) August 17, 2009 -- AKVIS Sketch is an award-winning program for conversion of photos into pencil sketches and watercolor paintings. The program has already won the recognition of professionals and delighted home users with its neat results. However, there is no end to perfection and the company released a new version of AKVIS Sketch with many improvements.

With AKVIS Sketch one does not need to handle a pencil to feel like an artist. All a user needs to create original work of art is good taste and AKVIS Sketch. Make any photo look like a B&W or color drawing, imitate the technique of graphite or color pencil, charcoal or watercolor painting.

) May 1, 2009 -- AKVIS Software Inc. announces the release of AKVIS MultiBrush v.4.0 for Windows and Macintosh. AKVIS MultiBrush makes it easy to retouch damaged photos and enhance portraits. It is available as a standalone application as well as a plugin to the most popular photo editors. AKVIS MultiBrush is a new enhanced version of AKVIS Stamp, therefore the registered users of Stamp can activate MultiBrush for free.

AKVIS MultiBrush makes it easy to retouch photos and enhance portraits in Windows and Mac. Featuring a collection of healing and enhancement brushes, cloning and stamping tools, AKVIS MultiBrush helps artists, photographers and home users to perform portrait enhancement, retouch image flows and remove unwanted objects from digital pictures.

AKVIS Software, Inc. announces the release of AKVIS ArtWork, a special effect tool that applies different painting techniques to common digital pictures. Available in Mac and PC versions stand-alone or as a plug-in for Adobe Photoshop, ArtWork makes digital photos them look as if they were real oil paintings, helping users create a piece of art out of any picture. ArtWork allows creating an oil portrait, a landscape painting or a still life picture in a fully automatic or assisted mode in a matter of minutes. (PRWeb Nov 25, 2008)

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) August 24, 2008 -- AKVIS Software Inc. releases version 6.0 of its photo collage plug-in AKVIS Chameleon. The program is a true breakthrough in photo collage creation. In most cases it does not require precise selection of the objects and now even the pasted fragment can be adapted to the color range of the target picture to provide a natural photo montage. The new version offers one more mode to expand your possibilities and make photo collage creation fun to do. Also there is improved compatibility with Vista SP1 and Photoshop Elements v.6.0.

) July 13, 2009 -- Continuing the series of free Photoshop plugins, Filter Forge, Inc. today released Filter Forge Freepack 2 - Photo Effects for Mac OS X and announced a 25% discount for its flagship product, Filter Forge.

The theme of the second Filter Forge freepack is photo effects -- the plugin comprises seven filters, each capable of giving a unique look and feel to the source image. For example, 'Dreamy' filter gives photos a sunny, somewhat ethereal style; 'Grunge' works best on warm-colored images and produces a ragged, harsh look; 'Old Photo' automatically ages the image, giving it an authentic old-time feel.

The 99bytes website launches version 1.6.3 of the 99bytes DVD to iPod / PSP Converter, featuring full Windows Vista 64-bit compatibility. Apart from eliminating a lot of troubleshooting, this version is also adding subtitle support, meaning that any DVD movie can now be converted together with its subtitles, and then transferred on the iPod or PSP. (PRWeb Jan 10, 2009)

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After a successful beta test, Filter Forge, Inc. today announced the final release of the long-awaited Mac OS X version of Filter Forge, an innovative high-end plugin for Adobe Photoshop allowing computer artists to build their own filters -- seamless textures, visual effects, distortions, patterns, backgrounds, frames and more. (PRWeb Mar 31, 2009)

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Kentico Software (http://www.kentico.com), the Web content management system vendor, today announced the compatibility of its application Kentico CMS for ASP.NET with Microsoft Windows® 7 and Microsoft Windows Server® 2008 R2 platforms. (PRWeb Jul 13, 2009)

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Shop Talk and Art Gallery, Brooklyn, NY is proud to present the solo gallery exhibition of artist Lillian Alonzo Marin. Opening reception: Thursday March 19, 6:00 to 9:00pm at Shop Talk and Art Gallery located at 35 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11217 (Across the Street from BAM! - Brooklyn Academy of Music). The New York based Mexican artist will be presenting her new series of paintings entitled 'The Journey'. The series of paintings consist of two-dimensional abstract mixed-media works in inks, watercolors and graphite on paper and canvas. Her art evokes spatial and spiritual realities that either exist or co-exist beyond our physical plane.

