The WorldBank(tm) Personal Stock Image Library (printable version) is the world's first and largest, most comprehensive, annotated collection of hard-to-get, royalty- and license-free high-resolution, color-corrected, color-separated, printable quality photo images ever offered on 24 CD-ROM discs for Macintosh and Windows. The WorldBank 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. F E A T U R E S Over 3,000 hard-to-find photo images from around the world in one massive collection: 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, and United States Included in this collection is Aldus Corporation's Fetch(TM) for the Mac and Pixfolio for Windows on the PC. Both programs are mixed-media cataloguing, browsing and retrieval tools, which allow you to quickly browse through a visual gallery or textual list of all files or find just the images you want by specifying keywords, file types, filenames or volumes. All the images are annotated with short descriptions identifying the subject content and/or the location. All the images are cross-referenced by 22 major categories/themes. Some images may apply to more than one category. The number of images per category are: Cities 75 Animals 141 Food 38 People 488 Backgrnd./Texture 83 Plants 186 Sports 84 Ruins 485 Artifacts 147 Panoramas 225 Buildings 959 Mood Shots 80 Icons, Great 82 Transportation 127 South America 319 North America 570 Europe 755 Pacific Rim 555 Asia 333 Middle East 291 Relics 146 Religion 358 South Atlantic 315 All images are in uncompressed TIFF format using the universal ISO 9660 standard for CD-ROM. This permits any CD-ROM disc in the WorldBank Collection to be read by Macintosh or MS-DOS-compatible computers and many Unix platforms. It also means all these images are also importable by almost all image-handling applications available in those same computing environments. The 24 CD's 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). Each image is 32-bit, CMYK (ie. already color-separated), color-corrected, uncompressed TIFF, 300 dpi giving a 150 line screen. Each Edition retails for US $499.00 (Cdn. $650 each) or US $998 (Cdn. $1,300) for the full high resolution set of 24 CD's. The WorldBank is packaged in handsome protective CD wallets. The developer of the wallet states the liner of each pocket in the wallet is comprised of a patented material that lifts minute particles away from the CD each time it is placed into the pocket, thus providing a measure of added protection for each CD. The Collection is also accompanied by six 40" x 28" full-color posters which have been further color-categorized so that individual images appear on the posters in the same order they appear on each color-coded CD - all to maximize easy reference. The WorldBank(TM) Personal Stock Image Library (multimedia version) is the world's first and largest, most comprehensive, annotated collection of hard-to-get, royalty- and license-free, computer screen-resolution, photo images ever offered on 6 CD-ROM discs for Macintosh and Windows. The WorldBank 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. F E A T U R E S Over 3,000 hard-to-find photo images from around the world in one massive collection: 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, and the United States Included in this collection is Aldus Corporation's FetchTM for the Mac and Pixfolio for Windows on the PC. Both programs are mixed-media cataloguing, browsing and retrieval tools, which allow you to quickly browse through a visual gallery or textual list of all files or find just the images you want by specifying keywords, file types, filenames or volumes. All the images are annotated with short descriptions identifying the subject content and/or the location. All the images are cross-referenced by 22 major categories/themes. Some images may apply to more than one category. The number of images per category are: Cities 75 Animals 141 Food 38 People 488 Backgrnd./Texture 83 Plants 186 Sports 84 Ruins 485 Artifacts 147 Panoramas 225 Buildings 959 Mood Shots 80 Icons, Great 82 Transportation 127 South America 319 North America 570 Europe 755 Pacific Rim 555 Asia 333 Middle East 291 Relics 146 Religion 358 South Atlantic 315 * All images are in uncompressed TIFF format using the universal ISO 9660 standard for CD-ROM. This permits any CD-ROM disc in the WorldBank Collection to be read by Macintosh or MS-DOS-compatible computers and many Unix platforms. It also means all these images are also importable by almost all image-handling applications available in those same computing environments. * All the images on the 6 CD's are 24-bit RGB, uncompressed TIFF, 72 dpi (standard 640x480). The Multimedia version retails for US $499.00 (Cdn. $650 each). * The WorldBank Multimedia version is packaged in a handsome protective CD wallet. The developer of the wallet states the liner of each pocket in the wallet is comprised of a patented material that lifts minute particles away from the CD each time it is placed into the pocket, thus providing a measure of added protection for each CD. * The Collection is also accompanied by six 40" x 28" full-color posters which have been further color-categorized so that