Kiel  16.06.2010 (Germany)

As of today LaserSoft Imaging is offering a specially adapted version of its professional scanning software, SilverFast, for Canon´s new CanoScan 9000F. SilverFast guarantees a considerable increase in quality and  as part of this sales launch users will receive a 25% discount off all available SilverFast versions for the Canon 9000F.

SilverFast SE already provides users with a variety of improvements for their scanners, such as the outstanding Image Auto Adjust feature, as well as the professional Dust and Scratch Removal tool iSRD®. These features can be easily be adapted for the needs of each user – for B/W photos and Kodachromes and provide convincing results. The intelligent NegaFix® feature is also available for the conversion of negative film to positives,with over 120 film profiles to choose from!

With the professional SilverFast IT8 Studio version users can also enjoy the fully automatic IT8 Calibration. Only one mouse-click is needed to ensure true and consistent colors for the Canon 9000F scanner. Also included is the award-winning SilverFast Multi-Exposure® tool, a patented LaserSoft Imaging technique designed to maximize the dynamic range of each scanner and minimize inherent image noise. SilverFast for the Canon 9000F will also considerably decrease the time required for each scan. This is possible due to the integrated support for Duo- and Multi-core processors and optimized workflows.

Until the end of August 2010, all owners of the SilverFast SE will receive a reduced upgrade price, in addition to a 25% discount off all SilverFast versions for the Canon CanoScan 9000F.

More information:

http://www.silverfast.com/product/Canon/729/en.html

About LaserSoft Imaging®:

LaserSoft Imaging® was founded in spring 1986 by the physicist Karl- Heinz Zahorsky, the president of the company. SilverFast® is today regarded as the standard software for scanners and digital cameras serving both beginners and professional alike. Today, SilverFast® is bundled by manufacturers like Canon, Epson, HP, Leica, Microtek, Mediax, Pentacon (Praktica), Plustek, Quatographic, Reflecta, SAMSUNG, UMAX and others.

SilverFast® is the most successful scanning software, with 2 million copies sold worldwide.

SilverFast® was granted the EDP award for the “Best Color Management Software” in 2008. on CanoScan 9000F Version

Vyomesh I. Joshi, (Executive vice president of HP’s Imaging and Printing Group), announced at “Internet Week” New York this week, that HP will be introducing a series of “Web-Print” printers that will change the way we use printers.

The concept is simple, we are using mobile devices, such as phones, iphones, iPad, digital cameras, BlackBerrys, Smartphones, laptops, PDA’s etc.. Now HP printers will have the ability to print from any web connected device no matter where, just as long as you have an internet connection. Each HP printer will have it’s own unique email address, which can be changed by the user. The printer only needs to be connected to the internet, it won’t even need a driver. Just send your data or pictures directly to the printer’s email address and a hard copy will be printed ready for you. The advantages of remote printing or printing via “The Cloud” as HP describes it are enormous, but there are also pitfalls.

The example that HP gives is a business man on the go, he could receive his airline boarding pass directly on his printer, or could send a briefing document which needs to printed. The only caveat is that he will need to go back to the office or home to pick up the hard copy. The other scenario is that holiday photographs or greeting messages can be sent directly to friends or relatives. Past research has shown that telephone calls receive the highest priority, followed secondly by a fax, email messages are only read when users are logged on to the net. Now, HP printing via the cloud will probably replace the fax in the priority table.

The only worrying aspect as far as I can see, and this was promoted as an unique selling point at Internet Week, was that advertisers could also target your printer with special promotions and offers, you may be paying for paper and ink for sheets that will inevitably end up in a bin. The other worrying thought is that if spammers manage to get access to printers’ email addresses, then we are in for big problems. The other negative point is that if private documents are sent via the cloud to the office printer, they could fall into the wrong hands, especially if you are not there to remove the prints.

Having said all this, HP must be congratulated on their innovation and forward thinking.

Web-Print printers will be available from September 2010 onwards, it is anticipated that all printers costing over £99 will have this feature.

Vincent Oliver – photo-i

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HP Introduces the Future of Printing: Web Connected and Cloud Aware

Print from any email device to any HP printer
from anywhere in the world with HP ePrint

Bracknell, UK,11 June 2010 – HP today unveiled a new category of web enabled printing solutions designed for the cloud that will, for the first time, allow people to:

• Print from any email device to any new ePrint-enabled printer from anywhere in the world through the new HP ePrint technology ⁽¹⁾
• Store documents or files in the cloud and print direct when needed
• Transform their printers into publishing platforms from which they can customise print apps, such as news and creative after school activities, directly to their home or business printer^{(2, 6)}
• Manage and customise their full printing experience through the new HP ePrintCenter to enjoy relevant, fun and interesting content that is formatted for efficient printing

To showcase these new solutions, HP announced a full suite of web-empowered e-All-in-One printers for home and business starting at £99 ⁽⁴⁾. These will be the first printers able to access directly to the web content like colouring pages and 3D characters and HP quick forms.

