Canto Releases Free Cumulus Upgrade.Business Editors/Technology Writers Macworld New York 2002 Cumulus cumulus: see cloud. 5.5.1 Includes a New Update Installer, Basic Image Editing Tools, Support for New File Formats and a Variety of Other Enhancements to Improve Performance Canto can·to n. pl. can·tos One of the principal divisions of a long poem. [Italian, from Latin cantus, song; see canticle. , the global leader in digital asset management solutions, today announced the immediate availability of Cumulus 5.5.1, a free upgrade to its award-winning, cross platform line of digital asset management solutions for enterprises, workgroups and single users. In addition to several new features, Cumulus 5.5.1 has been enhanced to enable Canto's new Cumulus JAVA Classes and the Cumulus HELIOS Companion, products also announced today. The announcement was made at the Macworld Conference & Expo at the Jacob K. Javits Jacob Koppel "Jack" Javits (May 18, 1904 – March 7, 1986) was a liberal Republican New York politician originally allied with Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller, fellow U.S. Senators Irving Ives and Kenneth Keating, and Mayor John V. Lindsay. Center in New York, where Canto (booth #1525) is demonstrating its comprehensive product line of digital asset management solutions. The newest version of Cumulus simplifies the process of upgrading to future versions of Cumulus from all 5.5.x versions. Users no longer have to de-install all options before upgrading Cumulus and all settings are maintained. Furthermore, all settings for the Information Window can be converted from 5.x to 5.5.1, so updating no longer requires users to set those settings again. This feature dramatically simplifies the upgrade process and ensures that all options and settings are maintained whenever any upgrades are performed. Cumulus 5.5.1 also offers an enhanced Pix Asset Converter which enables digital images cataloged in Cumulus to be converted into JPEG JPEG in full Joint Photographic Experts Group Standard computer file format for storing graphic images in a compressed form for general use. JPEG images are compressed using a mathematical algorithm. , TIFF and 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 . formats, as well as conversion into RGB (Red Green Blue) The computer's native color space, which is the color system for capturing and displaying images. RGB was derived from our own perception of color because human eyes are sensitive to red, green and blue (see trichromaticity). , CMYK (Cyan Magenta Yellow blacK) The color space used for commercial printing and most color computer printers. In theory, cyan, magenta and yellow (CMY) can print all colors, but inks are not pure and black comes out muddy. and Grayscale In computing, a grayscale or greyscale digital image is an image in which the value of each pixel is a single sample. Displayed images of this sort are typically composed of shades of gray, varying from black at the weakest intensity to white at the strongest, though in color spaces with the simple click of a button. Changes in size per pixel, percentage and resolution are also possible with this feature, adding basic image editing tools to Canto's core asset management features. Support for additional file formats is continually being added to Cumulus and this release is no exception. With Cumulus 5.5.1, numerous filters have been added for the Unix platform, a rapidly growing enterprise segment. This release contains pre-packaged filters for cataloging and reading specific metadata from 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. , PDF (Portable Document Format) The de facto standard for document publishing from Adobe. On the Web, there are countless brochures, data sheets, white papers and technical manuals in the PDF format. , BMP, IPTC IPTC International Press Telecommunications Council IPTC International Petroleum Technology Conference IPTC In-Prison Therapeutic Community IPTC Innovation and Productivity Tax Credit (Canada) , PNG (Portable Network Graphics) A bitmapped graphics file format endorsed by the World Wide Web Consortium. It is expected to eventually replace the GIF format, because there are lingering legal problems with GIFs. , PBM PBM - play by mail. See play by electronic mail. and generic Unix files. Additional Unix filters for MP3, Adobe InDesign 2.0, Macromedia FreeHand and all other formats supported by Cumulus 5.0 on the Mac and Windows platform will soon be available for download from the Canto web site, www.canto.com. Canto is the industry leader in file formats supported. "One of the benefits of choosing Cumulus is that Canto is solely focused on the Digital Asset Management market, allowing us to spend all of our time upgrading and perfecting our software to better suit the needs of our diverse worldwide customer base," said Jennifer Neumann, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Canto. "Of course, our customers like additional features, but they also like the fact our profitable business gives them a high degree of confidence that they can rely on us to manage the assets that they use on a daily basis." Several changes to Cumulus AssetStores--components that manage the asset's storage and access to it in a cross-platform environment--are also included with this release. The MacBinary AssetStore is included to permit cataloging and access of MacBinary converted files. Enhancements of the MacFile AssetStore, WinFile AssetStore and UnixFile AssetStore are also incorporated. These enhancements permit reading of Mac resource files in a Unix environment, creating folder categories when cataloging on a Unix server, and reading of resource information out of files stored on HELIOS volumes -- essential to the new Cumulus HELIOS Companion product. Additionally, the ZIP Asset Processor, a formerly free but separate product that enables cataloged assets to be compressed within Cumulus, is now bundled with Cumulus 5.5.1. Availability and Pricing Cumulus 5.5.1 is immediately available for Mac OS, Windows, UNIX (Linux, Solaris, IRIX A Unix-based operating system from SGI that is used in its computer systems from desktop to supercomputer. It is an enhanced version of Unix System V Release 4. IRIX integrates the X Window system with OpenGL, creating the first real time 3D X environment. ) in English, German, French. A Japanese language version of the product is due August 2002. This will be the first time a Cumulus 5.5 product is available in Japanese and it is expected to be well received by Canto's newest market. This release will be available free of charge initially to Canto Upgrade Advantage Program customers and then to all current Cumulus 5.5 customers. Customers who are using an earlier version of Cumulus may purchase an upgrade--price to be determined by specific user configuration. For more information on all Cumulus products and services and to download demo versions go to: http://www.canto.com or http://www.canto.co.jp About Cumulus Cumulus 5.5 is the perfect archiving system for multimedia data (aka media assets or digital assets). The Cumulus 5.5 platform also offers a flexible base for any kind of workflow solution for assets in production. Cumulus is a high-end application for managing and publishing all types of media assets such as images, layouts, presentations, video, audio and text. The program offers powerful search capabilities, comprehensive customizing options, e.g. user-definable fields, and Internet access, incl. HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. export, e-mailing and more. When cataloging your digital assets Cumulus automatically reads the contained metadata, creates a thumbnail and references to the original data - no matter which storage media they are on. The Cumulus product line consists of three Editions: Single User, Workgroup, Enterprise, as well as additional Options offered either by Canto or Partner companies. About Canto Founded in 1990, Canto is a leading supplier of Digital Asset Management products and services. Canto is committed to deliver world-class solutions at an inexpensive price to the creative arts, publishing, corporate communications and other industries. The company's product line "Cumulus" is designed to manage and archive all types of digital assets used in production, publishing, communication, and other workflows. The Cumulus product line offers cross-platform and Internet technology that scales completely from Enterprise to Single Users. With hundreds of thousands of Cumulus licenses sold, and more than 9,000 client/server systems installed worldwide, Canto is the clear market leader measured by market share. Canto, the Canto logo and Cumulus are registered trademarks of Canto. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners. |
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