individual images appear on the posters in the same order they appear on each color-coded CD - all to maximize easy reference. ======================================================================== The WorldBank Sampler contains the thumbnail images of more than 3,000 photo images from The WorldBank Personal Stock Image Library. This same Sampler disc works on Macintosh, DOS and most Unix platforms. The WorldBank is the most comprehensive annotated collection of hard-to-get, license- and royalty-free, low-res. multimedia, and high-res. color-corrected, color- separated, printable quality photo images ever offered on CD-ROM. Over 40 countries are represented, ranging from line-ups in Russia and rare South American museum artifacts to Easter Island monuments and Japanese panoramas. All the images are cross-referenced and keyword searchable by 22 major themes. Features of this Sampler: * 3,000 viewable, annotated, thumbnail images, keyword selectable * Aldus Corp.'s browser version of the mixed-media cataloguing tool, Fetch for the Macintosh * Full license image manager Pixfolio for DOS Windows incl: .AVI and PhotoCDTM support * Operates on Macintosh, DOS and most Unix platforms * 25 license- and royalty-free images in lo-res multimedia and high-res printable formats Technical Details: * No hard disk requirements, min. 4MB RAM * Lo-res: 72 dpi, 24-bit RGB, uncompressed TIFF, avg. 1.1 MB each * Hi-res: 300 dpi, 32-bit CMYK uncompressed TIFF giving 150 line screen, avg. 5.5 MB each * ISO 9660 standard CD-ROM Countries: Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, 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, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, and U.S.A. Categories: Cities (75), Buildings (959), People (488), Food (38), Animals (141), Backgrounds/Textures (83), Plants (186), Sports (84), Transportation (127), Ruins (485), Artifacts (147), Panoramas (225), Mood Shots (80), Icons of the World (82), Religion (358), South America (319), North America (570), Europe (755), Pacific Rim (555), South Atlantic (315), Asia (333) and Middle East (291). ======================================================================= Aztech's Fashion, Advertising and Lifestyles Collection features 100 stunning license and royalty-free* female and male model photo images created by world-class fashion photographer Joaquin Compta. He has worked in the fashion districts around the world including New York, Japan, Spain, Montreal and Toronto. These 100 hard-to-find images of models are all fully released and the images may be used for any purpose, whether for video display, print media or otherwise, and whether for commercial or personal use, as often as you wish, with no further license fees or royalties payable*. Add realism and impact to your marketing collaterals, video presentations, point-of-purchase displays, advertisements, slide shows, packaging, editorials, etc. with a human touch. All these images may be imported by almost all image handling applications available on Macintoshes, DOS PC's, and many Unix platforms. The images are on an ISO 9660 disc in two resolutions on the same disc: (a) 32-bit non-compressed, color-corrected, color-separated (CMYK), 300 dpi TIFF format giving a 150 line screen (avg. over 10 MB each!), and (b) 24-bit non-compressed, RGB, 72 dpi TIFF (avg. 1.3 MB each) *The images on this collection are subject to the terms and conditions of Aztech's License Agreement. A single-user, non-exclusive license is granted to the purchaser on the condition that the purchaser understands and agrees that this license does not permit the purchaser to re-sell, distribute or provide to others, in whole or in part, the images in any form, where the primary value of the product or service the purchaser is providing, is the images themselves. The user is encouraged to contact Aztech with any questions concerning this license. The purchaser further agrees not to use any image in this Collection in any work that is of an immoral, scandalous, controversial, derogatory, obscene or offensive nature. ======================================================================== Aztech's Visual Rhythms(tm) Collection features 100 rare and unusual license and royalty-free* photo images by top professional photographer Paul Smith. These 100 unique images focus on content of a repetitious nature: a string of boats, a bed of roses, bamboo poles, panes of glass, stone brick patterns, etc. The images serve a variety of graphic design functions including backgrounds, textures, thematic scenes, and individual component objects. These images may be used for any purpose, whether for video display, print media or otherwise, and whether for commercial or personal use, as often as you wish, with no further license fees or royalties payable*. Create unusual and original marketing collaterals, video presentations, point-of-purchase displays, advertisements, slide shows, packaging, editorials, etc. All these images may be imported by almost all image handling applications available on Macintoshes, DOS PC's, and many Unix platforms. The images are available from Aztech in either standard Kodak PhotoCD(tm) format or on an ISO 9660 