In article <30087@oasys.dt.navy.mil>, curt@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Curt Welch) writes: wonder how long it will be before they come out with a do it yourself
>print maker that makes prints from your Photo-CD? Some type of kiosk
>that you just drop money into. That would be neat. Especially if it
>gave you lots of control to frame, edit, adjust colors and exposure,
>etc, before you printed it. Maybe even add titles, borders, or combine
>multiple picutres together.
>
I am glad you mentioned it, Curt. There are already plans in the works for
such a system. A prototype was displayed at PMA last year and I would love to
see the follow up this year in February. I believe that is will be similar to
the Create-A-Print when it is all done. The machine shown last year had the
ability to add text and some standard icons to the print. The ability to make
your own postcards was kind of neat.
>And if they supported something like the Sony MD format disk, you could
>save your edited picture when you were done so you could get more prints
>later. A MD could hold about 20 pictures, and it would take about 70 seconds
>to write one picture to the disk. That would be neat!
>
>Curt Welch
It should be possible to write the image right back onto the CD itself,
provided there is enough room left over. It would be easier to leave a little
(and it wouldn't take much) memory at the end of the disk to write information
about the borders, text, icons, and whatever else you put onto the image.
Keep your eyes peeled for the latest after PMA in February...
