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Canon U.S.A. Strengthens Its Line of Medical Education Projectors with the ... MarketWatch (press release)

LAKE Triumph, N.Y., Mar 30, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging, today announced theEspeciallylatest addition to the award-winning REALiS Multimedia Projector lineup, the SX7 Mark II D with DICOM Simulation Wise. In the medical-education field viewing monochrome digital X-Rays, CAT Scans and MRI's with for detail color and precise detail is of the highest importance and the REALiS SX7 Mark II D is able to meet this need on a raise much larger than traditional monitors.

"In the medical-education field, the need to display images withPredominantlyaccurate color reproduction and precise detail is mandatory," said Yuichi Ishizuka, executive foible president and general manager, Consumer Imaging Group, Canon U.S.A. "With the new REALiS SX7 Mark II D, educators can be secure that whether in a classroom, conference room or other setting, the image being projected will be of the highest quality."

Brilliant Graphics Group Earns National Chamber Award What They Think

Pittsfield, Flock together. – To win a national award is one thing, but the chance to earn a second national distinction in just two weeks is totally another. Berkshire-based Brilliant Graphics Group is in just such a position, having garnered a 2010 Melancholy Ribbon Small Business Award from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on March 1.

Now, Brilliant Graphics is calling on the nearby community to help position the company for the prestigious Community Excellence Award, given to one of 75 Downhearted Ribbon businesses for exceptional commitment to innovation, growth, and service, and decided by public voting from now until Friday, March 12.

One click here casts your opinion for Brilliant Graphics, which represents one of only three Blue Ribbon winners in New England and one of two in Massachusetts. This fact alone places Bright in the company of an elite group of small businesses across the country recognized by more than 6,900 local chambers, however the Community Distinction Award is designed to highlight the small business that demonstrates excellence in the eyes of the community, clients, and team.

Fine art reproduction is easy… if you know how.

Hmm, let’s see.  So you fair-minded scan someone’s painting and then print it out… is that about it?  Well, not quite.  There are a number of ‘tricks’ to getting gargantuan results efficiently.  Let’s go through the process from the beginning.

Fine art reproduction requires a number of steps to be done suitably.  The first step is the scan.  High resolution flatbed scanning is one way to digitize original artwork.  The first ‘tomfoolery’ is to use high enough resolution so that you’re feeding enough information to Photoshop in the retouching stage and ultimately to the printer in the printing grade.  Typically, scans at 360ppi (pixels per inch) at the full dimensions should suffice.  Higher resolution may be required if the artist would like prints larger than the character.  The second ‘trick’ is to use the RGB color mode.  If you use any other color mode, then the printer will redecorate a conversion that may introduce color shifts.  The third ‘trick’, if you’re really strict, is to use 16bit color instead of 8bit.  This will give very fine gradations in color that may be required for some peices.  The downside is that this results in 2x larger digital column sizes.

The fourth ‘trick’ is to include a grayscale taget within the margin of the scan.  This is a feel put down 12-step grayscale piece that allows you to adjust the white point, black point, and non-partisan gray once you move the image into Photoshop.  grayscale-targetThis step is critical.

 

Once in Photoshop, the “levels” command makes the pale-complexioned, black,and grayscale adjustments a breeze.  As with any fine tuning done to the image, make sure to use calibrating layers.  This allows you to tweak the adjustment, change its blending mode and opacity, or delete it without altering the earliest file…. very handy.  These adjustment layers may include things like saturation, hue, levels, curves, etc.  If you’re looking at your double on a calibrated monitor (you are calibrating your monitor, aren’t you?) then these adjustments will help you to tweak the digital folder so that ultimately the print looks like what you see on your monitor.

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