ColorMan is a plugin / XTension for InDesign and QuarkXPress which provides both a more rational production and an easier wayto improve the quality of printed images.

Easier flow of production:
When an image is dragged from FotoStation onto an image frame on a page it adjusts to the predefined size of the image frame in the page layout. Alternatively you can drag the image onto the page and it is pasted in the size defined in FotoStation. Caption added in FotoStation comes on the page in a text frame with the correct typography. Byline can be picked up from the photographer field in FotoStation. 

The image is dragged from FotoStation into InDesign or QuarkXPress directly from the archive or from the desk-folder. After the document has been finalized with the correct cropping and scaling of the images, press “Process” and a copy of the image is converted to CMYK or grayscale, given the right file size and electronically sharpened. The original image file stays as a RGB/JPEG in the archive or desk-folder.

The shortest way from archive to print:
An image archive based on Index Manager and FotoStation will be fully integrated in the production. Search and find the image in FotoStation and drag it onto the page. An archived image is just as easily available as the images in the desk-folders.

Easy to redo layout shortly before deadline:
When news stories are toned up or down as the news headlines change shortly before deadline , it can be time consuming to redo cropping, scaling and sharpening of images. Often you are left with scaling in the layout software, with poor quality as result. With ColorMan you can perform all these processes within seconds directly before the page is sent and without damaging the quality.

Colorman is a product from LaidbackSolutions.
Contact us for more information.