Ulead Systems Launches New Easy-to-Use Panorama Photo Creation Tool - Ulead COOL 360

TORRANCE, Calif., Feb. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Ulead® Systems Inc., a leading developer of Windows-based imaging, video and Internet software, today announced the release of Ulead® COOL 360(TM), a tool for creating panoramas from any digitized sequence of photos. COOL 360 will be shown for the first time publicly this week at the DigitalFocus '99 Event at PMA in Las Vegas, NV.

Ulead COOL 360 takes a 3-step approach to panorama creation. Users begin by activating the New Project Wizard, which defines the type of panorama (wide-angle or full 360 degrees) and guides them in acquiring images from any TWAIN-compliant scanner or digital camera.

COOL 360 lets users interact with and improve their original photos while creating projects. COOL 360 is built upon a powerful algorithm that allows for automatic stitching and intelligent blending and warping of photos. Users can sequence and overlap images automatically or manually, making use of tools to rotate and adjust perspective, hue, saturation, brightness or contrast between sets of photographs.

Once the project is complete, the Finish step offers a variety of options for saving finished panorama projects. Panorama projects created using COOL 360 can be pasted into documents and presentations. Projects can be delivered via email as a stand-alone .EXE file or posted as an HTML-based panorama for use on the Web (a downloadable Ulead Panorama Viewer plug-in is required). Other output options include using projects for Windows screensavers, printing or exporting as .MOV files.

Ulead COOL 360 is now available from Ulead's Web site and through all major online software distributors. The estimated SRP will be .95.