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BeLight Software releases freeware Image Tricks 2.0

135886071 6c4643fa36 m BeLight Software releases freeware Image Tricks 2.0BeLight Software has released Image Tricks v2.0, a new version of their freeware image generator that uses Mac OS X v10.4 “Tiger’s” Core Image technology to generate visual effects to digital images.

Image Tricks is used to generate backgrounds, web design illustrations, print graphics and more using about 40 different Core Image-based effects and filters. Eleven different image generators are included in the free version–a USD$9.95 “Pro” version adds six additional image generators and about 30 masks that can be applied to an image.

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Photoshop Elements Techniques kicks off Halloween digital mask contest

The Photoshop Elements Techniques newsletter is sponsoring a “virtual Halloween digital mask contest” for subscribers with the winner receiving a Wacom 4X5 Graphire4 Tablet. The deadline for contest entries is 12:00 midnight, Thurs., Oct. 27, 2005.

Contest participants are challenged to make the scariest, funniest, wackiest, or weirdest Halloween digital mask using Adobe Photoshop Elements software. Digital images should not exceed 800 pixels in width or height, whichever is longer, in a file format of JPG, GIF, or PNG no larger than 300k. All contest submissions will be emailed to Photoshop Elements Techniques newsletter using a link published off its companion website.

You can view all contest entries plus find out who received the Wacom 4X5 Graphire Tablet on Friday, Oct. 28th.

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nik Sharpener Pro 2.0 Announced

nik multimedia today announced nik Sharpener Pro 2.0, the software that offers an easy way for photographers and digital artists to optimally sharpen their digital images and achieve the better detail in their final prints. As a plug-in to Adobe Photoshop and other image editing applications, nik Sharpener Pro 2.0 features 16-bit compatibility for sharpening 16-bit images, a larger preview area to allow users to see how the sharpening alters their images, and new tools offering more control of where sharpening is applied to the image.

nik Sharpener Pro 2.0 will be available in June through specialty camera stores and nik multimedia’s retail web site. nik Sharpener Pro 2.0 is offered in two editions: nik Sharpener Pro 2.0 Inkjet Edition for USD$169.95 and nik Sharpener Pro 2.0 Complete Edition for USD$329.95. Registered owners of nik Sharpener Pro 1.0 qualify for special upgrade pricing.

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