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Article Abstract:

TX Unlimited produced the superb cover for Atari Games Corp's 1992 annual report. It features vehicles from Atari's most popular video games of the year. TX hired a model maker to make models of the vehicles, took photographs of them, then scanned the photos onto a background made with Adobe Photoshop. Unable to achieve the desired effect, the TX crew used Specular International's Infini-D 3-D modeling and rendering program to produce computer models on their Mac Quadra. The crew then rendered them at low resolution and exported them into Photoshop for composition and printed them on a Kodak XL 7700 dye-sublimation printer. Then the models were rendered at high resolution, producing much larger files. The Kodak Premier system was used to work with these large files, color correcting them and adding details. The Pixar image processing system was used for final composition and masking. To image the file, the crew used a Cymbolic Sciences International Fire 1000 film recorder driven by an Everex Step 386/25 PC.

Manufacturing industries, not elsewhere classified, Photofinishing laboratories, Computer programming services, Usage, Services, Reports, Word processing software, Computer graphics, Applications, Case Study, Atari Games Corp., TX Unlimited Inc.

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How can service bureaus survive?

Article Abstract:

Service bureaus have long been an indispensable resource for publishers, but their business may be jeopardized by printers as the age of technology moves forward. Eight electronic publishing professionals discussed the direction they see printers and service bureaus moving towards in the future and predicted their success. James Lynch, an imaging operations director at the Axiom Designs System service bureau, believes that service bureaus are in trouble because the printer and the pre-press house are catching up with service bureau technology in terms of digital files and color output. He also believes the service bureaus that will survive will be small or medium sized businesses with an extremely intelligent staff and excellent sales, marketing and customer service. Stewart Whitman, technology assessment director at Printing Industries of New England, believes that printers will prevail, offering capital where service bureaus offer flexibility.

PRINTING AND PUBLISHING, Forecasts and trends, Industry trend, Panel Discussion, Printing industry

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Editors forum

Article Abstract:

The slow growth of desktop publishing in Japan is mainly attributed to the unavailability of Japanese PostScript fonts. While Adobe is planning to release three by the end of 1990, only two fonts are currently on the market. The consensus among Japanese publishers is that at least 50 would be required for an adequate type library because of the 3,000 to 12,000 characters in the written language and the work required to produce them in a digital form. Electronic publishing in Japan initially centered on dedicated systems with proprietary fonts, but as processor speeds increase and Japanese language word processing programs move into the office environment, sales of desktop publishing systems are likely to gain a larger share of the market and the initial slow inroads made by desktop publishing in Japan will soon be reversed.

Japan, Desktop publishing software, Growth (Physiology), Computer fonts, editorial, Growth, Supply, Font Package, DTP Software, Page Description Language

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