Dazzle Multimedia Enters The Macintosh Arena With The Dazzle Digital Photo Maker.FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 11, 1999-- Allows Mac Users to Create, Capture, Edit and Share Digital Video and Photo Snapshots Over the Web, in Emails and More Dazzle Multimedia, the number one brand in MPEG (Moving Pictures Experts Group) An ISO/ITU standard for compressing digital video. Pronounced "em-peg," it is the universal standard for digital terrestrial, cable and satellite TV, DVDs and digital video recorders (DVRs). digital video products according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. PC DATA, today announced that it is extending its reach into the Macintosh market with the Dazzle Digital Photo Maker (USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. ), now shipping for $99. The product can be used with any USB-compatible Macintosh computer running Mac OS 8.6 or higher, including the Apple Power Mac G3/G4, iMac, iBook and PowerBook series of computers. "Dazzle Multimedia's entry into the Macintosh market is the company's first step in bringing our award-winning digital video software and hardware applications to Mac users," said Sajid Sohail, co-founder and 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 Dazzle Multimedia. "The Dazzle Digital Photo Maker is so easy to use, everyone from grandmothers to children can create, edit and share digital video and photo snapshots." "With sleek and powerful products like the Power Mac G4 and the iBook, Apple continues to roll out the most exciting products in the industry - creating outstanding opportunities for developers," said Clent Richardson, Apple's vice president of Worldwide Developer Relations. "With Dazzle Digital Photo Maker, Macintosh users can intuitively turn their digital video and photo snapshots into postcards, photo albums, or works of art." Also compatible with Windows-based PC's, the Dazzle Digital Photo Maker now allows Macintosh users to capture, edit, manage, publish and share high-resolution digital video and still images with Dazzle PhotoStudio and PhotoImpression, its easy-to-use, intuitive software Application programs that have a friendly interface and work like users would expect. Menu functions are available in a logical order that one finds natural. The most common functions are presented in one menu or are located at the top of the menu list rather than being buried in rigid programs. With Dazzle PhotoStudio, business and home users can edit and enhance still images by cropping photos, adjusting brightness, adding contrast, increasing sharpness and removing red eye. With the Dazzle VideoImpression software, users can capture and edit video and still-image files from various video for use on their computers or on the Internet. The product also provides AVI (Audio Video Interleaved) A Windows multimedia video format from Microsoft. It interleaves standard waveform audio and digital video frames (bitmaps) to provide reduced animation at 15 fps at 160x120x8 resolution. Audio is 11,025Hz, 8-bit samples. support for video conferencing, e-mail and screen savers. Once the digital images are enhanced, they can be uploaded to PhotoIsland (www.photoisland.com), a photo management Web site, and stored in a secure, online lock box. These images can then be used to create digital photo albums, scanned onto mugs and t-shirts or e-mailed as digital postcards. The Dazzle Digital Photo Maker is available from the company's nationwide network of retailers and resellers, including CompUSA, Best Buy, Fry's Electronics, Micro Center, Office Depot and Staples. Dazzle's products also are available online at www.dazzle.com and other e-commerce sites. About Dazzle Multimedia Dazzle Multimedia, based in Fremont, designs, builds and markets innovative and affordable MPEG digital video and still image capture/editing products for business and personal computer users. Dazzle Multimedia believes these products represent the initial stage of an evolution from text and character-based processing to a computing environment in which audio/video and other media are more fully integrated into documents, presentations and communications. SCM (1) (Software Configuration Management, Source Code Management) See configuration management. (2) See supply chain management. Microsystems (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :SCMM SCMM Standing Committee on Military Matters SCMM Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon (Mumbai, India) SCMM SoCal MINI Maniacs (Los Angeles, CA) SCMM Software Capability Maturity Model ), a leading 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 supplier of secure digital access solutions for digital TV and computers, recently acquired a major stake in Dazzle Multimedia. Interested parties can learn more about Dazzle Multimedia by calling 510/360-2300 or by visiting the company's Web site at www.dazzle.com. |
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