ArcSoft's PhotoStudio Revolutionizes Photo Editing for Mainstream Mac Users; Award-winning PhotoStudio Program Released as a Cross-platform Program for Macintosh and PC Users.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 30, 2000 ArcSoft Inc., a leading digital imaging technology provider of interactive software and Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the imaging networks to global image-centric companies, today announced a new full-featured, dynamic photo-editing/enhancing program, PhotoStudio(R), available for the Mac in November. Previously available to PC users, this new software gives Mac enthusiasts the ability to perfect their digital images quickly and easily without the need to splurge on a more expensive photo-editing product. PhotoStudio offers all the amenities of a high-end, high-priced, photo-editing program at an affordable price, with a suggested retail price of $99.99. "ArcSoft strives to provide Mac users with innovative products that follow Apple's tradition of supplying consistent performance, quality and user friendliness," said Todd Todd , Sir Alexander Robertus 1907-1997. British chemist. He won a 1957 Nobel Prize for his study of nucleic acids and nucleotide structures. Rumaner, ArcSoft's vice president of marketing and business development. "PhotoStudio adheres to this philosophy by combining an incredibly easy-to-use interface with robust technical capabilities, providing an ideal way for both the Mac-enthusiast and Mac-business user to create stunning photos, presentations, brochures and albums to share with family, friends and business associates." PhotoStudio's newest features meet every home or office's photo-editing needs. The new program enables users to work with up to 100 layers, allowing them to apply 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. or enhancements to each layer without affecting other layers -- making it easy to change edits at any time. Using the new Macro feature, people can create and save a series of effects and enhancements as a single one-click command. Users can also apply "batch" process to large groups of images with a single click of the mouse. PhotoStudio provides a complete set of easy-to-use editing and retouching tools. The program, enables people to experiment and improve their digital images using tools such as multiple undo/redo, multiple layers, transparency (1) The quality of being able to see through a material. The terms transparency and translucency are often used synonymously; however, transparent would technically mean "seeing through clear glass," while translucent would mean "seeing through frosted glass." See alpha blending. backgrounds, editable text, red-eye removal, one-click fixes, stitch stitch (stich) 1. a sudden, transient cutting pain. 2. a suture. stitch n. 1. A sudden sharp pain, especially in the side. 2. A single suture. and a variety of other editing and retouching tools. In addition users can instantly adjust the color of any image using enhancement tools like brightness, contrast, hue, and saturation saturation, of an organic compound saturation, of an organic compound, condition occurring when its molecules contain no double or triple bonds and thus cannot undergo addition reactions. . Among PhotoStudio's most popular features are the special effects tools, which allows users to clone clone, group of organisms, all of which are descended from a single individual through asexual reproduction, as in a pure cell culture of bacteria. Except for changes in the hereditary material that come about by mutation, all members of a clone are genetically , smudge, emboss, ripple and more. Once people have created their photos, they need a place to store and archive them. PhotoStudio's album manager feature makes it easy for users to easily manage their image files. This feature lets users manage, store and retrieve image files quickly and easily and place them into multimedia presentations. Once inside the album manager, people can easily post and download To receive a file transmitted over a network. In any communications session, "download" means receive, and "upload" means send. The download/upload often implies a big/little scenario, in which data is being downloaded from the "big" server into the "little" user's computer. their images to the Web without ever having to leave the program or launch a third party application. ArcSoft's online, photo-sharing destination, PhotoIsland, directly connects to the program to provide users with free photo sharing Photo sharing is the publishing or transfer of a user's digital photos online, thus enabling the user to share them with others (whether publicly or privately). This functionality is provided through both websites and applications that facilitate the upload and display of images. and archiving as well as offering a wide variety of digital imaging products and services to people looking to share their enhanced photos with friends and family. Office Contact Information: ArcSoft, Inc., Tokyo Office Time 24 Building 4F E-3 Aomi 2-45, Koto-ku Tokyo 135-8073, Japan +81 (-3) -3599-0371 Fax: +81(-3)-3599-0373 About ArcSoft ArcSoft is an international leader in providing interactive digital imaging/video software and Internet/network solutions to businesses (B2B (Business to Business) Refers to one business communicating with or selling to another. See B2B e-commerce, B2C and B2G. B2B - business to business ) that enhance consumer's digital photography and multimedia imaging experience. Founded in 1994 and based in Fremont, Calif., ArcSoft's customers include leading global digital camera, printer, scanner (1) See also antivirus program. (2) An optical device that reads a printed page or transparency and converts it into a graphics image for the computer. The scanner does not recognize or differentiate in any manner the content of the material it is scanning. , photography, computer and consumer electronic manufacturers. In addition to hosting ArcSoft's own PhotoIsland.com, a consumer photo-sharing, archiving and e-commerce site, the PhotoIsland Network System is powering some of the most intriguing in·trigue n. 1. a. A secret or underhand scheme; a plot. b. The practice of or involvement in such schemes. 2. A clandestine love affair. v. photo-centric Web sites on the Internet. Today, the company has Research and Development centers in California's Silicon Valley and Hangzou, China, as well as Sales and Support offices in Asia, Europe and the Americas. For more information visit www.arcsoft.com. Note to Editors: PhotoIsland is a trademark of ArcSoft, Inc. ArcSoft and PhotoStudio are registered trademarks of ArcSoft, Inc. All other product names are trademarks or registered by their respective companies. |
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