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Image Trends has announced the Fisheye-Hemi Plug-In. This Adobe Photoshop Plug-in
compatible filter renders an aesthetically pleasing and natural view of people.
Human faces and bodies are natural and undistorted, even on the edges. Fisheye-Hemi
corrects the extreme distortion of people, which is common with rectilinear methods.
Fisheye-Hemi preserves more of the original resolution, displays the intended
composition and framing as seen in the viewfinder, and straightens vertical lines.

Following recent news of Ilford Photo/Harman technology's formation of a subsidiary
company in the USA to handle technical support across North America, the company
has now issued details of a global technical services network.



Heading up Worldwide Technical Services is USA-based Rod Parsons who has been
responsible for technical support in North America for the past 18 years. Parsons
was previously manager of Worldwide Technical and Equipment Services for the previous
Ilford Imaging Group, and technical services manager for black-and-white paper
at the company's manufacturing plant in Mobberley, UK. Given which, he brings
a wide range of knowledge and experience to the position.



In addition, Parsons is chairman of the Board of Advisors to the Image Permanence
Institute based at the Rochester Institute of Technology, and a member of several
international standards committees on image permanence. His activities and contacts
in this area will be invaluable in his new role due to image permanence being
a major attribute of silver gelatin prints and representing an important aspect
of Harman technology's inkjet products development.



The Worldwide Technical Services team includes Terry Bevens, a long-term employee
of Ilford Canada with 28 years' technical service experience dealing directly
with customers across the entire spectrum of Ilford Photo products. Bevens will
continue to handle customer issues as part of the Harman technology company in
Canada while extending his activities to support the US and UK markets.



Full details of Ilford Photo products can be found at www.Ilfordphoto.com
while information on Harman technology is accessed at www.Harmantechnology.com
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PictoColor Corporation has announced the release of iCorrect OneClick, the
latest addition to its family of digital photo color correction plug-ins. The
new point-and-click color correction tool is PictoColor's fastest, easiest,
and most automatic color correction plug-in to date. Based on PictoColor's
professional-level color technology, iCorrect OneClick is ideal for photo enthusiasts
who want to take the guesswork out of making the color right. By simply clicking
on an area in the image that should be neutral (black or white or gray), users
can instantly correct the white balance, fix the exposure, and improve the saturation.



In addition to its automatic one click feature, this new plug-in offers users
even more tools for enhancing their photos such as fine tuning the exposure
by independently adjusting the overall brightness, shadows, and highlights or
creating more vivid, lifelike images by simply boosting the contrast and saturation.
Plus iCorrect OneClick offers special effects like black & white and sepia
tone with professional results.



Compatibility

Plug-in compatible with Photoshop 7, & CS, CS2, Photoshop Elements 2-5,
Corel Paint Shop Pro 7 - 11, Microsoft Digital Image Suite 2006.



Available for either Microsoft Windows or Apple Macintosh operating systems.
iCorrect OneClick may be purchased at PictoColor's secure on-line store
at http://www.pictocolor.com for $29.95
as a software download.

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Adobe Systems Incorporated has updated the Camera Raw plug-in for Adobe Photoshop
CS2, extending raw file support to 13 additional camera models. Available as a
free
download from the Adobe Web site, the Camera Raw 3.6 plug-in builds on
the raw file support integrated in Photoshop CS2 for digital cameras
from leading manufacturers including Canon, Fuji, Nikon and Panasonic.

Peter Read Miller Gives Tips on Shooting Football Like a Pro at Kingston's
Icons of Photography Web site
Award-Winning Sports Illustrated Photographer Helps Digital Enthusiasts Get
in the Game.



Kingston Technology Company, Inc., the independent world leader in memory products,
today announced that award-winning sports photographer Peter Read Miller has
published a new series of tips and techniques on how to get great shots during
a football game for the Kingston Icons of Photography Web site.

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Maha Energy, the maker of Powerex batteries and chargers, has announced the
MH-C9000 WizardOne Battery Charger & Analyzer. The WizardOne is capable
of charging, conditioning, analyzing, cycling, forming and discharging one to
four AA or AAA batteries, all while digitally displaying the battery capacity
and voltage. All four slots can be operated independently in different modes
and settings. A total of five modes are available. The unit features a large
LCD screen, backlit by ultra-bright white LEDs. Measuring over 3.5" by
1.5", the display shows a wealth of information that is easy to read.

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ATP Electronics Inc. has announced the release of a Class 6 ProMax SD High
Capacity SDHC 4GB memory card. This SDHC card, strictly following SD Association
(SDA) v2.00 specifications, has passed rigorous testings for Class 6 certification
at a recent SDA interoperability session performed by major camera manufacturers,
such as Panasonic, Canon, Nikon and Casio. The Class 6 ProMax SDHC 4GB card
is said to maximize the performances of newest models of high megapixel digital
cameras such as Canon IXY 1000, PowerShot G7, A630/640, Panasonic DMC/SDR/DMR
series, Nikon CoolPix S5, S6, D80 and Casio Exilim Z and S series digital cameras.

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