Useful Software's most recent Imaging project is the 3D Object viewer and QTVR creator developed for SpinPic, Inc..
Another project is the JPEG viewer PhotoShow for the Mac that is shipped by Photonet, Inc.. Using Pegasus Imaging Corporation's JPEG libraries, this program is designed to fit on a diskette along with the JPEG images from a roll of film. This product allows you to view your images, rotate them, play them in a slide show, and export them. This program is written in C using Metrowerks CodeWarrior. More information on Photonet's products can be found at their web site at www.photonet.com.
Useful Software developed MediaVue for the Mac for Media Solutions, Inc.. Using Pegasus Imaging Corporation's JPEG libraries, this program is designed to to display medical images stored in a Folio database. This product allows you to view, zoom, reduce, and print images along with corresponding text. MediaVue is written in C using the THINK environment. More information on Media Solutions's products can be found at their web site at www.mediasolutions.com.
Useful Software also developed a bitmap image viewer for Adaptec. This program was designed to display multiple images in a slide-show fashion to demonstrate the throughput of Adaptec hard disk controllers and was used at Adaptec demonstrations. This program is written in C++ using MFC.
Useful Software, Inc. has worked extensively with Pegasus Imaging Corporation to port their excellent JPEG decompressors and Software Development Kits to the Macintosh. These ports have been written in Motorola 68K Assembler, PowerPC Assembler, and C using Watcom, THINK and Metrowerks environments. The SDKs consist of example programs, libraries, and code resources. More information on Pegasus products and SDKs can be found at their web site at www.jpg.com.
Useful Software, Inc. also worked with Iterated Systems (now MediaBin) to create fractal still and video players and codecs for DOS, Windows, and the Macintosh. Iterated Systems had one of the first (if not the first) software-only full-screen video color decompressor and we helped create it! The Macintosh codecs were QuickTime components. These programs were written in Intel and Motorola Assembler and C using a variety of compilers and environments. More information on Iterated System's products can be found at www.iterated.com.
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