Digital Image File

Direct from Digital Camera

This is the fastest method. Image file can be transferred to computer and dispatched immediately, which is a vital set up for photojournalism nowadays. For business catalogue which is confidential or Internet webpage, this is a simple and low cost arrangement. However, the image quality is not so good as traditional film.

Digital Image File

Scanned from traditional film

Tradition film with high quality film scanner will have the best quality, providing the color management and scanning control are good. Personal film scanner is good for urgent case or requiring a high level of adjustment to meet one's requirement.

Digital Imaging File

By Photo CD Scanning Service

PHOTO CD is the de facto standard. Each image file has five to six tiers (different resolution) and suitable for PC and MAC. It is good for image bank and high image quality output.

Image Editing

With suitable software

This is an individual choice. A number of software can be used to edit image and text with different specification.

Image output

Thermal Dye-Sub Printer

The thermal printer uses the same chemical dye as conventional photo paper. That is why thermal prints are so close to photo. But due to the change from chemical process to thermal printing, the wastage of dye is great making it a higher cost.

Image output

Color Inkjet

There have been great improvement. With high quality paper and the required technique, we can have good print simular to photo

Image output

Film Recorder

To output digital image file to conventional slide or negative is not commonly needed. For presentation with slide projector when high image quality is required, especially frames with image and words or company logo, this kind of slide is great. This kind of images will be difficult with conventional process. When we need to dispatch prints for promotion with quantity too few for off-set printing and too much for other digital output, the best and cost effective way is to transfer the digital image to a negative. With this negative, we can have projection prints from any D&P center.

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