The Battle of the Sixes:Ulead PhotoImpact 6 Now AvailableAdobe PhotoShop 6 Imminent

Ulead has just released the latest version of its popular graphic editing program PhotoImpact 6.  PI happens to be one of my favorite all-round editors in the "affordable" category for the average user who needs a powerful and versatile graphics program. What started out as an image editing program is now a suite of graphic and web utilities that does everything from photo editing to complete HTML page creation. Ulead's Gif Animator rounds out one of the best packages that you'll ever buy for just . A fully functional trial version is available for download.

To kick off the release of PhotoImpact 6 Ulead is sponsoring a "Show Us Your Site Contest" that runs from Sept 18 to Nov 15, 2000. All you need to do is use PhotoImpact 6 to create your graphics and Web page. Ulead will begin hosting your contest web page submissions powered by Homestead.com when the contest goes live on September 18th. Your site can consist of as many pages as you would like, but the judging will be based solely on your home page.

The Grand Prize for best overall site is ,000. Other prizes include ,000 cash prizes for category winners (see categories below), free software packages and much more. Please visit the contest web page for full details.

PhotoShop 6Adobe had a real dog and pony show going on at the Seybold 2000 show with a large display for their new PhotoShop 6 release that is due next month. Photoshop 6.0 delivers dozens of powerful new features including integrated vector functionality, improved Web workflow, and a streamlined interface to help every level of user master its power and flexibility more efficiently than ever before. Now including ImageReady 3.0, the advanced Web component, Adobe Photoshop 6.0 provides an unbeatable combination of tools that maximize user creativity, precision and control, while helping them work more quickly without the need for other image editing and Web graphics products.