IDimager Systems have announced the latest release of their image management solution, IDimager V5. “IDimager has always been ahead of the competition by offering state-of-the-art technology, an innovative feature set, and customer support that’s second to none, ” said Hertwig van Zwietering, president at IDimager Systems, Inc. “Now, with the release of IDimager V5, we’ve extended that lead in many areas and have set the bar high for the future of digital image management”.  New to Version 5 is support for Windows 7, voice labelling, face labelling, a new label assignment panel, a feature-rich download tool, non-destructive editing and enhanced geotagging support. The professional edition of IDimager V5 is priced at $139, while the personal edition is available at $69.

Website: IDimager

Hasselblad have released version 2.0 of their image processing software, Hasselblad Phocus. Phocus 2.0 boasts a range of new features, such as an improved user interface that drastically reduces the learning curve for high-end imaging. Among the highlights of the new version you will find an advanced Highlights Recovery, Shadow Fill and Clarity tool, the ability to use floating tools, a loupe function, a Scene Calibration tool for equalizing intensity and removing cast, lens optimisation for all Carl Zeiss lenses, advanced histogram controls and extended preview controls during tethered capture.

Website: Hasselblad Phocus 2.0

The Kodak Pic Flick iPhone app, which enables consumers to print pictures wirelessly on the KODAK ESP 5250 All-in-One WiFi-enabled printer, can now be downloaded free of charge from the iPhone App Store in the UK. Announced at the beginning of last month, the Pic Flick app lets you print photographs directly from your Apple iPhone or iPod Touch, in sizes ranging from 3x7.5cm to 21.5x28cm. All you need to do is ensure that the printer is connected to the same LAN/WiFi connection as your iPhone or iPod Touch. The KODAK ESP 5250 AiO printer, available since September 2009, is the latest in Kodak’s range of AiO consumer printers, claimed to produce lab-quality, long-lasting photos and documents.

Webaite: Kodak Pic Flick

Epson have released the free and easy-to-use iPrint photo printing app for iPhone and iPod touch. Now available on the App Store, iPrint lets users print wirelessly on Epson network capable printers including the Artisan 810,  Artisan 710 and WorkForce 610. “With the holidays quickly approaching, many special moments will be captured on an iPhone and Epson is providing users with an easy way to print high-quality photos of these special memories onto Epson printers using the Epson iPrint App,” said Epson’s Steve Semos.

Nik Software has announced that Viveza 2, the latest upgrade to its photo editing software for selective colour and light control, is now shipping. Viveza 2 includes new global adjustments and precise selective controls.  “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 plugin 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.” Viveza 2 retails for €199.95, with upgrades for existing Viveza owners priced at €99.95. Customers who have purchased Viveza after September 22, 2009 are eligible for a free upgrade to Viveza 2.

Strobox is a new iPhone app that lets studio photographers create and share lighting diagrams. Cameras, lights and subjects can be dragged around and rotated until they show the exact setup you wish to demonstrate with your diagram. Strobox is a free download from the iPhone App Store.

Website: Strobox

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Olympus have released an update for their free raw development software, Olympus Master. Version 2.3 adds Windows 7 and Olympus E-P2 support. It also gains two new art filters, Diorama and Cross Process, introduced with the Olympus E-P2 camera.

Website: Olympus Software Downloads

Photodex has just released a new version of its slide show software for photographers, ProShow Producer. Version 4.1 offers integrated uploading to Facebook, Vimeo and Twitter, and also features an all-new Slide Style Manager and dozens of new, user-requested features. 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. The newly designed Slide Style Manager allows users to quickly sort, filter and manage styles in their personal libraries.  A full list of new features can be seen on the Photodex website.