disc in two resolutions on the same disc: (a) 32-bit non-compressed, color-corrected, color-separated (CMYK), 300 dpi TIFF format giving a 150 line screen (avg. over 10 MB each!), and (b) 24-bit non-compressed, RGB, 72 dpi TIFF (avg. 1.3 MB each) *The images on this collection are subject to the terms and conditions of Aztech's License Agreement. A single-user, non-exclusive license is granted to the purchaser on the condition that the purchaser understands and agrees that this license does not permit the purchaser to re-sell, distribute or provide to others, in whole or in part, the images in any form, where the primary value of the product or service the purchaser is providing, is the images themselves. The user is encouraged to contact Aztech with any questions concerning this license. The purchaser further agrees not to use any image in this Collection in any work that is of an immoral, scandalous, controversial, derogatory, obscene or offensive nature. ======================================================================== Aztech's Abstract and Graphic Backgrounds Collection features 100 license and royalty-free* photo images by top professional photographer Paul Smith. These 100 unique images are a combination of original conceptual perspectives and graphic art as seen through the lens of Paul Smith's camera. The content is designed to induce a variety of atmospheres and represent metaphorical characteristics in abstract and interesting ways including ethereal, turbulence, whimsical, strength, impact, progressive, birth, mystical, decisive, practical, etc. Aside from their mood-setting qualities, these images may also serve other graphic design functions including backgrounds, textures, thematic scenes, and individual component objects. These images may be used for any purpose, whether for video display, print media or otherwise, and whether for commercial or personal use, as often as you wish, with no further license fees or royalties payable*. Use this Collection to capture the essence of your message in original marketing collaterals, video presentations, POP displays, advertisements, slide shows, packaging, exhibit designs, etc. All these images may be imported by almost all image handling applications available on Macintoshes, DOS PC's, and many Unix platforms. The images are available from Aztech in either standard Kodak PhotoCD(tm) format or on an ISO 9660 disc in two resolutions on the same disc: (a) 32-bit non-compressed, color-corrected, color-separated (CMYK), 300 dpi TIFF format giving a 150 line screen (avg. over 10 MB each!), and (b) 24-bit non-compressed, RGB, 72 dpi TIFF (avg. 1.3 MB each) *The images on this collection are subject to the terms and conditions of Aztech's License Agreement. A single-user, non- exclusive license is granted to the purchaser on the condition that the purchaser nderstands and agrees that this license does not permit the purchaser to re-sell, distribute or provide to others, in whole or in part, the images in any form, where the primary value of the product or service the purchaser is providing, is the images themselves. The user is encouraged to contact Aztech with any questions concerning this license. The purchaser further agrees not to use any image in this Collection in any work that is of an immoral, scandalous, controversial, derogatory, obscene or offensive nature. ======================================================================== Best of the Best VGA/EGA Shareware Games - 172 commercial-quality shareware games of every conceivable kind; children's games, educational, mind games, strategy, board games, adventure, arcade, card and casino games. Includes such titles as Wolfenstein 3D, Duke Nukem, Secret Agent, Scrabble, Galactix, coloring books, Bananoid, Crimelab, Dark Ages, Jill of the Jungle, Kung Fu Louie, Joust VGA, Oilcap 6, Megatron, pinball, roulette, jigsaw puzzles, Wheel of Fortune, Lobwars, Blockout, various Tetris-like games, various poker and casino games, and much more. Requires a 286 PC or better with a CD-ROM drive properly installed for MS-DOS and EGA or better. This CD-ROM title is for DOS only and retails at $24.95. A collection of some of the best available shareware in the market today. * completely menu-driven (mouse or keyboard) * about 85% of the applications run directly from the CD-ROM * about 5K hard disk required for temporary file storage * all files completely uncompressed, ready to run from DOS. * every application in a separate directory with a RUNME.BAT file * completely virus tested ======================================================================== Best of the Best Shareware MasterBlend - 156 high-quality education, desktop publishing, finance, business, graphics, clip art, home, hobby and games, mail and utility applications. Included are tutors for calculus, algebra, Russian, Hebrew, Spanish, MS-DOS, What's in Your PC. There is modem doctor, spelling, video chemistry, 50 high quality games, about 500 clip art images for Word Perfect and another 500 for New Print Shop, NeoShow and NeoPaint, bike repair, calorie mate and many, many more. Requires a 286 PC or better with a CD-ROM drive properly installed for MS-DOS