Extensis Ships Intellihance 2.0 for Adobe Photoshop; Automatic image enhancement plug-in is now available for Windows 95 and Win32s.PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 28, 1996--Extensis Corporation, a leading supplier of application-enhancement software, including the award-winning PageTools 2.0 for Adobe PageMaker PageMaker was the first desktop publishing program, introduced in 1985 by Aldus Corporation[1], initially for the Apple Macintosh but soon after also for the PC. It relies on Adobe Systems' PostScript page description language. Windows, today shipped Intellihance 2.0, an intelligent, automatic image-enhancement plug-in for Adobe Photoshop See Photoshop. running on Windows 95 or Win32s. Following the success of Intellihance 2.0 for the Macintosh, Extensis has brought identical performance and functionality to Windows-based PC users. Intellihance 2.0's artificial intelligence engine utilizes algorithms to analyze and adjust image contrast, brightness, saturation, sharpness and despeckle in a single step. It works with any digital camera, scanned, stock or Photo CD image. By applying automated, artificial intelligence to the photo-enhancement process, Intellihance enables users to get great looking results with little or no intervention. Intellihance 2.0 is like having an image expert inside your computer. Intellihance 2.0 provides new functionality and phenomenal time savings at a lower price "Our goal with Intellihance 2.0 is to offer anyone who works with digital photos a tool that will dramatically increase their productivity," said Craig Barnes, Extensis Founder and President. "Intellihance 2.0 is a perfect complement for both novice and expert. The novice will get the enhanced image they want with one click of the mouse, and the expert will experience enormous productivity gains when working on larger projects requiring consistent, pleasing results. This is an excellent tool for large projects like yearbooks, newspapers and other image intensive publications." Other features in Intellihance 2.0 include a completely revamped user interface which displays before and after side-by-side previews, user adjustable preference settings which allow modifications to the intelligent enhancement engine and before and after pixel value readouts. Also, users will benefit from the ability to work with 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. , 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). 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 images, a professional RGB to CMYK color separation Separating a picture by colors in order to make negatives and plates for color printing. The four-color process requires four separations: cyan, magenta, yellow and black (CMYK). See OPI and DCS. table from PixelCraft and Fine Tune controls in a single dialog box A movable window that is displayed on screen in response to the user selecting a menu option. It provides the current status and available options for a particular feature in the program. for precision manual adjustments and control over tone, sharpness, saturation and despeckle. Intellihance 2.0 is a perfect complement to existing Color Management Systems, which only attempt to match monitor color to output color. It is also an excellent tool for enhancing photos before creating composite images, applying 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. or creating content for the World Wide Web. Intellihance 2.0's value is unpreocedented in the plug-in marketplace. Developed originally by DPA DPA - Data Protection Act Software, Extensis acquired the publishing rights Literally, the right to publish a work. In the music industry, "publishing" is used as a catch-all shorthand for the administration of matters relating to the songwriter's and composer's share of income from a musical composition or recorded work. See Music Publishing. and worked with DPA Software to improve the interface, functionality and documentation and then repackaged and priced it below the original cost. Extensis and DPA Software will continue to work together to further develop the product, while Extensis maintains sole responsibility for marketing, selling and supporting Intellihance 2.0. Users and Reviewers confirm Intellihance's technology Intellihance 2.0 has been tested and is in use by thousands of people employed in graphic arts graphic arts: see aquatint; drawing; drypoint; engraving; etching; illustration; linoleum block printing; lithography; mezzotint; niello; pastel; poster; silk-screen printing; silhouette; silverpoint; sketch; stencil; woodcut and wood engraving. . Everyone agrees that Intellihance is a proven time-saver. "The software reads your mind and adjusts your image!" stated David Claunch, in his April 1996 Publish Magazine review of Intellihance 2.0. "This Photoshop plug-in A third-party software product that extends Photoshop's capabilities. There are countless plug-ins that provide ways to enhance and change an image beyond the set of tools that are built into Photoshop. has the remarkable ability to quickly and painlessly transform raw scans into expertly corrected images." Pricing and availability Intellihance 2.0 for Windows is available on for an estimated street price of $99.95. Intellihance 2.0 is available direct from Extensis at (800) 796-9798, or through PC Connection, PC Zone, MicroWarehouse, The World-Wide Power Company and other major software resellers. Intellihance 2.0 requires Photoshop 3.0.4 or later and runs on Windows 95 or Windows 3.1 with Win32s. Intellihance 2.0 is also compatible with Corel Photo-Paint 6 (Grayscale and CMYK only) and Adobe PageMaker 6.0. Extensis Corporation, founded in 1993, develops, markets and distributes application-enhancement software solutions that enable users to get more from the software they are already using. For a more detailed look at Extensis please visit the Extensis web site at: http://www.extensis.com. -0- Note to Editors: Extensis, DrawTools, QX-Tools and PageTools are trademarks of Extensis Corporation. Intellihance is a trademark of DPA Software. Adobe, Fetch, Illustrator, PageMaker and Photoshop are trademarks of Adobe Systems, Inc. QuarkXPress is a trademark of Quark, Inc. Macintosh is a registered trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. All other trademarks are the properties of their respective owners. CONTACT: Extensis Corporation Mark Law, 503/274-2020 X135 mlaw@extensis.com or Kim Collier Alliance Group, 503/452-5919 kck@teleport.com |
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