New KODAK Photo CD Catalog Disc Holds Thousands of Photos





Format Gives Unparalleled Access to Thousands of Pictorial Images





New York, Aug. 25-Open the mail.  There's the catalog.  Now, what's the 

perfect vacation spot?  Here's an island, a beach.  Hear the breakers, the

gulls.



With the new KODAK Photo CD Catalog disc, people can see-and hear-catalogs

on their television sets.  The KODAK Photo CD Catalog format allows easy

distribution of on-disc catalogs containing thousands of pictures-of 

vacation destinations, works of art, retail products, and so on.  The

pictures can be formatted into catalog pages on the screen, complete with

text, graphics, a table of contents, and chapters-even sound.



People who play the discs in home Photo CD players connected to their TV

can see on-screen menus that will lead them through the catalog at the touch 

of a button on their infrared remote control.  Those who run KODAK Photo

CD Catalog discs on a desktop computer can use on-disc KODAK Browser 

software to locate images with simple key word searches.



With the KODAK Photo CD Catalog format, as many as 6,000 video resolution

images can be stored on a disc for soft display on TV and computer 

monitors.  These images are of lower resolution than those stored on either 

standard KODAK Photo CD Master or KODAK Pro Photo CD Master discs.  So they 

can't be used to make photo-quality prints, but their quality is ideal for

video display.



Commercial catalogs are only one type of application.  "This format promises

to be the most efficient and convenient way ever devised to give people 

access to large numbers of images," said David P. Biehn, KODAK vice 

president and general manager, Professional Imaging.  "It's opening up some

exciting possibilities.



He noted that Westlight, a stock agency in Los Angeles, is planning to

release a KODAK Photo CD Catalog disc this fall containing images they have 

available for use.  Westlight will also be working with KODAK on the 

development of the KODAK Picture Exchange.



"We've also had preliminary discussions with art museums, direct marketers, 

and sports card publishers about future projects," Biehn said.







About the Photo CD Catalog



The KODAK Photo CD Catalog format extends KODAK's Photo CD system.  Like

KODAK Photo CD Master images, Photo CD Catalog images can be viewed on TV 

(using a Photo CD or CD-I player) or input to a desktop computer (using a 

Photo CD-compatible CD-ROM XA drive).



Using a KODAK Photo CD Catalog disc in a home Photo CD player is easy.  The

disc, which has unique trade dress to distinguish it from other Photo CD 

discs, is inserted into the player as usual.



A menu screen greets the viewer and offers several different branches that

can be followed.  On a clothing catalog disc, there might be "Men's,"

"Women's," and "Children's" sections.  From there, additional menus help

guide the viewer to "Men's Sweaters," or "Children's Shoes."



All the normal Photo CD player functions are available with a KODAK Photo CD 

Catalog disc, including zoom and pan.  Sound, if any, is played as each

image appears on the screen.



Each picture on the disc has a unique number that can be seen by panning to 

the right side of the image.  This feature would also be important for art 

directors wanting to order a specific image from a stock agency's disc, for 

example.







Using KODAK Photo CD Catalog on a computer



Running a KODAK Photo CD Catalog disc on a desktop computer is similar to 

using a disc in a home player, except that the computer user has more 

options.  In addition to being able to browse images and follow on-screen

menus, the user can take advantage of the KODAK Browser software resident on 

the disc to conduct key word searches.  



For example, the key words "Men," "Sweaters," and "Blue" might automatically

return images of blue men's sweaters on the clothing catalog disc in the 

earlier example.  Searches of this type eliminate the need to thumb through 

page after page of traditional catalogs searching for the right item.  This 

feature will make library or museum item catalog searches dramatically more 

efficient.



Like the person viewing catalog images on a home player, the computer user 

can zoom, pan, and listen to sound associated with each image.



"The KODAK Photo CD Catalog disc brings image access to a much wider group 

of people," Biehn explained.  "For the cost of a home Photo CD player or a 

compatible CD-ROM XA drive, an art director at an ad agency can

automatically search from among hundreds or thousands of images to find the 

right one.  And that's just one example.  It's an incredible capability."



Organizations that want to create a KODAK Photo CD Catalog disc need a 

graphics capable desktop computer and KODAK Photo CD Catalog authoring 

software.  With the help of the software, they will be able to select images 

from among their existing KODAK Photo CD Master discs, then add graphics, 

text, and sound to create a program script.  This script is used to create 

the finished discs.



Small quantities of finished KODAK Photo CD Catalog discs can be produced by 

a photofinisher or on a user's own compact disc writer.  Compact disc 

mastering houses can produce larger quantities of discs intended for mass 

distriution.



Consumers interested in more information may call the KODAK Information 

Center at 1-800-242-2424, ext. 77.





 
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