and EGA or better. This CD-ROM title is for DOS only and retails at $24.95. A collection of some of the best available shareware in the market today. * completely menu-driven (mouse or keyboard) * about 85% of the applications run directly from the CD-ROM * about 5K hard disk required for temporary file storage * all files completely uncompressed, ready to run from DOS * every application in a separate directory with a RUNME.BAT file * completely virus tested ======================================================================== Best of the Best Windows Shareware MasterBlend - 112 high-quality education, entertainment, multimedia and general interest applications plus 447 wave, 519 MIDI, 56 animation flics and 843 bitmaps. Everything is driven from a very elegant Windows interface and many run directly from CD-ROM. The mouse-driven menu system automatically indicates whether or not it has to be installed to the hard drive, permits automatic launching of sound and viewer applications when clicking on a sound or picture file, and provides a host of information about the application including amount of hard disk space required, registration fees, default install directories, and whether or not it needs VBRUNxxx (Visual Basic). Requires a 386 PC or better with a CD-ROM drive properly installed for MS-DOS and EGA or better. This CD-ROM title is for Windows only and retails at $24.95. A collection of some of the best available shareware in the market today. * completely menu-driven * many of the applications run directly from the CD-ROM * about 25K hard disk required for temporary file storage * all files completely uncompressed, most are ready to run from Windows * every application in a separate directory * completely virus tested ======================================================================== The Complete Shareware Office System - Everything the office requires from the very best the shareware world has to offer. Word processors, fully-functional spreadsheets, databases, list managers, business graphics and tools, on-line communications programs, computer and application-specific tutorials, vertical market-specific applications and a wonderfully rich suite of utilities. Included are tutors for business plans, personal finance, bill collecting and an incredibly robust tutorial on computers in general, the Alite electronic spreadsheet, Breeze and PC-Write word processors, MyBase, PC_File, Status and other database management applications, MyComm, TeleMate, AceComm, Kermit and other communications programs, VMIX stable multi-user & multi-tasking environment, utilities for calendar, backup, CD-ROM, DOS shell, editors, graphic file viewers, menus, security, phone dialer, sort, zipcode, file compressors/archivers, and much more. Vertical market applications include accounting, church, investment, medical, non-profit, property, retail, video, law and others. Requires a 286 PC or better with a CD-ROM drive properly installed for MS-DOS and EGA or better. This CD-ROM title is for DOS and retails at $24.95. A collection of some of the best available shareware in the market today. * menu-driven interface * most applications are self-extracting and self-configuring * all applications have been evaluated for practicality in an office or business environment * hard disk space is completely dependent upon which application you choose to use. * every application in a separate directory * completely virus tested ======================================================================== Best of the Best MacSilverWare - over 70 commercial-quality games of every kind, a variety of educational applications, system extensions, desk accessories and more. Includes such titles as address book, dental pro, molecular modeller, engineering assistant, easy envelopes, ChooserUser, colorswitch, Greg's buttons, ramdisk+, trimmer, airports, graphtooolz, alias director, alias boss, MacMath, Colorize, file buddy, Desert Trek, Digital Messiah, Quagmire, Shadow Keep, A-S Baseball, Air Warrior, Arashi, Armor, Bolo, Bonk, LightCycle Duel, MacBzone, MacTrek, MacPong, Maelstrom, Microcosm, and many, many more. Requires a System 7 compatible Mac with a CD-ROM drive properly installed for HFS and at least 4 MB of RAM. This CD-ROM title retails at $24.95. A compelling collection of unsurpassed quality games, education, desk accessories and more * almost all of the applications run directly from the CD-ROM * utilizes the latest features for sound, animation and colour * all files completely uncompressed * each application in its own separate directory * virus-tested ===================================================================== Jurassic Dinosaur On this disc are 96 license and royalty free photo images of Jurassic Dinosaur paraphernalia, including skeletons from major museums around the world. Each image is identified. Create unusual and original presentations, educational applications, point-of-purchase displays, advertisements, school reports, packaging, slide shows and much more. Included on this disc are image previewing and management programs - the browser version of Fetch for the Macintosh and a full license of Pixfolio for Windows on the PC.