Elite Gudz artists Rolo Ledesma and Mr. Den have contributed original shaped sketch cards to the Topps Star Wars Galaxy 5 trading card set, available in stores now. (PRWeb Feb 27, 2010)

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The Go To Group, Inc. (Go2Group) today announced the immediate availability of the Go2Group Free Confluence CRM Plugin, a free version of its popular CRM Plugin.

Provides best REST Web Services for WebSphere, new plugin-management dashboard, Eclipse 3.4 support (PRWeb Dec 11, 2008)

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Provides new plugin-management dashboard, and enhanced ALM solutions for Eclipse 3.4 Ganymede. (PRWeb Dec 10, 2008)

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1-click actions creators of Photoshop actions for photographers have announced the availability of the latest update to the Photoshop actions DVD. The new release adds the latest Quick Layout actions to the comprehensive set of actions, borders and edges, textures and the action station Photoshop action manager. (PRWeb Mar 31, 2009)

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A magic function called 'Content-aware resizing' was implemented in the new released Turbo Photo v6.4, a powerful photograph software by Stepok Image Lab. (PRWeb Jan 13, 2009)

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PearlMountain Soft announces the release of Photo Frame Master, a free photo enhancement tool. Its key feature is a huge set of various frames, which can be added to pictures to make them more original and impressive. (PRWeb Sep 23, 2009)

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IT Professional book publisher Apress, Inc., today announces the acquisition of the rights to best-selling titles Learn C on the Macintosh and Learn Objective-C on the Macintosh from SpiderWorks, LLC. (PRWeb Oct 14, 2008)

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IT Professional book publisher Apress, Inc., today announces the acquisition of the rights to best-selling titles Learn C on the Macintosh and Learn Objective-C on the Macintosh from SpiderWorks, LLC. (PRWeb Oct 10, 2008)

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ATP, a leading manufacturer of DRAM and flash memory solutions, today introduced the new GPS Photo Finder mini -- a portable photo accessory that takes 'geotagging' to a new level. Geotagging is a new cutting edge feature in digital photography which allows users to associate images with the locations where their pictures were taken. (PRWeb Sep 29, 2008)

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Hyperic HQ Version 4.1 improves Web services administration/configuration and MySQL plugin performance

Picaboo (http://www.picaboo.com), the popular photo book provider, announced today that precious school-year photos tossed into shoeboxes or abandoned on hard-drives can be graduated smartly to a photo book for gift-giving or posterity. (PRWeb Jun 17, 2009)

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Picaboo (http://www.picaboo.com), the popular photo book and greeting card provider, announced today that it is offering its 'buy one photo book get a second copy free'promotion until November 30, 2009 (code: NVBGF)*. This offer represents an ideal opportunity for consumers to preserve and showcase Halloween photos and get a jumpstart on making heart-felt, one-of-a-kind holiday gifts with favorite photos that remain unappreciated on hard drives and memory sticks. (PRWeb Nov 3, 2009)

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Baltsoft Software has launched Web2PDF Converter - http://www.web2pdfconvert.com/ - an online conversion site that lets you easily convert any web page to a PDF document, at no cost. Simply visit the Web2PDF website, paste the URL of the web page to be converted, and click the "convert to PDF" button. In just a few seconds, the software converts the web page into a PDF document that you can download and use immediately. (PRWeb Oct 26, 2009)

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KeyScrambler® Premium 2.3 adds features to protect users' login credentials in Windows workstation, Active Directory Domain, and Windows Vista's User Account Control prompts (UAC). The enhancement helps safeguard confidential information from keyloggers at the workplace. (PRWeb Nov 19, 2008)

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Phreakware has released EZlect 1.10, a highly improved version of the recently introduced EZlect selection plug-in for Adobe Photoshop. EZlect makes it easy to quickly create beautifully anti-aliased selections, just by clicking on the object and background areas in an image. (PRWeb May 24, 2009)

