A Multimedia System for Filing and Printing Video Pictures and for Automatic Illustration of News Texts

A low-cost multimedia system KALEIDO has been constructed. The PC-based system manages electronic pictures gathered from different media and filed in the system. The system operator retrieves pictures from analog and digital optical memories in an interactive and visual way. The pictures are digitally processed and output on phototypesetters or as color separated screened films on CEPS systems. Pictures may also be retrieved automatically from the storage to illustrate news texts on the basis of text analysis. KALEIDO enables editors in graphic arts companies to use video sources, like TV broadcasts, videotapes, and videodisks in their printed products. In addition to being a part of a graphical production process, KALEIDO can be used as an electronic picture store by museums, audiovisual companies, video producers, schools, and others.