1. A system for remote manipulation of image data comprising: a telecommunications network; an image data storage library; an image processing server coupled to the telecommunications network and further coupled to the image data storage library; and a plurality of receiving stations coupled to the telecommunications network, each of the plurality of receiving stations having a memory for storing local copies of state parameters, wherein at least one of the receiving stations transmits state parameters through the telecommunications network to the image processing server, and wherein the image processing server receives image data from the image data storage library and processes the image data in accordance with the received state parameters, and wherein the image processing server transmits processed image data through the telecommunications network to the receiving station.