Extensis Releases Pro Photo Raw Image Filter for Portfolio 6.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers Imaging USA Conference and Expo LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 28, 2003 Free filter powered by Bibble Labs enables professional photographers to manage Raw image files from leading digital SLR (1) (Scalable Linear Recording) A line of magnetic tape drives from Tandberg Data that evolved from the QIC Data Cartridge format. See QIC. (2) (Single Lens Reflex) A camera that uses the same lens for viewing and shooting. cameras. Extensis today announced the immediate availability of the Pro Photo Raw Image Filter for Portfolio 6. The new filter -- a free upgrade for registered owners Registered Owner An individual or organization to whom certificates are directly issued and who, as a result, is recorded on the corporation's securityholder records (as maintained by the transfer agent). of the company's award-winning Digital Asset Management (DAM) solution -- allows photographers to preview, sort, and archive camera-native images without having to first convert them into another format. With the Pro Photo Raw Image Filter, Portfolio can generate high-quality thumbnails and previews from the unprocessed raw image files created by higher-end digital cameras from Nikon, Olympus, Kodak, Canon and Fuji. Portfolio can also extract EXIF (EXchangeable Image Format) Extensions to image file formats that hold the camera settings used to take the picture. Developed in 1995 by JEIDA for JPEG images, EXIF data was added to TIFF, RAW and other formats later. metadata (1) (meta-data) Data that describes other data. The term may refer to detailed compilations such as data dictionaries and repositories that provide a substantial amount of information about each data element. from the raw files and generate slideshows of the images. "Adding support for these raw formats makes Portfolio an ideal tool for professional photographers," said Joseph Schorr, senior product manager, Extensis. "Photographers can now go directly from camera to Portfolio, where they can preview, keyword, organize and sort thousands of images without getting bogged down in a lengthy conversion process." Many pro-level photographers produce digital photos in raw format because this format preserves 100 percent of the color and tonal range data captured by the camera's light- sensitive computer chip in an uncompressed, lossless See lossless compression. (algorithm, compression) lossless - A term describing a data compression algorithm which retains all the information in the data, allowing it to be recovered perfectly by decompression. Unix compress and GNU gzip perform lossless compression. form. Raw files can serve as digital "negatives" or master images that can later be converted into more standard formats (such as TIFF or 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. ) with a variety of tools that give the photographer control over how the original data is ultimately rendered. The Pro Photo Raw Image filter for Portfolio is powered by technology from Bibble Labs, one of the leading developers of raw image processing image processing Set of computational techniques for analyzing, enhancing, compressing, and reconstructing images. Its main components are importing, in which an image is captured through scanning or digital photography; analysis and manipulation of the image, accomplished software. "Combining the power of Bibble Labs' raw image processing technology with the photo-management tools already in Portfolio is a powerful combination," said Eric Hyman 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 Bibble Labs. "This is something that pro photographers really need and we're pleased to help Extensis build a premier tool for the pro photo market." Registered owners of Portfolio 6 are eligible to receive the Pro Photo Raw Image filter by updating their current version of Portfolio to version 6.1.2 for Mac OS X and 6.0.3 for Windows through the Extensis website at http://www.extensis.com/updates. About Portfolio 6 Portfolio is the fastest way for photographers and creative professionals to share, organize, retrieve and distribute the digital files they create and use every day. It takes the grunt work out of organizing files and removes the chaos for creative workgroups and enterprises alike by providing instant visual access to digital photos, scans, other media files. Visit http://www.extensis.com/portfolio for more information on this product. Pricing and Availability The Pro Photo Raw Image Filter for Portfolio will be available for immediate download To receive a file transmitted over a network. In any communications session, "download" means receive, and "upload" means send. The download/upload often implies a big/little scenario, in which data is being downloaded from the "big" server into the "little" user's computer. from the Extensis website and is free of charge for registered Portfolio 6 users. Portfolio 6 is available for a suggested retail price of $199.95US for full product. System Requirements To be used efficiently, all computer software needs certain hardware components or other software resources to be present on a computer system. These pre-requisites are known as (computer) system requirements and are often used as a guideline as opposed to an absolute rule. The Pro Photo Raw Image Filter works with Portfolio 6.01 for Mac OS 9, Portfolio 6.1.2 for Mac OS X10.2, and Portfolio 6.0.3 for Windows 98, ME, XP and 2000. The following cameras and file formats are supported: Nikon D1/X/H/100, Fuji S2Pro, Olympus E10/20, Kodak 14N, 760C, 760M, 720X, Pro Back, Pro Back 654C, Pro Back 654M and Canon D30, D60, 10D, G1, G2, G3, G5, S30, S40, S45, S50, Pro901S. Additional support for camera formats will be added in the future. About Extensis, Inc. Extensis, a Celartem company, is a leading publisher of software and tools that extend the capabilities of creative professionals. Extensis' award winning and industry standard products include: Suitcase for font font or typeface or type family Assortment or set of type (alphanumeric characters used for printing), all of one coherent style. Before the advent of computers, fonts were expressed in cast metal that was used as a template for printing. management, Portfolio for asset management, PrintReady for preflighting and file delivery, plug-in enhancements for Photoshop (Mask Pro, Intellihance, PhotoTools, PhotoFrame), and productivity enhancements for QuarkXPress (QX-Tools, QX-Effects, BeyondPress) Extensis was founded in 1993, by creative professionals for creative professionals, and is based in Portland, Oregon and the United Kingdom. Extensis is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Celartem Technology USA Inc., which is wholly owned by Celartem Technology Inc., (Hercules: 4330). For additional information please visit our website at http://www.extensis.com or call 1-800-796-9798. About Bibble Labs Located in Austin,Texas, Bibble Labs was founded in 2000 to develop technologies and software for high quality processing of raw files from a wide variety of digital cameras. For more information, please visit our website at http:/www.bibblelabs.com. Licensing inquiries may be addressed to bibble@bibblelabs.com. About Celartem Celartem Technology Inc. was established in 1996 to conduct research and development into storage and distribution technologies for digital images. It has developed, and sells VFZ VFZ Vector Format for Zooming VFZ Viktor Frankl Zentrum (Vienna, Austria) VFZ Video Effects technology, which allows digital images to be stored and distributed without any loss in resolution, and the Protected Archive Image Distribution System that allows digital images to be distributed over networks in a secure manner at original resolution. On December 11, 2001, Celartem was listed on the Osaka Securities Exchange Osaka Securities Exchange (OSE) Established after World War II, one of the three major securities markets in Japan. , Hercules Market (Hercules: 4330). Please visit http://www.celartem.com for more information. |
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