“We are once again revolutionising printing to make web-empowered, cloud-enabled printing the new industry standard,” said Vyomesh Joshi, executive vice president, Imaging and Printing Group, HP. “We know that our customers want an easy way to print their content, anywhere, anytime. We’re making that a reality today by giving people the power to print from any web-connected device – smartphones, iPads, netbooks and more – to any printer in our portfolio above €99. The world has changed.”

HP web-connected products and services are supported by a digital print advertising platform that can be leveraged by print app partners. Customers can get premium content at no additional cost and brands can add value to their audience by populating select print content with customised messages, promotions and information like coupons or local services.

HP ePrint: if You Can Email it, you Can Print it

The HP ePrint platform harnesses the cloud to break down the barriers of distance and connectivity and allow people to send the files they want to print from theirmobile devices.⁽¹⁾ From a mother and son printing drawings from an iPad, to an executive on a train sending a presentation from a Palm Pre or Blackberry smartphone to print and pick up at a FedEx Office store, HP ePrint allows people to print anytime, anywhere.

Every HP ePrint printer will have a unique simple email address that allows the sender to deliver a print the same way they would send an email message. Customers also can send documents to print through an HP ePrint mobile app on their smartphone device to a home, office or public print location such as a hotel or FedEx Office store. Customers will be able to send Microsoft® Office documents, ⁽⁹⁾ Adobe® PDFs ⁽¹⁰⁾ and JPEG image files, among others.

HP ePrintCenter: a home for all things printing

The HP ePrintCenter is an online hub for all HP customers to explore new services and customise their printing experience. For example, people can register their products and receive updates according to the preferences; configure their devices; track ePrint jobs; as well as browse and suggest new print apps.

New Photosmart printers at every price point

The  new line of Web-connected HP Photosmart printers allow consumers the freedom to access content and print from anywhere without a PC. This can be achieved through HP ePrint from any mobile device or by touching a variety of customisable apps and printing options on the printer’s intuitive HP TouchSmart screen.⁽²⁾

• The HP Photosmart Premium e-All-in-One – This top-of-the-line printer provides wireless access to the web and can be customised by selecting from the full line of print apps. It features a 10.9cm HP TouchSmart screen with enhanced touch technology and can save paper by up to 50 percent using automatic two-sided printing. Expected to be available worldwide in October for £179.99.⁽⁴⁾
• The HP Photosmart Plus e-All-in-One – Produce lab-quality photos, everyday documents, creative projects using this printer’s 8.9cm HP TouchSmart screen. Quickly print web content such as colouring pages and HP Quick forms without a PC.⁽²⁾ Expected to be available worldwide in September for £149.99.⁽⁴⁾
• HP Photosmart Wireless e-All-in-One – Quickly print web content using the 6.1cm HP TouchSmart frame. Create impressive photo projects affordably, using individual inks and photo printing features, such as the auto-engaging photo. Available July 2010 in EMEA for £99.99.⁽⁴⁾
• HP Photosmart Premium Fax e-All-in-One – Easily fax, scan and copy, using the automatic two-sided document feeder; plus print photos and web content easily. Incorporates a host of connectivity options including wired and wireless networking.^{[1, 3]} Expected to be available worldwide in September for £229.99.⁽⁴⁾

New free HP Photo Creations software ships with all the new printers and allows people to create photo books, calendars and other fun projects. All of the printers announced today reduce packaging waste by using an innovative, reusable bag and are ENERGY STAR® qualified.

The printers are compatible with HP 364 Black, Cyan, Magenta and Yellow Inkjet Cartridges. There are also optional Original HP 364 Inkjet Cartridges with higher yield, for the user to print more pages with  greater savings.⁽⁸⁾

The HP 364 Series Photo Value Pack provides an alternative full package option which includes a pack of 100 sheets of HP Advanced Photo paper 10 x15cm glossy and three customised HP 364 series Ink Cartridges (Cyan, Magenta and Yellow). HP 364 inks and HP Advanced Photo Paper produce instant-dry lab quality photos that last for generations.⁽⁵⁾

HP Everyday Photo Paper is an affordable, glossy photo paper designed for value-conscious customers. Constructed from Forest Stewardship Council-certified paper fibre, this recyclable photo paper makes it easy to print colorful, everyday snapshots and photo projects on any inkjet printer. HP recommends ColorLok papers for best printing results.

New print app partners for consumer and businesses ⁽⁶⁾

Later this year business customers will also enjoy print apps from relevant services such as; Google Docs for easy document scanning to the web for printing at a later time; Box.net to scan, share, manage and access business content online; Reuters for the latest news articles; and DocStoc and Biztree for immediate access to business forms like invoices, contracts, receipts, legal agreements and checklists. In addition, HP will be working with developers to in EMEA to refine its software developers kit and to add additional print apps throughout the year. Developers can request the kit from the developers tab of the HP ePrintCenter.

