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Certain content is Copyright 1994, 1996 Aztech New Media Corp.
THANK YOU for purchasing Aztech New Media's "World PhotoCube" Personal Stock
Image Library. Aztech's World PhotoCube is the most comprehensive annotated
collection of hard-to-get, royalty- and license-free(*) multimedia resolution
TIFF-format photo images ever offered on CD-ROM for the Mac and Windows.
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TO BEGIN USING FOR PC:
The Kudo application and all the catalogues reside only on disc 6. Insert the CD into your
CD-ROM drive and type GO. Follow the installer instructions. Every time after installation
look for the Kudo Program group in Windows and run. Insert whatever disc is asked for
by Kudo.
NOTE TO PC USERS: It was not possible to put the 21.5 MB catalogue onto every CD - there
wasn't enough space. Therefore, whenever you use Kudo (only on disc 6) and wish to preview
an image (by double-clicking on that image), you will be asked to insert the correct disc (unless
the desired image is on disc 6 in which case the image will be automatically displayed). BEFORE
you preview another image you must FIRST put Disc 6 back into your CD-ROM drive.
Also, if you wish to preview the image in a larger format than "thumbnail" then select "image"
from the pull-down menu then select "Display Original". If you double-click on a thumbnail, Kudo
will attempt to load whatever application you own and which is "associated" with a "TIF" type
file. For example, Kudo may try to start up Corel's PhotoPaint, Adobe's Photoshop or Microsoft
Paint. If there is no "TIF" association or the application no longer exists that used to be
"associated" with TIF files, then you will be asked to look for it. Just cancel and use the "Display
Original" feature described earlier.
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TO BEGIN USING FOR MAC: The Fetch application is on every CD. WHILE HOLDING
DOWN THE "ALT Option" KEY, insert the desired CD (or any CD) into your CD-ROM
drive. Then double-click on the Fetch application or drag-and-drop one of the Fetch catalogues
on top of the Fetch application.
There are some incompatibilities between the old file system of earlier Mac operating systems
and more recent Mac/OS versions. Holding down the "ALT Option" key while inserting the CD
into your CD-ROM drive ensures that the proper file name is associated with the Fetch thumbnail
image. If you do not hold down the option key while mounting the CD, you will still be able to
view all the thumbnails but when you double-click on an image, you will not be able to view it in
its larger format.
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The World PhotoCube is ideally suited to graphic artists and designers, corporate
communications/media departments, desktop publishers, educators, printers, pre-press
firms, and multimedia producers. They can add incredible impact to any presentation,
brochure, advertisement, marketing literature, business card, product packaging, POP
displays, editorials, manuals, etc. with the unsurpassed quality content of this collection.
Images range from lineups in Russia and rare South American museum artifacts to Easter
Island monuments and Japanese panoramas. This beautiful and exotic collection is widely
recognized as one of the finest values for photo images in the global market.
OVERVIEW
The World PhotoCube Multimedia Collection contains over 3,000 72 dpi, 24-bit RGB,
noncompressed TIFF images, each averaging about 1.2 MB, and all suitable for screen
display and small image printing.
All images are noncompressed TIFF format using the universal ISO 9660
standard for CD-ROM. This permits any CD-ROM disc in the World PhotoCube
Collection to be read by either Macintosh or MS-DOS-compatible machines. It also means
all these images are also import-able by almost all image-handling applications available in
those same computing environments.
Over 3,000 hard-to-find photo images from over 40 countries have been compiled
into one massive collection and cross-indexed against 22 general categories,
including:
75 Cities
141 Animals
38 Food
488 People
83 Backgrounds & Textures
186 Plants
84 Sports
485 Ruins
147 Artifacts/Relics
225 Panoramas
959 Buildings
80 Mood Shots
82 Icons, Great
127 Transportation
319 South America
570 North America
755 Europe
555 Pacific Rim
333 Asia
291 Middle East
358 Religion
315 South Atlantic
The numbers represent the approximate number of images in each category and
collectively total more than the total number of physical images since some
images are applicable to more than one category.
The World PhotoCube Collection images are organized alphabetically by country on each
CD as follows:
Argentina Aruba Australia Bahamas Brazil Canada Chile China
Costa Rica Cuba Denmark Easter Island Egypt England Finland
France Greece Holland Hong Kong India Indonesia Israel Italy
Jamaica Japan Macau Malaysia Mexico Peru Philippines Russia
St. Kitts St. Lucia Singapore Scotland Spain Switzerland
Thailand Turkey Ukraine United States
All the images are annotated with a brief description. They are also keyword
selectable.
