Slides from images in any application

Kentfield, CA Ð Moving into territory commonly held by service bureaus, GS Corporation in October began shipping eXTRASLIDE, which uses a Polaroid film recorder to create slides directly from images.

"What's really nice [about eXTRASLIDE] is that you can use it right from the Print panel of any application," said Daniel Wasserman, who uses the app at the New York-based service bureau Light Printing.

"So far, I've been pleased, but there are a few kinks that will need to be worked out." As a stand-alone application, eXTRASLIDE lets you alter an image, set the slide's background color, and print to film.

eXTRASLIDE retails for $995. GS Corporation: 415/257-4700; joe@goldleaf.com.