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Apple has announced that a 30-day free trial version of Aperture 1.5 is now
available on the web site. This is a fully functional version of this exciting
image management and editing program. The program is of course only available
for Apple computer users.



For a free download and more information visit: http://www.apple.com/aperture/trial/

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Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) will introduce a beta version of
Adobe Photoshop CS3 software, the next release of the world standard in digital
imaging, on Friday, December 15th. Adobe is delivering a widely available Photoshop
CS3 beta to enable customers to more easily transition to the latest hardware
platforms, particularly Apple's new Intel-based systems. The beta is available
as a Universal Binary for the Macintosh platform, as well as for Microsoft Windows
XP and Windows Vista computers. The final shipping release of Adobe Photoshop
CS3 is planned for Spring 2007. The software can be downloaded at: http://labs.adobe.com,
in the early hours Pacific Standard Time on December 15.

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onOne Software, Inc. has announced the availability of the new "Pro Photo
Essentials" software package featuring onOne Software's Genuine Fractals
4.1, Mask Pro 4, Intellihance Pro 4.1 and PhotoFrame Pro 3 Photoshop plug-ins
and iView MediaPro 3 digital asset management software.



Available starting December 8, 2006, this offering applies to the Mac and Microsoft
Windows versions of iView MediaPro 3, Genuine Fractals 4.1, PhotoFrame Pro 3,
Mask Pro 4 and Intellihance Pro 4.1. The price is $499.95 ($838.80 if purchased
separately for a savings of $338.85). A special introductory price of $374.95
is available directly from onOne Software's web site (www.ononesoftware.com)
only through December 31, 2006.
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Is it possible that one day we might be able to bypass basic, global in computer editing for our digital images, and rely instead on the powerful on-board microprocessors in future digital SLRs? That's the implication of some of the new features in Nikon's latest enthusiast-aimed camera, the D80. Priced at $999 (body only) list, with a kit including an 18-135mm...

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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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.