SIGMA Photo Pro 5.1 Software is now available for download

The Sigma Corporation is pleased to announce that SIGMA Photo Pro 5.1 (Ver.5.1.0) for Windows and SIGMA Photo Pro 5.1 (Ver.5.1.0) for Macintosh is available for download.


DP series and SD series camera users can now download the latest Sigma Photo Pro software.




Benefits of the Sigma Photo Pro software update:
SIGMA Photo Pro 5.1 (Ver.5.1.0) for Windows

• The Exposure Picker function is added.
• In processing X3F files from the SD1, Highlight processing is improved.
• Various bugs have been corrected to achieve more stable operation.
• Updated Italian Help menu.

SIGMA Photo Pro 5.1 (Ver.5.1.0) for Macintosh

• The Exposure Picker function is added.
• In processing X3F files from the SD1, Highlight processing is improved.
• The Network drive is now recognized by Mac OS X10.7.
• Various bugs have been corrected to achieve more stable operation.
• Updated Italian Help menu.

SIGMA Photo Pro 5.1 (Ver.5.1.0) for Windows and SIGMA Photo Pro 5.1 (Ver.5.1.0) for Macintosh is available for download at the following site: SD1 Special Site

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idxSoft LLC Announces PicBlitz Virtual Photo Manager V3.20

PRZOOM - /newswire/ - Prospect, CT, United States, 09/13/2011 - PicBlitz Virtual Photo Manager is a surprisingly fast, full featured image viewer and organizer for Windows with a do it first, save it later design. Mouse hovering makes it very user friendly, blazingly fast and intuitive - idxSoft.com

PicBlitz Virtual Photo Manager has the power to handle more than 500,000 photos and images in the blink of an eye; at speeds you've only dreamed of. Featuring mouse hovering, instant search, slide show, batch resize, brighten, rotate, colorize and quick rename, copy and move commands without needless prompts. With a do it first, save it later design, there's no need to update the hard drive until all organization and modifications are complete. View an image instantly just by moving the mouse; there's nothing easier. Search through 100,000 images as quickly as an online search. Download a trial at idxSoft.com

Imagine having your photos viewed as fast as a video; PicBlitz unleashes the power hidden inside of your PC. It's designed to work the way humans think: Organize and modify first, double check everything and then safely write them back to disk. Have too many images? PicBlitz finds them no matter where they are hidden on the drive. Then view them by date, folder, or name. Change the resolution and size for quick upload to the web. Clear the clutter safely; a junk folder holds the bad images so they can be reviewed before recycling them.

A short description could never explain all the power and speed PicBliz has; try it yourself, risk-free, fully functional for 21 days. You'll fly through JPEG, PNG, BMP, GIF, ICO, and GIF formats. View RAW digital camera formats like .NEF and more. Give it the test, scan everything on your drives; see images you've never knew existed. PicBlitz integrates with Windows Explorer and external software. It's designed for professionals. A home version handles 50,000 images (35% off). Runs on Windows 7, Vista, XP and has passed Microsoft designed tests to ensure compatibility. Find out more at idxSoft.com

idxSoft LLC, (idxsoft.com) located in Prospect CT, develops software using Microsoft .NET technologies for the Windows platform and has in business since 2010. Using proprietary data matrix objects, we create outstandingly fast software for the Windows environment. In addition to PicBlitz, we are designing document and PDF lookup and organization software returning results similar in speed to online searches.

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DxO Optics Pro v6.5.2 now available

DxO Labs is pleased to announce the immediate availability of DxO Optics Pro v6.5.2 for Mac and Windows that adds RAW support in both its Standard and Elite editions for the Pentax K-5, the Sony NEX-5 and NEX-3.

Further, 50 new DxO Optics Modules are now available to DxO Optics Pro users, covering numerous Canon, Nikon, Pentax and Sony cameras.

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Jalbum’s iPhone app creates stunning web galleries on the go

Stockholm, July 5th, 2010. Today, photo-sharing service Jalbum.net announces the release of its iPhone app. Adding to Jalbumʼs growing line of photography tools, the new iPhone app enables Jalbum users to browse, share and create stunning web photo albums from anywhere. The app is now available for download in the App store for iPhone.

Prepared for iPhone 4
The new Jalbum App will provide iPhone/iPod touch users with easy, remote access to many of the features and content currently available on www.jalbum.net. The app takes advantage of the iPhone 4 high-resolution screen, displaying photos with 4 times the pixels of previous versions. Features of the app include:

• Create web photo albums straight from your iPhone
• Upload photos to existing photo albums
• View your own albums and spectacular user-submitted photos, conveniently listed in Featured, Popular and Recent albums.
• Easy sharing by e-mail or copying album link to clipboard

“We wanted to combine the flexibility of Jalbums web album presentations and the ease of use of the iPhone. It makes a powerful mix that opens up for a completely new kind of usage of Jalbum”, says lead developer Daniel Plamann Solving the flash portfolio – iPhone viewing dilemma for photographers In a recent article by Scott Kelby (http://www.scottkelby.com/blog/2010/archives/9503), he describes that the industry is struggling to find a solution for showcasing flash portfolios on the iPhone or iPad. By using Jalbum albums built in Media RSS files to fetch photos and captions, the Jalbum iPhone app solves this problem. All customized photo albums whether they are flash, HTML or java-script based are equally displayed in a beautiful
viewing experience on the iPhone.

“Our vision is to provide total freedom in where and how photos are presented. Adding the iPhone app is in line with this vision and allows for on-the-go updates to Jalbum albums.”, says Carl Manneh, CEO of Jalbum.
 
About Jalbum
Jalbum has enabled amateur and professional photographers alike to publish more than 30 million photo albums. With Jalbum you easily create your own photo album site, and publish it anywhere. The first version of Jalbum software was released as a hobby project by founder David Ekholm in 2002. The desktop application is now started every 3 seconds globally, displayed on this live map: http://jalbum.net/maps/downloads

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GIMP 2.6.9 Released

It's been a while since the last GIMP release. Quite a few bug-fixes have piled up in the stable branch, so here's another release in the stable GIMP 2.6 series.

The source can be downloaded from ftp.gimp.org. Binary packages for various supported platforms should become available soon; please check the Downloads section.