HP iPrint Photo for Android⁽⁷⁾

Now available for Android smartphones, HP iPrint Photo is a free photo printing application for quick and easy direct wireless printing to HP inkjet printers connected to a local Wi-Fi network. The Android version joins HP iPrint Photo for Symbian, Windows Mobile®,⁽⁹⁾ iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. ⁽¹¹⁾ The Snapfish by HP mobile app for Android is expected to launch this summer.

HP at Internet Week New York (IWNY)

About HP

HP creates new possibilities for technology to have a meaningful impact on people, businesses, governments and society. The world’s largest technology company, HP brings together a portfolio that spans printing, personal computing, software, services and IT infrastructure to solve customer problems. More information about HP (NYSE: HPQ) is available at http://www.hp.com

London, UK, June 10^th, 2010 — Eastman Kodak Company (NYSE: EK) invites consumers to unlock the photos and documents stored in their Smartphones with its new KODAK ESP 7250 All-in-One (AiO) Printer. Featuring easy-to-use wireless capabilities, an intuitive control panel and the lowest total ink replacement cost in the industry, the new KODAK ESP 7250 helps you share and print your mobile life for less, saving consumers up to £75 a year on ink based on as few as four pages per day.

Kodak knows that on-the-go lifestyles need easy solutions, such as the ability to print and share without turning on a computer. The ESP 7250 can print documents and photos directly from Wi-Fi enabled Smartphones, offering the world’s first direct WiFi printing solution for those devices. In addition, users of iPod Touch devices can print photos directly to the ESP 7250 through the new Kodak Pic Flick application.

“Kodak is proud to offer consumers innovative high-quality printing solutions that give them the flexibility to easily connect, print and share,” said Bob Ohlweiler, Kodak’s Director and Vice President of Inkjet Systems, Europe. “Sharing images is key to preserving memories. The new ESP 7250 enables consumers to do that easily from their Smartphone and share prints that not only have incredible quality but an incredible value.”

The ESP 7250 joins Kodak’s award-winning line of printers that allow consumers to print vivid colour documents and KODAK lab-quality photos for less, saving on average up to £75 a year on ink based on as few as four pages per day. Kodak prints have achieved best-in-class permanence ratings from the leading independent testing laboratory, Wilhelm Imaging Research (WIR).

Value does not come with compromises on the ESP 7250. In addition to saving on ink, the ESP 7250 combines the latest in KODACOLOR printing technology with affordable, premium-quality pigment ink cartridges to deliver brilliant documents and KODAK Lab-Quality photos that dry instantly, are water and fade resistant and last a lifetime.

KODAK AiO Printers use Kodak’s premium pigmented inks that come in a simple two-cartridge set-up. Kodak Black Ink Cartridge 10B cartridges retail for £6.99 rrp, and a five-ink colour cartridge, Kodak Colour Ink Cartridge 10C, which offers 10% more pages than the previous #10 colour cartridge 8 , retails at £11.99 rrp. In addition, Kodak have recently announced a new Kodak Black Ink Cartridge 10XL £11.49rrp which yields 70% more pages than the standard Kodak Black Ink Cartridge 10B , providing greater convenience for consumers who print more frequently and want to change their ink cartridges less often.

The KODAK ESP 7250 offers:

• Latest Wi-Fi technology and extremely easy wireless set-up;
• Direct printing from Smartphones
• Built-in duplexer, intelligent paper sensor and auto-engaging photo trays saving time and money;
• Affordable, premium-quality pigmented inks and porous papers that dry instantly, and are water and fade resistant;
• 2.4 inch colour LCD display screen and memory card slots;
• Print speeds of up to 32 pages per minute in black and 30 pages per minute in color;

Available in June 2010, the KODAK ESP 7250 retails for £169.99 Kodak Black Ink Cartridge 10XL and Kodak Colour Ink Cartridge10C are now available Learn more about Kodak’s inkjet portfolio and see how much you’re overpaying for ink at www.printandprosper.com.

Major Release Advances Image Quality, Performance and Workflow Flexibility for Photographers

London., — June 8, 2010 — Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced the immediate availability of Adobe® Photoshop® Lightroom® 3 software for Windows® and Macintosh, the essential digital photography workflow solution that allows photographers to quickly organize, enhance and showcase their images from one application. First released as a public beta in October 2009, the final version of Lightroom 3 introduces a completely redesigned performance architecture that better handles growing image libraries and provides an unrivaled raw processing engine with noise reduction and sharpening tools to achieve the highest image quality. The 64-bit capable Lightroom 3 includes new features that optimise workflows and allow images to be shared in creative ways, including support for DSLR video files and tethered shooting on select cameras.

“There have been over 600,000 downloads of the Lightroom 3 public beta, which has supplied us with a huge amount of valuable feedback from a passionate community of professional and advanced amateur photographers,” said Kevin Connor, vice president of product management for Digital Imaging at Adobe. “The open dialog we have with our customers allows us to further improve Lightroom and provide the best tools they need to produce high-quality images.  We’re happy to see that so many people are anxiously anticipating the final release, so they can start taking advantage of all the new features they had a hand in developing.”

