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| Corel Develops Corel Snapfire and Corel Snapfire Plus Corel has announced Corel Snapfire and Corel Snapfire Plus, the smart alternatives to traditional digital camera software. These represent the first releases from Corel's next-generation modular digital imaging platform which was first introduced under the code-name "Alta". As a free download, Corel Snapfire provides all the tools users need to easily organize, enhance and share their digital photos and video clips. Easier to use and learn than comparable products, Corel Snapfire is the first free photo software to make a wide range of popular photo and video sharing and organizing capabilities readily accessible to users of all levels. Corel Snapfire users can take their creativity to new levels with "Snapfire Shows" - highly entertaining and customized slideshows that are sure to impress friends and family. With Snapfire Shows, users can quickly and easily bring to life their photos and videos in slideshows that include their own music selections as well as add fun transitions and unique motion effects that zoom in and across the photos and video clips. In addition, with Corel Snapfire, it is easier than ever to create visually stunning photo projects simply by dropping photos into professionally-designed templates. Even novice users can create professional-quality photo albums, calendars, collages, greeting cards and slideshows within minutes. To help novice users quickly master photo and video sharing and organizing tasks, Corel Snapfire provides an easy-to-follow Message Center that guides users to the outstanding features available to them. The Message Center also delivers quick tips, tutorials, news, and information on product updates - making it easier than ever for non-technical users to access Snapfire's features as well as generate creative and impressive multimedia projects. Corel Snapfire's noteworthy capabilities, available through a free download and via an increasing number of partners include: - Organize - With zero-click downloading, full-screen Quick Review, and the handy Quick Search, Corel Snapfire takes the effort out of organizing growing digital photo and video collections. Corel Snapfire also automatically scans the computer's My Pictures folder, finds and catalogues all existing photos and videos, and then provides multiple options for easily browsing the collection. - Enhance - With Corel Snapfire, it's fun and easy to enhance a user's favorite photos. Users can get started immediately by choosing from simple, one-click photo-improvement features. In addition, the advice of the built-in Photo Doctor is perfect for new digital camera owners or novice software users who may not be sure how to improve their photos. - Create - In just minutes, users can make visually stunning photo creations simply by dropping photos into professionally-designed templates. Users can choose from album pages, calendars, collages, greeting cards, and much more. - Share - From e-mailing and printing to ordering prints through online photo services, Corel Snapfire makes it easier than ever to share photos and videos. Users can further express their creativity with Snapfire Shows, which goes well beyond traditional photo sharing. These easy-to-create yet visually stunning slide shows can be shared easily, offering users the best way to share multiple photos and video clips, with amazing transitions between photos and video clips, accompanied by a soundtrack of their favorite music. Users can easily upgrade to Snapfire Plus, an enhanced version of Snapfire, as their experience and confidence with digital photo and video sharing and editing grows. Corel Snapfire Plus offers all the popular organization and sharing options of Snapfire, as well as more advanced, yet easy-to-use photo- and video-editing features, including Makeover Tools and Picture Tubes currently found only in Corel Paint Shop Pro. In addition, Corel Snapfire Plus provides more options for creating unique slide shows, including easy video editing and full control over motion effects and transitions, additional project templates, and the PhotoSafe Backup System. Users can add new functionality to Snapfire Plus by upgrading to additional new product feature as they need them. This provides customers with unprecedented levels of control and flexibility in customizing their software experience. The first modular component will add functionality into the Snapfire Plus product to allow users to author Snapfire slideshows to a DVD and play them back in a television DVD player. This module will be available in Q4 2006. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Computing News :: home page |