Adobe are now shipping their much-anticipated image-management application, Photoshop Album. Adobe’s new product goes head-to-head with the likes of IMatch, Jasc Paint Shop Pro Album, Picasa and Extensis Portfolio, to name only a few. Sadly there is no downloadable try-out version at the moment…

Website: Adobe Photoshop Album

“Adobe Systems Incorporated today announced the immediate availability of Adobe? Photoshop? Album, new Windows?-based software that extends the legendary Photoshop product line to millions of digital camera users who need an easy way to find, fix, share and preserve their lifetime of photos. The fast and easy way to organize and share your lifetime of photos. Find your photos fast. Fix common photo problems. Share your memories. Preserve your valuable photos.”

Adobe have followed that announcement up with the release of the Photoshop? Camera Raw and JPEG 2000 plug-ins, which will cost $99. “The Photoshop Camera Raw plug-in delivers lightning-fast, easy access ? within Photoshop ? to “raw” image formats in professional and mid-range digital cameras from Canon, Fujifilm, Minolta, Nikon and Olympus. Available as a software add-on that works with Photoshop 7.0.1 software, the Photoshop Camera Raw plug-in allows photographers to directly manipulate the original data captured by a digital camera sensor, producing images with superior tonal range and the maximum amount of detail.”

Website: Photoshop Camera Raw plug-in