A review.Functions of gelatin in imaging materials of present and future are overviewed.Chapter 1 reviews present technologies' state of the art and limitations.While main focus is put on photog. materials and their manufacturing, a brief glance was paid on new application areas.Chapter 2 discusses about future technologies around gelatin in imaging materials and their possibilities.A few novel aspects for gelatin are reviewed in this chapter, namely enzymically hydrolyzed gelatins, bio-genetically synthesized recombinant gelatins, and chem. modified hybrid gelatins.