imageConvert (GW Datentechnik)

Description

imageConvert is a server based "hot folder" solution that allows you to convert image files into different file formats and color spaces. The actual conversion is carried out by the HELIOS ImageServer software. If HELIOS PDF HandShake is also installed on the server, imageConvert is able to convert PDF files into several different file formats and color spaces.

If the same conversion has to be carried out many times, imageConvert can help to simplify and accelerate this process considerably. Users simply copy the files to be converted into a "hot folder" on the server and they are automatically converted. The kind of conversion is simply defined within the folder name.

Color space conversion is done with the HELIOS color management system and can be managed using ICC profiles. The user simply copies the source and output profiles to the relevant subfolders of the “ICC-Profiles” volume.

Benefits

Easy to use: Conversion defined in the folder name
Flexible: Different conversions in different conversion folders
Fast: Conversion is done on the server
High-quality color conversion
Simple using of ICC profiles by copying them into subfolders

Platforms

Mainly platform-independent; testet on Mac OSX, Linux, Sun Solaris

Compatibility Rating


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The compatibility rating states the software compatibility of the 3rd-party product with the HELIOS software components. In the following, each of the criteria is described briefly:

HELIOS UB+ support

Compatibility with HELIOS UB+ product versions (since CD023)

HELIOS UB support

Compatibility with HELIOS UB product versions (CD021 - CD022)

HELIOS 4th generation support

Compatibility with HELIOS 4th generation product versions (CD018 - CD020)

Unicode volumes

Support of Unicode character sets based on UTF-8 HELIOS cross-platform file name representation

Desktop utilities

Using UNIX compatible cp, mv, rm, etc. commands via the HELIOS “dt” tools

OPI compatibility

Support of low-resolution layout images