Message-Id: <mailto:199411081740.LAA07022@library.wustl.edu> Date: Tue, 8 Nov 1994 14:14:53 -0330 From: Keith Vincent <mailto:kvincent@RANDOM.UCS.MUN.CA> Subject: Re: Image database needed... To: Multiple recipients of list IMAGELIB
You should also check out Picture Windows from Matrix Technologies 1-800-563-0305.On Tue, 8 Nov 1994, Chris Dobbs wrote:
> > Does anyone know of an image database/viewer for small color images
> > (640x480) that has both Windows and Macintosh versions and can be
> > licensed for distribution on CD? I'd love to hear from you...
>
> Kodak offers just such a product, based on Photo CD. Well, actually it
> is in a beta stage right now, but you can take advantage of it.
>
> The product is essentially several thousand images on a disc, along
> with a database for them, and a search and display engine -- both Mac
> and PC -- all automatically on the disc. This has been referred to
> as "Catalog CD," but it's not clear how it will be named when it
> becomes final product. The important thing is not the name but the
> capability, right?
>
> Authoring of these discs *is* available through a selected group of
> beta sites. You would bring your images (preferably on Photo CD)
> and database to the provider and they would cut the disc for a fee.
> They should have submission guidelines to make this easy. Once you
> have the disc, you can replicate it via standard CD stamping channels.
>
> I don't have the list of beta sites in front of me, but I can certainly
> get it and post it. If you (or anyone) on the list expresses interest,
> I will do so.
>
> Chris Dobbs
> CD Advanced Applications Lab
> Eastman Kodak Company
>
> *Not an official Kodak spokesperson.*
>