Overview of Changes from GIMP 2.6.8 to GIMP 2.6.9

* Bugs fixed:
612618 - Font selection remains visible
622234 - gimp.desktop: image/x-psd in MimeTypes twice
622196 - Unportable test(1) construct in configure script
620604 - Description of "histogram" procedure is slightly inaccurate
541586 - Tool options not saved/loaded correctly?
614153 - Importing PDF files with long titles
600112 - blur-gauss-selective.exe crashes
599233 - Dialog of "Save as BMP" ignores changes which are not made
with a mous
565001 - Text-Tool crashes when edit a 2.4.2 version XCF file
610478 - Layer preview suddenly stops getting updated
609026 - leaks shared memory
609056 - Exporting to Alias PIX format fails
608188 - a few strings in Save as... > Raw image data dialog are always
in English
604820 - GEGL Operation "path" crashes GIMP
603711 - Crashes when using path tool
607242 - GIMP 2.7.0 fails to build against libpng 1.4.0
606372 - Saving to .ppm fails on indexed colorspace
605237 - the "Antialiasing..." message in the progress bar does not show
translated
604508 - gimp-layer-new-from-visible should work from updated projection

* Updated and new translations:
Asturian (ast)
Basque (eu)
Burmese (my)
Catalan (ca)
Chinese (Hong Kong) (zh_HK)
Chinese (Taiwan) (zh_HK)
German (de)
Italian (it)
Latvian (lv)
Low German (nds)
Romanian (ro)
Simplified Chinese (zh_CN)
Slovenian (sl)
Ukrainian (uk)
Valencian (ca@valencia)

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Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 Now Available

WEBWIRE – Tuesday, June 08, 2010 - Major Release Advances Image Quality, Performance and Workflow Flexibility for Photographers

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced the immediate availability of Adobe® Photoshop® Lightroom® 3 software for Windows® and Macintosh, the essential digital photography workflow solution that allows photographers to quickly organize, enhance and showcase their images from one application. First released as a public beta in October 2009, the final version of Lightroom 3 introduces a completely redesigned performance architecture that better handles growing image libraries and provides an unrivaled raw processing engine with noise reduction and sharpening tools to achieve the highest image quality. The 64-bit capable Lightroom 3 includes new features that optimize workflows and allow images to be shared in creative ways, including support for DSLR video files and tethered shooting on select cameras.

“There have been over 600,000 downloads of the Lightroom 3 public beta, which has supplied us with a huge amount of valuable feedback from a passionate community of professional and advanced amateur photographers,” said Kevin Connor, vice president of product management for Digital Imaging at Adobe. “The open dialog we have with our customers allows us to further improve Lightroom and provide the best tools they need to produce high-quality images. We’re happy to see that so many people are anxiously anticipating the final release, so they can start taking advantage of all the new features they had a hand in developing.”

Public Beta Process Perfects Lightroom 3 New Features
Re-built from its core to be lightening fast and responsive, Lightroom 3 adds power throughout the application to provide a fluid experience for photographers. Images load almost instantaneously, and the import experience has been redesigned to be more intuitive, with added previews and default selections that give users quick access to sort through and find images. Helping streamline and adapt to photographers’ changing workflows, Lightroom 3 now allows users to import and manage DSLR video files, as well as take advantage of tethered shooting for select Nikon and Canon cameras.

New state-of-the-art photographic tools help photographers bring out the best in their images. Unrivaled Luminance and Color Noise Reduction tools help produce a clearer picture from high ISO or underexposed images while still preserving details. The highly-requested Automatic Lens Correction feature can dramatically improve the results possible with any lens by allowing users to apply profiles that correct for undesirable geometric distortions, chromatic aberrations and lens vignette effects that most lenses introduce to the image. Users now also have a straighten tool to perfect vertical and horizontal perspective, additional presets for applying more photographic adjustment styles, and three new contemporary vignette styles and a Grain effect to add a more natural look with images.

Lightroom 3 Expands Image Showcasing
Output options have also been enhanced in this release, with new capabilities to publish collections on online sharing sites. Flickr® users have the ability to synch their accounts to Lightroom with one click, and integration with additional online photo sharing sites can be added via third-party plug-ins. Customizable print layouts provide more refined control over how photographers present final images, and new watermarking features, with options to modify text, size, location and style, help give professionals and amateurs flexibility for branding images. Lightroom 3 now also includes the ability to export polished slideshows as video files with the option to add audio and title screens.

Pricing and Availability
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 for Windows and Macintosh is available now at www.adobe.com/store, for pre-order via Amazon.com and NewEgg.com and will be available soon at retail and online outlets such as Frys, BestBuy.com, Costco.com, Walmart.com, Staples.com, OfficeMax.com, OfficeDepot.com and select camera stores. The estimated street price is US$299 for new users with an upgrade price of US$99 for qualified registered Lightroom users. Recommended system requirements are Macintosh OS X v 10.5, 10.6 with Intel® based processor, or Microsoft® Windows® 7, Windows Vista® Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise or Windows XP with Service Pack 3, Intel® Pentium® 4 processor, 2 GB RAM and a 1,024x768 resolution screen.

Additional information on product features, upgrade policies, pricing, and language versions is available on www.adobe.com/products/photoshoplightroom. Join the Lightroom community on Facebook (www.facebook.com/lightroom) and Twitter (http://twitter.com/lightroom).

About Adobe Systems Incorporated
Adobe revolutionizes how the world engages with ideas and information – anytime, anywhere and through any medium. For more information, visit www.adobe.com.

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Topaz DeNoise 4.1 Free Update

Topaz has been overwhelmed with the response for Topaz DeNoise 4 - thanks to everyone who has tried it and Topaz hopes this technology helps you significantly with your high-ISO images! DeNoise 4.1 is a free update that addresses some of the issues that Topaz users brought up. It also offers a few other major enhancements.

The most significant improvements in v4.1 are:

• Complete 64-bit CS5 compatibility on both Mac and Windows.
• Greatly improved processing speed for Mac - 100% increase for many configurations.
• Better color handling - improved color edge recovery, new Clean Color slider.
• Interface and preset improvements.

Download DeNoise v4.1

To download and install the update, simply re-download Topaz DeNoise from the above link and re-install it on your computer. Note DeNoise v4.0 presets are not compatible with DeNoise v4.1. (Need help?)

