Bright Future of Digital Cameras to Boost Consumer Photofinishing Market, IDC Expects.FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- IDC expects positive growth in the consumer photofinishing pho·to·fin·ish·ing n. The act or business of developing camera films and printing photographs for customers. pho market. Even though film usage will decline, the bright future of digital camera shipments will increase the number of images captured, shared and received, reveals a new IDC study. Digital camera images captured, shared and received worldwide will grow an average of 35% for 2003-2008. Digital cameras will continue to be the largest generator of digital images despite the greater forecasted proliferation proliferation /pro·lif·er·a·tion/ (pro-lif?er-a´shun) the reproduction or multiplication of similar forms, especially of cells.prolif´erativeprolif´erous pro·lif·er·a·tion n. of camera phones. Prints from digital images will surpass film prints in 2006 and will account for 71% of total worldwide prints by 2008. "Digital images are supplanting sup·plant tr.v. sup·plant·ed, sup·plant·ing, sup·plants 1. To usurp the place of, especially through intrigue or underhanded tactics. 2. film prints as more and more users begin to print from digital cameras rather than through film cameras," said Christopher Chute chute 1. a device used to restrain large animals especially cattle and horses. It is a small stall into which the animal is encouraged to walk. The head is fixed, in cattle by a head bail, the back is closed and the animal can then be examined or treated. , senior analyst for Digital Imaging research at IDC. "As film prints decline, home printing from digital cameras will pull up total global print revenue. However, we expect that the fragmentation (1) Storing data in non-contiguous areas on disk. As files are updated, new data are stored in available free space, which may not be contiguous. Fragmented files cause extra head movement, slowing disk accesses. A defragger program is used to rewrite and reorder all the files. caused by the impact of digital technology on the photofinishing market will result in a consumables price war between environments." From a regional perspective, the U.S. hegemony hegemony (hĭjĕm`ənē, hē–, hĕj`əmō'nē, hĕg`ə–), [Gr.,=leadership], dominance, originally of one Greek city-state over others, the term has been extended to refer to the dominance of one on print revenue will stay constant. Image printing has been largely a U.S.-based phenomenon for most of the digital capture device market lifespan. IDC expects the U.S. share to hover An option in Microsoft Internet Explorer that removes the permanent underline from hypertext links. The underline displays automatically and only when the cursor is placed over (hovers over) the link. Hover is available in Tools/Internet Options/Advanced/Underline links. at 35% over the forecast period, again, largely due to U.S. consumer's comfort level with desktop PC use. The Rest of World region (including Asia/Pacific) will increase its share of global revenue the most to 26% in 2008, while Japan's share will decline to 10% in 2008, and Western Europe Western Europe The countries of western Europe, especially those that are allied with the United States and Canada in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (established 1949 and usually known as NATO). will remain close to 30%. IDC's new study, Worldwide Image Forecast, 2004-2008: The Image Bible (IDC #32428), quantifies the number of images captured, shared, received, and printed by capture device users (i.e., digital camera, scanner, camera phone, digital camcorder, and film camera) for consumers and businesses. It also forecasts how the various volumes of these images will shift over time due to the impact of infrastructure technology, increased adoption of capture technology, and the price of image printing. This year's Image Bible includes four regional breakouts and a worldwide roll-up. 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