Public Beta Process Perfects Lightroom 3 New Features
Re-built from its core to be lightening fast and responsive, Lightroom 3 adds power throughout the application to provide a fluid experience for photographers. Images load almost instantaneously, and the import experience has been redesigned to be more intuitive, with added previews and default selections that give users quick access to sort through and find images. Helping streamline and adapt to photographers’ changing workflows, Lightroom 3 now allows users to import and manage DSLR video files, as well as take advantage of tethered shooting for select Nikon and Canon cameras.

New state-of-the-art photographic tools help photographers bring out the best in their images. Unrivaled Luminance and Color Noise Reduction tools help produce a clearer picture from high ISO or underexposed images while still preserving details. The highly-requested Automatic Lens Correction feature can dramatically improve the results possible with any lens by allowing users to apply profiles that correct for undesirable geometric distortions, chromatic aberrations, and lens vignette effects that most lenses introduce to the image. Users now also have a straighten tool to perfect vertical and horizontal perspective, additional presets for applying more photographic adjustment styles, and three new contemporary vignette styles and a Grain effect to add a more natural look with images.

Lightroom 3 Expands Image Showcasing
Output options have also been enhanced in this release, with new capabilities to publish collections on online sharing sites. Flickr® users have the ability to synch their accounts to Lightroom with one click, and integration with additional online photo sharing sites can be added via third-party plug-ins. Customisable print layouts provide more refined control over how photographers present final images, and new watermarking features with options to modify text, size, location and style, help give professionals and amateurs flexibility for branding images. Lightroom 3 now also includes the ability to export polished slideshows as video files with the option to add audio and title screens.

Pricing and Availability
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 for Windows and Macintosh is available now at www.adobe.com/uk/store.  The estimated street price is £198 for new users with an upgrade price of £63 for qualified registered Lightroom users. Recommended system requirements are Macintosh OS X v 10.5, 10.6 with Intel® based processor, or Microsoft® Windows® 7, Windows Vista® Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise or Windows XP with Service Pack 3, Intel® Pentium® 4 processor, 2 GB RAM and a 1,024×768 resolution screen.

Additional information on product features, upgrade policies, pricing, and language versions is available on www.adobe.com/uk/products/photoshoplightroom. Join the Lightroom community on Facebook and Twitter.

About Adobe Systems Incorporated
Adobe revolutionises how the world engages with ideas and information – anytime, anywhere and through any medium. For more information, visit www.adobe.com/uk

We have a few copies left of our “a guide to digital printing & scanning” DVD. With over 45,000 copies in circulation this has been a very successful production.  Don’t be disappointed, order your copy now!

a guide to digital Printing & Scanning DVD

Verbatim connects new desktop and portable hard drives with SuperSpeed USB 3.0

London, UK 7 June 2010 – USB 3.0 heralds the dawn of a new standard for external hard drives, and Verbatim is one of the first manufacturers to install it in its new desktop and portable hard drives. USB 3.0 delivers bus speeds of up to 4.8Gbit/sec – a ten-fold increase in performance compared to existing USB 2.0 connections – making it ideal for both home- and office-based users who want to transfer large files with the newest and quickest technology available. The Verbatim USB 3.0 Desktop Hard Drive comes equipped with a PCI Express card which provides seamless USB 3.0 connectivity as well as allowing for faster data throughput. The Verbatim USB 3.0 Desktop and Portable Store ‘n’ Go Hard Drives are available in stores now priced at £84.99 for 1TB Desktop, ££139.99 for 2TB desktop and £69.99 and £139.99 for the portable 500GB (Silver) and 1TB (Black) respectively.

USB 3.0 Portable Store ‘n’ Go Hard Drive

• 6.35cm (2.5”) format
• Super-fast with transfer rates of up to 4.8 Gbit/sec – 10 times   faster than USB 2.0
• Available in silver (500GB) and black (1TB)
• GREEN BUTTON energy-saving software
• Nero BackItUp & Burn Essentials Software
• Backwards compatible with USB 2.0 host devices at USB high  speed.
• Works with Windows 2000 / XP / Vista / Windows 7, Mac OS X 10.1, Linux (Kernel 2.6.31) or higher.

Only 127mm x 82mm x 20mm in size and weighing approximately 165 grams (for the 500GB version), Verbatim’s superfast USB 3.0 Portable Store ‘n’ Go Hard Disk Drive is very handy – it sits comfortably in the palm of the hand, or fits neatly in any ladies’ handbag or men’s jacket – making it easy to carry around. The single-cable solution provides a combined data and power connection eliminating the need for a separate power supply. As usual, the drive comes with a 24 month guarantee.

