ArcSoft Announces PhotoFantasy 2.0; The Ultimate in Photo Entertainment Software.FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--October 12, 1998--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 PhotoFantasy 2.0, a fun and easy-to-use digital image entertainment package that lets users create "photo fantasies" by combining their own personal photos with a wide selection of fantasy background collections. PhotoFantasy 2.0 now allows users to create their own fantasy backgrounds using personal images. Using the powerful masking tools, users can create customized PhotoFantasy background templates using scanned images from magazine covers, ads, posters, calenders, tabloids and more. With the text tool, users can even include a text message, humorous caption or a personal message to each fantasy. Over 200 hilarious fantasy backgrounds are included from fictional characters, sports, Olympic heroes, trading cards, 50's funnies, bathing beauties, muscle men and more. Users can insert their own faces, along with a friend, spouse or significant other to make group fantasies for up to three people. PhotoFantasy's fun and intuitive graphic interface allows even the most novice user to create fantasies using images acquired from a digital camera, scanner or even a Photo CD, with just a few clicks of the mouse. ArcSoft's exclusive skin match button automatically matches skin tones of the personal photo to the selected fantasy. PhotoFantasy also includes brightness, contrast and saturation adjustments for improving the appearance of the final fantasy. Users can also create albums of PhotoFantasy images for easy organization and sorting using the provided album manager feature. PhotoFantasy 2.0 has numerous applications from personalized greeting cards, web sites, screen savers, calendars, posters, invitations, email postcards, signs, awards, announcements, children's project, buttons, banners and more. PhotoFantasy 2.0 is one of the many "blocks" of ArcSoft's "Building Blocks of Digital Imaging(TM)" product line. ArcSoft products, or "Building Blocks", offer a complete solution to digital imaging -- from input to output -- including Zipshot, PhotoPrinter, PhotoBase, PhotoMontage pho·to·mon·tage n. 1. The technique of making a picture by assembling pieces of photographs, often in combination with other types of graphic material. 2. The composite picture produced by this technique. , PhotoStudio and more. Systems requirements are a 486-based PC (Pentium recommended), Windows 3.1x, 95, 98, or NT, 16MB RAM, 20MB of hard disk space, VGA monitor with 16-bit color (or better) display and 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). . PhotoFantasy 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 , 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, 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 file formats, TWAIN-compliant devices, and Zipshot and other video capture devices. Shipping in October 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 $49.95, ArcSoft PhotoFantasy 2.0 will be distributed by Merisel and Navarre and will be available at most major retail stores including Fry's Electronics, CompUSA, J&R Computer World, Micro Center, Sam's Club and more. For more information, contact ArcSoft, Inc., 46601 Fremont Blvd., Fremont, CA 94538, 510/440-9901 or 800/762-8657, fax: 510/440-1270 email: sales@arcsoft.com, 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, PhotoFantasy, PhotoStudio, PhotoBase, PhotoPrinter, Zipshot, ArcSoft Imaging Suite and PhotoMontage are registered trademarks of ArcSoft, Inc. All other service marks, trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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