Alive.com and Seattle FilmWorks Offer Free Streaming Photo Albums For Web Users.SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 16, 1999-- Alive.com Powers Creation, Narration, and Hosting Of Online Photo Albums For The Holiday Season Alive.com, a multimedia application service provider, today announced it has formed a strategic marketing alliance with Seattle FilmWorks (Nasdaq:FOTO FOTO Friends of the Observatory (Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles, CA) FOTO FOrce and TOrque Sensing (for Process Control) ), a leading Internet consumer photo provider, to provide free streaming, narrated photo albums to Web users this Thanksgiving Thanksgiving annual U.S. holiday celebrating harvest and yearly blessings; originated with Pilgrims (1621). [Am. Culture: EB, IX: 922] See : America Thanksgiving national holiday with luxurious dinner as chief ritual. [Am. Pop. holiday season. The offer is available at http://www.alive.com/photoalbum/register.htm. The first implementation of this offer was made to Yahoo! Delivers users via a direct email marketing campaign. Additional offerings will be made to Web users throughout the holiday season. With this marketing campaign, Web users have the opportunity to receive two free rolls of film and a free CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). from Seattle FilmWorks for capturing their holiday photos. Using Alive.com technology, which powers the creation, hosting, and management of media online, users can convert their photos into a streaming photo album to be shared with family and friends worldwide. More information on the Thanksgiving Memories Photo Album can be found at http://www.alive.com/yahoo/index.html. How It Works Once registered, a user receives two free rolls of film from Seattle FilmWorks. When this film (or any other brand) is returned to Seattle FilmWorks for processing, the user will receive the prints, a free CD-ROM of all the images, and access to their photos on PhotoWorks(R), Seattle FilmWorks' service for providing Internet-based access and storage of digital images. Through the Alive.com e-Show Engine and Photo Album Wizard Instructional help in an application or system development environment that guides the user through a series of multiple choice questions to accomplish a task. For the most part, wizards are more effective than the help menus found in most applications, which often border on the atrocious. , users can then easily upload See download. upload - /uhp'lohd/ To transfer programs or data over a digital communications link from a smaller or peripheral "client" system to a larger or central "host" one. Opposite: download. their photos to the Web directly from their desktop or access them from PhotoWorks(R), and add personalized per·son·al·ize tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es 1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner. 2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify. voice narration through a telephone. Alive.com automatically encodes, publishes, and hosts the finished albums, making it simple to share images online this holiday season. The Thanksgiving Memories Photo Album will remain hosted on Alive.com for free through Jan. 15. An example of a completed photo album can be found at http://alive.alivecentral.com/thanksgiving2/default.htm "We're making it easy for any company or Web site to offer its visitors useful ways to create and share media," said John Mullin, vice president of marketing, Alive.com. "Through our partnership with Seattle FilmWorks, we are able to offer Web users a fun, effective way to communicate with family and friends during the holidays." "PhotoWorks(R) is the easiest way for customers to get their photos scanned and posted to the Internet," said George Twiss, Seattle FilmWorks Director of Business Development. "Alive.com lets PhotoWorks customers easily share memories and stories with family and friends worldwide using the Alive.com service." About PhotoWorks(R) Launched in April 1999, PhotoWorks(R) is the largest consumer photo storage site on the Web. Seattle FilmWorks gives 35-mm camera users the easiest way to scan and post their photos on the Internet. PhotoWorks(R) is free with normal film processing. About Seattle FilmWorks Seattle FilmWorks, a photofinishing pho·to·fin·ish·ing n. The act or business of developing camera films and printing photographs for customers. pho and online image management company, served 1.8 million customers in 1998 and processes up to a million photographic prints a day. The Company is a leading provider of digital images over the Internet via its PhotoWorks(R) Internet delivery service and currently is storing more than 60 million personal photos. In addition, Seattle FilmWorks has been an industry leader in providing digital images on CD (Pictures On Disk(TM)). Based in Seattle, Washington  This page is protected from moves until disputes have been resolved on the .The reason for its protection is listed on the protection policy page. , Seattle FilmWorks, Inc. (NASDAQ: FOTO) was founded in 1978. More information is available at www.filmworks.com or by calling 1-800-FILMWORKS. About Alive.com Seattle-based Alive.com delivers turnkey See turnkey system. solutions for implementing dynamic multimedia capabilities on any Web site. Applications powered by Alive.com enable Web site visitors to create, distribute, and manage media-enhanced content, including auction listings, travel brochures travel brochure n → folleto turístico travel brochure n → brochure f touristique travel brochure travel n , classifieds, photo albums, training, corporate communications Corporate communications is the process of facilitating information and knowledge exchanges with internal and key external groups and individuals that have a direct relationship with an enterprise. and other Web communications. For additional information about Alive.com and its services call 206/674-7700 or visit www.alive.com. |
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