BuildOrBuy Network News http://www.buildorbuy.org/ http://www.buildorbuy.net/ Subject: LuraTech eNews October 2001 Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 11:45:15 -0700 From: Xochy Kuriger Organization: LuraTech, Inc. To: Gill Boyd ===================================================================== LuraTech, Inc - eNews October - 10/2001 ===================================================================== READ IN THIS ISSUE: - New version of LuraWave.jp2 C-SDK (WIN) released - Release of LuraWave.jp2 C-SDK (MAC) - New product release of LuraWave.jp2 Photoshop Plug-In (MAC) - Intuitive and LuraDocument(r) ActiveX control - Glass Eye Entertainment now using LuraWave(r) Technology - LuraTech wins "2002 European IST Prize" - Featured Product of the MONTH "LuraWave(r) Java Applet 2.1" ===================================================================== New Release of LuraWave.jp2 (JPEG 2000) C-SDK (WIN) Version 1.5 --------------------------------------------------------------- LuraTech, Inc., is proud to announce the release of a new and improved version of LuraWave.jp2 (JPEG2000) C-SDK (WIN) 1.5. In this newer version LuraTech has included some outstanding performance enhancements. You will now find speed improvements of 15%-20% over the older version 1.4, reduction of memory consumption, while decoding using the 9/7 filter, ability to decode partial bit-streams of a partially loaded file, improved compression quality, and support for color channels with differing dimensions. * For more information about LuraWave.jp2: http://www.luratech.com/jpeg2000/ * For more information about JPEG2000: http://www.jpeg2000info.com/ Announcing NEW product release of LuraWave.jp2 C-SDK(MAC) Version 1.4 --------------------------------------------------------------------- LuraTech has just extended its family of jp2 (JPEG2000) products to include the MAC community. Now MAC developers can take full advantage of integrating LuraWave.jp2 image compression/decompression functionalities into any application. LuraWave.jp2 C-SDK's offer all the features of the utility through a DLL (Dynamic link library) or shared library calls. The LuraWave.jp2 C-SDK includes all functions for compressing and decompressing images. Users can control compression degrees (lossless or lossy), determine alternative image size or quality, compress inside RAM or within files, password protect images, compress with enhanced regions, etc. * For more information please go to: http://www.luratech.com/products/productoverview/lurawave/fs_jp2-c-sdk_e.html NEW product release of LuraWave.jp2 Photoshop Plug-In (MAC) ----------------------------------------------------------- Now Macintosh Users can save Photoshop images as LuraWave.jp2 files. This new Plug-in extends the functionality of Adobe Photoshop, the leading software application for image processing. In addition to this the capabilities Photoshop offers are now available for images compressed using LuraWave.jp2 compression. * Download the Demo-Version now at: http://www.luratech.com/products/download/jp2_ppi_mac_e.html Intuitive Software Technology to include LuraDocument(r) Technology --------------------------------------------------------------- Intuitive Software Technology has contracted LuraTech to build a custom LuraDocument ActiveX control for Intuitive's medical imaging systems. Intuitive will retain exclusive rights to this control within the medical market. The LuraDocument ActiveX plug-in will provide a means for an individual user operating within a browser to scan documents via any twain compliant device and compress them for upload to a web server. Resulting compressed images can be viewed on a file by file basis. In addition, any pre-existing images can be selected and compressed for upload to a web server. Intuitive expects this new tool to be met with great success from its medical imaging systems customers. Glass Eye Entertainment now using LuraWave(r) Technology ------------------------------------------------------ Glass Eye Entertainment is combining its innovative Internet technology with LuraWave(r) technology. Glass Eye, a leader in Internet software development has just integrated LuraWave(r) technology into their 3D application. Glass Eye designs and develops Internet software, financial transaction applications and 3D animation. Because LuraTech's static libraries are both robust and easy to integrate, LuraTech offers Glass Eye significant benefits to their 3D animation. It is especially useful in handling two important components of 3D animation in network-based environments: rendering and transmission. In addition wavelet compression has been shown to be a superior method of image compression for both natural and synthetic images. * For more information about Glass Eye, please go to: http://www.glasseye.net LuraTech wins "2002 European IST Prize" --------------------------------------- The European IST Prize is an award for groundbreaking products that represents the best of European innovation in information technology. The European IST Prize is organized by the European Council of Applied Sciences and Engineering (EURO-CASE), with the sponsorship and support of the Information Society Technologies Programme of the European Commission. * For more information about the winners: http://www.it-prize.org/winners/winners.html Featured product of the MONTH "LuraWave(r) Java Applet 2.1" --------------------------------------------------------- The LuraWave Java-Applet is one possible application of the Java-SDK, and is currently available as Freeware from LuraTech. It is capable of decoding an image and displaying it in the applet window. If the image doesn't match the applet's width and height, then the image is scaled proportionately to fit the applet window. The LuraWave(r) Java-applet is executable on nearly any browser, however some browsers which do not support AWT (Abstract Window Toolkit) include: Netscape on MacOS, older Netscape versions on Linux (<4.05) and Windows, Opera browser will work with a Java Plug-In. * For more information about this product, please go to: http://www.luratech.com/products/download/lwjapplet_e.html ===================================================================== LuraTech will participate in the following upcoming exhibitions: * EVA 2001 Berlin, 15.11.2001, Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin ===================================================================== LuraTech, Inc. | 1030 Curtis Street, Suite #201 | Menlo Park, CA 94025 | Tel.: (650) 326-8829 | Fax: (650) 326-8829 Email: enews@luratechinc.com | Internet: http://www.luratech.com ===================================================================== You can find previous eNews issues at: http://www.luratech.com/eNews ===================================================================== You received this eNews because you are subscribed to our mailing list. 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