Digimarc Corporation (NASDAQ:DMRC) today announced the availability of
its newly enhanced Digimarc for Images plug-ins, shipped in-box with
Adobe PhotoShop®, enabling photographers and
corporations to better manage their photos and image assets by
communicating copyright information and owner contact details, and
reporting to owners on both authorized and unauthorized use of images
online.
Coinciding with the release of Adobe Creative Suite®
4 (CS4), the new version of Digimarc for Images includes several
enhancements in response to customer feedback:
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Improved robustness for image format transformations, resizing and
compression
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Expanded support for international customers with the addition of
seven new languages (Czech, Hungarian, Polish, Romanian, Russian,
Turkish and Ukrainian), for a total of 22 available languages
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Improved Search Service with expanded Web site coverage and monthly
and/or on-demand reports of where customer images are located online
Digimarc for Images enables content owners to place a persistent,
invisible digital identifier (digital watermark) into photographs and
other images. The company also offers a Search Service that continuously
crawls the Web looking for such watermarked images. This provides
valuable information on where and how images are being used, which can
help effectively measure the reach of a marketing campaign. The Search
Service also enables content owners to take action on unauthorized use
of their images.
Furthermore, Adobe PhotoShop users can embed or read digital watermarks
from within the application. This allows potential buyers to quickly
identify the owner and how to contact him or her so that they can easily
purchase or license the photographs or images they want to use.
"Digimarc is pleased to address several user
priorities in this latest version of Digimarc for Images,”
commented Jeri Owen, Digimarc vice president of marketing. "The
increased robustness helps to ensure the watermark remains with the
image through a wide range of file transformations, sizing and image
compression. Our solution helps manage important image assets as
widening distribution of images over the web has made it increasingly
difficult for brand owners and professional photographers to monitor
where their images are being used online. We believe that Digimarc for
Images offers a unique and proven solution to this growing challenge.”
Digimarc will offer a free Webcast on November 13 for Adobe users
interested in learning more about digitally watermarking their images
using Adobe PhotoShop®. For further
information on the Webcast pricing and availability, please go to http://www.digimarc.com/images.
About Digimarc
Digimarc Corporation (NASDAQ:DMRC), based in Beaverton, Oregon, is a
leading innovator and technology provider, enabling businesses and
governments worldwide to enrich everyday living by giving persistent
digital identities to all forms of media and objects. The company’s
technology enables a wide range of solutions for enhancing traffic
safety and national security, deterring fraud, counterfeiting and
piracy, and enabling new digital media distribution and monetization
models that provide consumers with more choice and access to content
when, where and how they want it. Digimarc licenses its intellectual
property to business partners across a range of industries, delivers
solutions for protecting and managing digital images, and offers
professional development services to bring strategic initiatives to
market. The company is headquartered in Beaverton, Oregon. Please go to www.digimarc.com
for more company information.
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