Thanks again for using Topaz DeNoise, and Topaz looks forward to continuing to provide you with timely updates and useful software. If you still haven't tried it, the introductory 40% discount on Topaz DeNoise 4 is still available until the end of the month. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask. Have a great day!

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Zoner Software Launches New Product: Zoner Photo Studio Free

(Brno, Czech Republic, May, 2010) — Zoner Software, an innovative graphics software company, announces the launch of Zoner Photo Studio Free. This software helps users easily manage pictures, edit them, and share them online with family and friends at home and around the world.

“Many of us here take pictures, so we know people want fast, efficient software that helps them share great pictures quickly. They don’t want to have to switch nonstop between one program for managing photos, one for something creative like panoramas, and another for web sharing. They want an all-in-one solution. That’s why Zoner Photo Studio Free has all these features built in,” said Managing Director Pavel Minar. Zoner Photo Studio Free is made for beginners, but powerful enough for the experts. It offers much more than the photo managers that come with cameras. ”Zoner Photo Studio Free is intuitive, and it’s easy to get started. It’s also so handy for your photo work that you may find you never want to stop,” says Ales Hasala, Zoner Software’s Director of Development.

Zoner Photo Studio Free offers features that users will appreciate to get the most out of their digital memories, including:
- Automatic red eye removal
- Cropping
- Horizon levelling
- Panorama creation
- 3D picture making
- One-click Quick Fix
- Fast Sort Pictures window

Users seeking advanced photo processing can turn to Zoner Software's flagship product, Zoner Photo Studio 12 Professional.
 
Zoner Photo Studio Free is free for personal and non-commercial use on single computers running Window XP, Vista, or Windows 7. The product is available in English only. Support for Zoner Photo Studio Free is available on the Zoner Software website, including a FAQ and our blog at free.zoner.com. Download the software at free.zoner.com or at third party download sites such as softonic.com.

About Zoner Photo Studio
Zoner Photo Studio is comprehensive software for work with digital photographs. It accompanies users throughout the whole cycle of photo processing, including acquiring, editing, touchups, creating effects, and organizing, archiving, publishing, and sharing their work. Zoner Photo Studio was the first comprehensive digital photo processing software to include support for GPS and for creating 3D pictures.

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Mamiya Announces the Availability of Capture One 5.1.1 Software

Elmsford, NY - March 25, 2010 - Mamiya today announces the availability of Capture One 5.1.1 software. This latest update to the renowned Capture One software features a number of additions and improvements for the Mamiya DM system of
digital cameras and digital backs.

Capture One 5.1.1 is a free service release to existing Capture One 5 owners, and can be downloaded through the link at http://www.mamiya.com/customer-service-support-downloads.html

Software enhancements and additions include:

* Improved default film curves for Mamiya DM products.

* Support of develop-curves from Mamiya DM series MOS
raw files.
* White balance can now be set when shooting tethered with Mamiya DM products.
* Orientation can now be set when shooting tethered with Mamiya DM backs.
* Base characteristics gains presets.
* Tethered and file support for the new Mamiya DM40 products.

Supported Mamiya DSLRs and Digital Backs:
Mamiya DM56, DM40, DM33, DM28, and DM22.

About Mamiya:
For over 60 years, Mamiya has been a name synonymous with excellence and innovation in professional photographic cameras and lenses. The Mamiya DM system of DSLR kits and Digital Backs continues this tradition by offering photographers the ultimate in big-sensor image quality at very affordable prices.

With models offering 22, 28, 33, 40, and 56 megapixels, the Mamiya DM system continues to make Mamiya the brand of choice for today’s top professional photographers.

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CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite X5 Delivers More Versatility, Content and Color Tools for Graphics Professionals

Newest Edition of Award-Winning Graphics Suite Puts Community Requests at Center of Development Efforts

Ottawa, ON - February 23, 2010 - Corel Corporation today introduced CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite X5, the newest edition of the company's award-winning package of professional graphics applications. With more than fifty new and enhanced features, CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5 includes major enhancements to asset management, color management, web graphics, a wide variety of learning resources and more content than ever before. The trial and electronic download versions are available today and the product will start shipping before the end of March in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese and Dutch.

For more than 20 years, CorelDRAW® has helped PC users worldwide create graphics with impact. Known for its versatility and power, CorelDRAW Graphics Suite has won hundreds of international industry awards by consistently addressing the most pressing needs of its loyal community of users. The new version of the suite continues in this tradition by focusing on innovations that matter the most to users in a wide variety of industries including sign making, graphic design, fashion/apparel design, wide format printing, marketing, print production and other businesses of all sizes.

"Throughout the development cycle for CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5, our team worked hand-in-hand with our user community to ensure we were delivering the new features and enhancements that would make a meaningful difference to them. We wanted to truly understand what they loved about the product and what they needed to make their experience that much better," said Gérard Métrailler, Senior Director of Product Management, Graphics, for Corel. "We believe we've delivered a product that enables our current users to discover new possibilities with the suite while allowing new users to get up and running quickly and create projects with confidence."
New Suite Provides Users with More Flexibility, More Versatility

In developing the newest version of CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5, the Corel team focused on five areas that were ranked as key priorities by our users:
Corel CONNECT Simplifies Workflow; Gives Quick Access to Even More Content

CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5 makes it easy for users to connect to their content. The new Corel® CONNECT is a brand new application that synchronizes with both CorelDRAW and Corel® PHOTO-PAINT™ to provide quick access to content on a computer, network, or disc. In addition, industry-leading support for more than 100 commonly used file formats ensures users can easily collaborate and exchange files with clients and colleagues. CorelDRAW Graphics Suite also continues its tradition of providing one of the broadest selections of fonts, clip-art, and other collateral available, including:

* 10,000 clipart
* 1,000 high-resolution, royalty-free photos
* 1,000 fonts
* 2,000 vehicle templates
* 350 design templates

New & Enhanced Tools Enable Even More Precision and Experimentation

With CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5, the introduction of significant new and enhanced features help users create with confidence. These features include a B-Spline tool, updated artistic media, scalable arrowheads, enhanced Connector and Dimension tools, and the new Segment Dimension tool. The Mesh Fill tool has also been significantly improved to help users design multi-colored filled objects with more fluid color transitions. New web graphics tools enable users to work in bitmap mode directly within CorelDRAW, viewing detailed pixels, and the ability to preview their work before publishing online.
Reinvented Color Management System Ensures Accuracy and Accelerates Project Completion

CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5 represents a complete change in approach to color management, assuring users accurate color representation. The new Document (CorelDRAW) and Image (Corel PHOTO-PAINT) dockers allow users to save project-specific colors and to reuse colors from a previous project. In addition, eyedroppers have been added to several color dialog boxes, color palettes, and color pickers, providing more convenient color sampling opportunities.
Easy Output to Multiple Formats

With industry-leading file format compatibility, CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5 offers the flexibility today's designers need for outputting their work. The same design may be needed for Web banners, printed ads or brochures, and t-shirts, billboards or digital signs. In addition, the inclusion of SwiSH miniMax helps users create Web animations for Web production more easily than ever before.
Full-Color Guidebook and Video Tutorials Provide Insights and Inspiration to Jump Start Projects

It's easier than ever to get started with CorelDRAW Graphics Suite, regardless of your experience level. The new full color, hard-cover guidebook provides techniques and tips for users of all skill levels and offers a unique opportunity to learn from professional designers who use the suite in industries including fashion and jewelry design, book illustration, vehicle wrapping, and product packaging. The suite also comes with more than two hours of video tutorials.

"CorelDRAW Graphics Suite is a vital part of my day-to-day workflow. With the numerous enhancements introduced in CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5, I now have an even more powerful tool to help me complete projects accurately and efficiently," said Michal Polák, owner of FRANCISDRAKE design studio. "It's clear that the Corel development team really listened to its users and worked with them to create the best CorelDRAW Graphics Suite yet."
What is Included in CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5

CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5 includes CorelDRAW, an intuitive vector-illustration and page-layout application; Corel PHOTO-PAINT, a professional image-editing application; Corel® PowerTRACE®, a utility to quickly and accurately convert bitmaps into editable vector graphics, and Corel® CAPTURE™, a one-click screen capture utility.

New to the suite is Corel CONNECT, a full-screen browser that lets users search the suite's digital content and/or their computer or local network to quickly find the perfect complement for a design. CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5 also includes many supporting applications, a wide variety of content, and in-depth training resources.

For more information about CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5 and to see a detailed list of new and enhanced features, please visit www.corel.com/coreldraw. To learn more about how CorelDRAW Graphics Suite is used worldwide, please visit the product's community site at http://coreldraw.com.
 
Availability
CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5 is immediately available as an electronic download through www.corel.com. The boxed version of the suite is available immediately for preorder through Corel or through retailers including Amazon.com.

About Corel
Corel is one of the world's top software companies with more than 100 million active users in over 75 countries. We develop software that helps people express their ideas and share their stories in more exciting, creative and persuasive ways. Through the years, we've built a reputation for delivering innovative, trusted products that are easy to learn and use, helping people achieve new levels of productivity. The industry has responded with hundreds of awards for software innovation, design and value.

Our award-winning product portfolio includes some of the world's most widely recognized and popular software brands, including CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite, Corel® Painter™, Corel DESIGNER® Technical Suite, Corel® Paint Shop Pro® Photo, Corel® VideoStudio®, Corel® WinDVD®, Corel® WordPerfect® Office, WinZip® and the recently released Corel® Digital Studio™ 2010. Our global headquarters are in Ottawa, Canada, with major offices in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, China, Taiwan and Japan.

© 2010 Corel Corporation. All rights reserved. Corel, CorelDRAW, Paint Shop Pro, Painter, Corel DESIGNER, VideoStudio, WordPerfect, WinDVD, WinZip, Digital Studio and the Corel logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Corel Corporation and/or its subsidiaries. All other product names and any registered and unregistered trademarks mentioned are used for identification purposes only and remain the exclusive property of their respective owners.

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Apple Releases Aperture 3

New Features Include Faces, Places & Brushes

CUPERTINO, California—February 9, 2010—Apple® today introduced Aperture™ 3, the next major release of its powerful photo editing and management software, with over 200 new features including Faces, Places and Brushes. Building on the innovative Faces and Places features introduced in iPhoto® ’09, Aperture 3 makes it even easier and faster to organize large photo libraries. Aperture 3 introduces new tools to refine your photos including Brushes for painting image adjustments onto parts of your photo, and Adjustment Presets for applying professional photo effects with just one click. Stunning new slideshows let you share your work by weaving together photos, audio, text and HD video.

“Millions of people love using iPhoto to organize, edit and share their digital photos,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “Aperture 3 is designed for both professionals who edit and manage massive libraries of photos and iPhoto users who want to take their photos further with easy-to-use tools such as Brushes and Adjustment Presets.”

“Aperture 3 gets it right,” said National Geographic photographer, Jim Richardson. “The image editing tools are exactly what I have been asking for, they’re so easy to use and give me a level of control that I never even thought possible.”

“I chose Aperture because it was the most powerful archiving application around, but it’s now an unbelievable imaging tool as well,” said Bill Frakes, Sports Illustrated staff photographer. “I am beyond impressed with the massive changes made in Aperture 3.”

Aperture 3 allows you to organize large photo libraries with even more flexibility using Projects and the new Faces and Places. Faces uses face detection and recognition to find and organize your photos by the people in them. You can view faces across your entire photo library or view just the faces that appear in selected projects. In a new view that speeds up the organization process, Aperture 3 displays faces that have been detected but haven’t yet been named. Places lets you explore your photos based on where they were taken, and like in iPhoto, Places automatically reverse geocodes GPS data into user-friendly locations. In Aperture 3, you can assign locations by dragging-and-dropping photos onto a map or by using location information from GPS enabled cameras, tracking devices or your iPhone® photos.

The new Brushes feature allows you to add professional touches to your photos by simply painting effects onto the image. Aperture 3 includes 15 Quick Brushes that perform the most popular tasks like Dodge, Burn, Polarize and Blur, without the complexity of layers or masks. Brushes can automatically detect edges in your images to let you apply or remove effects exactly where you want them. Aperture 3 includes dozens of Adjustment Presets that apply a specific style or look to the entire image with just a click. You can create your own custom presets or explore the techniques of other photographers by importing theirs.