Website: Photodex

Nevercenter has officially released CameraBag Desktop for Windows, a photo editing program featuring a range of vintage photography filters. CameraBag started out a year ago as an iPhone app, followed by a desktop version for the Mac earlier this year. CameraBag Desktop offers a new approach to photo editing, which is allegedly not found in any other Windows photo software. “We think Windows users, like Mac and iPhone users, will really respond to CameraBag’s streamlined approach,” said Thomas Plewe, Nevercenter President. “Most of our users already have a complex editor such as Photoshop, but they gravitate to CameraBag for its quick, professional results. CameraBag does all the hard work while still giving users artistic control.”

Website: CameraBag Desktop for Windows and Mac

Corel have announced that Corel Digital Studio 2010 is available at Best Buy for $59.99 – a savings of 40% off the regular suggested retail price – until December 19, 2009. Corel Digital Studio 2010 makes it fast and fun to enjoy and share your favorite photos and videos. ” Whether making quick fixes to Thanksgiving family photos, creating a photo book of baby’s first holiday, or making a slide show or HD home video for loved ones, Corel Digital Studio offers fun and easy ways to create memorable and meaningful keepsakes,” the company says. Corel has also launched a new contest in time for the holidays. Users who download a free 30-day trial of Corel Digital Studio 2010 from www.cnet.com, www.download.com or www.corel.com/cdstrial will be entered to win a $5000 shopping spree at Best Buy. For full contest details, please visit the website below.

Website: Contest Details

Lifephoto.com, an online digital photo gift store and photo sharing site, has announced that its photo sharing book previewer can now be posted and shared on Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites. The Previewer is Lifephoto’s sharing tool that displays a user’s photo book in a “turning-page format” during the book-building process. The user can e-mail the Previewer to another person who can then also view the book. Now Lifephoto has added additional sharing options by adapting the Previewer for use on social media. Friends can view the complete photo book in the afore-mention “turning page” format and add their comments on the post.

Website: Lifephoto

Joby, makers of the famed Gorillapod line of innovative tripods, have launched an iPhone app called Gorillacam. The application, which was actually created for Joby by a company called AppTight, endows the Apple iPhone with a range of standard camera functions such as a self-timer, an unlimited continuous shooting mode at up to 1.6 frames per second, and auto-saving of your photos in the background; but also adds a few advanced features such as a shooting grid overlay, a time-lapse function and a two-way electronic bubble level. Those wishing to take a photograph of themselves will appreciate the option of turning the whole iPhone screen into a shutter release, while anyone whose portraits have ever been ruined by the subject’s blinking will applaud the 3-shot burst feature that allows the iPhone camera to take three photos in rapid succession, at a single tap. The Gorillacam app is a free download from the Apple iPhone App Store.

Website: GorillaCam

Cooliris has announced Cooliris Express, a free tool that lets non-technical users showcase their photo and video content in a compelling way. With Cooliris Express users can easily build and share fully customisable, cohesive, and immersive “walls” of photos and videos – not just a single photo or album – to websites, social networks, and blogs. With Cooliris Express users of all skill sets can pull any number of videos and photos from Flickr, Picasa, YouTube, or any media RSS feed; easily build a customised Cooliris Wall gallery for a supported social media site, their personal web site, or a business website and share it within seconds, the company claims.

Website: Cooliris Express

Sigma has issued a statement on the compatibility of its cameras and software with Microsoft’s new operating system, Windows 7. The company notes that the Sigma SD14, DP1, DP1s (pictured) and DP2 are recognised as a mass storage device by Windows 7, but the Sigma SD9 and SD10 are not. Users of these cameras can transfer their photos to a computer running Widows 7 via a Compact Flash card reader. Version 3.5.2 of the Sigma Photo Pro software can be used on computers with 32-bit Windows 7 installed, albeit with limitations that are to be solved by an upcoming software update. 64-bit operating systems are not supported.

