iView Announces MediaPro 3.1.2
iView Multimedia has released a free update to its flagship digital asset management program iView MediaPro. The first comprehensive update since iView’s acquisition by Microsoft this summer, iView MediaPro 3.1.2 delivers significantly more robust performance, including clearer error reporting and improved memory handling for both Mac and Windows customers, as well as a number of minor feature enhancements.

New changes and enhancements include:
Apple Releases Aperture 1.5
Major Update Adds Open Library Option and Extends Workflow
PHOTOKINA 2006, COLOGNE, Germany—September 25, 2006—Apple® today released Aperture™ 1.5, a major update to the all-in-one post production tool for photographers that delivers enhancements across each phase of the entire workflow. Aperture 1.5 delivers a powerful new open library, seamless iLife® ‘06 and iWork™ ‘06 integration, XMP metadata support, powerful new adjustment tools and an export API that makes it easy to extend the Aperture workflow to third party applications and services. “Aperture has given photographers around the globe the confidence to work in exciting new ways,” said Rob Schoeben, Apple’s vice president of Applications Product Marketing. “Now with Apple Aperture 1.5, we’ve opened the library and extended the workflow to provide a solution that is as flexible as it is powerful.”

Bible Labs Releases Bible Pro/Lite Version 4.9
Bibble Labs, Inc announces the immediate availability of version 4.9 of Bibble Pro and Bibble Lite. Digital photographers have been asking for a single tool to perform all their image adjustments - not several tools for specific jobs. Adding Noise Ninja technology and one-touch image optimization with Perfectly Clear in releases 4.6 and 4.7 went a long way to building a single tool for all digital darkroom needs; and with the Cloning & Healing tool in 4.9, Bibble Pro and Bibble Lite now offer the most complete and self contained workflow.

“Many customers were telling us that cloning to remove blemishes and dust spots was the only correction they needed to perform in another application” says Eric Hyman, president and CEO of Bibble Labs. “Including Cloning and Healing, lens distortion correction, and stuck-pixel removal in one RAW-enabled application makes Bibble Pro and Lite the one-stop-shop for the digital darkroom.”
SmugMug and Adobe partnership
SmugMug and Adobe have partnered up on photo-sharing. Adobe’s latest release of Photoshop Elements 5.0 software now allows customers to upload their photos directly into SmugMug galleries.

Now when users finish editing their photos in Photoshop Elements 5.0 instead of first downloading the file onto their own computer and then uploading the photo into SmugMug, they skip that step entirely and can upload directly to SmugMug from the share menu inside of Photoshop Elements 5.0.
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PhotoMovieMaker Easy Movie Creator
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Preclick Debuts PhotoMovieMaker™ Easy Movie Creator
ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS, N.J. - Sept. 12, 2006 - Digital photographers capture three times more images than they did with film, yet most collect unseen on hard drives. For the price of two movie tickets, Preclick PhotoMovieMaker™ lets consumers make unlimited photo movies to play on any DVD player.

Maybe family photo night is back.
Download Capture One 3.7.5
PhaseOne has recently released version 3.7.5 of Capture One® RAW workflow software. The latest update will support Canon EOS 400D, Epson RD-1s, Leica M8, Nikon D2Xs, Nikon D80 and Sony Alpha A100

>> Download Capture One 3.7.5 Update (Windows)
>> Download Capture One 3.7.5 Update (Mac)
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Download Free ACDSee 9 Photo Manager
ACDSee has recently released its latest Photo Manager software, the ACDSee 9 Photo Manager. The new ACDSee 9 Photo Manager features quick view mode which allows you to see your photos onscreen instantly — whether you’re opening an image attachment to an e-mail, or double-clicking on a JPEG from Windows Explorer.

You can buy the ACDSee 9 Photo Manager + ACDSee Photo Editor for $79.99 or you might want to download and try the software first.
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DxO Optics Pro Ver. 4 Public Beta 2
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DxO Optics Pro v4 Public Beta 2, available immediately, is localized for key markets, features film looks and includes the Adobe® Photoshop® plug-in.
New York, NY and Paris, France – Sept 15, 2006 – DxO Labs announces today availability of a free, Windows PC public beta 2 release of DxO Optics Pro v4 for all digital photographers to download from the DxO Labs Web site (http://www.dxo.com). DxO Optics Pro software improves the image quality of Digital Single-Lens Reflex (SLR) cameras and advanced digicams. DxO Optics Pro is the award-winning digital image enhancement tool incorporating revolutionary optics, noise and exposure corrections in an easy-to-use, feature rich application for Mac and PC users.

Beta 2 of DxO Optics Pro v4 adds exciting features not available in the first Beta:
Adobe Photoshop Elements Version 5.0
PRESS RELEASE
New Photoshop Elements Provides Easy Editing and High Impact Options to Showcase and Share Photos
Adobe’s No. 1 Selling Consumer Photo Editing Software Offers Fun, Creative Possibilities for Consumers to Showcase and Share Photos in Engaging Ways

Adobe Photoshop Elements Ver. 5.0
Adobe Systems Incorporated today announced Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0 software, a major upgrade to the No. 1 selling consumer photo editing software*. Available for Windows, Photoshop Elements offers new and more flexible ways for consumers to organize files, edit images with ease and share photos in engaging and innovative ways. Adobe Photoshop Elements allows for quick, one-click fixes to photos with the option of exploring more sophisticated editing techniques.
Download Free ACDSee Photo Editor with 10% Off Coupon
ACDSee have recently launched their latest imaging software, the ACDSee Photo Editor. ACDSee Photo Editor will help you create stylized photos for use in cards, albums, and calendars of your kids, friends, extended family, vacations, and memorable moments for everyone to share.
The software will also actually teach you how to fix common photo problems, like poor exposure, red-eye, awkward framing, fuzziness, skin blemishes, make the creative changes you want, like adding Lens Flare, Glowing Edges, Oil Paint, and a ton of other cool effects that are a cinch to apply. It also gives you creative project ideas, and shows you the steps and tools you need to turn them into a reality.

You can download and try ACDSee Photo Editor here, or here to buy ACDSee Photo Editor.
If you buy the software, don’t forget to enter the coupon code: “editorlaunch” to get your 10% discount.