Aperture 3 makes it easy to share your work with stunning slideshows that weave together photos, audio, text and HD video. You can select one of six Apple designed themes or choose your own transitions, background, borders and titles, and even add your own soundtrack. You can export your slideshows directly to iTunes® to take with you on your iPhone or iPod touch®. You can also share photographs as beautiful prints, create custom-designed hardcover books and publish to online photo sharing sites like Facebook and Flickr, right from Aperture 3.

Pricing & Availability
Aperture 3 is available through the Apple Store® (www.apple.com), Apple’s retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers for a suggested retail price of $199 (US) and existing Aperture users can upgrade for a suggested retail price of $99 (US). A downloadable 30-day trial version is available at www.apple.com/aperture/trial. Aperture 3 runs as a 64-bit application on Mac OS® X Snow Leopard® on Macs with Intel Core 2 Duo processors. Full system requirements, online tutorials and more information on Aperture 3 can be found at www.apple.com/aperture.

Apple ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the Apple II and reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with the Macintosh. Today, Apple continues to lead the industry in innovation with its award-winning computers, OS X operating system and iLife and professional applications. Apple is also spearheading the digital media revolution with its iPod portable music and video players and iTunes online store, and has entered the mobile phone market with its revolutionary iPhone.

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Apple Releases Aperture 3

New Features Include Faces, Places & Brushes

CUPERTINO, California—February 9, 2010—Apple® today introduced Aperture™ 3, the next major release of its powerful photo editing and management software, with over 200 new features including Faces, Places and Brushes. Building on the innovative Faces and Places features introduced in iPhoto® ’09, Aperture 3 makes it even easier and faster to organize large photo libraries. Aperture 3 introduces new tools to refine your photos including Brushes for painting image adjustments onto parts of your photo, and Adjustment Presets for applying professional photo effects with just one click. Stunning new slideshows let you share your work by weaving together photos, audio, text and HD video.

“Millions of people love using iPhoto to organize, edit and share their digital photos,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “Aperture 3 is designed for both professionals who edit and manage massive libraries of photos and iPhoto users who want to take their photos further with easy-to-use tools such as Brushes and Adjustment Presets.”

“Aperture 3 gets it right,” said National Geographic photographer, Jim Richardson. “The image editing tools are exactly what I have been asking for, they’re so easy to use and give me a level of control that I never even thought possible.”

“I chose Aperture because it was the most powerful archiving application around, but it’s now an unbelievable imaging tool as well,” said Bill Frakes, Sports Illustrated staff photographer. “I am beyond impressed with the massive changes made in Aperture 3.”

Aperture 3 allows you to organize large photo libraries with even more flexibility using Projects and the new Faces and Places. Faces uses face detection and recognition to find and organize your photos by the people in them. You can view faces across your entire photo library or view just the faces that appear in selected projects. In a new view that speeds up the organization process, Aperture 3 displays faces that have been detected but haven’t yet been named. Places lets you explore your photos based on where they were taken, and like in iPhoto, Places automatically reverse geocodes GPS data into user-friendly locations. In Aperture 3, you can assign locations by dragging-and-dropping photos onto a map or by using location information from GPS enabled cameras, tracking devices or your iPhone® photos.

The new Brushes feature allows you to add professional touches to your photos by simply painting effects onto the image. Aperture 3 includes 15 Quick Brushes that perform the most popular tasks like Dodge, Burn, Polarize and Blur, without the complexity of layers or masks. Brushes can automatically detect edges in your images to let you apply or remove effects exactly where you want them. Aperture 3 includes dozens of Adjustment Presets that apply a specific style or look to the entire image with just a click. You can create your own custom presets or explore the techniques of other photographers by importing theirs.

Aperture 3 makes it easy to share your work with stunning slideshows that weave together photos, audio, text and HD video. You can select one of six Apple designed themes or choose your own transitions, background, borders and titles, and even add your own soundtrack. You can export your slideshows directly to iTunes® to take with you on your iPhone or iPod touch®. You can also share photographs as beautiful prints, create custom-designed hardcover books and publish to online photo sharing sites like Facebook and Flickr, right from Aperture 3.

Pricing & Availability
Aperture 3 is available through the Apple Store® (www.apple.com), Apple’s retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers for a suggested retail price of $199 (US) and existing Aperture users can upgrade for a suggested retail price of $99 (US). A downloadable 30-day trial version is available at www.apple.com/aperture/trial. Aperture 3 runs as a 64-bit application on Mac OS® X Snow Leopard® on Macs with Intel Core 2 Duo processors. Full system requirements, online tutorials and more information on Aperture 3 can be found at www.apple.com/aperture.

Apple ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the Apple II and reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with the Macintosh. Today, Apple continues to lead the industry in innovation with its award-winning computers, OS X operating system and iLife and professional applications. Apple is also spearheading the digital media revolution with its iPod portable music and video players and iTunes online store, and has entered the mobile phone market with its revolutionary iPhone.

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Website: DOFMaster

DOFMaster.com gives you several easy to use tools to calculate the DOF.

DOFMaster Depth of Field Calculator
(for Windows® operating systems)

Use DOFMaster to print depth of field scales to take into the field. Rotate the dial to set the focus distance on the scale, and quickly read the near focus distance, far focus distance, and the hyperfocal distance.

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DOFMaster for iPhone / iPod touch

DOFMaster for iPhone / iPod touch for depth of field calculations on your phone. Get the app on the iTunes App Store or use the iPhone web app.

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On-line Depth of Field Calculator

Use DOFMaster on-line to experiment with depth of field settings.

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DOFMaster Hyperfocal Chart
(for Windows® operating systems)

Use DOFMaster Hyperfocal Chart to print hyperfocal distance charts for use in the field.

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On-line Depth of Field Table

Use DOFMaster Depth of Field Table to print tables for use in the field.

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DOFMaster LE Depth of Field Calculator
(for Palm OS® platform)

DOFMaster LE makes it easy. Tap three times to set f-stop, focal length, and focus distance. Read the near focus distance, far focus distance, and the hyperfocal distance.

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Jalbum: New Version 8.6

This release includes several enhancements and bug fixes, requested by Jalbum's community. Their non English speaking users will enjoy a translated image editing section. Mac users will notice that Jalbum interacts better with Finder. Skin developers will appreciate that making skins for Jalbum is now easier than ever. A skin can now easily set suitable presets for any settings when you chose a style. They call this feature "style hints" and believe it helps making the experience when selecting different styles even more diverse. There are already a number of great skins that makes use of this feature.

