Feb. 15, 2005 Award-winning Software Closes Banner Year with Record-setting Quarter; New Distribution Agreements and OEM Partners Point to Strong Performance in 2005

Corel Corporation today announced that Paint Shop Pro recently celebrated its strongest quarter ever, delivering the best single quarter sales performance in the product line's history.

Updater for Nikon Capture version 4.2 for Windows

Whats new

• Support for the D2X has been added.
• The "Digital DEE" function has been replaced by the improved "D-Lighting" function.
• The "Color Noise Reduction" functions has been improved.
• A "Find Tool" option has been added to the View menu.
• "Straighten" Tool added to Image menu.
• A Check for updates option has been added to the Help menu.
• Camera Control can now be used over a wireless connection to the Wireless Transmitter WT-2 and D2X.
• A problem that prevented Nikon Capture from launching with some systems running Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP 2) has been corrected.

Adding Support for New Canon and Konica Minolta Cameras, Updated Plug-in Works with Both Photoshop CS and Photoshop Elements 3.0

Adobe Systems Incorporated  today announced availability of an updated Adobe Camera Raw plug-in that adds compatibility for six new camera models, bringing the total number of raw camera formats supported within Adobe Photoshop CS and Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0 to more than 70. In addition, Adobe announced expanded capabilities for the DNG Converter, which translates disparate raw photo formats into a single universal format, or digital negative, for long-term archiving.

The Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0.1 updates several issues discovered after Photoshop Elements 3.0 was released, including

» It is easier to download new creation templates for PhotoBooks, Calendars, and other creations
» Users can now change the format of dates in the Photo Well from U.S. to European.

Note: This update is for Photoshop Elements 3.0 for Windows only. The Mac version does not require an update.

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Adobe has released an update for Photoshop CS Raw Plug in Camera Raw 2.4 Support for the following digital cameras has been added

Canon
» EOS 20D
» PowerShot S70
» PowerShot G6
» EOS-1Ds Mark II

Konica Minolta
» Maxxum 7D / Dynax 7D
» DiMage A200

Greater Product Range, Overall Ease-of-Use Contribute to Improved Workflow

January 25, 2005 Eastman Kodak Company today introduced new versions of KODAK PROSHOTS Studio Software Suite v6.3, KODAK PROSHOTS Basics Software v2.0 and KODAK PROSHOTS Online Services v7.0 that, via labs, will provide photographers with a broader range of templates for their print ordering process. Photographers will also have improved tools for previewing and selling their images to customers in-person or over the Internet.

The KODAK PROSHOTS System, a powerful set of image-management, design and ordering tools, serves professional wedding, social and portrait photographers whether they work with film or digital cameras. PROSHOTS System Participating Labs use hybrid and complete digital lab workflows to offer a broad range of products and services to photographers through the PROSHOTS System. The KODAK PROSHOTS System is the industry’s most-used service of its kind, with more than 40 labs, 11 album and frame companies and two studio management software companies integrating it seamlessly with existing lab products.

Here's a list of enhancements/fixes in this release: V1.50

New

Post Processing:

• Histogram Levels Adjustment
• Hue, Saturation and Lightness adjustment
• Auto Levels and Auto Contrast Adjustment
• Image Resize
• Resize for web JPEG option - set the maximum file size and PFS Image Darkroom calculates the JPEG compression level to achieve this

KW Media Group and Adobe Systems announced today that a free Photoshop Elements training session will be held Monday, Jan. 31st from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. at the Arlington Convention Center in Arlington, Texas. The Photoshop Elements 3 Summit, hosted by Photoshop Elements Techniques newsletter and its companion website will cover the new features found in the latest edition of the popular Adobe Photoshop Elements image editing software and explore the variety of actions and techniques that it offers.

" This is our first in a series of nationwide Photoshop Elements Summits, and we're excited about the opportunity to get to know America's Elements users and offer them a training session specifically tailored to their needs," said Dave Cross, editor-in-chief of Photoshop Elements Techniques.

Paris, France, DxO Labs, a software company focused on research in image processing, announced that future versions of its
flagship RAW converter DxO Raw Engine will support Adobe’s recently announced DNG (Digital Negative) specification.

DxO Labs’ DxO Raw Engine is a key component of DxO Optics Pro a unique software package targeting serious amateur and professional photographers using Digital SLR cameras. A new version of DxO Raw Engine supporting DNG will be available in early 2005.

DxO Optics Pro is the award-winning software application from DxO Labs that automatically improves the quality of images produced by Digital SLR cameras. DxO Raw Engine is a new optional module that works seamlessly within DxO Optics Pro to perform RAW image conversion as well as enabling

Picasa 2 Offers Editing Tools, Advanced Effects, Better Organization and CD Burning for Digital Photo Users— For Free

January 18, 2005 Google Inc. today released Picasa™ 2, free photo management software that makes it simpler than ever for people to organize, edit and share their digital pictures. Available at http://www.picasa.com, Google's new version of Picasa offers photographers of all skill levels easy-to-use tools that automatically organize even the largest photo collections on a PC and turn average snapshots into great pictures.

Apple announced the new iLife 5 suite at MacWorld Expo and included in that package is the new iPhoto 5 with many new features, most importantly for us digital camera users it now handles uncompressed RAW images. And it has a compliment of advanced editing tools including the new Adjust tool to optimize the color balance, exposure, saturation, sharpness and more. You’ll even find tools for straightening horizons and adjusting color temperature. Import video clips and keep them organized with the still images captured at the same time event.

iPhoto 5 includes a new advanced slideshow builder which allows users to easily apply effects, transitions and durations to each individual slide. iPhoto 5 features an entirely new way to create affordable hardcover and softcover photo books, now starting as low as $3.99. iPhoto 5 lets users choose from stunning new book layouts, all featuring double-sided printing, and easily place and rearrange their photos until perfect, then order their book online right from within iPhoto 5. With iPhoto 5, Apple is also cutting the price of individual 4x6 prints in half, from 39 cents to just 19 cents each.

London, 14 January 2005 Colorplaza Ltd., a leading independent European provider of online digital photo finishing today launches a new generation of end-user digital photo management software, Colormailer Photo Manager, that finally dispenses with the problems of imaging software incompatibility and locating your photos on your PC, and gives a single view of all images held on your hard disk.

How often has the pleasure experienced in receiving a Christmas present of a new digital camera turned all too soon to frustration? Having loaded the accompanying software for image handling onto your computer and taken a few shots of the turkey with the new camera, a thought occurs: ‘What if I created albums of different events using the photos I have just taken plus the images sent by friends either via email or CD-ROM?’