Photo Explorer 2.0 Gives Mac Users Advanced Media Management and Photo Enhancement Tools

Torrance, CA - (June 27, 2002) - Ulead Systems, Inc., a leading developer of image editing, video editing and Web graphics software, introduced Ulead Photo Explorer 2.0 for Mac, a complete media management tool for acquiring, organizing, and sharing image, video and other media files on Macintosh computers. Based on Ulead's award-winning and successful retail product Photo Explorer 7.0 Pro for Windows, Photo Explorer 2.0 for Mac goes beyond basic digital management and enhancement features found in other Mac imaging software. It offers an easy to navigate, yet rich pallet of image management and enhancement tools specifically designed for digital camera owners. Photo Explorer 2.0 for Mac is carbonized for OS X, yet also supports Mac users who are still running on OS 9.x and OS 8.6.

Photo Explorer 2.0 for Mac gives hobbyists the tools to manage photos with convenient folder tree views, image thumbnail previews, and easy drag-and-drop sorting capabilities. They can move beyond basic image management with the software's flexible support for video, audio, animation and 3D files. With Photo Explorer 2.0's unique ability to read EXIF metadata, digital camera hobbyists can access important photo information like date, exposure and other camera settings. Auto conversion features let users convert multiple images from one format to another while auto-rename quickly renames files after transferring them from a digital camera.

Photo Explorer's photo enhancement capabilities remove red eye, crop, rotate or flip photos. It's effortless to improve the look of images when using Photo Explorer's advanced enhancement tools such as hue, saturation, brightness and contrast, color balance, and blur tools. Photo Explorer also includes sharpen tools as well as the ability to add captions or text to photos. All photo enhancement features can be applied to a single photo or batch of images to save time.

Ulead Photo Explorer 2.0 for Mac is available immediately as a downloadable product from Ulead's Website. The street price for Photo Explorer 2.0 Mac is .95.