News and Updates

* Skins may now have style specific hints too. By putting style hints files in the styles folder of a skin, these hints are applied when loading a skin or picking a style. A style specific hint has the format style name.jap, for example Black.jap. The format for style specific hints is the same as for skin hints
* You can now apply the ordering of the current folder to all subfolders in one go. (See Tools->External tools)
* The image tools (a k a image filters) have now been translated to Dutch, Finnish, German, Korean, Portugues, Slovak and Swedish. Thank you dear skin translators!
* Thumbnails can now have a higher JPEG compression quality than slides. Good for thumbnails with embedded frames that might need that extra quality to avoid visible JPEG artifacts.
* When saving album projects. Jalbum can now make backups of the previous album project
* Bundled skin "Galleria" updated to make use of new skin developer features (style specific hints and StateMonitor class)
* On Mac: Deleted files now moved to the recycle bin if you're running on the latest Java update (Perform a check for updates under the Apple menu)
* On Mac: When performing "Show in file system" and when packing skins, the target object is selected in Finder. This requires you to run the latest Java update (Perform a check for updates under the Apple menu)
* When updating skins, skin installer now moves the previous skin version to the recycle bin. (On Mac, this requires an updated Java)
* Skins may now omit the "slide.htt" file. This disables the "Make slides" checkbox. No need to create dummy slide.htt files or add slides=false hints anymore
* Installer for Windows (AdvancedInstaller) updated from v7.3.1 to v7.5

Bug fixes

* Skin loading rewritten. These weird race conditions and scripting errors when loading skins repeatedly should now be gone
* Fix for spinning spinners in Jalbum's info window if user hasn't added any accounts
* Jalbum would fail on startup if it didn't find the last used Look and Feel
* Calling ui2Engine from a skin would clear the username for temporarily signed in users
* Jalbum would fail connecting to accounts lacking a password. Connecting without a stored password triggers an interactive password dialog, but the entered password was ignored

More info at http://jalbum.net

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ProPhotoApps Launches the Photography Industry’s First and Only Custom Branded iPhone App for Professional Photographers and their Photography Studios

MILWAUKEE & NASHVILLE (January 10, 2010) – ProPhotoApps, the photography industry’s first and only custom branded iPhone app for professional photographers and their photography studios, today announced the official public launch of their company at the Imaging USA 2010 Conference & Exposition in Nashville, TN.

With an extremely affordable price of just $199 during the Imaging USA 2010 Conference & Exposition (a $50 savings off of the regular $249 price), a photography studio can have their very own custom branded iPhone app with their studio name on it to help build their business and their brand for years to come. Here are just a few of the great benefits:

• MyDailyPic – This is the app’s flagship feature – where a studio can feature their best images by promoting a new image each day for all iPhone app users to see.
• List studio specials and news
• One touch access for iPhone app users to call, email, text, or go right to a photography studio’s website
• Automatically integrated with Facebook & Twitter
• Provide complete info about a photography studio to iPhone app users
• Custom branded – a studio can call the app whatever they want and use their logo – It’s a studio’s very own custom branded iPhone app!
• Built by professional photographers for professional photographers. ProPhotoApps knows professional photography like no one else and the features studios are looking for.
• As a studio owner an iPhone isn’t even needed to maintain and administer the iPhone app. ProPhotoApps has a state of the art web portal for studios to maintain their information and images – ProPhotoApps makes this extremely simple and fast for studios.
• ‘For You’ Feature – Another great feature of a studio’s custom branded app – ProPhotoApps has developed a technology to allow studios to know exactly who has downloaded their app so you can target information, news, images, and specials directly to individuals and groups.

“We are very excited to publicly launch ProPhotoApps at the Imaging USA 2010 Conference & Exposition,” said Tim Vertz, co-founder of ProPhotoApps and vice president of marketing. “We have built a lot of excitement in the photography industry with the industry’s first iPhone app built for professional photography studios to promote and brand their business.”

ProPhotoApps has been in pre-launch mode since mid 2009. The company also worked with many leading photography studios throughout the country to participate in focus groups and product development.

“We have worked very hard to bring about an extremely unique iPhone app that is custom branded for every photography studio,” said Jason Kelley, co-founder and chief technology officer of ProPhotoApps. “Our DailyPic and ‘For You’ features are extremely compelling so photography studios can promote their creativity, uniqueness, and target their client base to grow their photography studios.”

About ProPhotoApps
The founders of ProPhotoApps have a long history of being involved in the photography industry and know what it takes to build a successful photography business.
ProPhotoApps brings together talent from the photography, marketing, and information technology industry with the very first iPhone app geared specifically to help grow photography studios. ProPhotoApps goal is to help photography studios grow their business and promote their creativity. More info can be found at www.ProPhotoApps.com.

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Bibble 5 Pro Now Available

Blazing Fast Photographic Workflow Including Complete Selective Editing, Photo Organization Tools, and RAW support for all the latest dSLR's

Austin, Tx, Dec 30th, 2009: Bibble Labs, Inc today announces the immediate availability of the all-new Bibble 5 Pro Photographic Workflow application for Windows, Mac and Linux, bringing to market a new level of power, speed and control to digital photography.

Bibble 5 Pro excels in the areas that matter most to today's photographers, including flexible tools for organizing and managing digital photographs, the most complete selective editing tools offered in a photographic workflow application, and RAW conversion and editing speed up to 88 times as fast as other leading applications.

Real Power, Really Fast

Bibble 5 Pro includes a totally new, completely multi-threaded image processing engine, allowing it to process images faster than anything else. Efficient enough to be perfectly usable on netbooks and older computers, yet powerful enough to take full advantage of 4, 8, 16 or even more CPU's, Bibble 5 Pro is designed to fully utilize all the computing power available to it. On high-end computers, Bibble 5 Pro is up to 88 times faster in processing and exporting images that other leading applications, while on single CPU computers and more modest machines, Bibble 5 Pro can still be 2 to 8 times faster. "With dual core processors now being replaced with four-core processors, and with 6- an 8- and higher core count processors on the horizon," says Eric Hyman, founder and owner of Bibble Labs, "it's clear that utilizing the full power of those additional CPU's is the key to true workflow performance."

