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The Digital Photographer's Software Guide
before you have inspected the work in FirstPROOF. Highly acclaimed by pre-press
managers in the UK, the product is sold worldwide through distributors in each country
or state. Hamillroad’s main distributor is Compose System Limited, of Hong Kong,
which markets the product worldwide as Compose Visual Proof.
Version: FirstPROOF Standard and Pro 5.0 (2008)
OS: Windows NT, 2000, XP, and Vista; Mac OS 9.x, OS X 10.2.x, 10.3.x, and 10.4.x
RAM: 2GB
Supported file formats: Harlequin PGB format and TIFF
Price level: Standard approx. $750, Pro approx. $1,300
Address: Hamillroad Software Limited, Whitehall House, Longstanton Road, Oakington,
Cambridge, CB24 3BB, United Kingdom
www.hamillroad.com
ICS Remote Director
Vendor: Integrated Color Solutions
Purpose: SWOP-certified virtual contract proofing system
Description
Remote Director is a SWOP-certified virtual contract proofing system that plugs into
any workflow solution and sends proofs directly to your client’s desktop. It allows all
interested parties, no matter where they are, to view, collaborate, and comment on both
the color and content of virtual proofs. This provides a complete, auditable record of the
proofing process, culminating in a final, legal sign-off.
Top digital photographer Jack Bingham (www.nevergetcaughtonfilm.com) has commented:
“Remote Director might just be the next thing photographers can’t live without.” And
not only photographers, but agencies, clients, pre-press shops, and printers can all
benefit from a product with these facilities. Remote Director runs on commercially
available hardware (PC and Mac), supports both RGB and CMYK workflows, and
requires no specialized technical knowledge to use.
Comments:
Remote Director’s SWOP certification has been its greatest selling tool. The first virtual
proofing system to gain certification, it can produce proofs that are visually identical to
the SWOP Certified Press Proof, defined in ANSI CGATS TR 001. As a result, it
has found good levels of acceptance among advertising agencies, newspapers, and
magazines in North America, the UK, Europe, and the Far East. In North America it
is distributed by Chromaticity (www.chromaticity.com), in the UK by Target Colour
(www.targetcolour.com), and in Europe and the Far East by various other resellers and
OEMs.