USB 3.0 Desktop Hard Drive

• 8,89cm (3.5”) format
• USB 3.0 PCIe card bundled with the hard drive (optional)
• Super-fast with transfer rates of up to 4.8Gbit/sec – 10 times  faster than USB 2.0
• Available in 1TB and 2TB
• GREEN BUTTON energy-saving software
• Includes Nero BackItUp & Burn Essentials Software
• Backwards compatible with USB 2.0 host devices at USB   high speed.
• Works with Windows 2000 / XP / Vista / Windows 7, Mac OS X 10.1, Linux (Kernel 2.6.31) or higher.

Available as an option, Verbatim’s new USB 3.0 Desktop Hard Drive comes bundled with a PCIe card to allow consumers who do not have a USB 3.0 port on their computer to still benefit from the 10-fold increase in speed of USB3.0. The drive is 202mm x 114mm x 40mm in size, weighs approximately 1kg and comes with a 24 month guarantee.

Software for Back-ups, Burning and Energy Saving

Included on both the Desktop and Portable USB3.0 hard drives are two software packages.

Nero BackItUp and Burn Essentials, which combines three important functions in just one piece of software: as well as regularly backing-up all files and folders users can also burn photos, videos or other data content onto CD, DVD or Blu-ray Disc, and recover damaged files with Nero RescueAgent.

The GREEN BUTTON software reduces energy consumption and extends the drive’s life expectancy by automatically placing the Verbatim Store `n` Go into sleep mode after a programmed period of time or by the user manually clicking on the GREEN BUTTON on the desktop.

“We’re extremely excited to introduce our first USB 3.0 compatible products that will ensure complete interoperability and the best performance for our customers,” says Kai Miroschnik, Business Development Manager HDD Verbatim EUMEA. “As a leader in the hard drive market with our finger firmly on the pulse of consumers’ evolving needs, we’re pleased to deliver an easy-to-use option that allows them to experience the significant improvement of SuperSpeed 3.0 connectivity when transferring and storing their data.”

Triumph of Life the most powerful story on Earth – the story of life itself

RELEASE DATE: 24TH MAY 2010

Released by Fremantle Media Enterprises on 24th May 2010, Triumph of Life is an epic tale that has the power to change our perceptions of our planet. This exceptional six part documentary is released in a two–disc DVD set priced £24.99 bringing you life as you’ve never seen it before.

This stunning nature series narrated by stage and film actor Liev Schreiber ( X-Men Origins) begins with a penetrating look at the process of evolution and the driving force behind it — genes. We are given a glimpse of how life might look on Earth in the future and whether humans have what it takes to survive the next great threat of extinction.

Triumph of Life uses a combination of cutting edge model effects and superb wildlife photography, weaving together the latest scientific revelations with a fresh and entertaining approach to natural history. This rare and previously unfilmed animal action sets a new standard for modern wildlife filmmaking.

Each episode addresses a new and fascinating subject: The Four Billion Year War portrays the stunning diversity of nature on earth, charting the key breakthroughs in the epic advance of life from its humble beginnings to its vibrant dominance of land, air, and water.

The Eternal Arms Race explains how the wars between predators and their prey offer a powerful new explanation for the fabulous array of shape, form, and strategy we see in living things.

Brain Power explores how and when brains emerged in the evolutionary story, what kinds of problems they really solve, and why all animals are not equipped with high IQs.

Triumph Of Life presents a compelling image of our planet and how it has shaped the stunning variety of life we are surrounded with today making it a great gift for all ages.

I have seen both DVDs and am completely in awe of the outstanding quality of filming throughout, then again you wouldn’t expect anything else from National Geographic. If you are a budding wildlife photographer or videographer then this double DVD set should be high on your wish list.  The release date is May 24, but we have three double disk sets to give away all you have to do is answer the following question correctly in which film did the narrator Liev Schreiber star in? COMPETITION CLOSED

1. The Exorcist
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3. The Omen

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Breakthrough Interactive Design Tools and Innovative Online Services Maximise Impact of Creative Content and Digital Marketing Campaigns

London., — April 30, 2010 — Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced the availability of the Adobe® Creative Suite® 5 product family, the highly-anticipated release of the industry-leading design and development software for virtually every creative workflow. With more than 250 new product features, the Creative Suite 5 product line brings exciting full-version upgrades of flagship creative tools and workflow enhancements to designers and developers — enabling the creation, delivery and optimisation of content across media for greater impact and results.

The Adobe CS5 product family is powering the creation of content and applications for the upcoming releases of Flash® Player 10.1 and Adobe AIR® 2, which are optimised for high performance on mobile screens and designed to take advantage of native device capabilities for a richer, more immersive user experience. Featuring integration with online content and digital marketing measurement and optimization capabilities for the first time, Creative Suite 5 products include access to signature Omniture® technologies, to capture, store and analyse information generated by websites and other sources. Adobe Creative Suite 5 products also integrate with Adobe CS Live*, a set of five innovative online services that accelerate key aspects of the creative workflow and enable designers to focus on creating their best work (CS Live services are complimentary for a limited time).

