TABLE OF CONTENTS LISTING, THE FUTURE IMAGE REPORT VOLUME 2
Volume 2 Issue 1 - April/May 94
- Industry Roundup: Dainippon Screen to distribute MegaVision cameras, Kodak reorganization, Photoshop executive changes, Trouble at CCI.
IMAGING VISIONARIES. Alvy Ray Smith did Xerox PARC, NYT, Lucas Film and Pixar. Now, the man who brought us alpha channels, HSV and the 24-bit frame buffer is running his own show at Altamira Software. And he plans to change the way we think of images -by Alexis Gerard.
THE LEADING EDGE - MULTIMEDIA SPECIAL REPORT:
The Front End: Shooting for electronic delivery requires both a different eye, and different technical parameters than photographing for the printed page. Professional photographer and noted author Mikkel Aaland is one of the very few to have completed numerous assignments of this type. He shares some of the conclusions reached through years of experience.
CD ROM Stock Photo Disks- A Business Case. In 1991, photographer David Husom decided to produce a disk of his own images. He discusses the issues involved in producing his pioneering product, and the basis for his business and technical decisions.
Volume 2 Issue 2 - June 94
- George Fisher takes Kodak back to the Future.
IMAGING VISIONARIES. Alvy Ray Smith, Part 2. The IceMan imaging language - why "PostScript for images" hasn\'t happened. Altamira\'s platform strategy. How and why image objects will change our business. By Alexis Gerard.
BUSINESS NEWS: Apple briefs its key allies on future system software strategy. Scitex takes over sales and marketing for Leaf -and makes changes.
STRATEGIC MONITOR; Testing of Apple\'s Power Macintosh upgrade card encounters some unexpected results.
Volume 2 Issue 3 - July 94
- Kodak launches the DCS 420- How it compares to the DCS 200 and the NC 2000 -by Fred Shippey.
THINKING DIGITALLY by Allen Russell. A Stock Photography insider looks at the impact of "Clip" on his industry.
BUSINESS NEWS: VISCOMM/Photo West Report. Nikon shows a new scanner and printer, and previews software which changes the Photoshop paradigm. And Polaroid re-enters the digital imaging ring with a new workflow concept, a hot new scanner and new management -by Alexis Gerard.
STRATEGIC MONITOR: The Power Macintosh 8100/80 delivers in spades, despite speed problems with opening Photo CD images-by Alexis Gerard.
THE LEADING EDGE: How Cardinal Communications became a full-service digital-camera-to-press operation-by Val DiGiacinto and Alexis Gerard.
Volume 2 Issue 4 - August 94
- A report from Seybold Digital World - By Ken Roberts. What the Information Superhighway and other digital media megaconcepts will mean for photography.
- Clip Photography, Manna or Murder?- Part Two. Allen Russell delivers a searching (and admittedly partisan) examination of how "clip" products deliver on their promises, and discusses the market segmentation between "clip" and digitally delivered stock.
STRATEGIC MONITOR-Power Macintosh -By Fred shippey. FIR begins tracking the status of the native code port of our standard portfolio of key imaging products.
THE LEADING EDGE: Newsweek Interactive\'s Michael Rogers, Part One -By Alexis Gerard. How NI got started, strategic objectives of Newsweek and the Washington Post, choices of platforms and authoring systems.
Volume 2 Issue 5 -September 1994
SPECIAL REPORT: Digital Camera Standards. The National Association of Photographic Manufacturers has set up a Standards Committee on Electronic Still Picture Imaging. Can it bring order to a fast-growing and chaotic industry? -by Fred Shippey.
SPECIAL REPORT: Highlights from a just-completed market research study on the use of digital cameras in commercial studio photography, produced jointly by Future Image and BIS Strategic Decisions.
THE LEADING EDGE: Newsweek Interactive, Part 2. Alexis Gerard and Managing Editor Michael Rogers discuss how multimedia could revitalize photojournalism, the challenges of valuing electronic rights, and NI\'s plans for the future.
INDUSTRY NEWS: Kodak management news, what Qualex means for Photo CD, the Nikon E2, PCD software update.
Volume 2 Issue 6 - October 94
SPECIAL ISSUE: SEYBOLD AND PHOTOKINA - September 1994 was a record month for digital imaging news and product introductions, with both Seybold San Francisco and Photokina taking place within two weeks.
- Fred Shippey and Alexis Gerard review salient points of this year\'s Seybold conference and trade show, including the Apple/Microsoft contest for the publishing market, parallel processing image acceleration, the xRes challenge to Live Picture, hot new printers across the board, and the AGT/MP(Copyright)A alliance.
