Ulead Unveils First Downloadable Digital Imaging Software for Macintosh; Photo Explorer 2.0 Gives Mac Users Advanced Media Management and Photo Enhancement Tools.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers Ulead Systems Ulead Systems is a Taiwanese computer software company headquartered in Neihu district in Taipei, Taiwan. History Ulead was founded in August 5, 1989 by Lotus Chen, Lewis Liaw and Way-Zen Chen. , Inc., a leading developer of image editing Changing or improving graphics images. It typically refers to bitmapped images rather than vector graphics drawings. Using an image editor, images can be modified by an artist using pen, brush, airbrush and other "painting" tools. , video editing See nonlinear video editing and video editor. and Web graphics software, introduced Ulead Photo Explorer 2.0 for Mac, a complete media management tool for acquiring, organizing, and sharing image, video and other media files on Macintosh computers. Based on Ulead's award-winning and successful retail product Photo Explorer 7.0 Pro for Windows, Photo Explorer 2.0 for Mac goes beyond basic digital management and enhancement features found in other Mac imaging software. It offers an easy to navigate, yet rich pallet of image management and enhancement tools specifically designed for digital camera owners. Photo Explorer 2.0 for Mac is carbonized For the process of carbonization, see . Carbonized were a Swedish death metal band. They later developed into psychedelic grindcore and gradually became more and more avant garde. for OS X, yet also supports Mac users who are still running on OS 9.x and OS 8.6. "While Apple's iPhoto has basic photo management and enhancement tools, Ulead Photo Explorer is the next step for digital camera hobbyists who want a wider breadth of image enhancement See image editing. tools. Its unique ability to manage and incorporate video and other multimedia files into projects also gives users more creative freedom," said Michael Yanez, vice president of sales for Ulead Systems, Inc. "What's more, the combination of Photo Explorer 2.0 for Mac with Photo Explorer 7.0 Pro for Windows helps our 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 partners meet the photo software needs of both their Windows and Macintosh customers." About Ulead Photo Explorer 2.0 for Mac Manage Photo Explorer 2.0 for Mac gives hobbyists the tools to manage photos with convenient folder tree views, image thumbnail previews, and easy drag-and-drop sorting capabilities. They can move beyond basic image management with the software's flexible support for video, audio, animation and 3D files. With Photo Explorer 2.0's unique ability to read 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, digital camera hobbyists can access important photo information like date, exposure and other camera settings. Auto conversion features let users convert multiple images from one format to another while auto-rename quickly renames files after transferring them from a digital camera. Enhance Photo Explorer's photo enhancement capabilities remove red eye, crop, rotate or flip photos. It's effortless to improve the look of images when using Photo Explorer's advanced enhancement tools such as hue, saturation, brightness (graphics) hue, saturation, brightness - (HSB) A colour model that describes colours in terms of hue, saturation, and brightness. In the tables below, a hue is a "pure" colour, i.e. one with no black or white in it. A shade is a "dark" colour, i.e. and contrast, color balance In photography and image processing, color balance (sometimes gray balance, neutral balance, or white balance) refers to the adjustment of the relative amounts of red, green, and blue primary colors in an image such that neutral colors are reproduced correctly. , and blur tools. Photo Explorer also includes sharpen tools as well as the ability to add captions or text to photos. All photo enhancement features can be applied to a single photo or batch of images to save time. Share Photo Explorer 2.0 offers versatile sharing features that enable users to share photos over e-mail with automated e-mailing features or on the Web with the software's Web creation tools. It's simple to create custom onscreen on·screen or on-screen adj. & adv. 1. As shown on a movie, television, or display screen. 2. Within public view; in public. slideshows complete with transitions using images, video and audio. Photo Explorer also outputs image thumbnails and slideshows as 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. Web pages to upload to a user's personal Web site. For those without a Web site, Ulead offers a free photo sharing Web site, iMira.com (20MB limit), where members can conveniently upload, share and print digital images. Photo Explorer 2.0 lets users further express their creativity with straightforward printing features for creating contact sheets, cards and calendars. Pricing and Availability Ulead Photo Explorer 2.0 for Mac is available immediately as a downloadable product from Ulead's Website at http://www.ulead.com. The street price for Photo Explorer 2.0 Mac is $24.95. About Ulead Systems Ulead Systems, Inc. develops innovative video, imaging and Web graphics applications to help consumers and organizations communicate ideas effectively and creatively to audiences around the world. The company's award-winning desktop products include Ulead(R) PhotoImpact(R), Ulead(R) VideoStudio(R), Ulead(R) MediaStudio(R) Pro, Ulead(R) Photo Express(TM), Ulead(R) COOL 3D(TM), Ulead(R) GIF Animator(TM), and Ulead(R) Photo Explorer(TM). Ulead's iMira Server Tools offer organizations server-based imaging and Web solutions that enable them to manage internal image and editing processes and offer Web site imaging services. For more information on Ulead, its products and services, visit www.ulead.com or call 800-85-ULEAD (800-858-5323). |
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