MediaRich 3.0 Supports Microsoft Office Applications, Native-CMYK and ZIP Compression
SAN RAFAEL, CA.─FEBRUARY 11, 2003─ Equilibrium, a leading provider of rich-media servers for the enterprise, today announced the availability of Equilibrium® MediaRich™ Image Server 3.0 to meet the dynamic imaging needs of enterprise customers. Equilibrium MediaRich dramatically reduces image production time and costs, improves business efficiency and provides dynamic media capabilities for enterprise-wide Web sites and portals.
Equilibrium MediaRich 3.0 is server-based templating software that automates image production and enables the dynamic delivery of visual assets to the Web, wireless and print media. New features in version 3.0 include the ability to generate thumbnail previews for searching images and multi-page documents created in Microsoft Office applications such as PowerPoint, Word, Excel, and Internet Explorer. MediaRich 3.0 also supports native-CMYK images to preserve the CMYK data when performing operations directly onto the image. The following image property information can now be obtained from any image through Metadata support: dimensions, file size, color space, pixel format, background color, number of layers or frames and modification dates. MediaRich 3.0 supports the creation and extraction of ZIP archives, which is useful for companies that allow customers to save images directly from their site.
“Equilibrium MediaRich 3.0 enables us to dynamically create multiple comp and thumbnail image derivatives of our millions of CMYK and RGB photographs for searching, viewing and purchasing on our self-service Web site,” said Derek Sasaki, Director of Web Development for Comstock Images. “With the added support for ZIP compression included in MediaRich 3.0, Comstock Images plans to provide our customers the ability to download a ZIP file of multiple high-res photographs, which greatly increases the speed and ease our imagery is made available.”
MediaRich 3.0 has a new COM interface for administrative functions such as cache clearing and dependency checking. With added support for virtual file systems and FSNet plug-in, MediaRich 3.0 accesses image source files by defining a number of virtual file systems, which indicates the root of a file tree on a system or network. The FSNet plug-in can implement HTTP and FTP access via standard URLs by defining virtual file systems named `http` and `ftp`. This even has support for Microsoft`s "integrated" authentication method. For pricing information, code samples and free evaluation of MediaRich Image Server, please go to www.equilibrium.com.
“With the Web services interface and open architecture of MediaRich 3.0, our customers are able to easily integrate dynamic image serving with their existing enterprise content management, brand asset management and portal solutions,” said Chris Samaniego, CTO of Equilibrium.
About Equilibrium
Founded in 1989, Equilibrium develops and markets dynamic imaging technologies for multi-channel retail, manufacturing, media and entertainment industries. The MediaRich Image Server automates the production and deployment of visual content for the Web, wireless, print media and Microsoft Office applications to streamline workflow and reduce costs. For additional information, contact Equilibrium at 415.451.7600 or visit www.equilibrium.com.
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Press Contact:
Dave Pola
Equilibrium
415.451.7711
dpola@equilibrium.com
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