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# Adds support for D300s, D3000, Coolpix S570, S640, S70, and S1000pj
# A Send notification mail to my address (Email ID) checkbox has been added to the Share Settings dialog displayed with the my Picturetown upload function.
# New Album is now displayed in the Subject (Required) text box in the Share Settings dialog displayed with the my Picturetown upload function.
# An issue that prevented printing at paper sizes of A2 (420 x 594 mm) and larger has been resolved.

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SeeFile Software (http://www.seefile.com), the leading developer of web server software for sharing media files, is pleased to announce SeeFile 4.7. This new version offers an elegant web interface, an easy to use media bank and a delivery system accessible from any standard web browser. New development included backend changes, making page loads and image processing faster, optimizing the layout, and adding functionality. SeeFile 4.7 includes the following new features:

—Optimized and easier-to-use user interface
—Email notifications
—Complete log history per user and action
—Annotations on multi-page PDF files
—Full support for current web browsers: Firefox 3.5, Safari 4 and Internet Explorer 8
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CDWinder, one of the leading media cataloging applications for the Windows platform, receives a further update today. CDWinder now creates previews for video files, has its own built-in 3D-GeoTagger that also geotags azimuth and tilt, and offers a new Locr-Upload feature. CDWinder also has an improved Find function, up to 20% faster than before, and remembers the last query you used, and the last path you cataloged. And there are a lot more features and enhancements.

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X-Rite continues to evolve ColorMunki by listening to our customers and enhancing our color management offerings accordingly–supporting the latest packages such as Corel, QuarkXPress, and Photoshop CS4. Version 1.1 also offers the ability to control lighting conditions under which color is viewed. Like everything else with ColorMunki, we’ve made this pro-like step easy,” states X-Rite Senior VP of Sales and Marketing Iris Mangelschots.

ColorMunki 1.1 Key Advantages:

* More Precise, Pro-like Display Control–now, for the first time, users can easily adjust light functionality when color matching–even from display to display, including:
o Optimized Display Luminance–based on either ambient light measurement or user specified values;
o User-defined ambient light levels–quickly evaluate work environment lighting before profiling;
o Optimized display contrast and brightness (backlight) workflow–with all-new automated pass/fail contrast-clipping test where user proceeds to next step when passed for a quicker workflow;

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The Plugin Site (http://www.thepluginsite.com) just released Version 2 of Plugin Galaxy for MacOS X. Plugin Galaxy 2 is a plugin for creating special effects and enhancing images with the help of more than 160 basic effects. It works in various graphics applications including Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, Fireworks, Photoline, GraphicConverter and Illustrator. It supports 8bit and 16bit RGB and grayscale images.

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Topaz Labs releases the long-awaited, Aperture-friendly Topaz Fusion Express for Mac. Topaz Fusion is an Aperture plug-in that allows Topaz Photoshop plug-ins to be imported into Aperture, providing Aperture users with the same image-editing capabilities and features that Photoshop users currently enjoy.

Topaz Fusion Express is changing the way that photographers process their images. Fusion Express brings the simplicity and vibrancy of Topaz plug-ins and fuses them with Aperture, giving photographers total control over their workflow. “Previously, Aperture users have not been able to use Topaz plug-ins, or have had to go through the process of exporting images into Photoshop to edit them, then import them back into Aperture,” says Eric Yang, Marketing Manager of Topaz Labs. “With Fusion Express, Aperture users can now run their Topaz plug-ins in Aperture without interrupting their workflow.”
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Professional Photographers Can Now Quickly Create The Right Mood with Mystical Tint Tone and Color 2.0 from Auto FX Software

Mystical Tint Tone and Color 2.0 is a suite of 60 professional imaging filters that give photos a distinctive professional look and feel. Easily create a professional ‘mood’ that normally takes hours to achieve - all in just a few seconds. Mystical empowers the user with a set of tools that rival what professionals can do in Photoshop.

Nashua, New Hampshire (PRWEB) July 3, 2009—Mystical Tint Tone and Color 2.0 is a suite of 60 production oriented filters that enhance the look and feel of a photo, allowing the user to quickly and efficiently capture the perfect mood for their shot. The results generated by this amazing piece of software are beautiful. Professional Photographers spend years mastering the techniques and tricks that this software automates for anyone to use.
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Picmeta Systems released version 5.2 of its Picture Information Extractor (PIE), which includes numerous new features such as batch editing of IPTC metadata.

The new PIE 5.2 is smallest photo browser and viewer available that integrates an editor for IPTC data with batch editing capabilities. With just 3.8MB and support for all Windows versions from Windows 95 to Windows Vista it is perfectly suited for photographers on the go, or for those who want a lean and fast addition to their desktop environment.
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LaserSoft Imaging presents the new SilverFast 6.6.1, the first software in the world to perfectly capture raw data from photographs and slides.

To effectively, quickly and thoroughly protect valuable memories against decay and destruction, the Kiel software company has developed a format that contains not only all image information, but also the dust and scratch information derived from the scanner’s infrared channel: the 64-bit HDRi format.

This file serves as the ideal starting starting point for further processing steps - regardless of when, how and where. Traditional procedures perform infrared-based dust and scratch elimination directly during the actual digitalisation process, making it impossible to guide the process or modify the results afterwards. In extreme cases, this can cause fine image details to be lost forever, without the user noticing right away.
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BenVista is proud to announce the new version of their specialized digital image enlargement software: PhotoZoom Pro 3. Designed for both Mac and Windows platforms, PhotoZoom Pro 3 is available as of today.

Over the past ten years, the BenVista PhotoZoom series has competed at the highest level of image enlarging, thanks to its patentend S-Spline technology. With PhotoZoom Pro 3, BenVista introduces the latest generation of their technology, called S-Spline Max. BenVista’s statements are promising.
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Cooliris v.1.11: Smooth, Cultivated, and Fully Integrated

Cooliris is all about giving you a super-smooth experience when you’re browsing the web. That’s why in our newest incarnation, version 1.11, we’ve changed the way Cooliris interacts with you in some really fundamental but really important ways.

MULTITASKING (OR, HOW TO DO 10,000 THINGS AT ONCE, IN STYLE)

Let’s face it, we’re all busy people, and we probably have the shortest attention spans in the history of mankind. Never is this more apparent than in our web navigation habits, when we’re trying to juggle work, social networking, entertainment, finances, and news updates. Sometimes there’s blinking between all of those tasks. Sometimes there isn’t.
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Adobe Updates Photoshop Lightroom, Camera Raw and DNG Specification

Adobe today released the final Photoshop Lightroom 2.4 and Camera Raw 5.4 updates, available for immediate download at http://www.adobe.com/downloads/updates/. Both updates bring additional raw file support to 31camera and camera back models including the Canon EOS 500D, Nikon D5000 and 18 Hasselblad models. A full list of the newly supported camera and camera back models is below.

In addition, Adobe released an update to its Digital Negative specification (DNG), the public archival format for digital camera raw data. DNG addresses the lack of an open standard for raw files created by individual camera models, helping to ensure that photographers will be able to access their files in the future.
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