Included for Macintosh users is the browser version of Fetch (TM), Aldus
Corporation's mixed media cataloguing, browsing and retrieval tool. See the
Macnotes.Txt file for more details on its use and features.
For PC Windows users Aztech has included Kudo For Windows, a full-featured browser
and manager with a variety of powerful search and display capabilities.
The catalogues for all the images (for Mac & PC) have already been compiled for your
benefit. Each CD in The World PhotoCube is packaged in protective CD "jewel cases" thus
providing a measure of added protection as well as a place for storage for each CD.
OTHER FACTS
Including the "printable" version on 24 additional CD's (which may be ordered separately,
the total World PhotoCube Collection comprises over 15,000 megabytes (15 GB!)
and required over 120,000 MB of backup capability, using mostly 8 mm
Exabyte. Aztech utilized 12 high-performance computing machines over a
standard Ethernet backbone in order to create and assemble this collection.
Machine configurations included 3 Quadra 950's, 1 Quadra 900, 1 Quadra 800
and 2 MS-DOS-compatible 486/66 PC's. Total RAM (memory) for all the machines
was in excess of 550 MB. A Kodak Prophecy System was used to color-correct
all the high-resolution images in the High Resolution Printable Image
Collection. 2 double-speed compact disc recorders (CD-R) were employed to
create the pre-masters.
THE WORLD PHOTOPHILE COLLECTION, PRINT VERSION
The World Photophile Collection, Printable version is the high-resolution version of the
World PhotoCube and is available directly from Aztech. The images are identical to the World
PhotoCube except tha they are much larger in size and have been specifically prepared for
high-resolution print output. Each image is 32-bit, CMYK (ie. already color-separated),
color-corrected, noncompressed TIFF at 300 dpi giving a 150 line screen.
This series comprises 24 CD which are divided into two editions. Edition 1 has the first
half of the images (1,500 or so, countries Argentina through first half of Hong Kong) and
edition 2 has the second half (second half of Hong Kong through United States).
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Aztech reserves the right to change specifications to any of its products without notice.
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COMPANY OVERVIEW
Organization Name: Aztech New Media Corp.
Address: 1 Scarsdale Road, Don Mills, Ontario, Canada, M3B 2R2
Telephone: (416) 449-4787 Fax: (416) 449-1058 Alternate Fax: (905) 738-1961
Sales Only Toll-Free 1-800-494-4787
Email: anmc@hookup.net Web: http://www.aztech.com
Organization Activity: Publisher, information provider, CD-ROM/CD-ROM XA/PhotoCD
developer, software producer, titles distributor, licensed Apple developer
Platforms Supported: All computing platforms supporting true ISO 9660 - Mac, PC, most
Unix, Acorn RISC, Commodore Amiga (only images and music produced for last three
platforms)
Titles Published and Developed:
Single Titles For MAC & PC:
The World Photophile Personal Stock Image Library (TIFF, 25 CD's)-Print Version, The
World Photophile Personal Stock Image Library (TIFF, 7CD's)-Multimedia Version,
Abstract Backgrounds (TIFF), Abstract Backgrounds (PhotoCD), Fashion/Advertising &
Lifestyles Vol. I & II (TIFF - discontinued), Jurassic Dinosaur (TIFF), Visual
Rhythms (TIFF), Visual Rhythms (PhotoCD), World Photophile Sampler I (TIFF -
discontinued), World Photophile Sampler II (TIFF - discontinued), A Bolt of Multimedia
III (TIFF et al), Gems (TIFF), Underwater Realms (TIFF), Floral Tapestry (TIFF),
African Traditional People (TIFF), African Heritage (TIFF), NASA Spaceviews I & II
(TIFF), Geological Microphotography (TIFF), Magnificent Marble (TIFF), Backgrounds
& Textures (TIFF), Watermarks and Ghosted Backgrounds (TIFF) I & II, The Music
Works! I & II (RedBook Audio, Wave, System 7 Sound files), 6-CD Home@Office World
PhotoCube, 6-CD Home@Office Clipart Cube (featuring images from SPC, makers of
Harvard Graphics)
Titles for PC only:
ImagiSOFT Entertainment Emporium (games), MVP's Most Valuable Programs (games),
The Perfect General (game), The Lost Admiral (game), Best Windows Shareware Vol. I,
Best VGA/EGA Shareware Games Vol. I, Best VGA/EGA Shareware Games Vol. II,
MasterBlend for DOS Shareware (discontinued), Complete Office Automation Shareware
System (discontinued), The 7-CD Home Entertainment Shareware Collection - Cube I,
The 7-CD Fun Cube (Cube II), The 7-CD Kids Cube (Cube III), The 7-CD Kids' WinCube
II For Windows (Cube V), The Case of the Cautious Condor (game-discontinued), Murder
