Breeze Systems Press Release

Breeze Systems announce the immediate availability of BreezeBrowser Pro 1.6, latest version of their acclaimed image browsing and raw conversion software. BreezeBrowser Pro 1.6 allows Canon EOS 400D/REBEL XTi users to take advantage of BreezeBrowser Pro’s unique combined raw conversion, outstandingly fast image browsing and image comparison. A fully functional 15 day trial version can be downloaded from www.breezesys.com

DxO Labs Press Release

DxO Optics Pro v4 Public Beta 2, available immediately, is localized for key markets, features film looks and includes the Adobe® Photoshop® plug-in.

New York, NY and Paris, France – Sept 15, 2006 – DxO Labs announces today availability of a free, Windows PC public beta 2 release of DxO Optics Pro v4 for all digital photographers to download from the DxO Labs Web site (www.dxo.com).  DxO Optics Pro software improves the image quality of Digital Single-Lens Reflex (SLR) cameras and advanced digicams. DxO Optics Pro is the award-winning digital image enhancement tool incorporating revolutionary optics, noise and exposure corrections in an easy-to-use, feature rich application for Mac and PC users.

FotoTime Press Release

New U3-Certified FotoAlbum Pro Lets Consumers Have their Image Library and Cataloging Software “On The Go”

DALLAS, TEXAS -September 13, 2006 - FotoTime, Inc., a leading provider of digital photo and video solutions, today announced FotoAlbum Pro for U3 image management and organizing software. Now consumers have a powerful solution to transfer their complete digital image library and management software to any Windows PC. FotoAlbum Pro for U3 provides 100 percent of the functionality of the standard version of the software and can run on a U3 smart device without any prior installation onto the host PC. With the availability of the U3-certified version, FotoAlbum Pro now supports a complete range of portable devices including iPods, PDAs and PSPs.

Proxel Software HB Press Release

Proxel Software HB has released the groundbreaking software toolkit Proxel Lens Corrector. 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 most outstanding feature of this toolkit is that you can, with high accuracy, easily measure and correct any lens you own. You can do this regardless of kind of lens, e.g. it can be a third party wide angle converter used on your P&S camera. There does not exist any competing affordable tool that can accomplish this and there does not exist any tool (regardless of cost) that can do it so easily.

ACDSee 9 Photo Manager is announced, with a new Quick View mode that allows you to see your photos more quickly then ever before. It also allows you to quickly browse through your photo collections. Available for $39.99, ACDSee 9 will also have a simplified onscreen presentation that will increase the speed of the product and your photo viewing experience.

ACD Systems Press Release

ACD Systems Releases ACDSee 9 Photo Manager – the Company’s Fastest and Easiest-to-use Photo Management Software To Date

Victoria, British Columbia – September 13, 2006 – ACD Systems International Inc. (TSX: ASA), makers of ACDSee™ photo management and creative editing software and Canvas™ technical illustration software, today announced the release of ACDSee™ 9 Photo Manager for photography enthusiasts. With the release of ACDSee 9, ACD Systems once again sets the industry standard for both speed and usability in a digital photo management software.

Adobe UK Press Release

New Photoshop Elements 5 Provides Easy Editing and High Impact Options to Showcase and Share Photos - Adobe’s No. 1 Selling Consumer Photo Editing Software Offers Fun, Creative Possibilities for Consumers to Showcase and Share Photos in Engaging Ways

London. — Sept. 12, 2006 — Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced Adobe® Photoshop® Elements 5.0 software, a major upgrade to the No. 1 selling consumer photo editing software*. Available for Windows®, Photoshop Elements offers new and more flexible ways for consumers to organize files, edit images with ease and share photos in engaging and innovative ways. Adobe Photoshop Elements allows for quick, one-click fixes to photos with the option of exploring more sophisticated editing techniques. In addition, Adobe today announced Adobe Premiere® Elements 3.0 software, a complete home video editing solution (see separate press release). Also available together in a single retail package, Adobe Photoshop Elements plus Adobe Premiere Elements delivers unique integrated functionality that provides consumers with the ability to do more with their photos and home videos.

Adobe UK Press Release

New Adobe Premiere Elements 3 Brings Home Videos to Life with Powerful and Accessible Editing Tools - Latest Video Editing Software Offers Unparalleled Ease-of-Use for Beginners and Interactive Sharing with Adobe Flash Video

London. — Sept. 12, 2006 — Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced Adobe® Premiere® Elements 3.0 software for Windows®, a landmark upgrade to the No. 1 selling consumer video editing software*. The simplified interface and drag-and-drop simplicity of Adobe Premiere Elements enables users to easily add professional quality effects and enhancements, as well as output to a wide variety of devices and formats – including Adobe Flash® Video, the standard video format for popular social networking Web sites. In addition, Adobe today announced Adobe Photoshop® Elements 5.0 software, a complete photo editing solution (see separate press release). Also available together in a single retail package, Adobe Photoshop Elements plus Adobe Premiere Elements delivers unique integrated functionality that provides consumers with the ability to do more with their photos and home videos.

