ArcSoft's PhotoIsland.com Takes Online Photo Editing to New Extremes.Business Editors/Technology Writers FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 3, 2000 Premier Photo Service Site First to Offer Unique Variety of Special Effects special effects, in motion pictures, cinematographic techniques that create illusions in the audience's minds as well as the illusions created using these techniques. and PhotoFantasy Templates for Online Editing and Entertainment Consumers can now add special effects and edit their photos online with PhotoIsland.com. ArcSoft, a worldwide leader in digital imaging software and provider of online photo services, today announced &uot;PhotoIsland Photo Workshop(TM),&uot; the newest feature to its popular consumer photo-sharing site, PhotoIsland.com (www.photoisland.com). PhotoWorkshop now lets users add special effects and enhancements to their images and create &uot;PhotoFantasies&uot; online. PhotoIsland's PhotoWorkshop incorporates some of the top features of ArcSoft's critically acclaimed ac·claim v. ac·claimed, ac·claim·ing, ac·claims v.tr. 1. To praise enthusiastically and often publicly; applaud. See Synonyms at praise. 2. retail software products -- PhotoFantasy(TM) and PhotoStudio(TM). With these additions, PhotoIsland.com is the first photo-sharing site to offer consumers a robust set of special effects and entertainment features with real-time previews that until now could only be found in stand-alone photo-editing retail software. &uot;The PhotoIsland PhotoWorkshop area was created for users who want to do more than just share their photos online. This area is for users who want to do basic enhancements, add special effects and have fun with their pictures without having to use complicated photo-editing programs,&uot; said Joseph Bollentini, chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. and executive vice president of ArcSoft. &uot;PhotoIsland is unlike any other photo site on the internet -- you will see even more innovative features like these in the future.&uot; The PhotoWorkshop area will feature two new applications including iPhotoFantasy(TM) and iPhotoEffects(TM). The iPhotoFantasy area lets users put their face on hilarious fantasy backgrounds using photos stored in their PhotoIsland album or images from a floppy, CD-Rom or hard drive. Users can choose from more than 100 fantasy template categories including athletes, costumes, sports cards, time warp time warp n. A hypothetical discontinuity or distortion occurring in the flow of time that would move events from one time period to another or suspend the passage of time. animals and black and white fantasies. PhotoIsland's iPhotoEffect area includes over 20 special effect tools like oil paint, sketch, tile tile, one of the ceramic products used in building, to which group brick and terra-cotta also belong. The term designates the finished baked clay—the material of a wide variety of units used in architecture and engineering, such as wall slabs or blocks, floor , splash, whirlpool whirlpool, revolving current in an ocean, river, or lake. It may be caused by the configuration of the shore, irregularities in the bottom of the body of water, the meeting of opposing currents or tides, or the action of the wind upon the water. , mosaic, ripple and more. Users can apply and view the effect in real-time and adjust the level of intensity applied to each photo. PhotoIsland will continue to add entertainment and productivity tools to the PhotoWorkshop area throughout the next few months. Also recently added to the site is PhotoIsland's PhotoGallery(TM), where members can submit their favorite photos to be posted in public galleries. Selected photos will be placed in specific categories like Pets and Animals, Sports and Recreation, Art and Culture, Photography Art, Nature and Sky and more. ArcSoft will also award prizes to the best picture in each category via contests and giveaways. Additionally, PhotoIsland is boasting their &uot;No Porn&uot; motto. Unlike other PhotoSharing sites, PhotoIsland will not allow pornographic por·nog·ra·phy n. 1. Sexually explicit pictures, writing, or other material whose primary purpose is to cause sexual arousal. 2. The presentation or production of this material. 3. materials to be posted in the public gallery. Members' password protected albums will also prevent minors from &uot;stumbling&uot; across any pornographic material. The site will be featuring a series of banner ads A graphic image used on Web sites to advertise a product or service. Banner ads come in numerous sizes, but are often rectangles 460 pixels wide by 60 pixels high. Also 460 x 55 and 392 x 72 sizes are commonly used. promoting the &uot;No Porn&uot; motto, while concerned parents can click on these banners for further information on PhotoIsland's &uot;No Porn&uot; policy. About ArcSoft Founded in 1994 and based in Fremont, ArcSoft develops and markets digital imaging and video software products designed for the creation of business graphics, consumer photo editing See photo editor. , multimedia, and Internet publishing. ArcSoft believes in competitively priced, high-quality software products for the retail market. Special edition versions are also included as dual platform (PC/Mac) bundles with popular PC and electronics products like digital cameras, color printers A printer that prints in color using three (CMY) or four (CMYK) colors of ink, toner or dye. Four color ribbons have been used in dot matrix printers, but these are rare today. See color laser printer and printer. and scanners. ArcSoft's 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 customers are leading digital camera, printer, scanner and computer manufacturers. (c) 1999. ArcSoft, Inc. All rights reserved. PhotoIsland is a registered trademark of ArcSoft, Inc. ArcSoft and the ArcSoft logo are all trademarks of ArcSoft, Inc. All other product names are trademarked or registered by their respective companies. |
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