Total Editing Power and Freedom: Unrestrained Selective Editing

Bibble 5 Pro's Selective Editing framework allows its image editing tools to operate on the complete image or a limited portion of an image, fully integrated into a totally non-destructive workflow. "The ability to apply just about every tool Bibble 5 offers within freeform curves or brushed regions opens up amazing editing possibilities" says Jeff Stephens, President of Bibble Labs. "This exemplifies our commitment to building the most flexible, most powerful, and most widely available photographic workflow application." Essentially any image adjustment tool offered in Bibble 5 Pro - including 3rd Party Plug-ins - may be applied selectively to key portions of images, allowing an unparalleled level of creative control: quickly apply multiple white-balance settings to fix difficult or mixed lighting situations, apply noise reduction only to the deepest shadows, sharpen only key points of interest, the possibilities are endless.

Bibble Labs continues to offer the industry's only RAW-level plug-in API, allowing 3rd Party developers to write image editing tools that can access decoded RAW files, TIFF's and JPEG's directly within Bibble 5's image editing pipeline. With Bibble 5 Pro's plug-in API, every plug-in built for Bibble 5 is also open to the full power of Selective Editing, adjustment Presets, edit History and all of Bibble 5 Pro's other workflow advantages.

Asset Management: Innovative, Powerful and Flexible

Importing images into catalogs allows Bibble 5 to summarize information about the photos in that catalog which enables searching or browsing by a wide range of metadata. Such tools are indispensable when working with a large body of images; yet it is the optional nature of Bibble 5 Pro's Cataloging system that makes it uniquely powerful. "Catalogs and metadata searching and browsing are critical when working with tens of thousands of images or more" says Stephens. "But hand me a memory card with a dozen photos while I'm working in Bibble 5 - that's when its flexibility really starts to shine." Bibble 5 Pro allows the photographer to quickly switch to 'File System' mode, allowing them to just click on the folder where these few images are stored and go to work on them right away. Those images are not imported into the catalog, but all Bibble 5's other tools and capabilities can be applied.

Multiple Catalogs can be open at once, while browsing or searching across all open catalogs, which provide immense storage and organizational flexibility. Unique and powerful "Refine" browsing allows photographers to gradually narrow their photographic collection down to show only the images that are necessary at that moment. Bibble 5 Pro is the only photographic workflow application to provide this level of flexibility and choice in the critical decisions that each photographer faces regarding cataloging and asset management.

Solid Platform For Future Advancements

"We continue to be committed to bringing value to our customers after they purchase our products," says Stephens, "and we already have some exciting things in store for later versions of Bibble 5." Bibble 4 was upgraded and enhanced with major features twelve times over several years, adding major new components release after release. Bibble 5 will carry on this tradition, with the first free update planned in Q1 2010.

Availability, Upgrades, and Pricing

Bibble 5 Pro is available immediately for Windows, Mac, and Linux computers for $199.95 from http://bibblelabs.com. Bibble Labs customers who purchased Bibble 4 since September, 2006 are eligible for a free upgrade to Bibble 5 Pro. Earlier Bibble 4 Pro customers may upgrade to Bibble 5 Pro for $99.

Bibble 5 Lite will follow, scheduled in the first quarter of 2010. Bibble 4 Lite customers who purchased Bibble 4 since September, 2006 will have immediate access to Bibble 5 Pro until Bibble 5 Lite is available.

Bibble 5 Pro includes RAW support for many of the newest SLR's available, including Canon 7D, S90 and G11, Nikon D3s, and D5000, Pentax K-x, Sony's a850 and a550, and many others. Bibble 5 is available on Windows, Mac, and Linux, and has lower hardware requirements than many other applications in its class.

Bibble Labs, Bibble Pro and Bibble Lite are trademarks or registered trademarks of Bibble Labs, Inc. Noise Ninja is a trademark of Picture Code LLC. Camera brands and models are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

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Nik Software Ships Viveza 2 for Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom & Apple Aperture

Fast and efficient selective photo editing improves workflow

San Diego, CA (PRWEB) December 22, 2009 -- Nik Software announces today that it is shipping its award-winning Viveza® 2, the latest upgrade to its award-winning and revolutionary photo editing software for selective color and light control. Viveza 2 now offers users robust global adjustments and precise selective controls that utilize Nik Software’s award-winning U Point® technology. Viveza 2 eliminates the need to create complicated selections or layer masks and provides a powerful solution for users looking to save time and effort when editing images.

“The first release of Viveza was truly revolutionary and introduced the most effective way to selectively edit photos,” said Michael J. Slater, president and CEO of Nik Software. “With Viveza 2, we listened to a wide range of photographers and added even more control and a new level of precision to make Viveza 2 not only more powerful, but also an essential tool for anyone who regularly edits photos.”

Recently awarded a 2010 Hot One Award from Professional Photographer magazine, Viveza 2 – powered by Nik Software’s patented U Point technology – is the most powerful and precise tool available to globally and selectively control light and color in photographs. With
U Point technology, users can quickly select areas of an image to adjust by pointing and clicking and then using simple to use mouse-controlled sliders to adjust brightness, contrast, saturation, structure, shadows, red, green, blue, hue, and warmth in a fraction of the time needed by other tools.

“It’s simply faster, easier, and more powerful than anything I've got in my own bag of tricks, which is why Viveza 2 is my new tool for making fast, accurate selections,” said Scott Kelby, editor of Photoshop® User magazine and author of The Digital Photography Book, Volumes 1-3. “This is a plug-in that every serious photographer has to consider, because now the rules have changed. After all these years, making accurate selections is still one area that gives even the pros fits, but Viveza 2 changes all that without the complexity and steep learning curve.”

Key features of Viveza 2 include:

* Powerful Color Control Points, enabling precise selective control of color and light
* New global image adjustments
* New and powerful levels and curves adjustments
* New shadow recovery—global or selective
* New fine detail structure enhancements
* Improved color rendering and increased precision of selections
* Improved timesaving user interface, including improved slider controls, slider favorites, multiple zoom states, keyboard nudging, grouped Color Control Points, and multiple undo levels
* Smart Filter support (Photoshop only)
* Selective Brush tool (Photoshop only)
* Multi-image support (Lightroom® and Aperture™ only)
* New 64-bit support on Microsoft Windows


Pricing and Availability

Nik Software’s Viveza 2, offering support for Adobe® Photoshop, Lightroom, and Apple® Aperture, is available via electronic and boxed delivery directly from Nik Software (http://www.niksoftware.com) or through specialty camera retailers. A complete list of resellers may be found at www.niksoftware.com/resellers.

