Agfa Introduces the New DuoScan HiD; The New Agfa DuoScan HiD - Designed for Professionals Produces High-Quality Images.Business/Technology Editors SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE0--Jan. 5, 2000--Agfa Corporation's Desktop Products Group (USA-DTP), a leading provider of award-winning digital cameras and desktop scanners, today introduced the DuoScan HiD - featuring an optical resolution of 1000 x 2000 dpi, 42-bit color depth Same as bit depth. , a dynamic range of 3.7D and Agfa's patented TwinPlate(TM) technology. Designed for professionals who need to capture great color detail within a wide density range, the DuoScan HiD is ideal for photographers, graphic illustrators, photo banks, museum archives, speciality publishers and commercial printers. With a true 14-bits-per-color depth and a wide dynamic range, the DuoScan HiD scanner captures a high level of image quality, especially in the darkest areas of negatives or positive slides where detail is difficult to capture. The DuoScan HiD also captures even the most difficult colors such as deep reds and blues with remarkable accuracy. "The new DuoScan HiD is a high-quality scanner - and by adding more internal color depth we have fulfilled yet another need for the consumers in our versatile DuoScan scanner line." said Christophe Fremont, Director, USA-DTP. Twin-Plate Technology The DuoScan HiD features Agfa's patented TwinPlate technology -- providing separate beds for scanning transparencies and reflective images to deliver the optimum results for each type of original. TwinPlate technology ensures better control over the optical path and results in very sharp scans and high color The ability to generate 32,768 colors (15 bits) or 65,536 colors (16-bit). 15-bit color uses five bits for each red, green and blue pixel. The 16th bit may be a color, such as XGA with 5-red, 6-green and 5-blue, or be an overlay bit that selects pixels to display over video input. See true color. quality, a significant advantage over competitive scanning systems. Agfa also designed glassless slide holders so the user can scan transparencies without any interference. By reducing the glass from the transparency scan, the user eliminates the potential for distortion caused by the glass itself - this results in sharper scans and more accurate color capture. Batch slide holders accommodate 35mm filmstrips, framed 35mm slides, 6 x 9-cm films and 4 x 5-inch film. A set of batch slide holders comes standard with every DuoScan HiD. Individual batch slide holders are also available as an option for greater productivity. FotoLook 3.5 Driver Software Agfa's new DuoScan includes the latest version of the FotoLook scanning software. FotoLook 3.5 includes innovative features such as improved USM USM abbr. 1. United States Mail 2. 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Other professional FotoLook tools include variable descreening for scanning halftone In printing, the simulation of a continuous-tone image (shaded drawing, photograph) with dots. All printing processes, except for Cycolor, print dots. In photographically generated halftones, a camera shoots the image through a halftone screen, creating smaller dots for lighter areas and images, gradation gradation: see ablaut. curves, and gamma and colorcast col·or·cast v. col·or·cast or col·or·cast·ed, col·or·cast·ing, col·or·casts v.tr. To broadcast (a television program) in color. v.intr. To televise a program in color. correction. FotoLook's interactive and production modes can be tailored to exact scanning needs. Interactive mode allows immediate adjustments to a preview scan for complete scanning control. The production mode is tailored to workflows where speed is essential. ColorTune Color Management Software Agfa also integrated color management into the FotoLook software. With reliable color profiles, users can view and provide accurate soft proofs in the FotoLook preview phase. ColorTune color management software allows users to create their own customised scanner profiles for complete color control throughout the imaging system. ColorTune features include: -- Editable output profiles -- Custom control for high-end operators -- All benefits of ICC-based color management systems -- Easy to use interface o Profile-based color transformation for fast RGB (Red Green Blue) The computer's native color space, which is the color system for capturing and displaying images. RGB was derived from our own perception of color because human eyes are sensitive to red, green and blue (see trichromaticity). to CMYK (Cyan Magenta Yellow blacK) The color space used for commercial printing and most color computer printers. In theory, cyan, magenta and yellow (CMY) can print all colors, but inks are not pure and black comes out muddy. Pricing and Availability The DuoScan HiD will be available in the U.S. in February, for the suggested price of $2,895. About Agfa Agfa Corporation is a subsidiary of the Agfa-Gevaert Group, one of the world's leading imaging companies, headquartered in Mortsel, Belgium. Agfa develops, produces and markets analog and digital systems, primarily for the graphics, medical and industrial radiography Radiography is the use of ionising electromagnetic radiation to view objects in a way that can't be seen otherwise. Radiography in general should not be confused with the use of ionizing radiation to change or modify objects; radiography's purpose is strictly for viewing. , and consumer imaging and photography markets. Agfa Corporation, headquartered in Ridgefield Park, NJ, employs 5,000 people. Worldwide, Agfa's annual sales are nearly $5 billion. EDITOR'S NOTE: Color images of Agfa desktop products are available for download from Agfa's press site on the World Wide Web at http://www.agfapress.com or by contacting Mandy Heikkila (of Agfa DTP See desktop publishing. DTP - desktop publishing ) at 978/658-5600, ext. 5651. Product and company information can be found on Agfa's home page on the World Wide Web at http://www.agfaus.com/dtp |
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