The Creative Suite 5 line-up includes five new versions: Creative Suite 5 Master Collection, Creative Suite 5 Design Premium, Creative Suite 5 Web Premium, Creative Suite 5 Production Premium, Creative Suite 5 Design Standard, as well as 15 point products and associated technologies. Creative Suite now includes a brand-new component, Adobe Flash® Catalyst™, a professional interaction design tool that allows designers to rapidly create expressive Web application interfaces and design interaction without writing code.

“We’ve seen from early customer reaction that Creative Suite 5 continues to inspire the design and developer world by combining time-saving workflow and productivity features with astonishing new capabilities, such as Content-Aware Fill in Photoshop CS5, that really push the creative envelope,” said John Loiacono, senior vice president of Creative Solutions at Adobe. “Whatever the media, CS5 is ensuring that publishers and creatives can deliver stand-out work and build great businesses around their unique digital assets and content.”

Also available as part of the Creative Suite 5 product family, sold separately or in one of the five Creative Suite editions, are new versions of the Adobe Creative Suite tools, including Photoshop® CS5, Illustrator® CS5, InDesign® CS5, Flash Catalyst CS5, Flash CS5 Professional, Dreamweaver® CS5, Adobe® Premiere® Pro CS5, After Effects® CS5 and more.

The Creative Suite 5 products offer more than 250 new features that embrace interactivity, enhance performance and maximize the impact of creative content and digital marketing campaigns. InDesign CS5 powers the transition to digital publishing with new interactive documents and enhanced electronic reader device support. Image creation and editing get a boost with Truer Edge technology in Photoshop CS5, which offers better edge detecting technology and masking results in less time. Photoshop CS5 also includes the ability to remove an image element and immediately replace the missing pixels with Content-Aware Fill. New stroke options allow Adobe Illustrator CS5 users to create strokes of variable widths and precisely adjust the width at any point along the stroke. New Text Layout Framework in Flash Professional CS5 provides professional-level typography capabilities with functions like kerning, ligatures, tracking, leading, threaded text block and multiple columns. In addition, Dreamweaver CS5 now supports popular content management systems Drupal, Joomla! and WordPress, allowing designers to get accurate views of dynamic Web content from within the product.

Performance improvements abound in the Creative Suite 5 product line with engineering breakthroughs, including native 64-bit support on both Mac and Windows® in Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects, that allows users to work more fluidly on high-resolution projects. The much anticipated NVIDIA® GPU-accelerated Adobe Mercury Playback Engine allows Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 users to open projects faster, refine effects-rich HD sequences in real time and play back complex projects without rendering. The revolutionary timesaving Roto Brush tool in After Effects helps users isolate moving foreground elements in a fraction of the normal time.

Accelerate Creative Workflows with Adobe CS Live
Adobe Creative Suite 5 products integrate with Adobe CS Live*, a set of five online services that accelerate key aspects of the creative workflow and enable designers to focus on creating their best work. CS Live online services are complimentary for a limited time and currently include: Adobe BrowserLab, Adobe CS Review, Acrobat.com, Adobe Story and SiteCatalyst® NetAverages™ from Omniture. Adobe CS Review enables online design reviews from directly in Creative Suite 5 applications, while Adobe BrowserLab is an indispensable tool for testing website content across different browsers and operating systems. NetAverages provides Web usage data that helps reduce the guesswork early in the creative process when designing for Web and mobile. Adobe Story is a collaborative scriptwriting tool that improves production and post-production workflows in CS5 Production Premium. Access to Acrobat.com services, such as Adobe ConnectNow Web conferencing, is also included to enhance discussion and information exchange with colleagues and clients around the globe.

Create and Deliver to More Mobile Platforms
Using Flash Professional CS5, designers and developers can create, test and deliver Web content across a wide range of mobile platforms and devices such as smartphones, tablets, netbooks and other consumer electronics. Users can look forward to deploying content in the browser with Flash Player 10.1 and as a standalone application with AIR 2.

Pricing and Availability
Adobe Creative Suite 5 products and its associated point products are now immediately available through Adobe Authorised Resellers, Adobe Direct Sales and the Adobe Store at www.adobe.com/uk/store. Estimated street price for the suites is £1,509 for Design Premium, £1,429 for CS5 Web Premium, £1,509 for CS5 Production Premium, £1,032 for CS5 Design Standard and £2,303 for Master Collection CS5. Upgrade pricing, volume licensing and education discounts are available. Adobe CS5 products integrate with Adobe CS Live online services which are complimentary for a limited time. For more detailed information about features, OS support, upgrade policies, pricing and international versions please visit: www.adobe.com/uk/go/creativesuite.

About Adobe Systems Incorporated
Adobe revolutionises how the world engages with ideas and information – anytime, anywhere and through any medium. For more information, visit www.adobe.com/uk.

High-Performance Memory Cards and Card Reader

Fremont, CA, April 27, 2010 – Lexar Media, a leading global provider of memory products for digital media, today announced the availability of the award-winning Lexar® Professional ExpressCard™ CompactFlash® (CF) Reader and the Lexar Professional 600x and 300x 32GB CF cards in traditional and online retail channels. For additional information about the Lexar Professional 600x and 300x CF cards or the ExpressCard CF Reader, visit www.lexar.com.

