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Layout Ltd. launches RepliDot 1.0

(Beirut, Lebanon)
Layout Ltd., a leading provider of desktop publishing solutions, is proud to announce the release of its new copydot software: RepliDot v1.0 RepliDot 1.0 is a revolutionary Adobe® Photoshop® Plug-In® that converts traditional separation films into high-quality digital files for integration in today’s all-digital workflow, such as CTP or other similar workflows.

In the rising move to digital printing, RepliDot uniquely responds tostrong market needs for copydot solution within the most widely used photo retouching application: Adobe Photoshop.With its user-friendly interface, RepliDot allows you to automatically create correction tables that suit your own scanner from a calibration target generated on your imagesetter.

RepliDot allows you also to create calibration tables from your existing separations.Through the use of advanced algorithms, RepliDot assures the ultimate image quality and delivers outstanding dot to dot digitization of film separations while preserving the quality of text. The reproduction of vignettes is carried out without artifacts or moiré patterns.

RepliDot’s digital descreening technique offers a unique way to convert pre-screened originals into an editable continuous tone (CT) image file to which editing and retouching can apply. Upon the completion of the reproduction process, RepliDot offers automatic registration of your four digital separation files to create a composite EPS file needed for integration into any page-layout software.

Since its establishment in 1989, Layout Ltd. has become a leader in desktop publishing software development. Through the years, Layout Ltd. has achieved a reputation of being a solution-oriented company, emphasizing on the development and adaptation of systems and software for the international market. Specialized in vertical markets, Layout Ltd. particularly emphasizes on the prepress and the print production management markets as it provides publishers with highly needed and customisable solutions on both Macintosh and Windows operating systems.

Through proactive thinking and diligence, Layout is at the forefront of technology. It maintains its leadership with a rich product line ranging from non-Latin language-support applications to professional prepress and printing solutions. Layout’s mission is to enrich the DTP industry with the latest technological software innovations and to respond to the most demanding publishing needs for flexible solutions. "RepliDot takes advantage of all the sophisticated technologies of Adobe Photoshop, and adds a unique functionality to this most widely used photo-retouching software: the reproduction of your halftone film separations into high-quality digital files", said Joe Abi Raad, Assistant General Manager at Layout Ltd.

With these proprietary functionalities, RepliDot is a complete and reliable solution for the most professional users. Every scanner operator and graphic designer will enjoy using Replidot’s simple yet very powerful t echnology. RepliDot is designed to run on both Windows® and Macintosh® platforms. Macintosh version is shipping now, while Windows version is scheduled to ship in a month. Unlike other software available on the market, RepliDot is a scannerindependent copydot solution.

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RepliDot is a trademark of Layout Ltd. registered in Lebanon and other countries. Adobe and Photoshop are registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries.Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. Macintosh is a trademark of AppleComputer, Inc. registered in the U.S. and other countries.All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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