Picture Publisher 10 Digital Camera

Installation is straightforward and unleashes two separate, though linked, applications. The Micrografx Photo Album provides a repository for all your digital images (using a familiar Windows Explorer-type interface) and offers a simple way to store, order, and annotate images, create albums, and display thumbnail libraries. Simple wizards let you create multimedia slide shows (which you can record to blank CDs if you have a CD-RW drive), plus batch processing is supported for renaming, rotating, and other basic editing functions.

For access to more powerful image editing functions, launch Picture Publisher itself. A visual toolbar provides step-by-step instructions for those new to image editing software, while a collection of tools and palettes are available as you grow in confidence. A full range of masking, cropping, and color correction tools are available to help make the most of your images, and a fantastic array of professional-style effects can be easily applied using the Effects Browser. Picture Publisher utilizes Objects, which offers the equivalent of layers, for superimposing images and text while keeping them separately editable.

Often overshadowed by the heavyweights in the image editing world--such as Adobe Photoshop and Jasc Paint Shop Pro--Micrografx has put together this entry-level product in the hope of attracting the army of new digital camera users. Anybody persuaded to try Picture Publisher 10: Digital Camera Edition won't be disappointed. --Jason Weston

Amazon.com Product Description
Picture Publisher, Digital Camera Edition was created specifically for small businesses and individuals that have made digital cameras an integral part of their business. It is flexible and powerful, yet does not require the user to spend hours learning complicated software. Create high-impact graphics for print, presentations, and the Web using intuitive one-click macros and a task-oriented visual toolbar to make common tasks easy to accomplish.

Picture Publisher, Digital Camera Edition provides a wide array of features that allow users to manage, correct, enhance, create, and publish digital photos. Easily input photos directly from a digital camera; effectively correct and enhance photos through a batch process; use drawing, painting, and text tools to create new images or enhance existing photos; and choose from multiple publish options including printing and HTML slide shows.

The task-oriented visual toolbar steps users through common tasks to make them easy to accomplish. One-click macros make common tasks like white balancing and color correction quick and easy. Full-screen previews make it easy to see the effects to images before making the actual change. Unlimited undos make it easy to take back that last change that wasn't quite right. You can then organize photos in albums that make sense, and even include the same picture in multiple albums. Manage them with ease by adding keywords for easy lookup later. Save time by working with a number of photos at once. Select the group to be worked with, then add common descriptions, keyword, names, or colors and correct them all at once.