- Photokina report, by Katrin Eismann and John McIntosh. Highlights include Kodak\'s six million pixel 460/465 digital camera and backs, Leaf\'s single-shot color CatchLight, new digital cameras from Schneider and Rollei not yet announced or seen in the U.S., and impressions of the European digital imaging market.
Volume 2 Issue 7 - November/December 94
PRODUCT REPORT: High-Resolution Single-shot Cameras. Three new entrants the Leaf CatchLight, Kodak 460/465 and Nikon E2/Fuji DS 505 have redefined the state of the art in digital cameras, delivering long-awaited high-quality single shot color performance. This special feature includes sample digital color prints of images made with each camera. By Fred Shippey.
PRODUCT PROFILE: QuikTime VR. We\'ve known all along that eventually, the digital imaging revolution would go beyond providing us with new tools for old processes. Apple has unveiled the first technology which redefines how viewers interact with still images. By Alexis Gerard.
LOGITECH\'s PIXTURA: A radically new direction for the digital camera pioneer By Alexis Gerard.
Volume 2 Issue 8 -January 1995
KODAK LICENSES IVUE TECHNOLOGY from Live Picture and announces it will use it first to reinvent Photo CD. By Alexis Gerard.
SUMMIT REPORTS: Photography in the Digital Age Summit II brought together key industry players in San Jose December 8/9, to examine the key issues in imaging. Abstracts of Chairman Alexis Gerard\'s opening remarks on growing the industry, and Keynote addresses by Apple Vice President Don Strickland and Microsoft Graphics Fellow Dr. Alvy-Ray Smith.
SNAPSHOTS: Connectix QuickCam a digital camera for under $100, NEC\'s multimode photorealistic printer, Macintosh Clones, Ilford\'s archival digital printing system, PhotoStyler disappears, QuickTime VR pricing and availability, Agfa Technology Expo. By Fred Shippey and Alexis Gerard.
ROYALTY-FREE/CLIP PHOTOGRAPHY: FIR announces the publication of ground-breaking quantitative research and analysis on the size and shape of the industry, key players and market segments.
Volume 2 Issue 9 -February 1995
NEW DIGITAL CAMERAS: Minolta reopens the one vs. three chip debate with an impressive unit. Chinon prepares to compete with Apple and Kodak. Casio pionners the "Digital Visual Note Taker" category. Canon re-enters the market for high-end cameras through a development alliance with Kodak. By Alexis Gerard.
THE IMAGE COPYRIGHT WAR: An all-star panel at the Summit looks into pricing, protection, and asessing the opportunities in electronic markets. By Renée Buck-Ohara.
FPG TRANSITIONS TO DIGITAL: Barbara Roberts, President of FPG, discusses interim strategies which gave the pioneering stock agency a competitive edge in image management. by Renée Buck-Ohara
SUMMIT SNAPSHOTS: Short reports from the following sessions at Photography in the Digital Age Summit II: Digital Cameras for Business Productivity, Digital Cameras for Publishing, Scanners, PhotoCD, Desktop Imaging Platforms Power Macintosh and Wintel, Hard Copy. by Fred Shippey and Renée Buck-Ohara
Volume 2 Issue 10 -March/April 1995
COVER STORY: Kodak\'s March 28 Announcements change the picture by Alexis Gerard.
KODAK\'S MARCH 28 EVENT- Facts, background, significance by Alexis Gerard and Fred Shippey.
The new products: DC-40 Entry-level digital camera. Fast dye-sub presentations printer. Medium-format film scanner
Kodak Opens Photo CD: The new formats, licensing policy, and end-user value strategy. How they fit with hardware and support programs for service providers announced at PMA, and candid comments by top Kodak executives about Photo CD directions
at the APCDI. The issues now.
The Alliances: Microsoft. Hewlett Packard. Plans for a telecommunications-enabled image standard, and first steps with Sprint and IBM. New Photo CD support in the print-for-pay market. Hyper-Compression technology rolled out with Citicorp and IBM.
An Interview with Carl Gustin: Kodak\'s Digital & Applied Imaging VP/GM on future technical directions, priorities, and the evolution of corporate culture.
SNAPSHOTS: Ricoh\'s under-$1,500 still/motion combo digital camera. Progress on Digital Camera Standards at IT-10, San Jose. The "Photofinishing becomes Photo beginnings" concept is revolutionizing the industry. Konica\'s Photo CD competitor by Alexis Gerard, Fred Shippey and Russ Sparkman.
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