MGI Launches PhotoSuite 4-Platinum Edition
CAMPBELL, CA and TORONTO, ONT - August 29, 2000 - MGI today introduced MGI PhotoSuite 4-Platinum Edition, the latest version of its best-selling, award-winning Web and PC photo software. Advancing in response to industry trends and customer requests, MGI PhotoSuite 4 adds powerful photo-enhancement tools, more sharing capabilities, fresh content, and once again extends the boundaries of imaging beyond the desktop to the Internet with new Web features that allow home and business users to create stunning, image-rich personal Web sites in minutes.
MGI PhotoSuite 4 now includes a complete set of tools for effortlessly creating and publishing compelling Web sites. PhotoSuite 4 users can select one of the pre-designed Web templates included and simply add image content, or they can take complete control over design and layout. PhotoSuite 4's browser-based architecture provides an intuitive, WYSIWYG environment for users to work in.
As well as supporting standard MAPI compliant Windows email, PhotoSuite 4 now supports sending photos directly through popular Web-based email services such as Hotmail® and AOL Mail. Users are able to reduce and optimize file size before sending photos and can even send multiple photos as an executable file that launches a special slide-show viewer.
PhotoSuite 4 now includes an animated GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) file editor that lets users compose striking content for their Web pages. With the editor, users can easily turn photos into frames of an animated GIF. Users have complete control over playback options, frame duration, and can even add transitions between frames. An enhanced stitch engine gives users the ability to stitch together as many as 48 photos, and create 360° interactive Web panoramas that a Web page visitor can navigate.
More Powerful Photo Tools:
- Cutouts & Transparencies: PhotoSuite 4 now includes increased support for creating and saving cutouts.
- Photo Sprayer: The new Photo Sprayer tool allows users to paint with pictures.
- Fast Image Viewer: PhotoSuite 4 ships with a separate image viewer that provides users a means of quickly viewing image content.
- Plug-in support: PhotoSuite 4's special effects area now supports a variety of PhotoShop® Effects Plug-ins.
- PhotoTapestry replicates a photo by tiling up to 2,000 thumbnail photos in the form of the original.
