Applied Science Fiction Announces Digital ICE3 -Cubed- Technology; Desktop Scanning Solution Bridges Analog and Digital Photography, Restores Image Quality to Scanned Slides and Film.AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 5, 1999-- Applied Science Fiction (ASF See Windows Media formats. 1. (language) ASF - Algebraic Specification Language. 2. (body) ASF - Analytical Solutions Forum. ) announces the availability of a new tightly integrated family of new technologies called Digital ICE3(cubed)(TM) (Digital Image Enhancement See image editing. & Correction 3 or Digital ICE "cubed") imaging suite, that is being offered to Original Equipment Manufacturer's (OEMs) of digital imaging products. This innovative new technology bridges the gap between photography and digital imaging for publishers, photo labs, service bureaus, minilabs and all users of personal computers who work with photographic images and desktop film scanners See slide scanner. . ASF licenses and brands technology to imaging OEM's whose products then carry the Digital ICE3(cubed) logo. "There are over one-half trillion of images out there in shoe boxes, newsrooms and film archives around the world all waiting digitization dig·i·tize tr.v. dig·i·tized, dig·i·tiz·ing, dig·i·tiz·es To put (data, for example) into digital form. dig ," said Mark Urdahl President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Applied Science Fiction. "Our Digital ICE3(cubed) suite solves 90% of the digitization problems encountered by professionals and end-users during the scanning process." The Digital ICE3(cubed) imaging suite is a combination of sophisticated digital enhancement tools which, when integrated into a scanner by the OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and , automatically provides the user with a near perfect scanned digital image. Digital ICE3(cubed) technology is comprised of three proprietary technologies: ASF's original, award-winning Digital ICE (Image Correction & Enhancement) plus Digital ROC(TM) (Reconstruction of Color not of the white race; - commonly meaning, esp. in the United States, of negro blood, pure or mixed. See also: Color ) and Digital GEM(TM) (Grain Enhancement and Management) technologies. In one simple push of a button, Digital ICE3(cubed) eliminates all surface defects, yields uncompromising color fidelity, corrects under and over exposed images and automatically reduces the grain of a scanned image. Powerful Technology that's Easy-to-Use There is no new software to learn or install because the underlying technology is incorporated into the scanner by OEMs and functions are contained within the scanner related software. Once scanned, these digital image files are fully compatible with any post-imaging software available on the market. The Digital ICE3(cubed) package also delivers consistent image quality regardless of the film's age or extent of the defect. Simply put, Digital ICE3 makes good images better -- automatically. Scanners incorporating this innovative new Digital ICE3(cubed) technology will be available from leading film scanner manufacturers beginning in the first quarter of 2000. "Now, with the integration of Digital ROC and Digital GEM technologies, ASF is able to offer the Digital ICE3 package as a complete suite of products for OEMs, making it possible for anyone using a scanner to get exceptional results," said Mark Urdahl, President and CEO of Applied Science Fiction. A Suite of Three Technologies Digital ICE technology, ASF's first suite component, removes surface defects instantaneously in·stan·ta·ne·ous adj. 1. Occurring or completed without perceptible delay: Relief was instantaneous. 2. without altering the underlying image. The award-winning Digital ICE technology distinguishes itself from software-only solutions because -- unlike the competition -- it does not soften, blur blur (blur) indistinctness, clouding, or fogging. spectacle blur the indistinct vision with spectacles occurring after removal of contact lenses, especially non–gas-permeable lenses; it is or otherwise alter any underlying details and composition of the original image. Instead, ASF's patented Digital ICE technology works from within the scanner itself, during the scanning process to provide the user with a clear authentic base image that generally improves on the original image. Digital ROC technology works to restore the color quality of an image, regardless of the condition of the original. Digital ROC technology "reads" the dye signature present in color film and slides, using a complex set of proprietary algorithms. The degree of color restoration depends on the visibility of the image's dye record. In the end, Digital ROC technology will always restore some of the original color, despite extensive color deterioration de·te·ri·o·ra·tion n. The process or condition of becoming worse. . The last tool in this trio is ASF's Digital GEM technology, which combats graininess graininess a fault in x-ray films in which there is clumping together of the silver particles in the emulsion, causing the image to lose its homogeneous appearance and to give an impression of lumpiness. in film. Film grain refers to a distracting dis·tract tr.v. dis·tract·ed, dis·tract·ing, dis·tracts 1. To cause to turn away from the original focus of attention or interest; divert. 2. To pull in conflicting emotional directions; unsettle. visual pattern seen in photographs that is caused by "clumping clumping /clump·ing/ (klump´ing) the aggregation of particles, such as bacteria, into irregular masses. clump·ing n. The massing together of bacteria or other cells suspended in a fluid. " of silver grains in an original photographic image. Digital GEM technology is able to analyze a film's unique grain pattern, extract all vital data related to image quality, color and sharpness and then algorithmically "remove" the grain from the scanned record of that image. This process greatly enhances the visual impact of resulting scanned images. About Applied Science Fiction: Applied Science Fiction, based in Austin, Texas, is a pre-IPO Intellectual Property (IP) Technology Company founded in 1995 which currently employs 100 people. The company licenses and brands its technology through OEM's (Original Equipment Manufacturers) and software companies that provide products for professional, retail and consumer imaging markets. ASF's first technology, Digital ICE technology has been widely endorsed by the imaging market place and has won many industry awards for innovation and technology. Digital ROC and Digital GEM technologies offer significant new benefits to imaging. Applied Science Fiction recently completed a $31.5 series D financing round. Digital ICE, Digital ICE3, Digital ROC, Digital GEM and Applied Science Fiction are trademarks of Applied Science Fiction. All other trade names, trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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