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Mountain
View, CA [December 16, 1998]-E-Book Systems, Inc., today announced the release
of FlipAlbum™ 3.0, the world's first software that automatically organizes
digital images into a book-like picture album. Its three-dimensional page-flipping
adds realism and intimacy to the experience of viewing personal and family
pictures. FlipAlbum opens the window to a whole new way of organizing, editing,
viewing and e-mailing digital images, photos and multimedia files.
"FlipAlbum
enters the market at a time when there is a veritable explosion in digital
imagery," says Khurshiday Molla, Vice President of Marketing for E-Book
Systems. "As businesses generate billions of digital images for websites
and presentations and consumers begin to embrace digital photography, the
need increases for a simple, yet painless way to organize these images."
FlipAlbum complements
such software such as Adobe PhotoDeluxe and Microsoft Picture It!, image
enhancement products that generally come bundled with digital cameras and
scanners. FlipAlbum takes digital imagery to the next level, enabling users
to organize images into separate albums or presentations according to any
occasion, topic or subject. The software automatically lays out the pictures
onto album pages and generates overview pages containing thumbnails, a table
of image contents, and an index. An animated page-thickness representation
on the side of each album and bookmarks make it simple to refer back to
previously viewed images, a valuable tool whether one is viewing personal
photos or comparing digital images for professional use. FlipAlbum
incorporates a wide range of useful features, including:
- The animated page-flipping
interface makes using FlipAlbum a natural and intuitive experience compared
to the static images offered by less sophisticated software.
- Page-flipping
provides the viewer with a good overview of the entire collection of
images as well as a convenient means for browsing them.
- Editing capabilities
include adding text, making adjustments for brightness and contrast,
image filters, special effects and more.
- A thumbnail overview
of all images, a table of contents and indexes are automatically generated
to easily manage, locate and email pictures.
- Bookmarking allows
fast and easy access to specific images.
- Viewing options
include page-flipping and slide shows.
- Rearranging images
among albums is easy with Copy, Move, Save As, Rename and other features.
- Background music
may be added, using holiday selections included with FlipAlbum or the
music of the user’s choice.
- FlipAlbum efficiently
emails pictures to friends, family and business associates.
- FlipAlbum accepts
images of any size. File formats accepted include BMP, GIF, JPG, PCX,
WMF, ICO, PNG, PCD, PSD, TIF, MID, WAV, AVI. The quantity of images
is limited only by the size of the user's hard drive.
- WYSIWYG print
interface allows easy setting of desired image size for printing.
FlipAlbum will retail
at a suggested retail price of US$49.95 from January 1999. The software
may also be obtained via E-Book Systems’ website. System Requirements:
IBM PC 486 compatible or higher; Microsoft Windows 95, 98, NT. Compatibility:
TWAIN interface devices. File formats: BMP, GIF, JPG, PCX, WMF, ICO, PNG,
PCD, PSD, TIF, MID, WAV, AVI. FlipAlbum™ 3.0 is Copyright © 1997-1998
E-Book Systems, Inc., Patents Pending. All Rights Reserved.
E-Book Systems, Inc.,
was formed to exploit advances in hardware, software and human-interface
design and address the emerging market for digital photography. The company
expects to release a series of products that applies the electronic book
paradigm to digital imaging. The company is privately held and its investors
include Kai-Wa Ng, the co-founder of Creative Labs. It
has offices in
California and Singapore. For additional information, call (650) 964-4140
(California) or (65) 258-6100 (Singapore), or e-mail marketing@ebooksys.com
or visit http://www.ebooksys.com. |
