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ArcSoft Introduces PhotoIsland Print Service; Network-based photo printing service available exclusively to Web sites powered by ArcSoft's PhotoIsland Network.


Business Editors and Technology Writers

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 30, 2000

ArcSoft Inc., a leading digital imaging technology company and provider of online photo services, today announced the availability of PhotoIsland(TM) Prints, a branded service that provides high-quality, vendor-independent photographic printing the process of obtaining pictures, as on chemically prepared paper, from photographic negatives, by exposure to light.

See also: Photographic
 services to image-centric websites.

The service will enable people to order exceptional quality prints of their digital photographs directly from most of ArcSoft's Application Service Provider (ASP asp, popular name for several species of viper, one of which, the European asp (Vipera aspis), is native to S Europe. It is also a name for the Egyptian cobra (Naja haja). ) clients or co-branding customers who leverage the PhotoIsland Network System.

"The PhotoIsland Print brand stands for unsurpassed online digital print quality and service," said Jeffrey Chen, Marketing Manager -- Internet Services. "And because our print service leverages the powerful PhotoIsland Network System, digital images can be directed towards print fulfillment ful·fill also ful·fil  
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1. To bring into actuality; effect: fulfilled their promises.

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 partners who consistently deliver the best quality and service, using the latest equipment technology at a great value."

The PhotoIsland Prints service offers unlimited capacity to produce and customize digital prints in sizes ranging from 4 x 6 inches, to 5 x 7 to 8 x 10 inches. Each photo is printed on high quality paper with the latest digital processing Digital processing is the process of altering digital data in any form.

The most common situations where digital processing is involved are computer graphics and digital audio processing.
. Through iPhoto WorkShop's extraordinary image editing Changing or improving graphics images. It typically refers to bitmapped images rather than vector graphics drawings. Using an image editor, images can be modified by an artist using pen, brush, airbrush and other "painting" tools.  features, users can create "never been done before" images from their original images and print them. For example, with iFantasy, users can place a photo of their face onto the body of a body-builder, rock star, pro-athlete and many other templates. Friends and family can also access and print their favorite photos from any site in the PhotoIsland Prints network.

PhotoIsland Prints is available to all of ArcSoft's PhotoIsland Network customers as a value-added service A value-added service (VAS) is a telecommunications industry term for non-core services or, in short, all services beyond standard voice calls and fax transmissions.  for image-heavy Web sites and networks. Web sites planning to leverage the service include Panasonic's sponsored PictureStage (picturestage.com) and Lifetouch (mylifetouch.com). Additionally, the print service can be accessed through PhotoIsland.com's co-branding relationships.


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  
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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.

PhotoIsland is a trademark of ArcSoft, Inc. ArcSoft is a registered trademark of ArcSoft, Inc. All other product names are trademarked or registered by their respective companies.
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