Adobe UK Press Release

Adobe Takes Home Videos and Photos to New Level with Landmark Release of Photoshop Elements Plus Premiere Elements Software Bundle - Integrated Photo and Video Functionality Offers More Ways to Make and Share Creations Just in Time for the Holidays

London. — Sept. 12, 2006 — Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced two milestone upgrades to its digital photo and video products for consumers, Adobe® Photoshop® Elements 5.0 for Windows® and Adobe Premiere® Elements 3.0 for Windows. The unique integrated functionality of the products allows users to do more with their photos and videos, whether adding impact to photo slideshows with video effects and transitions, providing dramatic pauses to videos with freeze frame effects or creating professional-looking printed CD/DVD labels and covers. Available separately or together in a single retail package, Adobe Photoshop Elements software, the new version of the No. 1 selling consumer photo editing software*, adds more creative ways to organise, edit and share digital photos. For video enthusiasts, Adobe Premiere Elements, the No. 1 selling consumer video editing software*, offers a simplified user interface that makes turning home videos into professional-quality DVDs even easier.

Corel Press Release

New Release Sets The Standard For Easy-to-Use, Professional-Quality Image Editing Software At An Affordable Price

Maidenhead, UK - 12 September 2006 - Corel Corporation (NASDAQ:CREL; TSX:CRE) today announced the release of Corel® Paint Shop Pro® Photo XI, a major new product release from its award-winning digital imaging portfolio. The new flagship digital imaging software package continues the tradition of providing easy-to-use, professional-quality editing software at an affordable price. Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo XI is a complete digital photography toolkit that allows users to edit, manage and share their photos as well as create stunning photo projects, Paint Shop Pro XI offers a range of versatile new features and enhancements that meet the needs of novices, photo hobbyists and professional photographers alike. In addition, business users will also find Corel Paint Shop Pro XI an ideal solution for editing and enhancing photos used in a variety of corporate communications materials such as presentations, technical documentation, marketing collateral and emails.

Priced at £77 excl VAT for the full box and £52 excl VAT for the upgrade, Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo XI is available immediately.

SeeFile Press Release

SeeFile debuts Global version of innovative Web image review application - Rollouts at AppleExpo and Photokina, pricing €399 to €3995; European resellers sought

Paris, September 11 2006 - SeeFile Software is unveiling a new version of its software, SeeFile 2.6, at Apple Expo (stand P28) and Photokina (hall 10.1, stand C018 and hall 4.1, stand C017) this month. SeeFile 2.6 is the first version of the software to be offered in a language other than English (in this case French and German).  The software allows photographers, graphic designers and video editors to share private folders with their clients and collaborators, requiring only a PC or Mac web browser at the client end. Additional localizations can be done by modifying a small number of files associated with the product, and do not require any recompilation or software development. With this version of the product, SeeFile is aiming to bring the software’s capabilities the European market for the first time. Sales of the product, as well as highly positive reviews (Seybold Reports, Studio Photography and Design, Shutterbug, Big Picture), have so far been concentrated in North America.

Athentech Technologies Press Release

CALGARY, Alberta, Canada – Athentech® Technologies Inc. (“Athentech”) announced today it has chosen photokina to introduce home, studio and lab versions of its award-winning, patented Perfectly Clear® image correction technology, currently licensed to photo kiosk makers, imaging software developers and other photo, signal processing and digital imaging enterprises around the world. The company also announced that Athentech President Brad Malcolm will be a featured speaker at the “Imaging With Mobile Devices” seminars set for Thursday, 28 September, at the Offenbachsal, Congress Center East, adjacent to photokina.  Malcolm will discuss “Advances in Digital Image Correction” during the morning seminar on “Picture-Taking with Mobile Imaging Devices.”

CameraTown have just reviewed ArcSoft Photo Montage VE, which allows you to create photo montages using your own digital photographs and video stills.

“If you plan to purchase this program for the new video capture capability and want everything to work as it should then I cannot recommend Photo Montage at this time. However, if you have no desire to create your own micro-image library from video clips or you don’t mind working around the video capture problem then I can say that it is well worth the $39.95 price.”

Website: CameraTown - ArcSoft Photo Montage VE Review

onOne Software Press Release

Affordable add-ons for PhotoFrame Pro 3 and PhotoFrame Elements enhance creativity and professional style

Portland, OR, - September 7, 2006 - onOne Software, Inc., announces today at the Photoshop World tradeshow in Las Vegas, NV, the addition of four new professionally designed digital frame collections that add to the already extensive library of easy-to-use border and edge effects available for users of onOne Software’s PhotoFrame Pro 3 and PhotoFrame 3 designed specifically for Photoshop® Elements. Available today is the new Jim DiVitale Digital Frame Collection and the new Vincent Versace Digital Frame Collection. The new Helene Glassman and Jack Davis Digital Frame Collections will be available in late September 2006. These four new Signature Collections for PhotoFrame Pro 3 and PhotoFrame Elements join the recently introduced Rick Sammon Digital Frame Collection and the popular Instant Film Digital Frame Collection.

onOne Software Press Release

Announced update adds new features and tutorials on how to best use each masking tool

Portland, OR, - September 7, 2006 - onOne Software, Inc., announces and demonstrates today at the Photoshop World tradeshow in Las Vegas, NV, Mask Pro 4 – the long-awaited update to the company’s popular digital image masking plug-in Mask Pro 3. 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 each comprehensive toolset for masking a wide range of images. And 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 algorithm will remove only those selected colors from an image. One of the strengths of Mask Pro is that when a “drop color” is found in another pixel, Mask Pro will remove only that color value from the pixel, leaving that pixel (or pixels) semi-transparent. This allows Mask Pro to minimize the edge halo effect often seen when masking a transparent object or edge.

ArcSoft Press Release

FREMONT, CA— Sep 05, 2006—ArcSoft, Inc. announced today ArcSoft® PhotoStudio® Darkroom, a new software application that focuses on 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 inside a professional user interface. “As the popularity of DSLR cameras and RAW image processing grows, it becomes important to offer a photo software solution that works for a wide range of users. ArcSoft PhotoStudio Darkroom meets that need,” said Mr. Michael Downs, ArcSoft Vice President of Marketing and Business Development. “The program boasts high-speed performance and a full catalog of advanced photo processing tools inside an interface that makes it easy for everyone to get the professional results they’re looking for.”

Breeze Systems Press Release

BreezeBrowser Pro v1.5.2.3 adds support for reading and writing Adobe XMP data, new keyword, IPTC scene and subject code editors and picture frames for slideshows and proofs. BreezeBrowser Pro runs on Windows and is available on a 15 day free trial from Breeze Systems’ website. BreezeBrowser Pro v1.5.2.3 is a free upgrade for all registered users who purchased a license within the last year. BreezeBrowser users and users who purchased a license for BreezeBrowser Pro before 1 September 2005 please see the upgrade page for details on upgrading.

Corel Press Release

Fast, Simple and Fun, Corel® Snapfire* is a Free Download that Delivers the Easiest, Most Enjoyable Ways of Sharing, Enhancing and Organising Digital Photos and Videos - Users Can Easily Upgrade to the Enhanced Version, Corel Snapfire Plus, While Adding New Product Feature Modules and Connecting to Popular Online Services Like Webshots

Maidenhead, UK - 5 September 2006 - Corel Corporation (NASDAQ:CREL; TSE:CRE) today announced Corel Snapfire and Corel Snapfire Plus, the smart alternatives to traditional digital camera software. These represent the first releases from Corel’s next-generation modular digital imaging platform which was first introduced under the code-name “Alta.” As a free download, Corel Snapfire provides all the tools users need to easily organise, enhance and share their digital photos and video clips. Easier to use and learn than comparable products, Corel Snapfire is the first free photo software to make a wide range of popular photo and video sharing and organising capabilities readily accessible to users of all levels.

MIG Europe Press Release

MIG Europe announces launch of Don’t Panic Photo Edition – the world’s fastest recovery software - sector specific software will offer optimum recovery process for digital photography, gaming, mobile and MP3 markets

London, UK 5 September 2006 – Media Innovations Group (MIG Europe), a portfolio of companies that specialise in a range of high quality digital products, today announced the launch of ‘Don’t Panic Photo Edition ’, the world’s fastest image recovery software. ‘Don’t Panic’, the new name for the market leading ‘Image Recall’ series of recovery software, is at the forefront of customer disaster-management in the digital high street, and is set to roll out into individual vertical markets in order to offer customers the optimum digital solution for lost data. In tests, the software recovered images significantly quicker than its closest rival, with 350 ‘lost’ images from a 2GB SD card recovered and thumbnailed in just 1 minute 53 seconds. The leading competitor’s software took six minutes to reach the same stage.

FotoNation Press Release

FotoNation Face Tracker Identifies and Locks on Faces for Optimal Focus & Exposure in New PENTAX Optio S7 & Optio A20 Digital Cameras

September 5, 2006, Galway, Ireland— FotoNation,  (www.fotonation.com), one of the world’s leading award-winning imaging and connectivity solutions companies for the digital photography industry, announced today that its innovative “Face Tracker”™ technology is now available in PENTAX Corporation’s latest addition to its Optio line, the 7 megapixels Optio S7 & the 10 megapixels Optio A20 digital camera. FotoNation Face Tracker, available as the “Face Recognition AF & AE” function on the PENTAX Optio S7 & Optio A20, automatically detects the position of a subject’s face and adjusts focus and exposure accordingly.

O’Reilly Press Release

Sebastopol, CA—In the city where gambling is a way of life, digital photographers are betting they’ll learn something new and exciting at this week’s Photoshop World Expo in Las Vegas. And Thursday’s keynote address puts the spotlight on O’Reilly author Eddie Tapp and his official induction into the Photoshop Hall of Fame. “This is the greatest honor of my entire career,” says Tapp. A popular lecturer on digital imaging, Tapp is widely admired for his knack for making the photo editing process easier and more transparent. His newly released “Photoshop Workflow Setups” (O’Reilly, US $29.99)—the first in a five-book series—shows users how to organize an efficient and user-friendly workspace.