Claro Single

For fast processing of high volumes of images while achieving cost reduction and improving quality, publishing, printing, and online communication companies rely on a professional automated workflow.

Claro technology, based on Claro Individual Image Analysis, automatically and individually analyzes images of varying type and quality. It delivers information on parameters such as sharpness, contrast, brightness, color balance, natural greens and blues, skin tones, Exif information, etc. Its individual image enhancement power then solves possible issues and automatically delivers consistently superb image quality.

The Elpical Claro Single module for automatic image processing fits seamlessly into many standards-based workflows (Enfocus SWITCH®, Puzzleflow®…).

Claro Individual Image Analysis
Automatic image enhancement is a real challenge. What is good for one image is not good for the other. A straightforward hot folder solution, simply applying one set of filters and algorithms to every image in a hot folder, will simply not do the job. Although it seems contradictory, automatic image enhancement needs an individual approach.
With its Claro Individual Image Analysis, Claro analyses every individual image thoroughly, looking for such parameters as:

• sharpness
• brightness
• contrast
• color balance
• natural greens
• skin tones
• Exif information
• … and more.

This extensive individual analysis is fundamental to our image enhancement technology. It is due to this fundamental approach that we achieve consistent high-quality results even when the origin and quality of the original images vary significantly.
Claro utilizes superior enhancement techniques: for example, the sharpening algorithms. The sharpening that will be applied to a given image varies in amount and threshold, depending on the sharpness and  (reduced) noise levels in the original image, a sophisticated anti-halo filter is applied to reduce the undesirable side effects of sharpening.
Another example are images taken in bright sunlight that always have high contrast levels. Ideally, details should be preserved and enhanced both in the bright as well as in the dark areas of the image, without effecting overall brightness of the image. This is now possible with the Claro™ local contrast-enhancement algorithm. Individual image analysis ensures that this technique is only applied to images that require it.

General

• Claro Individual Image Analysis (CLARO IIA) for automated image enhancement based on each image’s specific requirements
• Consistent image enhancements across a wide range of image types (TIFF, JPEG, DCS-RAW, Photoshop EPS, BMP, etc.)
• File output support for TIFF, JPEG, EPS, PSD (including original layers, compatibility layer and processed layer)
• Multi-platform availability
• Up to 4 parallel image-processing threads for maximum performance and multi-processor capability
• XML job file support for easy integration into existing workflows
• High level memory management

Image manipulation

• Images inside PDF files can be enhanced, resampled and color converted
• ICC based color conversions and profile assignment & embedding
• Device link profile conversions
• Influence rendering intent based on out-of-gamut percentage
• Resampling and resizing of images
• Grayscale conversion
• Add processing data in the XMP data of the processed file

Image optimization

• Local contrast enhancement of image details with respect for overall image brightness
• Superior control over and dynamic optimization of sharpness, brightness, saturation, noise, black point/white point, and color balance

Workflow

• Fully integrates into workflows (Enfocus SWITCH and Puzzleflow)
• Embed processing information into XMP

• Provide consistently high-quality image enhancements across varied individual images
• Save massive amounts of time on producing image-specific enhancements
• Process with confidence, knowing Claro Single will only enhance images where needed, perform in-file PDF image enhancement, as well as image output with correct ICC profiling.
• Seamless integration into existing workflows with minimal set-up (Enfocus SWITCH and Puzzleflow)