Imageline is located in beautiful Ashland, Virginia,
just north of Richmond, and only about an hour's drive
down I-95 South from Washington D.C. Our proximity to
one of the finest art schools in the country (VCU, or
Virginia Commonwealth University) and the federal agencies
and associations in Washington, have influenced our digital
graphic arts content products and philosophies for the
past twenty-nine years.
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Ashland is just like every other small college town in
America (60 years go, anyway!), as it has a train track
running straight through the center of town and more creativity
per square block than you can find almost anywhere else
on the planet |
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Central
Virginia is home to some of the most creative and innovative
people in this country and has been this way for over 400
years, for those of you who missed our celebration in Jamestown
and Williamsburg in 2007
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Ashland
is in the center of Hanover County, a county with more history
than anyone could imagine. Ashland also calls itself the
“Center of the Universe”. Patrick Henry lived
here. So did Henry Clay. Thomas Jefferson and George Washington
often came through here on horseback. The Town Hall looks
exactly the same as it did 100 years ago.
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The American Revolution began and ended nearby, as did
the Civil War |
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And what better place to grab a cold beer than the original
Hanover Tavern, where these historical American heroes relaxed
after a long day’s ride and laid the course for freedom
and democracy that still outpaces the rest of the world
today. |
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While
someone (we won't name names here) once said this place
has 400 years of history "unmarred by progress",
we do not agree. Well, not exactly, anyway. Today, technology
embraces history and they live together comfortably, and
side-by-side, in one of the most historical and beautiful
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 So,
after the founder of Imageline developed an internationally
successful computer graphics marketing and training system
for IBM in 1979 (called AIM, for Automated Instructional Marketing),
it was natural that he would return to a place he called home.
No, not Silicon Valley or Boston ... Central Virginia. From
that point in 1980, the history of what is now the world's
leading developer and publisher of original digital vector
graphic arts content began.
There’s nothing quite as fulfilling as working in
a fast paced industry as we do from the heart of slower
paced lifestyle. So what if we have a short stroll to the
mail box. We need the exercise these days!
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And Central Virginia is home to some of the finest historical
buildings, like the now renovated Main Street Station as
it was a 100 years ago (see below), old Victorian homes,
plantations, and estates in the world, all nestled along
the James River, and only a little more that an hour’s
drive from either the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains, Washington
D.C., or the revitalized ocean views of Virginia Beach and
the Outer Banks of North Carolina.
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What better scenery to set the majestic stage for the creative
design and production of some of the most innovative and
artistic uses of modern day technology applied to the fields
of graphic arts and photography. You won’t find this
kind of creative setting in Silicon Valley or in Boston.
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 Imageline
helped IBM and Charlie Chaplain create and deliver the animated
graphics for the new IBM PC in the early 1980's and has continued
to produce innovative, award-winning, products and services
ever since. Click here to see our History.
Stop in and see us when you're in town.
Take the train and we'll pick you up by horseback ... with
high speed color Blackberries, Netbooks, and i-Phones in hand.
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You'll leave with a better image of this place and an enhanced
image for your mobile phones, websites, printed materials,
and products. And a fresh brewed cup of coffee from one
of the most relaxing little coffee houses this side of Seattle.
[picture #13]
 Wow
… that’s some nice looking “clipart”
on that sign!
...... from the LogoWorks vector image libraries of IPICS
2.0"
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Thanks
for stopping by.
The digital artists, designers, photographers, digitizers,
cartoonists, and animators of Imageline
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