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ArcSoft announces PhotoMania for Windows; combines photo editing and photo e-mail for $39.


FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 21, 1996--ArcSoft Inc., makers of PhotoStudio for Windows, this week released PhotoMania(TM), a dual-title package that includes both PhotoImpression and PhotoExpress for just $39.

The tools offer photo editing See photo editor. , 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. , album management, support for acquiring TWAIN (Technology Without An Interesting Name) A programming interface that lets a graphics application, such as an image editing program or desktop publishing program, activate a scanner, frame grabber or other image-capturing device.  images, and even multimedia e-mail capabilities that allow users to send photos to friends via e-mail.

PhotoImpression is an easy-to-use image-editing program offering a complete set of photo enhancing tools and templates. The special effects are manipulated with real-time thumbnail previews and include oil painting, melting, mosaic, fisheye fish·eye  
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1. Of or being a wide-angle photographic lens that covers an angle of about 180°, producing a circular image with exaggerated foreshortening in the center and increasing distortion toward the periphery.

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, motion blur, and many more. PhotoImpression even includes a free slide show screen saver A utility that was originally created to prevent a CRT from being etched by an unchanging image. After a specified duration of time without keyboard or mouse input, it blanks the screen or displays moving objects. Pressing a key or moving the mouse restores the screen. , allowing users to put together simple presentations of their creations.

PhotoExpress is a multimedia e-mail application that actually lets users create multimedia postcards that can be instantly transformed into live web pages -- or e-mailed to friends -- at the click of a button. Users can incorporate images created with PhotoImpression as well as text, sound, and video clips.

The president of ArcSoft, Michael Deng, calls the bundle, "...a super value for the customer. Never before has this feature set been available to the public for a price so affordable."

PhotoMania is available now. For more information, contact ArcSoft at 800/762-8657 or 510/440-9901. ArcSoft's web site is http://www.arcsoft.com. -0- TRADEMARK NOTICE ---------------- PhotoImpression, PhotoMania, and PhotoExpress 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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