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Alexandria, VA, USA (December 26, 2008) – Filter Forge, Inc. today released the long-awaited public beta of the Mac OS X version of Filter Forge, a high-end plugin for Adobe Photoshop allowing computer artists to build their own filters – seamless textures, visual effects, distortions, patterns, backgrounds, frames and more.

Starting December 26, the beta version of Filter Forge for Mac OS X is available at http://www.filterforge.com/download/?mac. The beta is open for anyone with a Mac – no registration required. The minimum system requirement is Mac OS X 10.4, on both Intel and PowerPC processors. Users who find and report bugs will be rewarded with free copies of Filter Forge, which will be granted after the Mac version becomes commercially available. For more information about the beta test, visit http://www.filterforge.com/download/mac-version.html

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Nikon Corporation (Michio Kariya, President) is pleased to announce that a dedicated application, developed by Nikon for accessing and using Nikon’s photo storage and sharing site, my Picturetown, from Apple Inc.’s cellular iPhone, was released on December 23, 2008. This application will be available, free of charge, for download from Apple’s iTunes App Store.

Nikon’s photo storage and sharing site, my Picturetown, developed as a service to allow photographers to enjoy their photos anywhere and anytime, allows for the upload of photos from cameras or computers as well as the browsing and viewing of uploaded photos from computers and cellular telephones. Release of this iPhone application offers a new image browsing environment for cellular devices.

Major features

In addition to viewing photos they have uploaded, whether individually or by album, my Picturetown members can perform a number of operations using the iPhone touch panel, including moving photos and rotating photo display by rotating the iPhone itself. In addition, photos taken with the iPhone can be uploaded to my Picturetown.

Supported Devices

iPhone, iPod touch

Supported Device Firmware

iPhone 2.2

The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom® 2.2 update includes these enhancements:

• Additional camera support for the Canon EOS 5D Mark II, Canon PowerShot G10, Panasonic DMC-LX3 and more
• Includes several corrections for issues introduced by the Lightroom 2.0 release

From One onOne software

The Plug-In Suite 4.2 is now available for download and purchase directly from our main site. If you already own the Plug-In Suite 4.0 or 4.1, you can download the Plug-In Suite 4.2 update as a free update. Included in the update are a few fixes for PhotoFrame 4 Professional Edition and a completely new version of Genuine Fractals 6 Professional Edition (previously this would have been under the Print Pro moniker).
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From Nikon:

Changes in Windows version
1) Image white balance adjustment now supports images captured with the D300, firmware Ver. 1.10, at white balance settings of Auto or Flash when optional Speedlights, such as the SB-900, with color filters attached are used.
2) Image Dust Off reference photos acquired with the D3 and D300 are now applied more effectively.

Changes in Macintosh version
1) Support for Mac OS X (Leopard) version 10.5.4 has been added.
2) Image white balance adjustment now supports images captured with the D300, firmware Ver. 1.10, at white balance settings of Auto or Flash when optional Speedlights, such as the SB-900, with colour filters attached are used.
3) Image Dust Off reference photos acquired with the D3 and D300 are now applied more effectively.

Capture NX 1.3.5 Updater - Windows

Capture NX 1.3.5 Updater - Macintosh

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Update to award-winning software package includes new versions of PhotoFrame, PhotoTools and Genuine Fractals

onOne Software, Inc., a leading developer of innovative software tools for photographers, today announced the upcoming release of Plug-in Suite 4.5. The latest version of onOne Software’s Photoshop® plug-in collection combines the recently announced Genuine Fractals 6 Professional Edition, PhotoTools 2 Professional Edition and PhotoFrame 4 Professional Edition in addition to Mask Pro 4, PhotoTune 2.2, and FocalPoint 1.0.
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New version adds Adobe Lightroom 2 support and free FotoMagico Plug-in for Aperture

Munich, Germany — October 23rd, 2008. Boinx Software announced today FotoMagico 2.6, an update to its award-winning photo presentation software for professional photographers. The new 2.6 version of FotoMagico Pro now also supports Adobe Lightroom 2 libraries and comes with an plug-in for Aperture, enabling photographers to select their photos from within Aperture and to export them directly to FotoMagico. (more…)

The Adobe® Photoshop® Lightroom® 2.1 update includes these enhancements:

• Additional camera support for the Canon 50D, Canon 1000D (Digital Rebel XS/EOS Kiss F), Nikon D700, Nikon D90, Sony A900, and more
• Several corrections for issues introduced by the Lightroom 2 release

Lightroom 2.1 update Windows

Lightroom 2.1 update Macintosh

This new version of the Camera Raw plug-in replaces the original Camera Raw plug-in that was installed with Adobe Creative Suite 4, Adobe Photoshop CS4, Adobe Photoshop Elements 6.0 or 7.0 and Premiere Elements 4.0 or 7.0 software.

Important notice:
Read the following installation instructions carefully. Incorrect installation will prevent Adobe Bridge and Camera Raw 5.1 from reading raw images correctly.
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About Aperture 2.1.2

Gives photographers incredible tools to manage massive libraries, speed through photo edits, make essential image adjustments, and deliver photos online and in print using one simple, integrated workflow. Whether you shoot RAW or JPEG, Aperture lets you get the most out of your photography.

What’s New in this Version

The Aperture 2.1.2 update improves the printing quality of books, cards and calendars ordered through the Aperture printing service. The update is recommended for all customers using Aperture 2.

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