Corel Press Release

Corel Snapfire DVD Maker Turns Photo and Video “Snapfire Shows” Into DVDs

OTTAWA—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Corel Corporation (NASDAQ:CREL; TSX:CRE) today announced Corel® Snapfire™ DVD Maker, the first add-on for the new Corel Snapfire Plus – the smart alternative to traditional digital camera software. With Corel Snapfire DVD Maker, it is easier than ever to turn fun and creative slide shows of your photos and videos into DVDs and play them back for friends and family on television DVD players. Snapfire Plus, the enhanced version of the free Snapfire download (www.snapfire.com), provides all the tools users need to easily organize, enhance and share digital photos and video clips. Snapfire Plus allows even novice users to take their creativity to new levels with “Snapfire Shows” – highly entertaining and customized photo and video slide shows set to the music soundtrack of their choice and accompanied by customized transitions, captions and unique motion effects.

onOne Software Press Release

Free upgrade available to purchasers of Genuine Fractals 4.1 or Genuine Fractals Print Pro 4.1 on or after December 18, 2006

Portland, OR - December 18, 2006 - onOne Software, Inc., announces today the spring 2007 availability of Genuine Fractals 5. In addition, anyone who purchases Genuine Fractals 4.1 or Genuine Fractals Print Pro 4.1 on or after December 18, 2006 will receive a free upgrade to Genuine Fractals 5 once it becomes available. “We are pleased to announce before the holidays that Genuine Fractals 5 will be available to our customers in early 2007,” said Craig Keudell, president of onOne Software. “And in preparation for the new version’s availability we are thrilled to be able to offer a free upgrade to the new version to anyone who purchases Genuine Fractals 4.1 or Genuine Fractals Print Pro 4.1 from today until the new version becomes available. It’s just our way of saying thanks to our customers.”

Proxel Software Press Release

Proxel Lens Corrector 1.1, Now for Mac OS X (2006-12-16) - Proxel Software HB has released the Mac version of the software toolkit Proxel Lens Corrector. Knowing that serious photographers use both Mac and Windows machines, Proxel decided to port its Windows version of the toolkit to Mac OS X. The toolkit consists of two tools. The first tool uses calibration photos to analyze the distortion of the lens. The second tool is a Photoshop plugin that can be used to remove distortion from all your pictures, using the result from the analysis.

The perfect Christmas gift for all photographers - Adobe have released a Beta version of Photoshop CS3! The beta is available as a Universal Binary for the Macintosh platform, as well as for Microsoft Windows XP and Windows Vista computers. To utilize Adobe Photoshop CS3 beta, customers require a serial number from either Adobe Photoshop CS2, Adobe Creative Suite 2, Adobe Creative Suite Production Studio, Adobe Design Bundle, Adobe Web Bundle or Adobe Video Bundle. The full version of Photoshop CS3 will launch in Spring 2007.

Adobe Press Release

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Dec. 14, 2006 - Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) will introduce a beta version of Adobe Photoshop CS3 software, the next release of the world standard in digital imaging, on Friday, December 15th. Adobe is delivering a widely available Photoshop CS3 beta to enable customers to more easily transition to the latest hardware platforms, particularly Apple’s new Intel-based systems. The beta is available as a Universal Binary for the Macintosh platform, as well as for Microsoft(r) Windows(r) XP and Windows Vista computers. The final shipping release of Adobe Photoshop CS3 is planned for Spring 2007. The software can be downloaded at: http://labs.adobe.com, in the early hours Pacific Standard Time on December 15.

DigiContractor’s iPhotoMEASURE software transforms any digital camera into an “electronic measuring tape.”

DigiContractor Press Release

TARZANA, Calif.—DigiContractor, Inc., a pioneer in developing the industry’s first photo measuring software, iPhotoMEASURE™, today announced it has added Builder’s Book, Inc. to its distribution channel. Builder’s Book is a book store and publisher that caters exclusively to the building trades. iPhotoMEASURE software transforms any digital camera into an “electronic measuring tape.” The user simply places a small DigiTarget in the room and takes a picture. The photo is then transferred to a computer where the software measures everything in the photo — doors, windows, walls, built-ins — with 99.5 percent accuracy. Because photos can be emailed, contractors can make estimates without having to physically visit the site, saving them time and money.

Corel Press Release

Corel Completes InterVideo Acquisition, Advancing Its Digital Media Software Strategy - Corel Well-Positioned To Emerge as a World Leader In Digital Media Software With Industry’s Broadest Portfolio Of Digital Imaging and DVD Video Products

OTTAWA - December 12, 2006 - Corel Corporation (NASDAQ:CREL; TSX:CRE) today announced the completion of its acquisition of InterVideo, Inc., a leading provider of digital media authoring and playback software with a focus on high-definition video and DVD technologies. Corel purchased InterVideo for $13.00 per share of InterVideo common stock resulting in an aggregate acquisition price of $198.6 million in an all-cash transaction. The acquisition substantially expands Corel’s presence in the digital media software market by creating the industry’s broadest portfolio of digital imaging and DVD video products. With the addition of InterVideo, Corel will deliver easier-to-use, multi-purpose high-definition video, imaging, and DVD creation products to consumers and enterprises worldwide while extending its presence in fast-growing Asian markets, such as China, Taiwan and Japan.

