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- FROM THE PUBLISHER, Page 4
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- Olympic athletes know that extensive preparation contributes
- to a great performance, and that's a lesson our photo department
- has taken to heart. Operations manager Kevin McVea spent more
- than a year mapping out TIME's technical requirements for the
- Barcelona Summer Games. Readers will begin to see the results
- this week in our coverage of the opening ceremonies. Thanks to
- new equipment in place at our press center, we will be able to
- bring high-resolution images to our readers in special sections
- on the Olympics so long as there's a medal yet to be won.
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- In Barcelona, the daily work of seven photographers will
- be reviewed by associate picture editor MaryAnne Golon,
- Paris-based picture editor Barbara Nagelsmith and picture
- researcher Mary Worrell Bousquette. Imaging specialist Kin Wah
- Lam will transmit the edited selections to picture editor
- Michele Stephenson and assistant picture editors Karen Zakrison
- and Eleanor Taylor. A new Eastman Kodak 2035 scanner will be
- used to send pictures to us here at headquarters in a mere 45
- seconds. The editors will sift through these low-resolution
- "first drafts" and pick the photos to be sent via satellite to
- them in publishable form.
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- Using scanning and transmission workstations developed by
- Israel's Scitex Corp., Kevin and his crew will be able to
- produce the final, high-quality photographs on site. The images
- will have the same sharp quality as those scanned on our
- premises and will be ready for use in the magazine. Notes McVea:
- "These innovations actually extend our deadlines. Four years
- ago, it took up to five hours to process and send a single image
- from the Seoul Olympics. With this technology, all that work
- takes just 35 minutes."
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- McVea, 30, makes it his business to keep track of
- cutting-edge technical developments. He worked at Newsweek as
- head of picture operations before joining TIME in 1988. Over the
- years, his job has grown from one primarily involved with
- logistics and coordination to the greater challenge of
- integrating electronic photo transmission into our operations.
- The new workstations aren't the only reason Kevin will be
- working under less pressure in Barcelona. His wife Barbara was
- due to give birth to their second child only two days after the
- opening ceremonies in Albertville last February, and he faced
- a harrowing round-trip journey to attend the birth. Happily, the
- McVeas' son Kyle decided to make his debut a bit early and was
- born (joining daughter Elyse, 2) four days before the Games.
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