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Imaging tools and OCR S. Jayashree Information Centre for Aerospace Science and Technology National Aeronautics Laboratory (NAL) Bangalore - 560 017 (E-Mail:jay@css.cmmacs.ernet.in Imaging: Adobe Photoshop Product of Adobe Latest version is Photsoshop 5.5
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Imaging tools and OCR S. Jayashree Information Centre for Aerospace Science and Technology National Aeronautics Laboratory (NAL)Bangalore - 560 017 (E-Mail:jay@css.cmmacs.ernet.in
Imaging: Adobe Photoshop • Product of Adobe • Latest version is Photsoshop 5.5 • Available for Win 95/98/NT and Mac (tryouts also) • Filesize - 74.1 MB (Evaluation copy) • price - US$649.00 Upgrade - US$199.00 IIRML P5
Features of Adobe Photoshop • File-format and Cross-platform Compatibility • Extensive filter collection • Advanced Postscript Support • Color support, Professional color separation & color correction tools • Transformations • User Interface • Painting and Selection Tools • Layers support & multiple undos IIRML P5
Online Tutorials • WDVL Website - • http://WDVL.internet.com/Authoring/Graphics/Tools/Photoshop/ • The University of New South Wales - • http://www.fbe.unsw.edu.au/Learning/Photoshop4/ • Downloadable Website(Evaluation copy) • Adobe site - http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/demodnld.html IIRML P5
Imaging: Paint Shop Pro 6 • Product of Jasc Software Company • Available for Win 95/98/NT (tryouts also) • Includes full copy of ‘Animation Shop 2’ for free. • File size - 14MB(Evaluation copy) • Price - $99 USD (The Neth), $109 USD(other) IIRML P5
Features of Paint Shop Pro 6 • Interface Highlights • Acquisition Tools • Creative Tools • Image Manipulation • Colour Adjustment • Layers and Masks • Output Tools • Deformations, Effects, and Filters IIRML P5
PSP: Online Tutorials • WDVL Website - • http://WDVL.internet.com/Authoring/Graphics/Tools/PSP/ • Downloadable Web sites… (Evaluation copy) • Jasc Software - www.jasc.com/psp6dl • Download.com - www.download.com/ • TUCOWS - www.tocows.com/ • Strouds - cws.internet.com/32image.html IIRML P5
PDF: Adobe Acrobat • Product of Adobe • Latest version is 4.0 • Available for Windows and Macintosh • Adobe Acrobat 4.0 includes – • Acrobat Software (Exchange), Acrobat Reader, • Acrobat Catalog, Acrobat Distiller, • Postscript printer drivers • Online User Guide • Price – US$249.00 IIRML P5
Features of Adobe Acrobat • Convert any document to PDF • Mark up and annotate PDF documents • Create PDF Web forms • Integrate PDF files with Web servers and e-mail • Do late-stage text and image editing on PDF files • Reuse text, graphics, and table data from PDF files • Retain and print sophisticated PostScript graphics • Indexing and Searching Document Collection IIRML P5
Advantages of PDF • Compact, Cross platform and fully searchable • Portable across diverse hardware and operating system • Links, annotations, live forms, security options, video, and sound can be added to PDF files • Allows ‘Page-at-a-time’ downloading • Supports multiple pages in a single file • PDF supports JPEG, CCITT Group 13, CCITT Group 4, ZIP, and LZW industry-standard compression filters. IIRML P5
OCR: TextBridge Pro • Product of Scansoft • New version is TextBridge Pro 9.0 • Available for Win 95/98/NT • Price - $99.95 IIRML P5
Features of TextBridge Pro 9.0 • Better Accuracy • OCR in colour • Enhanced Proofreading • Retains the page layout • Powerful table recognition • Supports 56 languages including multiple languages in a single file. • Turns paper in to formatted Web pages. IIRML P5