Sony Media Software Press Release

A New Fun, Fast and Easy Way to Organize, Edit and Share Digital Photos Is Now Available

MADISON, Wis., Dec. 13 /PRNewswire/—Sony Media Software, a leading provider of creative editing software applications, today unveiled a new way to edit and share photos with a product called Photo Go (TM) software. The new image editing and management software provides a fun, fast and easy way to organize, edit and share digital photos for people who are looking for an all-in-one solution to manage their growing image collection. “With ever-expanding digital lifestyles, and increasing use of digital cameras and cell phones for capturing still images, more and more people are looking for an efficient and cost-effective way to manage their growing collection of digital images,” says Dave Chaimson, VP Marketing for Sony Media Software. “Whether it’s simple fixes, photo printing, or uploading and sharing, our new program provides a very easy way for experienced photo editors as well as people who have never used photo management software to get started right away. This is a great new product that will not only enhance the holiday season for many people, but also provide them with a way to get even more enjoyment out of their digital images for years to come.”

Photodex Press Release

Innovative New Release Includes Chroma Key and Masking Tools, Keyframing Controls, and Expanded, Popular Output Options Like Adobe® Flash®, QuickTime® and HD Video.

Austin, TX December 12, 2006- Photodex Corporation today announced the release of the next generation of its award-winning slide show software for professional photographers. The all-new ProShow Producer 3.0 expands upon the already impressive list of creative features and production control options. Now photographers can create professional-grade slide show masterpieces that not only look polished, but exhibit advanced, high-end artistic effects previously achievable only through using 3rd party professional photo and video editing software. From digital proofing to high-end multimedia slide shows, ProShow Producer has introduced photographers to a new way of presenting their images to the world. With Producer, photographers can create multimedia slide show presentations and output them to their choice of 14 different formats, including DVD, CD and the newly-added HD Video, Flash and QuickTime output options.

ArcSoft Press Release

FREMONT, CA— Dec 12, 2006—ArcSoft, Inc. released today ArcSoft® PhotoStudio® Darkroom 1.5, a new version of its popular image editing application that provides non-destructive photo processing for RAW, JPEG, and TIFF image files. The program offers professional photographers and photo hobbyists a complete set of image enhancement tools and export options. The new version more than doubles the number of RAW formats supported, and allows users to import photos directly into the application from a camera or removable drive. Additionally, ArcSoft’s automatic red-eye removal and spot and patch removal technologies have been integrated into the program, letting users perform common blemish removal functions in one click.

Sharpcast Press Release

Company delivers completely new experience for viewing and sharing PC and web photos on mobile phones, Partnership with Alltel Wireless marks first wireless operator deployment for award-winning service

PALO ALTO, CALIF. (December 13, 2006) —Sharpcast today introduced a powerful new version of Sharpcast Photos mobile edition, delivering a completely new way to view entire photo collections on mobile phones, share desktop PC and web photos from anywhere, and get camera-phone photos automatically to a person’s PC and the web where they can be enjoyed more easily. The new Sharpcast Photos mobile edition, available today as a free download at www.sharpcast.com/download, gives consumers fast, fully automatic synchronization of their photos between their mobile phone or wireless PDA, all the PCs they use, and the web. Sharpcast Photos is the debut service built on the company’s patent-pending universal push synchronization platform, which marks the first instance where Blackberry-like push synchronization capability is available to the average consumer, outside of an enterprise setting. It automatically backs up photo collections online, organizes them into web albums, and keeps the collection constantly up to date across all of a person’s mobile phone, all their PCs and the web.  Sharpcast eliminates the every-day hassles of manual uploading, tedious sharing processes, forgotten backups and sync cables so people can get on with creating and enjoying their media.

Apple have just released Apple Aperture 1.5.2, which addresses some issues related to overall reliability and performance in a number of areas of the application (see list below). The download is 131Mb. This update is recommended for all Aperture users.

What’s New in this Version
• Contact sheet printing
• Smart Albums
• Watermarks
• Lift and stamp
• Image export
• Versions created using an external editor

Good news for MAC users. Apple have released a 30-day trial version of Apple Aperture. The trial version provides a fully-functional version of Aperture 1.5 with all the features that are available in a licensed copy. The trial version will expire 30 days after you launch it for the first time.

http://www.apple.com/aperture/trial/

onOne Software Press Release

New offering includes all four onOne Photoshop® plug-ins and iView MediaPro 3 at a reduced price

Portland, OR - December 8, 2006 - onOne Software, Inc., announces today availability of the new “Pro Photo Essentials” software package featuring onOne Software’s Genuine Fractals 4.1, Mask Pro 4, Intellihance Pro 4.1 and PhotoFrame Pro 3 Photoshop plug-ins and iView MediaPro 3* digital asset management software. “At onOne Software we strive to provide products to our customers that will get them out from behind their computer and back behind their cameras taking pictures,” said Craig Keudell, president of onOne Software. “This new software offering was created with the busy professional photographer in mind. By making all of these software applications available in one reduced-price package, photographers will be able to tackle any digital imaging task from asset management to workflow enhancements affordably and most importantly with ease.”

