#PhotoCopy
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Britt
The PhotoCopy software is on the market since 1993 as a cooperation between
Philips and CeQuadrat (CeQuadrat as developer of the software). The patents
concerning the PhotoCD and PortfolioCD format are shared between Kodak and
Philips. PhotoCopy allows to write Photo/PortfolioCDs without any limitations
of use.
What I think is relatively new is the Windows Arrange-it software to create
PortfolioCDs. And, as far as I know Kodak recently announced to open the
licence policy and to licence anybody for a relatively low fee. That may change
things and perhaps we will have more PortfolioCD creating software on the
market next year. Who knows?
Thank you for your interest.
Best regards,
Monika Lutkemeier
CeQuadrat
>> That may change things and perhaps we will have more PortfolioCD creating
software on the market next year. <<
But probably not. Kodak has announced that they are suspending further
development and sales of the portfolio CD software (but don't worry – they're
not "discontinuing it" <g>). It's about time they buried the format. IF they
had been a bit more cooperative and far less greedy with third party
developers, then MAYBE they would have a format that people used today. Have
you tried to buy a photo-CD player in the past year? You can't do it. Nobody
sells them.
Jeff
[Eternal Archive Solutions, Inc.]
Actually, Photo CD and Portfolio are not doing so badly in Europe. Kodak
players are widely available here, and we've sold a fair number of packages of
Photo Theatre. The Portfolio format has a lot going for it — low development
cost, automatic multiplatform capability including cheap platforms, simplicity
for the end user. You just have to be willing to spend some time educating the
public. I have given up mentioning the word "Portfolio" in the US because no
one seems to have heard of it. But when I say "low-cost multiplatform
multimedia CD-ROM presentation builder," people's ears prick up.
Portfolio could survive in spite of Kodak, and I think deserves to.
Ciao,
D'