Pictographics Press Release

BullZeye™ 3 is a high speed color correction, sharpening, and noise reduction batch processing tool based on Pictographics’ CandelaColor EditLab technology.

May 23, 2006—Burnsville, MN, USA, Pictographics International Corporation has partnered with the world renowned professional photographer Gary Fong to create the BullZeye 3 High-Speed Image Corrector.  BullZeye 3 is a stand-alone color correction, sharpening and noise reduction application that inspects, selects, and corrects digital pictures in one batchable step. With just one simple utility, professional photographers can produce lab-accurate color images with remarkable precision.  BullZeye is available for both Windows and Macintosh computers, including OSX, and includes Gary Fong’s BullZeye 3 Tutorial.  BullZeye 3 is available at Gary Fong’s web site, www.garyfong.com , http://store.garyfonginc.com/newbullzeye3.html.

According to Gary Fong, “With just one simple utility, you can produce lab-accurate images with remarkable precision.  Using Pictographics technology, this program eliminates many tedious repetitive tasks usually found while working in Photoshop.  With BullZeye 3, there is no need for Photoshop or complex calibration devices to achieve lab accurate color, since it performs color correction by sampling multiple areas of neutral color saturation found in the grey, white or black areas of a color image.  Once it corrects the offending color cast in the neutral areas, the rest of the image then looks perfect.  And, because the monitor and subjective color opinion never enters this workflow, you will have amazingly accurate images.”

“As the founder of one of the nation’s largest digital photo lab operations (Pictage, Inc), as well as a busy professional photographer, I needed something that could get past the subjectivity of color balance and accurately nail down color with complete precision. Pictographics technology is the best available anywhere… their approach is brilliant”, says Gary Fong.  He goes on to say, “As we’re now processing thousands of images per week, it was a welcome collaboration to develop BullZeye 3.  BullZeye 3 is an application that inspects, selects and corrects all in one viewing step, and keeps the original images safe.  Whether you are a beginner or serious imaging professional, BullZeye3 saves you an immense amount of time and ensures optimum image quality.”

BullZeye 3 is a customized version of the award winning iCorrect EditLab Pro color correction and editing software marketed by PictoColor Corporation (www.pictocolor.com) and is designed specifically for the high speed color correction requirements of professional photographers. Wayne Huelskoetter, Pictographics President, said, “Gary Fong is a participant in Pictographics Technology Licensing, OEM, and Private Label Program whereby companies can quickly and easily provide their customers with very sophisticated color correction tools in a simple and easy to use form to Make the Color Right™.  The combination of Gary Fong’s experience and knowledge of the needs of the professional photographer and Pictographics’ technology has resulted in a truly remarkable color correction software product.”

Pictographics Technology Licensing, OEM and Private Label Program
CandelaColor® Digital Color Technology Libraries is a set of powerful color management libraries (a tool set) to Make the Color Right.  These libraries and the products based on the libraries have been designed for easy integration into software and hardware products to create and maintain accurate image color throughout the digital imaging process from image capture, to display, to print.  Technology licenses are available for the following libraries:

CandelaColor® Correct: A color correction algorithm library that is the color engine in PictoColor’s (www.pictocolor.com)  iCorrect Portrait and CorrectPhoto products.
CandelaColor® Edit: A color correction and editing algorithm library that is the color engine in PictoColor’s iCorrect EditLab Pro (www.pictocolor.com)  products.
CandelaColor® Suite: A suite of ICC Color Management Libraries for creating, editing and managing ICC compatible profiles for digital cameras, scanners, monitors, and RGB and CMYK printing devices.
CandelaColor® Utilities: A set of image processing and data processing utility libraries used in the development of digital imaging applications.

CandelaColor® Digital Color Technology Libraries are available as a library or DLL compiled for Windows, Macintosh, and Linux operating systems and are compatible with the ICC (International Color Consortium) standards. Customized OEM and private label applications are also available.  Pictographics offers a variety of flexible technology licensing and OEM alternatives ranging from per unit royalties to single fee licenses.

Pictographics technology licensing web site is www.pictographicsint.com.  For information regarding the Pictographics Technology Licensing, OEM and Private Label Program contact Wayne Huelskoetter at [email protected]. 

About Gary Fong
Gary Fong is an internationally-renowned photographer who photographs and lectures around the globe.  He was a founder of Pictage, Inc.’s Digital Professional Lab and founded and operates a busy internet portal website and ecommerce portal at www.garyfong.com. More information on Gary Fong and BullZeye High Speed Color Corrector may be found at http://store.garyfonginc.com/newbullzeye3.html. 

About Pictographics
Pictographics International Corporation is a leading provider of digital color technology and advanced imaging applications including the award winning iCorrect® family of “point and click” color correction and editing software and the acclaimed inCamera® digital camera and scanner profiling software by PictoColor Corporation (www.pictocolor.com).  Through technology license partners and end user products, CandelaColor® Digital Color Technology by Pictographics® is used to “Make the Color Right” ™ on digital images that are seen by hundreds of thousands of people every day as they read their newspapers, page through a catalog, see a billboard or a magazine ad, or watch an animated movie.  Pictographics is located at 151 West Burnsville Parkway, Burnsville, MN 55337, USA. TEL 952-894-6247, FAX 952-894-0784. www.pictographicsint.com, e-mail: [email protected]. 

Copyright 2006 Pictographics International Corporation. Pictographics®, inCamera®, iCorrect®, and CandelaColor® are registered trademarks of Pictographics International Corp. All trademarks referenced in this document, whether identified as trademarks or not, are the sole property of the legal owners of such marks. Pictographics makes no such claims to any such marks nor willingly misused or misapplied any marks.