Makes Strange Deadfellows (game-discontinued), Megaware Vol. I (shareware-
discontinued), Incredible Shareware Games Pack, Super Shareware Games, 110 Great
DOS and Windows Shareware Games (OEM), 12-CD (German) Home Entertainment &
Professional Multimedia Collection, Ultimate Mathematics Reference Compendium, 150
Special Edition games (OEM), Chinese Cooking For The Family, Publishers' Pick 10-CD
Blue Pack, Publishers' Pick 10-CD Green Pack, German-Only and French-Only Family
Entertainment 5-Packs, German-Only and French-Only Small Office and Home Office
(SOHO) 5-Packs, Dutch-Only Small Office and Home Office (SOHO) 5-Packs, 6-CD
Home@Office Publisher Cube, 6-CD Home@Office Artworks Cube, 6-CD Home@Office
Productivity Cube, 6-CD Home@Office Multimedia Cube, 6-CD Home@Office World
PhotoCube, 6-CD Home@Office Clipart Cube (featuring images from SPC, makers of
Harvard Graphics), 6-CD Home@Office Document Cube, 6-CD Home@Office Business
Mgmt. Cube
Titles for MAC only:
MacSilverWareI, II & III (all discontinued), The 7-CD MacCube (Cube IV), MacAttack!
10-Pack, German-Only and French-Only Family Entertainment 5-Packs
COMPANY BACKGROUND:
Aztech New Media Corp. is a publisher of intellectual property on CD-ROM for the global
market. As of late 1995 the Company has published 47 license and royalty-free
photographic image titles, 6 commercial games titles, 5 license and royalty-free music titles,
3 general reference titles, 36 shareware titles, 14 multi-pack collections, and a variety of
custom titles for bundling purposes, including a 12-CD multilingual set. Aztech has
introduced two 10-CD-ROM software bundle packs called Publishers' Pick Blue and
Publishers' Pick Green, five 7-CD-ROM "Cube" trademarked compilations and five 4-CD-
ROM "Album" trademarked packs. Recently, Aztech introduced a 48-CD series titled The
Home@Office Suite featuring such titles as Harvard Graphics, Hutchinson Multimedia
Encyclopedia, Peter Norton's Windows 95 Tutorial, Pressworks, 1st Design, Bizforms,
Maximizer, and Xerox's TextBridge. This collection comprises everything one might need
to produce a printed item or multimedia presentation. Aztech manufactures under license
every title in every pack.
A particularly popular multi-pack targeted specifically for Macintosh owners includes such
titles as The 7th Guest, Harpoon II, and Dragon's Lair.
After producing its first few shareware titles in 1992, Aztech acquired the rights to
manufacture The Case of the Cautious Condor and Murder Makes Strange Deadfellows,
two of the world's first truly interactive, award-winning, comic book-styled murder mysteries.
Aztech's most ambitious project was The PhotoPhileTM World Stock Image Library, a
31-CD set of high-resolution photographic images from 40 countries around the world, and
cross-referenced by 22 thematic categories. It was over six months in the making. The
Photophile Library was the world's first, and still is the world's largest, compilation of
annotated, printable quality, color-corrected photographic images ever offered on
CD-ROM. The Photophile Library is about 18 gigabytes (18 billion bytes) in size. The tape
backup requirements during development were about half a terabyte (0.5 trillion bytes).
Aztech's products have been well-received in the global marketplace. In lateSpring, 1994,
Aztech developed a European top-ten 12-CD collection titled, TheHome Entertainment
and Professional Multimedia Collection. In the first six weeks of introduction, over 100,000
cd's were sold from this collection. Two other titles have sold over 70,000 and 100,000
copies respectively in less than six months of each title's release. Series 1 of The Cube was
rated in the top 15 for over 5 months in 1995 on the Bestseller List of New Media
Magazine, achieving #12 in August 1995.
Aztech currently has distributors in 25 countries including Canada, the United States, the
U.K., Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Holland, Belgium, Norway, Sweden, Denmark,
Finland, Greece, Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Japan and more.
Aztech produces everything in-house that is required for its CD-ROM titles. This includes
all creative design and artwork for inserts, liners, CD labels, brochures, advertisements,
retail packaging, point-of-purchase materials and other marketing collaterals, software
development, licensing, quality control and assurance, film output, scanning, and CD-ROM
pre-mastering.
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Come and visit us at our world wide web site: www.aztech.com
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Thank you again for purchasing Aztech's World PhotoCube.