Viveza 2 retails for $199.95. Registered customers that already own Viveza can upgrade for $99.95 at http://www.niksoftware.com/viveza. Customers who purchased Viveza after September 22, 2009 are eligible for a free upgrade to Viveza 2, which can be requested by sending an email to supportus@niksoftware.com or calling Customer Service toll-free at 888-284-4085.

To watch a video introduction of Viveza 2, learn more, and download a free trial version, please visit http://www.niksoftware.com/viveza.

About Nik Software
Nik Software, Inc. is a privately held company that develops software solutions for the growing digital imaging and photography markets. Established in 1995, Nik Software has become the recognized leader in digital photographic filter development and produces award-winning technology and software products for digital photography and imaging professionals including U Point® technology (http://www.upoint.com), Dfine®, Viveza®, Color Efex Pro™, Silver Efex Pro™, and Sharpener Pro™ software.

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Photodex® Releases ProShow® 4.1 with New Facebook®, Vimeo® & Twitter™ Uploading

Austin, TX, December 10, 2009 - Photodex Corporation has released ProShow 4.1, the latest version of its award-winning photo and video slide show software for Windows. ProShow 4.1 makes it easy for users to get their slide shows online and in front of friends, family or clients with new integrated uploading to Facebook, Vimeo and Twitter. Version 4.1 also features an all-new Slide Style Manager and dozens of new, user requested features that help make ProShow better than ever.

"We know what a huge part social networking sites play in our customer's lives. It's a place for them to communicate with friends, family and even reach out to potential clients. That's why we integrated uploading to these sites directly into ProShow 4.1 and made it a very simple and quick process", said Paul Schmidt, President and Founder of Photodex Corporation.

Users with Facebook and Vimeo accounts can now directly upload their slide shows from ProShow Gold or Producer 4.1 to their profile. Slide shows are sent in video format in either normal quality or high definition. Once a new slide show has been uploaded, it can be automatically announced on Twitter using ProShow 4.1's new Twitter feature. ProShow automatically creates a new tweet announcing a show upload and provides a link for followers to view it. URLs are automatically shortened and a personalized message can be sent with each tweet.

Other notable updates in ProShow 4.1 include a newly designed Slide Style Manager which allows users to quickly sort, filter and manage styles in their personal libraries. Users accessing large libraries of Slide Styles will experience greatly improved speed when loading the Slide Styles dialog and previewing complex styles. ProShow 4.1 also includes dozens of new, user requested features including time-saving additions in the Slide Options dialog, new Theora video output, improvements to the Layers and Captions lists and more. A full list of new features can be seen on the Photodex website at: www.photodex.com/products/proshowgold/new.html

Pricing and Availability
ProShow Gold 4.1 and ProShow Producer 4.1 are available now from www.photodex.com or by calling 1-800-37-PHOTO. Upgrades can also be purchased online or by phone.

About Photodex Corporation
Founded in 1987, Photodex Corporation is a leading publisher of software for working with digital content. Photodex creates innovative products that enable users to create compelling slide show presentations with photos, video and audio, and to manage their digital files. Photodex's user-friendly, affordable software offers power, speed, and simplicity for millions of computer users worldwide.

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BenVista releases PhotoZoom Classic 3

ARNHEM, December 17, 2009 -- Today a new title has been added to BenVista's digital image enlargement software series PhotoZoom.

Following to their release of a new Pro version last Summer, BenVista now released PhotoZoom Classic 3.

With the new product, BenVista strives for widening the PhotoZoom user base. While the Pro version is designed mainly for professionals, PhotoZoom Classic 3 aims at home users. Accessibility forms a key factor here, both with respect to ease-of-use and pricing. Nonetheless, quality has been maintained as much as possible.

BenVista's CEO, D. Schoolwerth, explains: "The fact that PhotoZoom Classic 3 is designed for home users certainly does not prevent it from producing professional results. The software is equipped with BenVista's award-winning, patented S-Spline resize technologies. That includes S-Spline XL, a technology which until recently has only been offered by the more expensive PhotoZoom Pro 2, and which is known for its image enlargements of outstanding quality".

With regard to ease-of-use, Schoolwerth continues: "PhotoZoom Classic
3 offers a number of S-Spline based presets that were specially designed for different types of images. With these presets a lot of preliminary work has already been done, and the user won't have to bother with technical settings. Results can be compared with one another in a large preview window. This way the user is able to determine in a fast and convenient way which preset is most suitable for enlarging the given image. For example: there is a preset that suppresses noise and compression artifacts. Perfect for images from the Internet!".

PhotoZoom Classic 3 runs as a stand-alone application, and is available for both Mac OS X and Windows. Free demo versions can be downloaded directly from the BenVista website: www.benvista.com.

Also, BenVista offers various upgrade options to registered users.

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Software: DVDVideoSoft Update

DVDVideoSoft updated the free programms:

- Free YouTube Download 2.3.3.68
- Free YouTube to MP3 Converter 3.2.3.69
- Free YouTube to iPod Converter 3.2.3.68
- Free YouTube to iPhone Converter 2.2.3.68

Highlights:

1. From now on DVDVideoSoft Free YouTube Download will be able to download video from YouTube in quality preset HD1080.

2. Unicode is now applicable for all YouTube programs. Now for example a German or English language user can download videos with title in any other language, for example, in Chinese, Japanese, Cyrillic, Arabic, Hebrew etc.

3. The following error: “The program was not able to create the output-file. Most problably you don’t have enough rights to create files or folders on this drive” – is fixed for the current YouTube settings and hopefully it will not bother you any more.

4. DVDVideoSoft programs used to have Cleaner.exe. This program seemed to be suspicious to DVDVideoSoft users and it was blocked by some antivirus programs, but in fact it is just DVDVideoSoft uninstall program! That is why now DVDVideoSoft changed name of the program for DVSUnistall.exe for everyone’s convenience.

5. Temporary folder where DVDVideoSoft programs store video files downloaded from YouTube maybe easily substituted by desired folder on making some changes in Windows Registry.

6. The button “Check for Updates” will direct you to DVDVideoSoft website page in the language used in your program.

All the updates are included in new release of Free Studio.

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