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Lava Software is now shipping PasswordVault v6.1, a simple and practical enterprise-level password manager for Windows, MacOS X and Linux. This new version offers instant search abilities, makes it easy to add new entries by dropping a web address onto a dropbox on the main window, includes easy data backup, single user and multi-user password and web bookmark management and synchronization over LAN and Internet, compatibility to all web browsers on all platforms, automatic backup before manual imports, easy printing of online synchronization information (for setting up online sync on other computers), and various enhancements and optimizations. Desktop and portable USB stick versions are available. It is a free upgrade for all users. (PRWeb Oct 29, 2008)

New version of leading engineering content management software suite supports 64-bit CAD and Windows applications, plus other added features. (PRWeb Jan 13, 2009)

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SmartJobBoard, announcing the release of the new version 2.1 of its job board software. Release includes lots of new useful functions, bugs fixed, and performance optimization. (PRWeb Mar 8, 2009)

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Vertster.com, a leading provider of website conversion optimization tools, announced the launch and immediate availability of the latest version of their software. This is a complete rebuild and enhancement of the tool, based on the experience of more than 5000 tests in the past 3 years. Rather than relying on page tagging like existing solutions, the new version of Vertster uses a completely unobtrusive JavaScript approach for altering the look and feel of web pages. This cuts the amount of set up time and cost of running a test by several multiples. (PRWeb Apr 8, 2009)

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STEMSOFT Software is pleased to announce the release of BMTbase® version 4 to its beta partners. Completely redesigned from the ground up using .NET technology, version 4 is a browser-based application allowing for easier user access, deployment and more robust database management and security. (PRWeb Aug 11, 2009)

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Adobe Photoshop Elements 7 Tutorial Video Just Released. Adobe Certified Expert Neil Oliver narrates this video based training course which can only be described as a definitive learning resource. The training is essentially split into two sections, one that highlights how to manage your photographers while the other focuses on the techniques required to manipulate and correct your images. http://www.infiniteskills.com/training/photoshop-elements-7-for-windows-essential-training.html (PRWeb Jul 10, 2009)

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) October 22, 2008 -- Filter Forge, Inc. announced today the upcoming beta release and preorder availability 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.

After over two successful years on the market with a Windows version, Filter Forge, Inc. is finally coming up with the Mac OS X version of Filter Forge. The public beta release is due before the end of the year 2008. For more information about the Mac version, visit http://www.filterforge.com/download/mac-version.html

Long-awaited SmartJobBoard version 2.2 has been released. Each new software release is more flexible, customizable and user-friendly. (PRWeb May 1, 2009)

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View Live, Cross-Platform Demonstrations of Innovative Photo Workflow Solutions Only Possible with Photo Mechanic at PhotoPlus Expo in New York City from October 22 - 24, 2009 in Camera Bits' Booth #967 (PRWeb Oct 8, 2009)

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Solution Improves the Quality of Business Insight and Increases Productivity by Solving the Problem of Unstructured, Ad-hoc, Tacit Processes (PRWeb Apr 28, 2009)

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Web development company Designrobots published free photo gallery software allowing to make easily your blog or website more attractive

MoreSteam.com, the leading global provider of online Lean Six Sigma training and support technologies, announced today the availability of TRACtion 3.0, the latest version of MoreSteam.com's Web-based project management and tracking software for Lean Six Sigma deployments. In keeping with MoreSteam's reputation for easy-to-use, simple-to-install deployment support, TRACtion 3.0 adds useful features enhancing data management and reporting, interface customization, and project and account administration. (PRWeb Aug 10, 2009)

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Slingshot Software today announced the release of version 11.0 of its enterprise business software suite. Release 11.0 features a new AJAX-based user interface (UI) for all of Slingshot’s Web-based applications, as well as more than 75 infrastructure and application enhancements. (PRWeb Oct 28, 2009)

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Overall Outlook Improves in Survey of 452 Travel Leaders; New York City Lands in Top 3; London Back in Top 10; Advance Booking Windows Shrinking (PRWeb Sep 3, 2009)

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cScape user experience, engagement and persuasion optimisation programme sees conversion rates soar by over 50% (PRWeb Sep 26, 2009)

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