Wacom Press Release

Hall 4.1, stand G011/H018, Photokina 2006, Cologne, Germany, 26 September – 1 October 2006- “Let your work flow” will be the theme for Wacom’s presentation at Photokina 2006. At the show, the company will be showcasing its products for professional and amateur photographers and their integration into the digital workflow. Wacom’s products enhance the creative process. They enable photographers to easily and intuitively edit their digital pictures, saving time and money. At the same time, they give every photographer the freedom to fully explore his creative potential, making picture editing a truly creative, artistic process.

Demonstrations and presentations on the booth will show how to improve the workflow in digital imaging by integrating Wacom’s products. Visitors will be able to test and experience the Intuos3 pen tablet system and the Cintiq 21UX Interactive Pen Display as well as the consumer range of Graphire4 pen tablets.

Daily stage presentations for professionals and photo enthusiasts will highlight the benefits of using pen tablets and Interactive Pen Displays in the digital workflow:

Robin Preston, Senior Evangelist for Wacom has been a digital imaging expert for more than a decade, and will present professional digital imaging based on Wacom’s Intuos3 pen tablet system and Adobe Photoshop CS2.
Doc Baumann, renowned Photoshop expert and author, will show visitors how a digital photo becomes a painting using Adobe Photoshop CS2 and the Wacom Intuos3.
Photographer Michael Ebert will highlight a very special project based on historical pictures from the American Civil War, which he digitally restores using a Cintiq 21UX Interactive pen display.
Photographer Tobias Hagedorn will give a consumer-oriented presentation, focusing on tips and tricks for Graphire4 – the easy way to better pictures.

Additionally, Wacom will have a daily imaging trivia game where visitors have the chance to win digital imaging products.

Information on Wacom Europe’s range of products and services can be found at www.wacom.com http://www.wacom.com/

About Wacom
Founded in 1983, Wacom® is the world’s leading manufacturer of pen tablets and interactive pen displays with customers worldwide using its cordless, battery-free, pressure-sensitive pen technology for digital content creation. Wacom’s patented electromagnetic resonance technology, called Penabled®, is also offered as an OEM solution to manufacturers of PC and Macintosh computers. Many of today’s tablet PCs, count on the advanced features and reliability of Penabled technology for pen input. In the future, Penabled technology will play a leading role in the development of such mobile devices as smart phones and PDAs.

Wacom is a global company with its parent company, Wacom Company Ltd, based in Japan and subsidiaries in North America (Wacom Technology Corporation), Germany (Wacom Europe GmbH), United Kingdom (Wacom Components Europe Ltd.), China (Wacom China Corporation), Korea (Wacom Digital Solutions), Australia (Wacom Australia Pty, Ltd), and other local offices across Asia Pacific.