Ulead Systems () is a Taiwanese

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headquartered in

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. It is a subsidiary of

Corel Cascade Parent Limited, doing business as Alludo (pronounced like "all you do"), is a Canadian software company headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario, specializing in graphics processing. Formerly called the Corel Corporation ( ; from the abbreviation ...

History

Ulead was founded on 5 August 1989 by Lotus Chen, Lewis Liaw and Way-Zen Chen. They founded Ulead with the support of

Microtek Microtek International Inc. () is a Taiwan-based multinational manufacturer of digital imaging products and other consumer electronics. It produces imaging equipment for medical, biological and industrial fields. It occupies 20 percent of the glo ...

after leaving Taiwan's

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in order to further develop and commercialize their first true color image editing software,

PhotoStyler Aldus PhotoStyler was a graphics software program developed by the Taiwanese company Ulead. Released in June 1991 as the first 24 bit image editor for Windows, it was bought the same year by the Aldus Prepress group. Its main competition was Adobe ...

, on the

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platform. Ulead sold PhotoStyler through

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as a

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. However, Aldus merged into

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in 1994 and PhotoStyler is no longer available. Ulead then continued to develop

PhotoImpact Ulead PhotoImpact (originally called Iedit) is a raster and vector graphics editing program published by Ulead Systems. Alongside its image editing capabilities, the program also features HTML tools, such as a rollover assistant, an imagemap as ...

3 as its

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image editor and sell PhotoImpact by itself. Ulead Systems then extended its development of multimedia software in various areas such as

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, media management, web utility,

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and

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. On 17 September 2001, Ulead was listed on the

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a
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On 13 April 2005,

InterVideo InterVideo was a software publisher specializing in multimedia-related programs. InterVideo's products include video capturing, video editing, DVD authoring, CD/DVD recording, film distribution, and video playback. Its best known product was Win ...

acquired Ulead Systems for approximately $68 million. On 9 July 2006, InterVideo announced its merger with Ulead to be completed on 28 December 2006. On 28 August 2006,

announced that it would acquire InterVideo for about $196 million. On 24 October 2006, Ulead was unlisted on the Taiwan Stock Exchange. On 12 December 2006, Corel announced the acquisition of InterVideo and Ulead had been completed.Corel's letter to customers on the InterVideo Ulead acquisition
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Products

Video

* VideoStudio * MediaStudio Pro/VideoGraphics Lab * VideoTool Box * COOL 3D, COOL 3D Production Studio

DVD

* Burn.Now * DVD MovieFactory * DVD PictureShow * DVD WorkShop

Image

* COOL 360 * COOL 3D *

* IPhoto Plus * Photo Explorer * Photo Express * My Scrapbook

Web Utility

* GIF Animator * GIF-X.Plug-in * Menu.Applet * SmartSaver Pro

Pocket Software

* Pocket SlideShow * Pocket DV Show

Digital home Home automation or domotics is building automation for a home, called a smart home or smart house. A home automation system will monitor and/or control home attributes such as lighting, climate, entertainment systems, and appliances. It ma ...

* InstaMedia

References

External links

Ulead SystemsUlead Systems Germany
Software companies of Taiwan Software companies established in 1989 Companies listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange Companies based in Taipei Taiwanese companies established in 1989 2006 mergers and acquisitions Taiwanese brands Corel {{Taiwan-company-stub