Real World InDesign and the co-host of indesignsecrets.com) is looking forward to testing Elpical Layout, noting that InDesign users have long wanted more automated and advanced image correction and enhancement. "Studies show that InDesign users are most efficient when they can stay inside their main program. If Elpical Layout lets us do high-quality global image correction without having to launch Photoshop, you'll have a lot of happy InDesign users out there," Blatner says.

Those interested in participating in the public beta testing phase for Elpical Layout should contact:

In the Americas: sales@tools4media.com, or +1 240 888 4880

In Europe and rest of world: info@elpical.com, or +31 (0) 313 633 156

About Elpical

Elpical Software, an international company with offices in The Netherlands and Germany, develops and markets software solutions for automating image production, manipulation, and optimization as well as image workflow processes in general, based on extensive image analysis technology.

Elpical, established in 1997 by a management buy-out of the Electronic Imaging department of Victor Hasselblad AB, is a leading specialist in digital image enhancement and management.

Elpical‘s key products include Claro Premedia, Claro Single, 4LeafClover and EmailManager.

Elpical is an ideal partner for software suppliers and integrators who want to integrate Elpical technology into their own applications, Elpical has concluded an OEM agreement with, among others, OCÉ© for the enhancement of embedded images inside PDF documents. More information on http://www.elpical.com

About Tools4Media

Tools4Media, Inc. provides products and services that help media publishers streamline their operations. Tools4Media is a distributor, value added reseller and agent of and for companies that provide tools that benefit publishers.

Tools4Media understands that the publishing landscape will continue to become more competitive, that publishers' workloads will continue to increase and that publishers will need to produce more content while fighting to keep advertising revenues from falling -- all with the same or fewer personnel.

We understand publishers need strategic partners that facilitate streamlining their operations through innovative products and services. For more information, please visit: http://www.tools4media.com or call +1 240 888 4880; e-mail: sales@tools4media.com.

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