Imaging tools and OCR S. Jayashree Information Centre for Aerospace Science and Technology National Aeronautics Laborato
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
Imaging tools and OCR S. Jayashree Information Centre for Aerospace Science and Technology National Aeronautics Laborato
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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
