ROCHESTER, NY, August 2, 2005 - Kodak’s Graphic Communications Group (GCG) today introduced SYNAPSE EyeMedia, a new digital asset management solution, and SYNAPSE TeamWorks, a creative content management solution, designed for print production environments. SYNAPSE EyeMedia software solution provides an efficient way of storing and managing digital assets. The SYNAPSE TeamWorks creative content management solution delivers an effective and collaborative way to manage and share creative content during the job creation process.

“We’re committed to providing our customers with solutions that enable them to increase their business by offering their clients new services,” said Pat Lord, product manager, Workflow & Prepress Equipment Group, GCG. “SYNAPSE EyeMedia and SYNAPSE TeamWorks is a winning combination for printers and their customers. These provide tremendous value by delivering integrated services for asset management and content creation to a PRINERGY workflow management system that uses SYNAPSE INSITE Internet portal into prepress.”

A Powerful Solution for Managing Creative Content

SYNAPSE EyeMedia effectively manages and stores digital files, enabling stakeholders such as ad agencies, creative staff, publishers and production teams to easily organize, access, and review content conveniently by Web access. SYNAPSE EyeMedia integrates with the PRINERGY workflow management system to provide unique benefits including a proxy workflow for guaranteed image replacement and automatic tracking of images used in production. It also includes reporting capabilities to allow printers the option of billing for these services. With SYNAPSE EyeMedia, printers can provide clients with instant access to their digital assets, including photographs, illustrations, editorial content and job specifications; customers can access their digital assets quickly and easily to re-use them in new content. New tools for retrieving images, including flexible metadata and searchable production attributes, increase accuracy in content creation

Streamlined Content Creation

SYNAPSE TeamWorks is a server-based solution for sharing and reviewing creative content. A range of tools for proofing, sharing and viewing creative content allow SYNAPSE TeamWorks to effectively streamline content creation, and improve stakeholder communication. Printers can also control and manage user access for a secure, collaborative environment.

Both SYNAPSE EyeMedia and SYNAPSE TeamWorks integrate with SYNAPSE INSITE Internet portal into prepress, offering a powerful Web-portal connecting end users and production staff to production jobs, asset libraries and project-based content creation. SYNAPSE EyeMedia and SYNAPSE TeamWorks enable printers to provide a full solution for content creation and digital asset management. These new services help printers generate new revenue streams, attract new business and retain customers.

SYNAPSE EyeMedia and SYNAPSE TeamWorks are now available in the USA and Canada, and will be available worldwide in late 2005. To learn more about SYNAPSE EyeMedia and SYNAPSE TeamWorks visit the SYNAPSE web page.

About Eastman Kodak Company

Kodak is the leader in helping people take, share, print and view images – for memories, for information, for business, and for entertainment. With sales of $13.5 billion in 2004, the company is committed to a digitally oriented growth strategy focused on four businesses: Digital & Film Imaging Systems – providing consumers, professionals and cinematographers with digital and traditional products and services; Health – supplying the medical and dental professions with traditional and digital imaging and information systems, IT solutions and services; Graphic Communications – providing customers with a range of solutions for prepress, traditional and digital printing, document scanning, and multi-vendor IT services; and Display & Components – supplying original equipment manufacturers with imaging sensors as well as intellectual property and materials for the organic light-emitting diode (OLED) and LCD display industries.

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