“High-end amateur and professional photographers are consistently capturing larger file sizes, either in the form of RAW digital images or high-definition videos, and retailers are now providing solutions to store and manage that content,” said Manisha Sharma, director of worldwide memory card product marketing, Lexar Media. “The Lexar Professional 600x and 300x 32GB cards store more of the images and memories that matter, and provide enhanced file transfer speeds when paired with the Professional ExpressCard CF Reader. We’re pleased to be offering these workflow-improving solutions to our extensive network of photo resellers.”

The Lexar Professional 600x and 300x CF memory cards offer increased speed and performance, with a guaranteed minimum sustained write speed capability of 90MB/s and 45MB/s, respectively, when paired with an UDMA 6-enabled device. The Lexar Professional ExpressCard CF Reader is a portable, high-performance reader that requires no cables and connects directly to a PC or Mac® laptop computer’s ExpressCard slot. The reader is compatible with all UDMA and non-UDMA CF cards, supports read/write speeds up to 133MB/s, and features a design with an extra deep card slot for added card protection.

In addition to high-speed performance, the Lexar Professional 600x and 300x cards and the ExpressCard CF Reader provide consumers with the reliability they have come to expect from Lexar. All Lexar memory card and card reader designs are tested in the Lexar Reliability Lab, a facility with more than 800 digital cameras and memory card devices, to ensure quality, performance, and compatibility. Lexar performs this extensive testing in an effort to provide customers with a high level of confidence, whether they are capturing once-in-a-lifetime memories, important events, or everyday occasions.

Customers can also access Lexar’s Digital Photography website, a dedicated, online resource and tips destination (http://www.lexar.com/dp/), and can leverage phone and live-chat tech support. Lexar provides these services and resources to customers to minimize the time required for troubleshooting card issues and to provide tools for photographers to optimize their shooting and focus on capturing great images.

All Lexar Professional memory cards include a limited lifetime warranty, a free downloadable copy of Image Rescue® 4 software, and exclusive, money-saving promotions from Adobe on popular photo and video editing products, including the latest versions of Adobe® Photoshop® Lightroom®, Adobe Photoshop Elements, and Adobe Premiere® Elements software. The Lexar Professional ExpressCard CF Reader includes a two-year limited warranty, and free, dedicated customer support.

About Lexar Media
Lexar Media is a leading designer, manufacturer, and marketer of NAND flash and DRAM memory products under the Lexar and Crucial® brand names. Lexar Media offers products in all major flash and DRAM memory categories, including consumer and enterprise-level USB flash drives, industry-leading memory cards for photography, and all popular form factors of memory cards for mobile devices. Under the Crucial brand, Lexar Media offers industry-leading solid-state drives (SSD) and more than 250,000 DRAM memory upgrades for 50,000 computer systems. For more information about Lexar brand products, visit www.lexar.com, and for Crucial brand products, visit www.crucial.com.

Lexar Media is vertically integrated with Micron Technology, one of the largest semiconductor manufacturers worldwide. Lexar Media, Inc. is a subsidiary of Micron Technology, Inc. Lexar Media is a division of Micron Europe Limited, a division of Micron Semiconductor Asia Pte. Ltd., and a division of Micron Japan, Ltd.

Lexar. When Memory Matters.™

About Micron
Micron Technology, Inc., is one of the world’s leading providers of advanced semiconductor solutions. Through its worldwide operations, Micron manufactures and markets DRAM, NAND flash memory, CMOS image sensors, other semiconductor components, and memory modules for use in leading-edge computing, consumer, networking, and mobile products. Micron’s common stock is traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the MU symbol. To learn more about Micron Technology, Inc., visit www.micron.com.

Milestone Release Celebrates 20 Years of Unrivaled Image Editing and Innovation

London, UK — April 12, 2010 — Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced Adobe® Photoshop® CS5 and Photoshop CS5 Extended software, must-have releases of the professional industry standard for digital imaging. With millions of users celebrating the product’s 20^th anniversary this year, Photoshop CS5 builds upon a rich history of innovation and leadership with groundbreaking features and performance gains that boost creativity and workflow efficiency. Packing in more technological advancements from Adobe Labs than any other release and incorporating enhancements to everyday tasks requested by the Photoshop community, the software has greater intelligence and awareness of the content within images, allowing for complex and magical manipulation in just a few clicks. Adobe Photoshop CS5 Extended delivers everything in Photoshop CS5, as well as advanced tools for 3-D which address the unique needs of the video, Web, medical, manufacturing and engineering industries.

Photoshop CS5 and Photoshop CS5 Extended will be available as stand-alone applications or key components of the Adobe Creative Suite® 5 family (see separate releases).

