Software Industry Announcements and News
PicturesToExe Deluxe Creates Slideshows
[ Comments Off ] Posted on 11.19.09 under Audio & Multimedia, Graphic Apps
WnSoft has announced the release of PicturesToExe Deluxe 6.0, the photo slideshow software for PC providing a smart solution to combine photos and music into an admirable movie. Version 6.0 of the Deluxe edition brings new enhancements to the program, including 3D effects and the capability to create executables for Mac.
What’s New in PicturesToExe Deluxe 6.0?
The new version of PicturesToExe Deluxe delivers a number of new features and improvements to enable the creation of even more elaborate slideshows and ensure smooth user experience. To give the slideshows even more impressive look, a user now can utilize the extensive capabilities of 3D graphics, offered by the program. What’s more, various unique fonts can be used to give the slideshow a truly personal touch.
Those who have already appreciated the convenience of using more than one monitor will be delighted to discover that PicturesToExe supports multi-monitor configuration. Now if you click Preview button, the program will ask you to select the monitor for the full-screen preview of your slideshow.
What’s more, the new version fully supports Windows 7.
PicturesToExe Deluxe at a Glance
PicturesToExe is widely used by home users and professional photographers. Many Audio & Visual works in AV festivals and competitions in England and France were created with PicturesToExe.
PicturesToExe Deluxe is a program enabling its user to create impressive photo slideshows for any purpose. Whether you want a slideshow to surprise your friends and relatives, or to make a presentation for your business partner, PicturesToExe provides you with all the necessary tools for the task. The beneficial software allows adding your own soundtrack, sound effects and text comments to each slide. Slide show can be created as executables for PC and Mac and screensaver files, HD video, DVD video disc or iPhone video. Advanced yet and easy-to-use, the program enables quick export of slide shows to YouTube and Vimeo.
Pricing and Availability
PicturesToExe Deluxe 6.0 runs under Windows 7, Vista, XP, 2000. Requires 384 MB of system memory and 128 MB of video memory. DirectX 9 or higher. The Deluxe edition is available at $75(US). All the registered users are entitled to free unlimited upgrades of the program and two years of free upgrades for VideoBuilder. For further information on the product, as well as its free evaluation copy and sample slideshows, please visit http://www.wnsoft.com/apr/index.html
Image Comparer Is Getting Smarter in Assisting Photographers with Photo Duplicates Detection
[ Comments Off ] Posted on 10.16.09 under Desktop Publishing, Graphic Apps
Bolide Software announces version 3.7 of Image Comparer, its groundbreaking image comparison software. This new version of Image Comparer offers even greater opportunities in terms of accuracy, functionality, speed.
Since the moment of the first release Image Comparer has become mature and sophisticated. Plenty of great features have been introduced and have significantly added to its performance and quality.
Thanks to multicore CPU optimization added, Image Comparer is getting much faster and efficient. The ability to mark images with lower quality automatically in addition to automarking images with higher quality accelerates operating with the files found. The whole process now takes up even less time than before, whereas the quality gets even higher.
What makes Image Comparer different from most of its competitors is that it uses the breakthrough content-based comparison approach, the mechanism implying that the search will analyze and recognize the actual content of the image – shapes, colors, textures. So, the program analyzes image content, not metadata such as captions or keywords. This mechanism makes it possible to search for resized, rotated and even flipped images.
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Adobe Unveils Photoshop Elements 8 & Premiere Elements 8 Bundle
[ Comments Off ] Posted on 09.23.09 under Desktop Publishing, Graphic Apps
Powerful Organizer and Smart Technology Take Photo and Video Editing to New Heights
SAN JOSE, Calif.–Adobe Systems Incorporated today announced Adobe® Photoshop® Elements 8 & Adobe Premiere® Elements 8 for Windows®, the highly anticipated new versions of the No. 1 selling consumer photo- and video-editing software*. Available as standalone products or as a single retail package, the bundle offers the most complete photo and video solution by seamlessly integrating two powerful, yet easy-to-use, products. With this landmark release, Adobe equips users with a completely enhanced Organizer, which serves as a feature-rich media hub for both photos and videos. From the Organizer, consumers can launch directly into Photoshop Elements 8 to create extraordinary photos or Premiere Elements 8 to effortlessly make incredible movies with new, automated features.
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SMARTDRAW 2010 PUTS AN END TO COMMUNICATION BREAKDOWN
[ Comments Off ] Posted on 09.02.09 under ASP Member Companies, Graphic Apps
2010 Version Includes Sought-After MS Visio® Filter, Large Scale Project Management, SharePoint® Collaboration
SmartDraw.com, maker of the SmartDraw, the software that helps you work smarter by communicating visually, today announced the release of SmartDraw 2010, a new offering aimed at helping organizations put an end to communication breakdown by enabling the average businessperson to communicate effectively using visuals.
“In this economy nobody can afford new software that offers only a few fancy new bells and whistles,” says Paul Stannard, CEO of SmartDraw.com. “People and their organizations are only going to invest in new software if the product can offer substantial return on investment, and that’s exactly what we have delivered with SmartDraw 2010.”
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Adobe Introduces Acrobat.com Presentations
[ Comments Off ] Posted on 05.30.09 under Desktop Publishing, Graphic Apps
Preview of New Online Service Lets People Easily Create and Collaborate on Presentations
SAN JOSE, Calif.–Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced the preview release of Acrobat.com Presentations, available for free sign-up as a public beta on Adobe Labs. Acrobat.com Presentations extends the Acrobat.com vision of enabling a better way for people to work together on the Web by providing a rich, engaging presentation application built on the Adobe® Flash® Platform.
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Photo Collage Creator – Create Scrapbook Masterpieces in Minutes
[ Comments Off ] Posted on 05.26.09 under Desktop Publishing, Graphic Apps
AMS Software announces the release of AMS Photo Collage Creator, an advanced solution for making amazing photo collages and compositions without any significant effort. Photo Collage Creator features automatic collage creation, diverse collage patterns, captions, numerous art frames and special mask effects. Use your photo collections to create a piece of art and print it out, share with friends or add to a scrapbook. You can also create unique greeting cards!
Photo Collage Creator is intended for advanced digital scrapbooking and creating digital collages. Now it is so easy to re-express your ideas, combining your pictures in an artistic way. You can choose any of the pre-designed patterns for your collage, set canvas size and load photos. It will take you just a couple of minutes, but the result will be really awesome.
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