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SkyLIne Tools Trial of CBuilder 5 Corporate Suite

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From: Jillian Pinsker
Date: Thu, 03 May 2001 20:17
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SkyLine Tools Imaging proudly announces the release OF THE FULLY FUNCTIONAL
TRIAL VERSION of ImageLib C++ Builder 5 version of our Corporate Suite 5.0.
This cutting edge imaging solution will certainly be a favorite among C++
builder programmers -- after all, SkyLine Tools Imaging has been a leader in
the C++ builder market, and is in the lead for sales in 1999.

The updates in this newest version of Corporate Suite were a result of
monitoring client needs. The ImageLib team stays in close contact with
owners of their tool kits via their non-edited online newsgroup at
news://skylinetools.com. Programmers share tips on specific uses for
SkyLine's tools, and also post technical questions, which are answered by
ImageLib's developers as well as clients.


Features of the newest version include:

Magnifying Glass
A magnifying glass feature which allows the user to zoom into a specific
area of the image rather than zooming into the entire page. It also lets the
user move the magnifying glass around on the screen, and continues to
magnify only the area under the "glass".

New Thumbnail Manager
New Document Imaging Thumbnail Manager for multi-page TIFF images .

New Annotation Package
New Annotation package that allows annotations to be customized by the
developer. Annotations are flicker free and can be password protected.

Upgraded Memory
Upgraded memory for the larger images produced by the newer digital cameras.

Upgraded TWAIN
Upgraded TWAIN scanning capabilities which meets the specifications for the
newer scanners.

A note from our programming gurus: "The IlDocumentImage is great with
flicker-free annotations and now custom annotation toolbars can be created".

In addition to the above, this robust toolkit still contains all the great
features from the previous versions, like anti-aliasing, multi-page TIFF
files, and over 40 image manipulation effects and filters.

DOCUMENT IMAGING

The Suite is well known for its comprehensive TIFF package and offers
superior scanning capabilities.

Document imaging features are:

Deskew
Improved Memory (for larger images)
Multi-Page Scans
Cropping
Remove Borders
Rotate by Degree
Zoom by Percentage
TIFF Navigation

SCANNING

Those who scan black and white text documents will find the CCITIFF 3 or
CCITIFF 4 to be a most valuable tool indeed. This file format stores only
the black text or lines, and ignores the white background. Thus a typical
8.5x11 page would have a CCITIFF 4 file size of appx 35KB, as opposed to a
JPEG file of maybe 3MB or more. This format is used for multipage TIFFs as
well.

The ImageLib Corporate Suite allows users to scan directly into their
application, bypassing the scanners' interface. This component has been
field tested on numerous scanners with flat bed single page scanners,
automatic document feeders and duplex scanners. SkyLine's Twain technology
enables the fastest Twain scanning on the market (refer to SkyLine's scanner
web page for examples of various scanner speeds).

ANNOTATIONS

Annotation capabilities allow users to mark up images on-screen and save
them separately or to burn them into the document. The user can add arrows,
underline text, highlight areas, etc., and all in color!

ANTI-ALIASING

Anti-aliasing takes lossy, difficult to read documents and adds black pixels
to the text and lines so they become sharper and easier to read. The
ImageLib Corporate Suite includes seven algorithms for anti-aliasing, all
created in-house. The user has the option to set the anti-aliasing to be
done on the scanner, or after the scan when the reader views it. To see a
demonstration of this impressive effect, go to
http://skylinetools.com/imagelib/antialias.htm. This robust package contains
seven different Scale-to-Gray options: five grayscale and two anti-aliasing.

COLOR IMAGING

The twenty file formats supported by the Suite include: PCD (Photo CD), TIFF
CCITT 3 and 4, Multipage TIFFs, Packbits, TIFF LZW, AVI, WAV, MID, Animated
GIF, Transparent GIF, Progressive JPG and PNG.

Equipped with forty image correction, manipulation and deformation tools,
the Suite offers forty filters that allow easy handling of color image
files. Correction effects such as brightening, contrast, color reduction and
rotation provide vast improvement on dull, difficult to read images. Also
included are items such as hue and saturation, edge detection, inverting and
sharpening. The ImageLib Corporate Suite offers a total of sixteen
deformation effects and thirteen image correction filters.

The Zoom, Pan and Scroll features offer precise control when moving across
large images. A thumbnail manager allows the user to preview images before
selecting with a simple mouse click. Just when you think it's all too good
to be true, SkyLine has added SkyDocImage as an add-on to the ImageLib
Corporate Suite. It's a fully functional end-user application, with the
source code included! Oh, and did we mention it's Royalty Free?

Yet another benefit to programmers is the security of knowing that the
toolkit in the Corporate Suite has been tested thoroughly. With thousands of
applications tested and running in the marketplace, programmers can be
assured that the application they write with Skyline's software will have
been field tested many times over.

AWARDS:
Because their tools are easy to use and quick to implement, SkyLine has won
the Delphi Informant Readers' Choice Award, the Sam VCL Award and the
Windows Sources Stellar award for its Delphi imaging products.

* Please Note: Unysis may require a royalty for applications developed using
Gif and Tiff LZW.




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Try  FocusFocus Video Conferencing

It takes only 3 minutes to experience the latest in
web based video conferencing technology.

To  test our new video conferencing
 technology  go to www.focusfocus.com
and log on as "guest" with password "guest".
After the software has been loaded (takes one minute)
it will say "you are not in a forum". Go to rooms with people(on
upper left corner),click on FocusFocus business chat 1.
Then click on my name (ask Jillian)
and you will be connected to me
with live video and voice. You
don't need a camera or mic to
try it.

Sincerely ,

Jillian Pinsker
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