DxO Labs have released DxO Optics Pro v6.1 for Windows, an update that adds RAW support for 3 new cameras - the Canon EOS 7D and PowerShot G11, and the Nikon D3000. For this new release, DxO Labs fixed several bugs and also made some improvements to the user interface, based on customer feedback and suggestions, including full-screen display mode for increased visual comfort, additional shortcuts for improved productivity and additional presets for increased flexibility. Furthermore, 56 new DxO Optics Modules are now available to DxO Optics Pro users, covering the Canon 7D, 400D, 450D, 500D, Nikon D3, D300, D300s, D40x, and D3000; the Olympus E-30, E-420, E-510, and E-620; and the Sony A300, A850 and A900. DxO Optics Pro v6.1 for Windows, both Standard and Elite editions, are immediately available from both DxO Labs’ e-store and selected resellers at a 30 % discount until 31 December 2009. This means the standard edition is now £69 instead of £99, while the elite edition can be yours for £139 instead of £199.

Website: DxO Labs

Leaf Imaging announced today the immediate availability of Leaf Capture Remote – an application that extends Leaf Capture 11 workflow software, enabling remote image viewing on an Apple iPhone, or iPod Touch. The Leaf Capture Remote app allows photographers and digital operators using Leaf digital backs and camera systems to view, zoom and pan high resolution Leaf RAW images on an Apple mobile device. Leaf Capture Remote application version 1.0 is free and available now for download from Apple’s iPhone App Store. It supports all Leaf products that connect to Leaf Capture.

Website: Leaf Capture Remote

AKVIS Software has released an update to AKVIS Enhancer, an image enhancement program that improves image detail, fixes dark, hazy, or out of focus photos, and can create HDR images. AKVIS Enhancer works in four modes: Enhancer, Focus, Smart Correction, and HDR mode. In first three modes you can improve a picture using one single shot; in the HDR mode you need a series of shots, but the result is impressive, the company says. The program is available in two versions – as an independent program (standalone) and as a plug-in to a photo editor. Version 11.0 adds a new interface design, gains Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 / Snow Leopard / Windows 7 support, and the plug-in version now supports the Smart Filter function in Photoshop CS3 / CS4. 64-bit support has also been added to the plug-in version. Registered users of Version 10 can upgrade to Version 11 for free, while to owners of older versions, upgrades to v.10-11 are available for $29. The full price of AKVIS Enhancer is $69.

Website: AKVIS Enhancer

DxO Optics Pro v5.3.6 for Macintosh brings full compatibility with Snow Leopard, and adds support for 15 new cameras. Newly supported models include the Canon EOS 7D and PowerShot G11, the Nikon D3000 and D300s, the Olympus E-410, E-420, E-450, E-510, E-520, E-620 and E-30 as well as the Sony Alpha DSLR-A230, A330 and A380 models. The 15th camera, the Olympus E-3 (pictured), is only supported in the Elite edition. Also available to DxO Optics Pro users are 255 new DxO Optics Modules, covering 46 cameras. Both the Standard and Elite editions of DxO Optics Pro v5.3.6 are available at a 30% discount until 31 December 2009.

Website: DxO

LrSaver is a new Lightroom screensaver add-on that enables creating a screensaver based on Lightroom meta-data. This can be simply specific rating and above or based on Smart Collections with the flexibility to create a slideshow from practically any meta-data available, the developers say. The add-on is currently only available for Windows, but a Mac version will also be launched in a few weeks. LrSaver for Windows has a special introductory price of $9.99.

Website: LrSaver

Capture One 5.0.1 adds support for a range of Micro Four Thirds cameras, including the Panasonic Lumix DMC-G1, GH1 and GF1, as well as the Olympus E-P2 (pictured). It also improves the image quality obtainable from Olympus E-P1 and Leaf Aptus II 5, 6, 7 10 raw files and Canon EOS 7D SRaw files. Other additions, improvements and fixes include the inclusion of the Focus tool in the Windows version, the addition of new keyboard shortcuts, improvements related to metadata handling, stability and memory handling, and a few bug fixes.

Website: Capture One 5