TEKKIE PUNDITS who
pay attention to their bits
and bytes are predicting the
90s will see a computer im-
age processing revolution at

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of special effects have been around
for a number of years. But to pro-
duce those kinds of effects you
needed equipment in the hundreds
of thousands if not millions of
dollars."’

AT&T saw an opportunity to

the desktop level.
. : take that image-processing techno-

logy and bring it down to the
desktop.

About three years ago the com-
munications giant began putting
out a product at an affordable
level. With the implementation of
more powerful processors such as
the 386, the technology is readily
available. The processor has the
storage capacity, the memory ca-
pacity and the speed necessary to
allow the graphic manipulation re-
quired for the applications which
King is interested in pursuing.

She works with a standard 386,
25 megahertz CPU with eight
megabytes of RAM and 300 in the
hard drive.

Memory is important: each pic-
ture captured occupies about half a
megabyte of space. King uses a

. at standard VGA monitor. But what
NEWS ohote 8 Mike Wakefield really differentiates the system is
SUZY JOHNSON (left), discusses landscaping options for her yard with Advanced Technologies Computer the stuff you can’t see. Inside is an
Imaging Services president Sharon King. With the desktop computer technology available to her, King can image capture board or graphics

manipulate individual photographic elements on screen to show how structural, site and landscaping options co-processor (AT&T Targa 32).
might combine to look in the real world. King says it’s capable of produc-
ing up to 16.7 million different

rendering, city planning, home Sharon King, president of the Said King, ‘‘The whole techno- colors.

.fenovations, landscape design and company, set up shop in 1985. The logy comes from the motion pic-
ture industry. The Star Wars type

Michael Bec‘cer

Deft image manipulation is a re-
ality today for those who can af-
ford to buy into the necessary
hardware and software support.
North Vancouver-based Advanced
Technologies Compute: Imaging
Services provides cc.tor-image
enhancement and prod:ction for commercial and residential real technology sitting on King’s desk
applications including architectural _ estate development. was primarily developed by AT&T.

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