KIS PhotoBookPro photo album maker

• Brand: General Imaging
• Subject: Software
• Category: Photo Editing

The PhotoBookPro photo album creation system, introduced last fall at the photokina trade show in Cologne, Germany, makes its U.S. debut at the Photo Marketing Association trade show here, where it is the centerpiece of the KIS Photo-Me Group exhibit booth. An open-architecture production system that works very well with the company’s “Generation 2 & 3” DKS minilabs and is powered by a variant of its My Creativ’ Album software, PhotoBookPro automatically scores, joins, folds and binds picture pages into quality photo books up to 12x8 inches in size. Our new PhotoBookPro simplifies and accelerates the on-site production of picture books, calendars, greeting cards and other photo-based keepsakes.

Color calibration solutions

• Brand: X-Rite
• Subject: Software
• Category: Photo Editing

X-Rite Incorporated, a global leader and internationally known name in color technology, unveils its dynamic X-Rite-i1 Photo family of color management solutions for photographers and other digital imaging professionals - including a first-ever look at fast and easy spectro-driven color precision for gallery-quality affordability in RGB with the X-Rite All-New i1 PhotoLT - at the Photo Marketing Association (PMA ) International Convention Trade Show. The all-new X-Rite-i1 product line is the result of a merger with fellow worldclass color technology developer GretagMacbeth. The products are designed for seamless color management throughout the entire creative workflow.

ArcSoft Panorama Maker 4 Pro

• Brand: ArcSoft
• Subject: Software
• Category: Photo Editing

ArcSoft, Inc. announced the release of ArcSoft Panorama Maker 4 Pro at the PMA 2007 Convention. ArcSoft Panorama Maker 4 Pro is for professional quality photostitching - turning any series of overlapping photos into a gorgeous panoramic image. While the application is similar to ArcSoft Panorama Maker, the newly released Pro version of the software is designed for professionals and sophisticated hobbyists and includes extensive manual fine-tuning options. “Panorama Maker Pro takes our existing photostitching technology and gives users much more control of the resulting panorama image,” said Michael Downs, ArcSoft Vice President of Marketing and Business Development.

ArcSoft Print Creations

• Brand: ArcSoft
• Subject: Software
• Category: Photo Editing

ArcSoft, Inc. announced the addition of three new applications to the ArcSoft Print Creations product suite at PMA 2007. Photo Book, Photo Calendar and Funhouse applications are now available for OEM licensing along with the existing Greeting Card application. Each software comes packed with a full set of professionally designed themes and layouts for all occasions and in all kinds of styles. End-users personalize the themes with their own digital pictures and text. OEMs can easily supply additional creative content. All of the Print Creations applications - Greeting Card, Photo Calendar, Album Page, Photo Book, and Funhouse - are available in both Windows and Macintosh versions for OEM licensing.

Arcsoft plug-in Cut it Out

• Brand: ArcSoft
• Subject: Software
• Category: Photo Editing

ArcSoft, Inc. announced the release of ArcSoft Cut-It-Out at the PMA 2007 Convention. Cut-It-Out is a new plug-in for Adobe Photoshop that allows users to separate objects in digital photos from their backgrounds, creating a mask. The segmentation technology provides a fast and accurate solution for complex object extraction. “Creating pro-level photo editing masks may now be achieved with unprecedented time savings and ease-of-use,” said Michael Downs, ArcSoft Vice President of Marketing and Business Development. “The Cut-It-Out plug-in gives users a preview of our high-end photo editing technology offerings which we will be expanding over the course of the year.”