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| Kubota AutoAlbum V3 |
| Overhauled in the last year, Kubota AutoAlbum V3 now delivers even more punch for creating sharp, magazine-style albums in Photoshop. Updates include Dashboard for AutoAlbum, powered by onOne PhotoTools. This re-engineered user interface makes it easier for photographers to access more than 500 layout templates through a powerful search field. Other improvements include recreated actions that use Smart Object technology within Photoshop for easy modification of album images. Purchase of AutoAlbum V3 includes the AutoAlbum Book, a visual reference for template selection, and expanded online video tutorials. |
| Price: $399. www.kubotaimagetools.com |
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| Phase One Capture One Pro 4 |
| Phase One grabbed the Camera Capture/Processing category with the latest update of the popular Capture One software. Capture One Pro 4 streamlines the workflow and produces impeccable image quality through raw conversions. The update provides a stable yet flexible workflow solution. Capture One Pro 4 has new profiles for all supported cameras, as well as a feature that allows you to create multiple variations of an image, which you can save and recall. Phase One’s added Lens Plus and Focus Plus technologies help minimize fringing and chromatic aberrations. |
| Price: $399.
www.phaseone.com
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| Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 |
| Ever since Adobe Photoshop Lightroom was offered to the public for beta testing, photographers have been psyched about the software’s workflow implications. Now, with Version 2, Lightroom brings even more powerful organizational, raw processing and image editing features. The additions make importing, managing, adjusting and showcasing large volumes of photos easier and quicker. Enhancements include the new Library filter, improved volume and folder layout, multiple monitor support, a new suggested keyword feature, the new Local Adjustment brush, supplied default camera profiles, improved integration with Photoshop and much, much more. |
| Price: $299.
www.adobe.com
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| Adobe Photoshop CS4 |
| Photoshop is still the king of the hill for image editing. In Adobe Photoshop CS4, the software gets a host of new features to make image enhancement faster, easier and more creative. The new interface keeps the work area clutter-free with tab-based and self-adjusting panels. CS4 takes advantage of the latest graphic processing unit hardware, which allows smooth panning and zooming, as well as fluid canvas rotation. There’s a new rotate view tool, a new adjustment and masks panel with on-image controls, and significantly improved dodge, burn and sponge effect tools.
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| Price: $699.
www.adobe.com
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| Nik Software Viveza |
| Taking the always competitive Image Editing Plug-in category is Nik Software’s Viveza, a tool for controlling light and color without complicated selections or layer masks. Powered by U-Point technology for direct on-image editing, Viveza enables users to adjust brightness, contrast and color in a matter of seconds. The plug-in is compatible with Adobe Photoshop, Photoshop Elements and Apple Aperture. |
| Price: $249. www.niksoftware.com |
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| TimeExposure ProSelect 4 |
| TimeExposure ProSelect 4 presentation, sales and workflow software incorporates an easy selection system, slideshows with music, non-destructive cropping and effects, an image comparison feature, functionality for designing and displaying traditional matted and composite layouts, the ability to display wall portraits and layouts at exact sizes when used with a projector or large-screen monitor, a built-in ordering system that supports up to 10 price lists, and a high-res production system that produces ready-to-print images
at the click of a button (pro version only).
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| Price: $360 basic; $595 pro version.
www.timeexposure.com
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| SuccessWare 5.0.5 |
| SuccessWare is a tough act to beat, winning several consecutive Hot One Awards in this category. The newest version provides users with automated photography business management practices developed by Charles Haynes, a past-president of PPA. The software works with both Windows and Macintosh computers.
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| Price: $1,495 single user, $49 per month lease; $2,495 multi-user version, $79 per month lease.
www.successware.net |