“The past two decades have demonstrated an amazing interplay between customers who want to push the limits of their personal creativity and a passionate team of Adobe engineers who make those visions a reality,” said Kevin Connor, vice president of product management for professional digital imaging at Adobe. “We experienced this firsthand when we posted a ‘sneak peek’ video of the team’s work on the Content Aware Fill feature a few weeks ago. It quickly became the number one viral video online, with close to 2 million views and its ‘magic’ was one of the top trending Twitter topics of discussion. This version of Photoshop has some of the most innovative and extraordinary technologies to ever come from our labs and clearly customers are already clamouring for it.”

Redefining the Image-Editing Experience

Now a native 64-bit application on both Mac and Windows®, Photoshop CS5 delivers superior tools and creative control so users can perform advanced image manipulations and compositing with ease. Revolutionary image intelligence behind Content-Aware Fill magically removes any image detail or object, examines the surroundings and seamlessly fills in the space left behind. Lighting, tone and noise of the surrounding area match perfectly, looking as if the removed content never existed. New Refine Edge makes nearly-impossible image selections possible. This innovative technology precisely detects and masks the trickiest types of edges, such as hair and foliage, while eliminating background colour contamination.

For photographers, Photoshop CS5 now offers next-generation high dynamic range (HDR) capabilities. When combining multiple exposures into a single HDR image, Photoshop CS5 preserves the full tonal range of a scene with unprecedented speed and accuracy. The new HDR Pro offers exceptional ghost artefact removal and greater tone mapping and adjustment control. With HDR toning, users can emulate the striking look of an HDR image with any single-exposure image.

Photoshop CS5 provides revolutionary tools that maximise users’ creative impact. Breakthrough painting capabilities include a Mixer Brush that blends an infinite combination of colours onto a single paintbrush tip, and Bristle Tips that offer lifelike brush strokes. Puppet Warp gives users the power to precisely reposition or warp any image element, such as straightening a bent arm in a photo or manipulating the landscape to generate a new perspective.

“Since its inception, Adobe Photoshop has been a key tool for pre-and post-production work in the motion picture industry,” said Jon Landau, Academy Award winning producer of Avatar and Titanic. “With Photoshop CS5 Extended, Adobe gives filmmakers new painting, HDR and 3-D tools that will help them push the limits of creativity. Faster performance with cross-platform 64-bit support and tight integration with other Adobe Creative Suite 5 software makes Photoshop CS5 an even more powerful tool in a filmmaker’s arsenal. Photoshop empowers filmmakers and creative professionals in virtually every other industry to turn their imagined ideas into onscreen reality.”

Community Involvement Drives Enhancements

In addition, more than 30 features and enhancements requested directly by the Photoshop community have been added to this release, including automatic image straightening, rule-of-thirds crop tool, colour picker and the ability to save 16-bit images as JPEGs. The goal of this engineering effort was to address seemingly minor enhancements that directly impact everyday workflow, but aren’t always at the top of the development list for a new release. A new customisable Adobe Mini Bridge panel is also available directly in the software for faster file browsing and management.

Taking 3D and Motion to the Next Level

Photoshop CS5 Extended includes everything in Photoshop CS5 plus tools for editing 3D and motion-based content. With new Adobe Repoussé technology, users can easily create 3D logos and artwork from any text layer, shape or mask, as well as twist, rotate and extrude designs for different looks. To mirror the realism and appearance of 3D objects, a new materials library offers a breadth of rich options, including chrome, glass and cork. Users can also enhance the appearance of 3D objects by quickly creating shadows with the new shadow catcher. For motion content, tools including paint, text and clone can be used directly over multiple frames of a video sequence with ease using single-key shortcuts.

Adobe Photoshop Family

Building upon the 20-year history of Photoshop innovation and leadership, Adobe offers a line of Photoshop solutions for every level of user. Photoshop CS5 and Photoshop CS5 Extended software are at the heart of the Photoshop family, providing unrivalled power and editing freedom. Adobe Photoshop Lightroom® addresses the workflow needs of serious, amateur and professional photographers, helping them find, manage, enhance and showcase images in powerful ways. Adobe Photoshop Elements software provides accessible tools and sharing options for photo enthusiasts. Snap-shooters can quickly and easily share and edit photos with simple gestures using the free Photoshop.com Mobile application on their iPhone or Android™ devices. Photoshop.com completes the Photoshop line providing an online photo sharing, editing and hosting resource for all.

Pricing and Availability

Adobe Photoshop CS5 and CS5 Extended are scheduled to ship within 30 days with availability through Adobe Authorised Resellers, the Adobe Store and Adobe Direct Sales. Estimated street price for Adobe Photoshop CS5 is £548 (ex-VAT) and £794 (ex-VAT) for Photoshop CS5 Extended. Upgrade pricing and volume licensing are available. For more detailed information about features, OS support, upgrade policies and pricing, please visit www.adobe.com/uk/products/photoshop/family/

About Adobe Systems Incorporated

Adobe revolutionises how the world engages with ideas and information – anytime, anywhere and through any medium. For more information, visit www.adobe.com/uk