ArcSoft Launches Multi-platform Image-Editing Solution for Consumers; PhotoImpression 2000 Provides Advanced Capabilities in an Easy-to-Use, Affordable Package.Business Editors and High-Tech Writers MACWORLD Expo SF 2000 CES 2000 FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 3, 2000 ArcSoft, a leading digital imaging software company and provider of online photo services (www.photoisland.com), today announced PhotoImpression(TM) 2000, a multi-platform photo-editing program designed for entry-level users. Available for both Macintosh and Windows platforms, PhotoImpression 2000 combines the advanced capabilities of professional imaging software with the ease-of-use and affordability demanded by consumers. The new PhotoImpression 2000 software package, which features one-click uploading and downloading
"Upload" and "Download" redirect here. For other uses, see Upload (disambiguation) and Download (disambiguation). of digital photos to PhotoIsland.com (www.photoisland.com), ArcSoft's photo-sharing web site, has a suggested retail price of $39.99 and will ship the first quarter of 2000. "PhotoImpression 2000 lets you easily retouch, add 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. , create photo art, and post your photos to PhotoIsland.com, ArcSoft's photo-sharing web site," said Joseph Bollentini, executive vice president and 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. of ArcSoft. "We've combined features from ArcSoft's most popular programs, including PhotoStudio, PhotoFantasy, PhotoPrinter and MediaBrowser, into a single, easy-to-use package. There's no other imaging program that gives Macintosh and PC users the range of capabilities at this price." PhotoImpression 2000 provides tools that were previously available only in professional software packages, including the ability to work on distinct, separate elements of an image without affecting the whole picture. This layer feature enables a user to apply a special effect to the sky portion of a landscape photo, for example, without adding that effect to the grass or trees in the image. With PhotoImpression 2000, users can also add text (or edit it at a later time) in various styles, sizes, colors and effects to their photos; remove "red-eye" with a single mouse-click; edit and retouch photos with a suite of tools including Airbrush airbrush Pneumatic device for developing a fine, small-diameter spray of paint, protective coating, or liquid colour (see aerosol). The airbrush can be a pencil-shaped atomizer used for various highly detailed activities such as shading drawings and retouching , Bucket Fill, Clone, Paintbrush (graphics, tool) Paintbrush - A Microsoft Windows tool for creating bitmap graphics. and Eraser; incorporate special effects, such as Sketch, Splash, Emboss and Ripple; and make precise adjustments to image Brightness, Contrast, Hue, Sharpness, Tone and saturation. PhotoImpression 2000 makes it easy to create truly memorable and custom gifts for family and friends. Included are a series of templates that enable combining any digital photo with pre-created art to produce one-of-a-kind calendars, custom greeting cards See e-card. and more. The templates can be modified, resized or adjusted to suit any need or image. With PhotoImpression 2000's unique "PhotoFantasy" templates, for example, users can merge personal photos with photo fantasy templates of astronauts, rock stars, beauty queens... even a Presidential candidate. Photos can be further customized by being "inserted" into frames decorated with holiday, birthday, graduation and other designs; or masked in any of a number of shapes, such as heart-shaped, suitable for framing a Valentine's Day Valentine's Day: see Saint Valentine's Day. Valentine's Day Lovers' holiday celebrated on February 14, the feast day of St. Valentine, one of two 3rd-century Roman martyrs of the same name. St. photo of a loved one. Users can even add brush stroke edges to their photos for an additional effect. PhotoImpression 2000 also provides users with the flexibility to print in three different modes: single image, multiple image, and thumbnail printing, which encompass capabilities of ArcSoft's popular PhotoPrinter and MediaBrowser software programs. At the click of a mouse-button, PhotoImpression 2000 instantly connects the user to photo-related services through the www.photoisland.com Web site. Here users can easily post and download their images to the Web -- without ever having to leave the program or launch a third-party application. PhotoIsland provides 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 and offers a large variety of digital imaging products and services. About ArcSoft Founded in 1994 and based in Fremont, Calif., 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 is dedicated to extending advanced imaging technology from the desktop to the Internet, through web enabled software products, their own PhotoIsland.com photo sharing and archiving site, and development of advanced technology solutions for third party "private label" Internet sites. ArcSoft believes in competitively priced, high-quality software products for the retail market and offers special edition versions for 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 bundles in PC, Macintosh and Windows CE (Windows Consumer Electronics) Microsoft's version of Windows for handheld devices and embedded systems that use x86, ARM, MIPS and SHx CPUs. Windows CE .NET superseded Windows CE 3.0. platforms. ArcSoft's OEM customers are leading digital camera, printer, scanner and computer manufacturers. NOTE TO EDITORS: ArcSoft will be demonstrating PhotoImpression 2000 at MacWorld Expo, January 5-8, at exhibit 40 in the Consumer Showcase Area, booth no. 4351. ArcSoft will also be demonstrating products in a private suite at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. To schedule a meeting at either trade show, please contact Christine Rogers of TSI TSI Total Solar Irradiance (sum solar light in energy per unit of time) TSI Trading Standards Institute (UK) TSI Transportation Safety Institute (US DOT) Communications at 201/330-9091; gazer1972@aol.com or Susan Lusty lust·y adj. lust·i·er, lust·i·est 1. Full of vigor or vitality; robust. 2. Powerful; strong: a lusty cry. 3. Lustful. 4. Merry; joyous. at 650/635-0200, ext. 213; slusty@tsicomm.com PhotoImpression is a registered trademark of ArcSoft, Inc. ArcSoft, the ArcSoft logo, PhotoIsland, and the PhotoIsland logo are all trademarks of ArcSoft, Inc. All other product names are trademarked or registered by their respective companies. |
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