Newest
Release is Packed with Fun Photo
Projects, Easy One-Click Fixes and New
Digital Art Tools to Make Creative
Projects Look Their Best
OTTAWA - January
15, 2008
Corel Corporation (NASDAQ:CREL; TSX:CRE),
a leading developer of graphics,
productivity and digital media software,
today announced the launch of
PhotoImpact® X3, its award-winning
digital photo editing software.
PhotoImpact X3 combines easy-to-use
photo editing, inspiring photo projects
and amazing digital art to make digital
photography and image creativity fun,
fast and easy.
PhotoImpact is designed for the family
memory keeper and the graphic arts
hobbyist with its quick, effective photo
enhancement tools and fun photo
projects. Graphics hobbyists can paint,
draw and experiment for hours while
video enthusiasts can take their
projects to the next level by exporting
DVD menus from PhotoImpact directly into
Corel's DVD MovieFactory® and
VideoStudio®."
"Corel's Digital Media solutions offer
the broadest portfolio of products to
enhance the way users live, work and
play," said Denise MacDonell, Director,
Product Management, Digital Imaging at
Corel. "Project-oriented users will find
that PhotoImpact X3 has the perfect mix
of easy-to-use editing capabilities,
creative project templates and digital
art - all at an affordable price."
Make Every Photo
Special
PhotoImpact X3 is perfect for quickly
enhancing your photos with one-click
corrections and easy-to-use composition
tools. New enhancement features in
PhotoImpact X3 include:
Enhanced
ExpressFix
- Handy ExpressFix mode is now even
easier to use and provides a broader
range of tools for quickly improving
photos. With a new natural order, tools
are presented in the sequence in which
you most often use them, making workflow
more intuitive.
New
Next-Generation Crop Tools
- New tools include the Rule of Thirds
Crop, which aligns major photo elements
along the lines for more balanced and
dynamic images and a Golden Ration Crop,
a classic technique that helps in
establishing focus and composing
powerful images.
New
Corel MediaOne Plus Digital Media
Management
- Keep track of all your digital images
with this complete media management
suite. Import, tag and sort your photos
and videos and find any image fast. Use
Smart Collections to group your photos
and the slideshow feature to create
masterpieces to send to friends and
family.
Take Your Photos
to New Places
The Share button offers easy wizards to
create fun photo projects and gifts.
Choose from more than 200 customizable
templates for a wide range of ways to
share your photos. New features include:
Enhanced
Calendar Wizard
- Showcase your photos in the perfect
gift. PhotoImpact X3 even lets you mark
special dates like birthdays or
anniversaries with fun icons.
New
Comic Strips
- The creative way to have fun with your
photos, comic strips let you choose a
set of photos and apply a "cartoon"
visual effect to make them look
hand-drawn. By applying a layout
template and adding speech bubbles, you
can create a single-panel cartoon, a
3-strip comic or even your own graphic
novel.
New
Collages
- It only takes minutes to combine a
group of photos into an attractive
montage that looks like it took hours to
make.
Create Amazing
Digital Art
With more creative flair than any other
editor in its class, the sky has always
been the limit with PhotoImpact.
New
Cloud Pen
- The only product feature of its kind,
the Cloud Pen enables you to paint
natural-looking clouds and add fun
effects to the sky. Choose from cumulus,
cirrus and stratus cloud types or get
creative with fantasy cloud animals,
skywriting or smoke signals.
New
Corel® PainterTM Essentials 3
- Draw or paint original artwork, or
enhance your photos with paint effects
with this award-winning product.
Graphics Tools
for Video Enthusiasts
No other image editor offers so many
video graphics tools - from fixing
photos for slideshows to creating the
perfect menu, PhotoImpact is the perfect
companion for every video project.
New
Slideshow Prep Wizard
- Make sure your photos look their best
in a DVD slideshow with a selection of
sophisticated frames, drop-shadow and
color-gradient background styles. Import
your photos into VideoStudio or DVD
MovieFactory to create your slideshow.
Enhanced
DVD Content
- Present your video projects like a
pro. Design and print DVD labels and
case covers that match the menus in DVD
MovieFactory and VideoStudio.
Pricing and
Availability
With a suggested retail price of $69.99
(US and Canada), PhotoImpact X3 is
available starting today through
www.corel.com and in the coming weeks
through Corel's global channel partners.
Upgrades from PhotoImpact 10, 11 and 12
start at $49.99 SRP (US and Canada).
About Corel
Corporation
Corel is a leading developer of
graphics, productivity and digital media
software with more than 100 million
users worldwide. The Company's product
portfolio includes some of the world's
most popular and widely recognized
software brands including CorelDRAW®
Graphics Suite, Corel® Paint Shop Pro®,
Corel® Painter™, Corel DESIGNER®, Corel®
WordPerfect® Office, WinZip® and iGrafx®.
In 2006, Corel acquired InterVideo,
makers of WinDVD®, and Ulead, a leading
developer of video, imaging and DVD
authoring software. Designed to help
people become more productive and
express their creative potential,
Corel's software strives to set a higher
standard for value with full-featured
products that are easier to learn and
use. The industry has responded with
hundreds of awards recognizing Corel's
leadership in software innovation,
design and value.
Corel's products are sold in more than
75 countries through a well-established
network of international resellers,
retailers, original equipment
manufacturers, online providers and
Corel's global websites. The Company's
headquarters are located in Ottawa,
Canada with major offices in the United
States, United Kingdom, Germany, Taiwan,
China and Japan. Corel's stock is traded
on the NASDAQ under the symbol CREL and
on the TSX under the symbol CRE.
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