Pictographics Releases Stand-Alone Version of iCorrect EditLab

July 29, 2003- -Pictographics International Corporation, a leading developer of color technology software, announces the release of a stand-alone version of its award-winning color correction software, iCorrect EditLab. iCorrect EditLab makes professional quality color correction fast and easy. The new stand alone version features AutoQueue for "rapid-fire" color correction of any number of digital pictures.

"Getting the color right is critical to the digital photographer," says Wayne Huelskoetter, president. "Since its introduction, iCorrect EditLab Plug-in has become an indispensable tool of Photoshop users for quick and accurate color correction. Now, digital photographers and photo processing labs working with hundreds or thousands of pictures at a time have an even more efficient tool for making the color right. Using the stand-alone version of iCorrect EditLab with AutoQueue, users can color correct any number of pictures in a fraction of the time it would take with other applications".

iCorrect EditLab offers a revolutionary, yet simple and straightforward way of color correcting any digital picture. iCorrect EditLab leads you through a simple four step process including:

• color balance-Removes unwanted color cast
• white/black point-Improves tonal range
• brightness/contrast/saturation-Corrects Exposure settings
• Hue selective editing--.Refines colors on a hue selective basis including predefined Memory colors suchs as Skin tones, Blue sky ad Foliage green.

iCorrect EditLab also includes Pictographics' patent pending memory color algorithms. These algorithms allow for very quick and easy correction of several special colors including sky blue, foliage green, and skin tones. Pictographics' unique race-independent skin tone memory color has found special favor in portrait and school photography markets. iCorrect EditLab is so powerful that even novices can obtain spectacular results that would typically require an in-depth understanding of color theory to achieve. iCorrect EditLab with AutoQueue provides the digital photographer with the tools necessary to achieve great color with maximum speed and productivity.

Major features in iCorrect EditLab include:

• SmartColor mode: Neutral balance, Brightness/Contrast, Auto Black/White Point, Saturation
• Precision Corrections: Neutral balance, Brightness/Contrast, Black/White Point, Saturation
• Hue Selective Editing permits color editing without affecting other colors
• Memory Colors (Skin tone, sky blue, foliage green); Create and Add Custom Memory Colors
• Zooming and Scrolling for precise corrections
• Color Depth: 24 bit or 48 bit
• Linear 48 bit correction mode
• File formats: TIFF, TIFF/LZW, JPEG, BMP
• File conversion from one supported format to another
• ICC working color space selection
• ICC image profile handling options
• AutoQueue image file handling for rapid-fire color correction of many pictures
• Workflow Features: easily apply adaptive or defined color corrections to a batch of images

iCorrect EditLab Application, version 4.0, is compatible with the following operating systems: Macintosh 9.2, and 10.1and 10.2 in both Native and Classic modes and Windows 98SE, ME, 2000, and XP. iCorrect EditLab is available for $79.95 (software download) at www.picto.com. iCorrect EditLab Plug-in for Adobe Photoshop products is priced at $99.95 (software download) and is available for both Windows and Macintosh operating systems.

SOURCE Pictographics International Corporation