ArcSoft Announces Imaging Suite.FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 31, 1998-- Low Cost Imaging Suite Enhances, Organizes, Presents and Prints Images for Only $99 ArcSoft Inc., makers of the award-winning Zipshot video capture device Video Capture Device (full title Weezer - Video Capture Device: Treasures from the Vault 1991-2002) is the Weezer DVD. It contains footage of a lot of live gigs from early stages of their musical career, right up until 2002. and leading developers of digital imaging software, announced today ArcSoft Imaging Suite(TM) - the newest addition to the ArcSoft "Building Blocks of Digital Imaging(TM)" product line. The ArcSoft Imaging Suite is the fastest, easiest and most powerful imaging suite designed to enhance, organize, present and print images for only $99.95. The ArcSoft Imaging Suite contains four powerful imaging products: - PhotoStudio 2.0 for photo enhancement and manipulation. - PhotoBase 2.0 for managing and presenting video, sound, photo and text files. - PhotoPrinter 2.0 for framing and printing multiple images on a single sheet of paper. - Xerox TextBridge Classic(R) for converting scanned documents into text. The ArcSoft Imaging Suite was created for business professionals and consumers who need a full-featured software suite to enhance their images, create multimedia presentations, self-running slide shows, marketing materials, personalized greeting cards, flyers, posters, promotional photo-email and more. "The ArcSoft Imaging Suite is a total solution for professionals and consumers who want to enhance, organize, create, present and manage their multimedia files and images for an affordable price," says Barbara Tsai, Sr. marketing manager for ArcSoft Inc. "For only $99, users receive a complete digital imaging package that includes software covering the full spectrum of digital imaging - from input to output." PhotoStudio 2.0 PhotoStudio 2.0 is a full-featured, easy-to-use, digital imaging program for both novice and professional users. PhotoStudio provides a complete set of photo editing and retouching tools, as well as a wide selection of special effects and enhancements with unlimited levels of modification and thumbnail previews. PhotoStudio offers many key features for graphics users including cloning and stitching tools, as well as color separation and advanced masking. PhotoBase 2.0 PhotoBase 2.0 is a powerful multimedia management and presentation application that builds albums of image, audio, video, HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. and text files for easy storage, retrieval management and presentation. Entire albums of files can be copied, printed, moved and stored in a single step. Create multimedia slide shows, web albums and video postcards using personal images, video and sound files, or search for files using key words in customizable data fields. PhotoBase also includes a direct link to Xerox TextBridge Classic 2.0 - an OCR OCR in full optical character recognition Scanning and comparison technique intended to identify printed text or numerical data. It avoids the need to retype already printed material for data entry. software package for quickly converting scanned documents into text. PhotoPrinter 2.0 PhotoPrinter 2.0 is an easy-to-use printing utility that enables users to quickly layout their favorite images in multiple sizes on a single sheet of paper. PhotoPrinter templates offer a wide selection of printing choices including Kodak(TM) Digital Science(TM) Inkjet Photo Templates and Avery(R) paper products. Users can also add frames, edges and other backgrounds to each image in the template. System Requirements System requirements include a 486-based PC (Pentium recommended), Windows 95, 98 or NT, 16 MB RAM, 80 MB hard disk space, CD-ROM drive, and a VGA monitor w/16-bit color (or better) display. ArcSoft Imaging Suite is TWAIN-compliant and supports Video-for-Windows video cameras and capture devices. ArcSoft Imaging Suite also supports BMP (1) (BitMaP) Also known as a "bump" file, it is the native, bitmapped graphics format in Windows. A BMP can be saved in several color options: 1-, 4-, 8- and 24-bit color provide 2, 16, 256 and 16,000,000 colors respectively. BMP files use the .BMP or . , TIF TIF Tagged Image File (file name extension) TIF Tax Increment Financing TIF Temporary Internet Files TIF Transport Innovation Fund (UK) TIF Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund , JPG See JPEG. jpg - JPEG , GIF GIF in full Graphics Interchange Format Standard computer file format for graphic images. GIF files use data compression to reduce the file size. The original version of the format was developed by CompuServe in 1987. , PCD PCD polycystic disease. (read-only), PCX (1) A bitmapped graphics file format that handles monochrome, 2-bit, 4-bit, 8-bit and 24-bit color and uses RLE to achieve compression ratios of approximately 1.1:1 to 1.5:1. Images with large blocks of solid colors compress best under the RLE method. See PC Paintbrush. , TGA See TARGA. TGA - Targa Graphics Adaptor , EPS (Encapsulated PostScript) A PostScript file format used to transfer a graphic image between applications and platforms. EPS files contain PostScript code as well as an optional preview image in TIFF, WMF, PICT or EPSI, the latter being an ASCII-only format. (write-only) and FlashPix image file formats Image file formats provide a standardized method of organizing and storing image data. This article deals with digital image formats used to store photographic and other image information. . Shipping in September with an MSRP MSRP Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price MSRP Message Session Relay Protocol MSRP Multi-Species Recovery Plan (US Fish & Wildlife Service) MSRP Member of the Society for Radiological Protection (UK) of $99.95, ArcSoft Imaging Suite will be distributed through Merisel and Navarre and will be available at most major retail stores including Fry's Electronics, CompUSA, J&R Computer World, Micro Center and more. For more information, contact: ArcSoft Inc., 46601 Fremont Blvd., Fremont, Calif 94538, 800/762-8657, 510/440-9901, fax: 510/440-1270 web site: http://www.arcsoft.com. Founded in 1994 and based in Fremont, Calif., ArcSoft develops and markets digital imaging software and video hardware designed for the creation of business graphics, consumer photo editing, multimedia, and Internet publishing. ArcSoft believes in affordable, full-featured, high quality software, and its retail titles are priced accordingly for the consumer market. ArcSoft's OEM customers are leading digital camera, printer, scanner and computer manufacturers, including Polaroid, Epson, Ricoh, Sony, Xerox, Canon, and others. ArcSoft, The ArcSoft logo, Building Blocks of Digital Imaging, ArcSoft Imaging Suite, ArcSoft PhotoStudio, ArcSoft PhotoBase, ArcSoft PhotoPrinter and Zipshot are trademarks of ArcSoft Inc. TextBridge Classic is a copyright of Xerox Corp. All other brands and product names are trademarked or registered by their respective companies. CONTACT: Thomas Public Relations Inc., Huntington Karen Thomas, 516/549-7575 kthomas@thomas-pr.com or ArcSoft Inc., Fremont Tracey Smith, 510/440-9901 ext. 240 tsmith@arcsoft.com |
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