| The FotoTagger Image Annotation Tool Now | | | | annotated images, starting from sending the |
| Supports Flickr for Photo Sharing | | | | pictures by email in one click and HTML publishing |
| ASHBURN, VA, USA ? August 25, 2006. Cogitum | | | | to using blogs and special sharing services, namely |
| LC, a provider of software for personal content | | | | Flickr. Currently FotoTagger has specific support |
| management, has released the new version of | | | | for: |
| FotoTagger ( a desktop image annotation tool for | | | | - Flickr. The latest version of FotoTagger allows a |
| adding easy-to-hide notes to pictures. | | | | user to upload an image annotated with |
| With FotoTagger users can manage vast libraries | | | | FotoTagger to a Flickr account and seamlessly |
| of digital images, and specifically digital | | | | convert FotoTagger annotation to Flickr notes. |
| photographs, more effectively. Every regular user | | | | Similarly, an image can be downloaded from a |
| of a digital camera faces the problem of | | | | Flickr account back to FotoTagger while all Flickr |
| forgetting valuable information about people or | | | | notes will be preserved and transformed to |
| objects captured on an image. FotoTagger | | | | FotoTagger annotation. This new feature enables |
| eliminates this problem by allowing users to place | | | | bloggers who like to store photos in Flickr to use |
| on an image location-specific annotation notes that | | | | FotoTagger as a common platform that enables |
| point to people or other elements. Notes could | | | | them to annotate pictures on a local computer |
| contain names of people, texts with Web links to | | | | and then publish them both to a blog and Flickr |
| convey historical or cultural background, | | | | account. |
| explanation comments, translations of inscriptions, | | | | - Blogs. With FotoTagger user can publish |
| and more. | | | | annotated pictures to and LiveJournal. |
| An example of annotation notes that can be | | | | - Web. An annotated picture can be converted to |
| added to travel photos can be found by following | | | | an HTML pages for publishing in the Web. Similarly, |
| this link: | | | | it can be merged with annotation notes and sent |
| FotoTagger is about storing all important textual | | | | by email so other users will be able to view |
| information together with an image as a single | | | | annotation without having to install FotoTagger. |
| entity. The product works with JPEG files and | | | | The previous version of FotoTagger proved to |
| stores annotation in the metadata section of a | | | | be very useful for tens of thousands users, |
| JPEG file. This ability provides the following four | | | | including travel photographers, genealogy |
| opportunities. First, annotation notes can be edited | | | | researchers, family historians, and art history |
| at any time after the image is saved. Second, it | | | | researchers. They use an ability to integrate |
| allows a user to hide annotation notes in a click to | | | | image and text in order to make pictures more |
| view an original picture so there is no risk to spoil | | | | informative. |
| original images by embedding annotation that could | | | | Cogitum LC developed an open XML-based |
| not be eliminated. Third, this capability lets users | | | | standard for storing and visualizing annotation |
| search across textual notes. Finally, since | | | | notes. The standard is based on the existing |
| annotation notes are stored in the same file they | | | | standards for digital images. |
| cannot be lost when sharing or moving a picture. | | | | The current personal version of FotoTagger |
| Leonid Malkov, President of Cogitum LC, said, | | | | supports what could be called ?3F principle? F1: |
| ?Integrating different information medias into the | | | | Free of charge; F2: Free of ads; F3: Free of |
| one starts as a technological change, but often | | | | spyware and privacy intrusion. |
| leads to a cultural revolution. The best example is | | | | FotoTagger can be downloaded from the official |
| adding sound to silent movies that created a | | | | product Website |
| totally new phenomenon in early 20th century. | | | | About Cogitum LC |
| FotoTagger integrates digital image and text | | | | Cogitum is an innovative software developing |
| giving users an opportunity to transform | | | | company with several award-winning personal |
| photographs from collection of pixels into | | | | software tools, including Co-Tracker and Co-Citer |
| recorded impressions.? | | | | that gained total hundreds of thousands |
| FotoTagger provides effective tools for sharing | | | | downloads. |