HELIOS Software unveils HD-color at drupa 2008

Hannover, Germany, May 20, 2008 – HELIOS Software GmbH, a leading developer of cross-platform networking, PDF, and image server solutions for Mac, Windows, and web clients, will present its fully integrated HD color support at drupa 2008 at hall 9 booth #E23. The HELIOS UB+ software suite now offers full support for color spaces with a 16-bit color depth per channel, for TIFF, JPEG2000, Photoshop PSD, PDF, and PNG image formats. The larger color space allows preserving, throughout the prepress process, the high quality color in images generated by digital cameras, leading to a reduction of time and money for image re-purposing.

HD color features integrated within the HELIOS UB+ software suite are: 

• 16-bit/Channel color space support for TIFF, JPEG2000, Photoshop PSD, PDF, and PNG image formats to preserve the highest quality in images in the prepress and layout workflow.
  
• Complete ICC 4 color management including black point compensation offers highest quality color transformation for 8-bit and 16-bit per channel images.
  
• CMYK-to-CMYK color conversion utilizing DeviceLink profiles to preserve the black plate and save inks
  
• Preservation of pure colors during color transformation resulting in higher quality printing and proofing 
  

HELIOS Software will offer a range of short seminars at drupa 2008, that give more detailed information about the new features and related benefits. The "HD Color" seminar will present color quality improvements utilizing the latest ICC 4 color technologies in a full 16-bit per channel color workflow for image re-purposing, printing and proofing.