• PACE (Picture Analysis & Conversion Engine)

    Publication-ready graphics in minutes

    Allows authors to effortlessly deliver images to exact publisher specifications in minutes.

    PACE is a cloud - based image file evaluation and conversion tool that enables authors to quickly and easily correct and convert images to publisher specifications in minutes, removing the need for tedious back-and-forth between authors and publishers to perfect the image format.Ease of use and an accelerated approval process enhances the author's experience, while the publisher benefits from faster time to publish and significant savings in cost, time, and resources.

  • Features

    Pencil Batch

    • Batch upload - upload multiple images at once
    • Accepts files in multiple input formats and outputs to any publisher format
    • Automatically reorder images and rename them by publisher's designated file naming convention
    • Immediately view a proof of what the image would look like in a published document
    • Image files are stored for 7 days
  • Quickly and easily automates the graphic configuration and quality assurance process
    • Allows author to quickly and easily convert image files to the format specified by the publisher.
    • PACE tells user if file format has been successfully updated
    • PACE alerts user if file format can't be updated and tells user exactly what needs to be fixed.
    • Quality checks performed:
    • Acceptable file formats to upload to PACE

    Easy Use

  • Reduces time to publish by reducing graphic approval time from days to minutes
    • Puts changes up front to avoid workflow delays later.
    • Eliminates approval cycle of author to editor to production team and then kicked back to author if graphic format is incorrect, which can take days.
    • Graphic production team not needed to convert images to publisher's specifications, cutting days from overall time to publish.
    • Publishers see a 50% decrease in image discrepancies using PACE.
    • Average user session is approximately 5 minutes to properly convert 6 images. Without PACE, it can take days for approval if publisher (repeatedly) rejects author's image due to incorrect graphic format.

    Work Flow

  • Enhances the author's experience
    • Extremely easy to use - no knowledge of graphics or graphic formats necessary
    • Simple interface, straightforward process
    • Back-and-forth between author and publisher to resolve graphic file discrepancies greatly reduced, resulting in better user experience for both author and publisher
    • 30,000 authors currently using, with new adopters every day.
    • Positive author experience perpetuates repeat business for publisher

    Press Publish

  • Configurable to integrate into larger workflow
    • PACE can be used as a standalone tool, or can be integrated into a publisher's overall workflow - which means that instead of working as a standalone system that disposes of content after seven elapsed days PACE is capable of working with another repository to pass source and PACE modified images along
    • PACE can be configured to reflect the publisher's specific file format requirements

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