ColorGATE PHOTOGATE⁴

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PHOTOGATE - High-end photo & fine art productions

Software to receive reproductive results at any time, which enormously enhance the efficiency of your daily work by delivering true-color results, secure production, and performance.

You adjust your printer perfectly to the color behavior of the desired media by using visual and logical measuring tools. It does not matter if you prefer to present on watercolor, home-made, or photo-paper.

Perfect in-house solution for photographers, graphical and picture designers, agencies ...

• High-end photo & fine art productions
• Optimized Grayscale Printouts
• Package Print Container
• Simulation Container
• Positioning & Arranging
• Modular expandable product line
• Processes all popular file formats
• Optional Proofing module for certified photo proofs according to industry standards (ISO 12647-2)

Flexible Solutions

PHOTOGATE⁴ offers the fitting software package for every application. The modular design structure enables the supplement purchase of required modules and options at any time! PHOTOGATE⁴ is available in two versions:

PHOTOGATE⁴ RASTER – The entry-level solution. This software has everything for high-quality and controlled printing of your pictures. This software supports all popular bitmap file formats.

PHOTOGATE⁴ PRO – The professional version. You may also implement all popular data file formats from prepress, such as PostScript 3, PDF 1.4 etc., next to bitmap data file formats. Furthermore, enhanced functions are integrated, such as the processing of multi-page PDF and PostScript documents, multi-page containers, multiple hotfolders, and the compensation of ambient light.

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PHOTOGATE⁴ RASTER

The entry-level solution. This software has everything for high-quality and controlled printing of your pictures. This software supports all popular bitmap file formats.

PHOTOGATE⁴ RASTER operates exclusively using bitmap data file formats, such as TARGA, JPEG, TIFF, BMP, PCD, PSD, etc. The PRO Version also processes all popular data file formats from prepress, such as PostScript 3, PDF 1.4, PDF/X (-1a and -3) and DCS 2.0.

As a photographer, you have high expectations on the quality of your pictures. In order to achieve a perfect result, visual factors, such as composition of picture, color impact, and surroundings, play an important role, next to the technical settings. Primarily, the optimal mixture of these factors result in a successful picture utilizing your idea and creativity.

PHOTOGATE⁴ was developed just for this job – you receive reproductive results at any time, which enormously enhance the efficiency of your daily work by delivering true-color results, secure production, and performance.

Apart from the major working features such as

• Rotating
• Mirroring
• Copying
• Centring
• Duplicating
• Cropping and Preview
• Cut marks
• Info- and Free text

this packages also includes the following features

• 1 Supported Printer
• 1 RIP and Print Queue
• ICC Color Management (CMYK) including ICC profiles in the scope of delivery
• 1 Hotfolder (integrated in the user interface)
• Auto Tiling
• MIM Administration: Load ColorGATE Media Packages (*.cmp)
• Use of media-, ink and reference profiles (MIM import to use ICC linearization)
• PortMonitor
• Container Feature
• Generation of neutral grayscale pictures, or with individual toning effects
• Informative Contact Sheets / Automatic Index Generation
• Positioning and Arranging Tools
• Softproof Preview

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PHOTOGATE⁴ PRO

The professional version. You may also implement all popular data file formats from prepress, such as PostScript 3, PDF 1.4 etc., next to bitmap data file formats.

The best shooting session does not help if you cannot deliver the pictures in an optimized fashion to a printout afterwards. Therefore, professional software is unavoid­able also for this step. This ensures the perfect tuning between printer, the printout itself, and the employed ink.

Using PHOTOGATE⁴, you adjust your printer perfectly to the color behavior of the desired media by using visual and logical measuring tools. It does not matter if you prefer to present on watercolor, home-made, or photo-paper. The printout is not a gamble any more, and you may be sure that all color shades of your motive receive optimal attention.

PHOTOGATE⁴ is also easy to operate, with many work steps that can be simply automated. Due to the modular design, PHOTOGATE⁴ is quickly integrated into every individual workflow, and adapts flexibly to your work requirements.

Furthermore, enhanced functions are integrated in PHOTOGATE⁴ PRO Software:

• Processing of Multi-Page PDF and PostScript documents
• Multi-Page Containers
• Multiple Hotfolders
• Ambient Light compensation and much more

Optional Modules

You may individually enhance your PHOTOGATE⁴ version by using supplementary modules, thus upgrading to a fully professional photo proof system. This offers you a high-degree of flexibility to adapt the software to your daily requirements.