Review of the August General Meeting 2005

     by David Robbins

      Charlene Francis and JP Williams made an excellent presentation of Microsoft’s Digital Image Suite 10 at the August General Meeting. Digital manipulation has improved since I first became aware it quite a few years ago and Microsoft has almost put it in the “just click a few buttons” category. Digital Image Suite 10 allows you to make changes and improvements to your image with little effort and does a beautiful job of it.
      There is Digital Imaging Pro 10 and the Digital Image Suite 10, I would prefer the much more capable Digital Imaging Suite 10. In addition, the Suite includes the Photo Story software, which makes slide shows from your pictures with sound (music or narration) in just minutes. Your vacation pictures or pictures of the children can be put in a slide show and sent to friends or relatives so they can enjoy it even with out a computer.
      Organizing and categorizing your photos has been made easier with the Digital Imaging Suite 10. You can flag pictures of a subject (flowers) and all of the flagged pictures will be called up into one group no matter where they are located. Smart Erase can remove offending objects in a photo with little work compared to the old way of cloning pixel by pixel. Red Eye is easily removed with just a couple clicks of the mouse. Facial imperfections can be easily removed.
There are many features already in this software, but with these new capabilities there is so much you can do and with less effort than before.

Here is listed some of the new features:

  • Acquire and Organize
  • Flag photos for editing or printing
  • Edit and Face Touch-up
  • Panoramic stitching
  • Color and Saturation Toolset
  • Exposure and Lighting Toolset
  • Level and Curve Correction Tools
  • Selection Brush and Mask
  • Advanced Noise reduction
  • Autofix for Color, Exposure and more
  • Create and Share Photos
  • Turn Photos into Video with Photo Story 2.0

     More information can be obtained from Microsoft.com or your favorite software review site on the Internet.
     Microsoft has come out with a new version, Digital Image Suite 2006. This version has more new features such as Photo Story 3.0 and supports Adobe Photo Shop Plug-ins.
     This software can be ordered from Microsoft or purchased at many local or Internet stores; there is a rebate from Microsoft on the Digital Imaging Suite 2006 and the Digital Imaging Standard 2006.

 

Prize Winners for August: