Breeze Systems Press Release

BreezeBrowser Pro v1.3 adds lens distortion correction, Canon EOS 5D and EOS-1D Mark II N Raw Conversion

14th October, 2005 : Breeze Systems announce the immediate availability of BreezeBrowser Pro v1.3, latest release of their acclaimed image browsing and raw conversion software. BreezeBrowser Pro v1.3 introduces Canon EOS 5D and Canon EOS-1D Mark II N raw conversion and automatic lens distortion correction.

New! Automatic correction of lens distortion for batches or single images. Barrel distortion was removed from this interior shot using BreezeBrowser Pro while maximizing image quality. BreezeBrowser Pro uses high quality resampling algorithms and Thomas Niemann’s highly regarded PTLens profiles to correct for barrel and pincushion lens distortion. Automatic lens distortion correction can be applied to images from both zoom and fixed focal length lenses and is available when converting raw files or when generating proofs from raw files and other image formats.

Imagenomic Press Release

Monterey, CA, October 12, 2005: Imagenomic announced this week at the Mobile Imaging Summit (Americas) the release of several new Noiseware image enhancement products aimed at the exploding mobile imaging and camera phone markets. With over 300M unit sales in 2005, camera-equipped cell phones are the fastest growing digital capture device on the market, and are forecasted by Future Image, sponsors of the Mobile Imaging Summit series, to become the most popular consumer electronics product in history before the end of the decade.

Addressing the ever-increasing Mega Pixel capture capability with the bandwidth-constraints of over-the-air wireless transmission, Noiseware ME (Mobile Edition) is the initial implementation of Imagenomic’s popular noise removal engine for Symbian based camera phones, including the Nokia Series 60. Noiseware ME brings digital still camera (DSC) picture quality and order of magnitude compression benefits within a seamless and transparent end-user experience.

Luminous Landscape have reviewed Epson ColorBase, a new free program that is designed to calibrate the R2400, 4800, 7800 or 9800 printers.

“My own testing shows that the visible difference between printing with the calibration file active, and not, with both Epson’s provided profiles and my own created with Gretag Macbeth’s Eye One for my 4800, are very slight, but visible. On Enhanced Matte, my usual paper, I can see a slight increase in red density, as the most obvious difference. According to Epson the real value in the use of ColorBase is when you are using multiple printers of the same type and wish to bring them all as close as possible. You could thus create one custom profile (or use Epson’s) and then use that profile on each printer, allowing the ColorBase calibration done on each printer to bring them all to a matching factory standard. Since I don’t have multiple K3 ink printers available, I can’t test this myself, but it sounds plausible.”

Website: Luminous Landscape - Epson ColorBase Review

Serif Press Release

Outstanding new desktop publishing package with PDF Editing

Serif (Europe) Ltd – the UK’s leading independent desktop publishing, design and graphics software developer – today announced the launch of PagePlus 11, the powerful new version of their flagship desktop publishing package.

PagePlus 11 (List Price £99.99; upgrade prices available*) is the new version of Serif’s highly acclaimed desktop publisher, offering unparalleled page layout and design tools for the price, as well as retaining its trademark ease of use and accessibility for all abilities of user. Now with the capability to import and fully edit PDFs, PagePlus 11 is in a league of its own, even offering features not found in rival packages costing many times more.

Plasq Press Release

New features include Curvy balloon tails, additional built in fonts, updated styles and bug fixes.

South Carolina, USA and Melbourne, Australia (September 28th, 2005) - plasq today announced the immediate availability of Comic Life 1.2 (Update) for Mac OS X.

Comic Life - Expand what you can do with your digital photos!

plasq announces the latest 1.2 update to their award winning “Comic Life” comic creation software. The update brings a range of new features and improvements;  including highly-requested ‘curly tails’ for speech balloons allowing a much more authentic ‘comic’ look.

Canon USA have released a new version, 2.0.3, of Digital Photo Professional, Canon’s software application for editing and converting RAW images shot by EOS Digital cameras.

1. Changes from Digital Photo Professional 2.0.1
1-1. In Picture Style, some of the setting item names were incorrect. Those names have been fixed as the following chart shows.
Incorrect / Correct
- / Landscape
- / Portrait
- / Neutral
- / Faithful
B/W / Monochrome

1-2. In images taken with EOS 5D or EOS-1D, some of the color tones would be missing. This problem has been fixed

Extensis Press Release

Extensis’ Digital Asset Management Solution—Portfolio—Honored by Industry Leaders; KMWorld, American PHOTO, and Digit Agree: Portfolio is the Choice for Workgroups among Creative Professionals, Photographers and Knowledge Workers

PORTLAND, Ore.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Oct. 4, 2005—Extensis, a division of Celartem, Inc., today announced three prestigious industry magazines have recognized its Portfolio Digital Asset Management (DAM) solution for superior functionality and value. Portfolio was honored with American PHOTO’s Editors’ Choice Award, Digit’s “Digit Best Buy” recognition and was selected as one of KMWorld’s Trend Setter products of the year in its September 2005 issue.

Portfolio enables workgroups to organize, retrieve, repurpose and distribute digital files quickly and easily. Portfolio is ideal for both workgroups in small-to-medium sized organizations or multiple workgroups in global 2000 companies.

DXO Labs Press Release

DXO OPTICS PRO V3.5 ANNOUNCED WITH ENHANCED DXO OPTICS ENGINE, INCREASED PROCESSING SPEED AND UNRESTRICTED ACCESS TO DXO LENS MODULES

Free upgrade to DxO Lab’s flagship application delivers even greater value for all demanding Digital SLR photographers

New York, NY, USA, October 4, 2005 – DxO Labs announced today an upgrade to its flagship application DxO Optics Pro. DxO Optics Pro v3.5 is a free upgrade from version 3.0 that further consolidates DxO Optics Pro’s position as the leading automatic image enhancement tool for demanding photographers in several key areas and includes DxO Optics Engine version 2.

DxO Optics Engine Version 2
DxO Labs’ award-winning optical quality improvement algorithms are at the heart of the value provided by DxO Optics Pro. Unlike manual or simplistic solutions, DxO Optics Engine takes into account all relevant parameters to automatically enhance the optical performance of the camera and lens.

DxO Labs Press Release

DXO LABS ANNOUNCES UNRESTRICTED ACCESS TO ALL DXO LENS MODULES FOR USERS OF DXO OPTICS PRO SOFTWARE

New DxO Optics Pro licensing structure provides unbeatable value for demanding photographers

New York, NY, USA, October 4, 2005 – DxO Labs announced today that the license fee for its flagship product DxO Optics Pro software will now allow unrestricted access to all compatible DxO Lens Modules thus providing a greatly simplified user experience and increased value for demanding photographers.

“We have been experiencing tremendous growth and demand from Digital SLR users worldwide over the last few months. Our new licensing arrangement allows us to respond more efficiently to the wave of opportunity presented by the ever increasing popularity of Digital SLRs. The new model is a win-win deal for our users and for us,” said Luc Marin, vice president of the Photography Business Unit at DxO Labs.

DxO Labs Press Release

DXO LABS ANNOUNCES DXO OPTICS PRO STARTER EDITION FOR HIGH-END DIGITAL CAMERAS

DxO Labs brings award-winning DxO Optics Pro technology to advanced digicam users at an irresistible price

New York, NY, USA, October 4, 2005 – DxO Labs announced today DxO Optics Pro Starter Edition, a new version of its flagship application specifically designed for advanced digicams – cameras also sometimes referred to as “ZLR”, “SuperZoom” or “Bridge” cameras.

Based on the award-winning image enhancement technology acclaimed by Digital SLR users, this new addition to the DxO Optics Pro family will support advanced digital cameras such as: Sony DSC-H1, Sony Cyber-shot DSC-R1, Canon PowerShot Pro S2 IS, Kodak P880, Olympus SP-500, Fuji Fine Pix S9500, Nikon Coolpix 8800, Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z6, Panasonic DMC-FZ30, Samsung Digimax Pro815, Konica Minolta DiMAGE A2, Sony F-828, and others.

Roxio Press Release

Major Upgrade to Industry Leading Media Suite Breaks New Ground with Pioneering Music Capabilities, Innovative Media Sharing, Advanced Support for High Definition, and More

Santa Clara, California (October 3, 2005) — Roxio® , a division of Sonic Solutions® (NASDAQ: SNIC), the leader in digital media software, today introduced Easy Media Creator 8, the most significant upgrade ever to its industry-leading digital media suite. Easy Media Creator 8 seamlessly merges advanced technologies from Roxio and Sonic into the most comprehensive suite of CD and DVD authoring, burning, photo, video, and music applications available.

Scheduled to be available globally in retail and online beginning later this month, Easy Media Creator 8’s innovative features extend the possibilities of digital media creation, management, preservation, sharing, and enjoyment.

Corel Press Release

New Addition to Corel’s Digital Imaging Portfolio Inspires Home Users to Explore their Creativity with Digital Art and Photography

Ottawa, Canada – October 3, 2005 - Corel Corporation today unveiled Corel® Painter™ Essentials 3, the complete home art studio built on the award-winning power of Corel Painter IX. The latest addition to Corel’s digital imaging portfolio, Corel Painter Essentials 3 includes everything new users need to get started with digital art and create stunning paintings from their photos. The software is now available from Corel (www.corel.com) and will be hitting store shelves in North America later this month.

Available for the suggested retail price of $99 US, this affordable software package provides home users with more creative options than ever before. Ideal for digital camera enthusiasts, art, decor and scrapbook enthusiasts, and art students and teachers, Corel Painter Essentials 3 enables users to create beautiful, handmade digital-art keepsakes that are perfect for framing, craft projects, and special gifts for friends and family.

Canon have just released Zoom Browser 5.5 for Windows.

The changes in ZoomBrowser EX 5.5 from ZoomBrowser EX 5.2.1 are as follows.

1. Added new functions in ZoomBrowser EX 5.5

1-1. You can now simply print one image per sheet of paper.
The [Print 1 Image per Page] menu was added. You can simply print one image per page and also print the shooting date on the image by using this menu.

1-2. When making index prints, it is possible to select the shooting information to print.
When printing the shooting information, such as the white balance or the shutter speed, you can select any of those items to print.

Ulead and InterVideo Press Release

Ulead and InterVideo Launch WinDVD 7 with Unprecedented List of New High Definition and DVD Video/Audio Technologies - Top-selling Universal Video Player Brings the Hollywood Theatre Experience to Desktop and Laptop PCs

London UK – Ulead® and InterVideo®, Inc. (NASDAQ: IVII) announced today WinDVD® 7, the latest release of the software DVD player favoured by 125 million users worldwide.
WinDVD 7 takes video and audio playback to the next level with an unprecedented list of new and expanded features while delivering the smooth, crystal-clear video and rich surround sound users have come to expect from WinDVD.

Equipped with a brand new look and feel, WinDVD 7 is available in two versions. WinDVD 7 Gold will appeal to movie lovers and business travellers who just want an easy way to enjoy high-quality movie playback. For power users who want the latest audio/video technologies and the ability to tweak the controls for their personal preferences, InterVideo offers WinDVD 7 Platinum.

iolo technologies Press Release

Avoid Digital Disasters: File Recovery Software Resurrects Deleted Files, Photos, Music, and E-Mail From Virtually All Digital Devices

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 29 /PRNewswire/—Digital technology allows users to delete an unwanted image still in the camera, something that millions of novice photographers are learning. Today’s photographers can prevent the heartache of lost photos with an easy-to-use software tool like Search and Recover to find and recover deleted digital photos.

Proprietary new StrongScan(R) from iolo technologies helps users locate and identify lost files even months and years after being deleted using improved search algorithms. Enhanced file pattern searching locates and recovers even the most difficult items by scanning byte-by-byte. Data recovery is designed to be fast, safe and reliable.

The Search and Recover Version 3 powerful tool arsenal is designed for both advanced and novice users to quickly and easily find and recover deleted, destroyed or damaged files from DVD-R, CD-R, and other optical media. The software works with digital cameras, and with music players, compact flash, memory sticks, smart media, hard drives, and other portable media.

Image Armada Press Release

A Novel New Way of Presenting Artwork, Photographs and Movies

Image Armada Enables Rapid Creation of 3D Galleries for Presenting Artwork, Photographs or Movies Together with Annotations, Emails, Web-links, Music and Voice-overs

CARDIFF, United Kingdom. - September 28, 2005: Tangent3D today announces the unveiling of Image Armada 1.5, a brand-new design tool for rapid creation of 3D presentations. This application provides you with a point-and-click design environment that lets you create virtual 3D galleries, where you can hang your pieces of artwork, digital photographs and even movie clips. Images are arranged on virtual 3D walls and can be viewed as if it were an exhibition in the physical world. Lit and compiled, such galleries can be distributed to other people, who can use their PCs to take a virtual walk around the rooms to admire your work.

Image Armada Press Release

A Novel New Way of Presenting Artwork, Photographs and Movies

Image Armada Enables Rapid Creation of 3D Galleries for Presenting Artwork, Photographs or Movies Together with Annotations, Emails, Web-links, Music and Voice-overs

CARDIFF, United Kingdom. - September 28, 2005: Tangent3D today announces the unveiling of Image Armada 1.5, a brand-new design tool for rapid creation of 3D presentations. This application provides you with a point-and-click design environment that lets you create virtual 3D galleries, where you can hang your pieces of artwork, digital photographs and even movie clips. Images are arranged on virtual 3D walls and can be viewed as if it were an exhibition in the physical world. Lit and compiled, such galleries can be distributed to other people, who can use their PCs to take a virtual walk around the rooms to admire your work.

Adobe Photoshop Elements 4 is announced today. On sale in October, Adobe Photoshop Elements 4 will cost £69.99 and is intially available for Windows only (although a MAC version is planned). Adobe have also announced Adobe Premiere Elements 2 (also Windows only), which also costs £69.99. Both applications will be available as a bundle for £99.99.

Adobe UK Press Release

New Photoshop Elements 4.0 for Windows Delivers More Editing Magic, Creative Sharing and Easy Photo Organization

Adobe’s No. 1 Selling Consumer Photo Editing Software* Combines Power and Simplicity to Help Consumers Do It All

SAN JOSE, Calif. — September 27, 2005 — Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced Adobe® Photoshop® Elements 4.0, a significant upgrade to the No. 1 selling consumer photo-editing software*. Photoshop Elements 4.0 delivers an impressive array of new ways for consumers to easily edit photos, show them off in creative and entertaining ways and always have them at their fingertips.  Available for Windows, Photoshop Elements 4.0 is the software that consumers choose for quick, one-click fixes, in addition to more sophisticated editing techniques when they need advanced creative control.

Impression Press Release

Impression automates asset archiving for OS X by moving large amounts of data to spanned DVD/CD sets or to mounted drives for offline storage.  Other noteworthy features include the preservation of all HFS+/Spotlight metadata, after-write file verification and bookmark-based management features.

New to version 2.9 (beta 3) comes a set of ‘Tiger’ (a.k.a. OS X 10.4) enhancements, support for dual-layer DVD media, a few bug fixes and a number of other requested additions.  The beta release is offered in addition to Impression’s regular distribution on this discreet web page:

From now until October 10th, 2005 Impression will enjoy a sale flush with threes - its price will be discounted to US$33.33.  Buy now and save!

Ulead PhotoImpact 11 image editing software is announced today. The box version and electronic download (ESD) of PhotoImpact 11 will be available via the Ulead website at www.ulead.co.uk for £49.99 inc Vat at the beginning of October.  The boxed version of Ulead PhotoImpact 11 will also be available from PC World, Staples, Jessops, Microwarehouse, Dabs.co, Saversoftware and Amazon.co.uk.

Ulead Press Release

Ulead Introduces New Version of PhotoImpact Image Editing Software.

PhotoImpact 11 answers the needs of professional photographers while providing new interface modes that make it simple for beginners

Northampton September 23rd 2005, Ulead Systems, Inc., a 16-year industry leader in video, image and DVD software, today announced the release of Ulead® PhotoImpact® 11, Ulead’s flagship PC image-editing software offering easy-to-use tools for a wide range of personal and professional image and photo-editing needs.  The latest version introduces an all-new interface system providing distinct modes for beginners and advanced users along with 16-bit editing/RAW support and next-generation tools for high-end digital photography and creative design.