LaserSoft Imaging Press Release

The new SilverFast 6.5 now makes imaging even easier! The extensive selection of editing tools has been enhanced with several new features, allowing users to produce optimum quality images with ease. The new Auto Frame Detection automatically creates frames for all images in the prescan. Multi-Exposure (Please check whether your scanner is supported!) increases the hardware’s capability to capture the full dynamic range, bringing out extensive image detail in both highlights and shadows. This is high dynamic range at its best!

onOne Software Press Release

Portland, OR - December 6, 2006 - onOne Software, Inc., announces today that Mask Pro 4 – the upgrade to the company’s popular digital image masking plug-in Mask Pro 3 – is now shipping. Mask Pro 4 provides a complete collection of Photoshop® plug-in tools that allow users unprecedented flexibility when tackling the most challenging masking job. And this new version focuses on teaching the user how to best use this comprehensive toolset for masking a wide range of images. As in the previous version, onOne Software’s Mask Pro 4 uses the concept of “keep colors” and “drop colors” chosen by the user and then based on those user selections, the Mask Pro 4 algorithm will remove only those selected colors from an image. One of the strengths of Mask Pro 4 is that when a “drop color” is found in another pixel, Mask Pro 4’s powerful color decontamination technology will remove only that color value from the pixel, leaving that pixel (or pixels) semi-transparent. The benefit to the user is that Mask Pro 4 will virtually eliminate the edge halo effect often seen when masking a transparent object or edge.

AKVIS LLC Press Release

With the release of AKVIS Coloriage V.4.0 for Mac and Win, AKVIS LLC presents the cutting edge technology for automatic B&W photo colorization. The newest version offers yet more flexibility in manipulation of colors on your photo. Now it is possible to change not only the color of the object but its brightness as well; it allows colorizing B&W photos in the colors you wish regardless of the original brightness of the photo. To add color to black and white photos or recolor areas on a photo with AKVIS Coloriage is as easy as handling a coloring book. In fact, “coloriage” means a coloring book in French.

DxO Labs Press Release

DxO Labs is announcing today a software special offer of DxO Optics Pro v4.1 with iView MediaPro 3.1. This special offer combines the leading automatic digital image enhancement software with state-of-the-art digital asset management software to streamline the workflow for digital photographers. The DxO Optics Pro v4.1 and iView Media Pro 3.1 software special offer will be available for purchase until December 31, 2006 from the DxO Labs or iView MultiMedia Web sites, www.dxo.com and www.iview-multimedia.com

FotoInsight Press Release

Free software from FotoInsight helps to create coffee table style photo books with fully editable covers. Without any prior experience, beginners can present and preserve their own digital photographs in individual, carefully crafted, glossy photo books. The personal, coffee table style photo book is rapidly developing into a very popular photo print product and is about to overtake the traditional 6”x4” print as the most common photographic printed output in British households. Rarely has the development of a consumer product progressed as quickly. FotoInsight of Cambridge, UK launched photo books from an online facility with limited editing features one year ago. Today the company FotoInsight is introducing a revolution in Photo Book creation software – a time saving fade-proof record of precious memories for print. It allows novice and inexperienced users to layout their digital images in full colour double page spread, move, crop and edit pictures to any size and add text freely within the photo book, on the cover and on the book spine.

muvee Press Release

Latest version combines automatic video editing with powerful new personalization features to allow users to create more customized productions

SINGAPORE and NEW YORK – December 5, 2006 – muvee, the pioneer and leader in Instant Personal Video, today announces the release of the latest version of its flagship automatic video editing software, muvee autoProducer 6.  Designed to give users more control over their muvees, this edition introduces new personalization features including customizable styles, more production settings and support for captions and voiceovers. “muvee fans love the automatic video editing capabilities of our autoProducer software but many ask for more control and more ways to add personal touches to their muvees,” said Dr. Pete Kellock, muvee’s founder and CEO.  “With autoProducer 6, we’re giving our users this control while maintaining the simplicity that’s inherent in muvee’s unique approach.”

Acoustica Press Release

(Acoustica Inc, Oakhurst, CA, November 6, 2006) - Acoustica Inc. has released Acoustica CD/DVD Label Maker Version 3.x, which now supports LightScribe Direct Disk Technology™. LightScribe Direct Disc Labeling is a new technology that offers user a simple, no-hassle way to burn professional, silkscreen-quality labels on their CDs and DVDs. Using the same laser that burns data in their disc drives, users burn their data as always, flip the disc over, reinsert it into the drive and burn a precise, iridescent label with their desired text and graphics using the same laser that burns the data – no printer, permanent marker or adhesive labeling is required.