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BitJazz Ships Mac Products
for Lossless Image Compression
SAN FRANCISCO, - BitJazz
Inc. announced it is shipping BitJazz ToolsTM
1.0 for Power Macintosh on the web. Based on its revolutionary
BitJazz technology for lossless compression of photo-quality
images, the package includes the BitJazzTM
compression engine, the PhotoJazzTM
plug-in to open and save PhotoJazz files in Adobe Photoshop,
and the PhotoJazzXTTM
module for QuarkXPress. The tools are available at http://www.bitjazz.com
for $149. BitJazz anticipates availability of its Windows version
within 30 days.
Highest Lossless Compression
Ratio
With an average compression ratio of 2.5 for standard photo-quality
color images, PhotoJazz offers the highest lossless compression
ratio on the market today, letting graphics professionals cut
file sizes to less than half their original size for efficient
transmission and storage. Roughly three times as fast as PNG,
BitJazz achieves high compression without sacrificing speed.
Because BitJazz uses tiles, its memory usage does not increase
with image size.
Flexible Format
Key to the maturing graphics industry is PhotoJazz's support
of all popular photo-quality color modes, including RGB, CMYK,
duotone, high-fidelity and multispectral, with any number of
spot colors and alpha channels. PhotoJazz also supports ICC
profiles, which, when supported by the host application, allows
users to precisely define color calibration of monitors and
print devices.
Magic Watermarks
To test the technology before purchasing, prospective customers
can download a fully functional BitJazz Tools Evaluation copy
at no charge from http://www.bitjazz.com.
Images saved with the evaluation PhotoJazz are watermarked on
saving; images opened with the evaluation PhotoJazzXT are watermarked
on opening. These magic watermarks have no effect on the size
of the compressed image, and, as long as a watermarked image
is never re-saved, the watermarks vanish as soon as the customer
purchases the product, minimizing the production penalty for
evaluation. Because the evaluation PhotoJazz watermarks only
on saving, it also serves as a free reader, to allow distribution
of images to the public.
BitJazz Streamlines Focus, Offers
Developer Kit
In response to the industry demand for integrated workflow solutions,
BitJazz Inc. has streamlined its product line to fit seamlessly
into customers' existing workflow patterns end to end. The BitJazz
compression engine has been separated out into a shared-library
system extension used by all BitJazz Tools, as well as by third-party
plug-ins and PhotoJazz-enabled applications. A software development
kit including the complete BitJazz programming interface will
be released to developers within a week. The extensible format
allows developers to embed private data, such as Photoshop's
Image Resources, in the file.
BitJazz Inc. is emerging as the
new market leader in lossless image compression technology and
development. The company develops compression solutions for
key digital imaging markets, including electronic publishing,
graphic design, photography, and other digital arts, as well
as the medical, satellite and communications sectors.
SOURCE BitJazz Inc.
Web Site: http://www.bitjazz.com
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