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June 10, 1991: From The Publisher
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TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1991
June 10, 1991 Evil
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<source>Time Magazine</source>
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FROM THE PUBLISHER, Page 16
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<p> We're do-it-yourselfers at TIME. To the greatest extent
possible, we like to produce each issue with our own staff,
because we believe that's the best guarantee of quality. Last
month we became self-reliant in an important new area, a complex
technological process called imaging. Through a network of
computers and electronic equipment, imaging makes it possible
to convert photographs, illustrations and other graphic aspects
of the magazine into electronic data. These data can be stored,
displayed on computer screens and eventually used to produce the
pages you read. TIME is unique among major American news
publications in being able to do the entire process without
calling upon outside services. That has important benefits for
the reader.
</p>
<p> "Having our own imaging capability makes the production
process more responsive to the news," says Mark Stelzner, our
manager of imaging operations. The old system involved an
elaborate flow pattern--a little like a Super Bowl play--of
pictures, paper layouts and computer data, tied to three
separate computer systems. Whenever there was a news event or
we wanted to use a better picture, those complexities made any
change a chore.
</p>
<p> Under the new system, we have all our own imaging
equipment, which sits in a user-friendly room adjacent to the
art and picture departments, where most of the material
originates. "Now changes can be made at almost any stage of the
production process," Stelzner says, "right up until the magazine
goes to the printing plants." That makes it easier to
accommodate up-to-the-minute photographs like those of the Rajiv
Gandhi funeral.
</p>
<p> Because the shortened lines of communication make the
production process more efficient, the staff of 15 specialists
that Stelzner assembled has more time to perfect its work. The
staff can start earlier on the color correction of photographs,
a technique performed on the computer imaging screens to ensure
that pictures appear on the page with the same richness they
have in the original photographs. "People still make the
critical decisions," Stelzner insists. "There's no technology
that can interpret color better than the human eye." A
reassuring thought, because the object of all this effort is to
turn out more pleasing pages for the eyes of our readers.
</p>
<p>-- Robert L. Miller
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