07-29-2003, 10:00 PM
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Executive Editor
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Microsoft Launches Digital Image Software Suite
Microsoft is shipping a new version of their Picture It! suite, re-named Digital Image Suite 9 (gosh, where did the previous eight versions go?). I've never been a huge fan of Microsoft's imaging products (give me Picasa any day!), but this one looks like it might be a winner - especially with the mobile device integration mentioned below. I hope it's something vaguely cool, not just "Oh, you can do a SAVE AS and resize your JPEG images to 320 x 240".
"Microsoft also says the new software will enable users to locate, organize and search for in new ways. Microsoft clearly aims to integrate imaging into other forms of multimedia. The company says with what it calls "Photo Story Lite" consumers will be able to combine edited images, motion, text and even their own voice into a unique and personal photo story or video that can be burned onto CD-ROM and viewed in most consumer DVD players or sent via e-mail, Microsoft said in a press release. The digital imaging software suite is designed for mobile applications too, which enables users to instantly resize digital photos to the correct display size for a mobile device. Photos can be resized to fit on most popular mobile phones, Pocket PC or Palm devices, Microsoft said."
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07-29-2003, 10:10 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Aug 2006
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I've tried many of these digital imaging suites, and still keep coming back to Adobe, and wondering why I ever went away in the first place. Would be interesting to hear more about what "designed for mobile applications" means though.
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07-29-2003, 10:28 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Apr 2007
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Would be interesting to know just how powerful the device features are - wonder if they are any better than the image resizer powertoy for Windows XP:-
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/p.../powertoys.asp
Which is adequate (and free)
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07-29-2003, 10:31 PM
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Thinker
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I saw this package at Costco over the weekend and wondered why I hadn't heard of it before.
It was pricy, though. As I recall, $109 with a $40 mail-in rebate.
As for the PhotoStory Lite, I believe the full PhotoStory is in the Plus! for Digital Media package, and they're soon rolling out version 2.0 (free to Plus! owners).
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07-29-2003, 11:51 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Aug 2006
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The really irritating part about this release is how quickly they brought it out. They just released Digital Image Pro 7 last Oct/Nov at $99 and I asked "Santa" for it for Christmas. Now 7 months later they suddenly come out with Digital Image Pro 9 and the suite version (I too wonder where version 8 went) and they want another $129 for it minus a $30 rebate (Oh yeah, make it $60 if you buy a digital camera at the same time). Generally speaking I like the product as I'm not that much of a power user, and I usually have a tendency to buy MS products, but I'm getting so tired of having to shell out my $'s for new versions of the products in such short time periods <sigh>.
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07-30-2003, 12:38 AM
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Thinker
Join Date: Jul 2003
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Re: Microsoft Launches Digital Image Software Suite
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Originally Posted by Jason Dunn
Microsoft is shipping a new version of their Picture It! suite, re-named Digital Image Suite 9 (gosh, where did the previous eight versions go?).
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Hrm... version 8 is probably hanging out with NT 1 and NT 2.
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07-30-2003, 12:54 AM
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Philosopher
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Originally Posted by Peter Foot
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Good link
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07-30-2003, 01:29 AM
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Pupil
Join Date: Oct 2002
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This is the year Adobe dies.
Bye bye acrobat, photoshop, and premeir.
All too expensive anyway.
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07-30-2003, 02:38 AM
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Thinker
Join Date: Jul 2003
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Ehm... I don't see Acrobat kicking the bucket anytime soon.
Why would you want them to? I'm certainly not a fan of Adobe for various reasons, but I don't want to see them put out of business. The more competitors there are in the market, the better.
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07-30-2003, 04:02 AM
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Pupil
Join Date: Apr 2002
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Yawn - MS pathetically still tries to catch up to Apple
Yawn - MS pathetically still tries to catch up to Apple's iPhoto amd iMovie. Combine iPhoto/iMovie with Photoshop Elements and you can smoke any lame MS offering.
Wake me up when MS photo blah blah version 10 comes out and we'll see if they've caught up. :roll:
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