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Saskia Limited Implements Equilibrium MediaRich Image Server for Online Catalog of Historical Art Objects
Equilibrium MediaRich to automate transformations and dynamically deploy high-quality digital images of historical art for self-service Web catalog
SAN RAFAEL, CA—FEBRUARY 18, 2003—Equilibrium, a leading provider of rich-media servers for the enterprise, today announced that Saskia Ltd., a leader in online cultural documentation, has selected Equilibrium® MediaRich™ Image Server to automate the transformations for high-quality digital images and deliver the requested iterations through a self-service online catalog. The end-results are to increase top line revenues and bottom line profits by streamlining the image ordering process, decreasing image preparation costs and leverage the Internet to deliver content to customers more efficiently.
Equilibrium MediaRich is server-based software that automates image production and enables the dynamic delivery of visual assets to the Web, wireless and print media. Prior to using MediaRich, Saskia prepared all images manually with Adobe® Photoshop® for editing and Equilibrium's desktop product DeBabelizer® for batch processing. By integrating Equilibrium MediaRich Image Server with Microsoft VB.NET, SQL Server and their Windows IIS environment, Saskia will set up site templates to generate all the image transformations for their 16,000 original source images such as thumbnails, zooms, pans, digital watermarking compositing, order previews and dynamic delivery in the requested format, resolution and dimensions on the fly.
"Equilibrium has built upon their history of automated imaging with their desktop product, and gone to the server level with the most scalable, secure and proven image server on the market," said Kurt Wiedenhoeft, Technical Director at Saskia Limited. "Equilibrium MediaRich is saving our production team several days of tedious manual image editing and positioning us for on demand image processing for our upcoming e-commerce site."
About Saskia Ltd.
Saskia Ltd. owns and maintains one of the world's largest archives of high-quality, digital art historical images with a special emphasis on core images required for teaching the history of Western Art. The archive was co-founded in 1966 by Fulbright professor Dr. Ronald Wiedenhoeft, and is characterized by professional photography and art historical acumen. Saskia has documented many of the world's most famous collections including the Louvre, Musee D'Orsay, Uffizi Palace, the Prado as well as all monuments inside St. Peter's Basilica in Rome and many important archaeological sites including Ephesus, Pergamum and Mycenae to support teaching endeavors at universities, libraries and museums around the world. For more information, please visit http://www.saskia.com/.
About Equilibrium
About Equilibrium
Founded in 1989, Equilibrium develops and markets dynamic imaging technologies for multi-channel retail, manufacturing, publishing and entertainment industries. The MediaRich Image Server automates the production and deployment of visual content for the Web, print media and smart devices to streamline workflow and reduce costs. For additional information, contact Equilibrium at 415.332.4343or visit http://www.equilibrium.com/.
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©2004-2006 Automated Media Processing Solutions, Inc. d/b/a Equilibrium. All rights reserved. U.S. Patent Numbers 6,792,575 and 6,964,009 for automated media processing and dynamic on-demand delivery. Equilibrium, MediaRich and DeBabelizer are trademarks of Equilibrium. Equilibrium is the exclusive worldwide provider of MediaRich, MediaRich Merchandizer and MediaRich for SharePoint. All other company, product or service names mentioned herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
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