Cambridge, UK. 22 November 2006. – The personal, coffee table photo book is rapidly developing into a very popular photo print product and is about to overtake traditional 6”x4” prints as the most common photographic printed output in British households. Rarely has the development of a consumer product progressed as quickly. FotoInsight of Cambridge, UK launched photo books from an online facility with limited editing features one year ago. Today the company FotoInsight is introducing a revolution in photo book creation software – a time saving fade-proof record of precious memories for print. It allows novice and inexperienced users to layout their digital images in full colour double page spread, move, crop and edit pictures to any size and add text freely within the photo book, on the cover and on the book spine.

FotoInsight’s Managing Director Klaas Brumann comments: “Our customer’s expectations have been growing rapidly. We have decided to provide photo books only through our software, which we is compact download. Our free software provides a photo book draft within three minutes. To the astonishment of most, it looks just like a professionally laid out coffee table style photo book.” As photo books can be made with up to 98 pages, which can take in excess of 500 images the software also helps to improve the online upload to the photo book production facilities used by FotoInsight. Andy White, Internet Sales Manager at FotoInsight's production partner Standard Photographic Ltd states: "We are extremely proud to launch this exciting new project with FotoInsight in the UK. The photo book is far and above anything else on the market. This is a major step forward for both companies."

In time for Christmas, FotoInsight broadens its photobook range. It now starts with photo booklets (from £5.99) and offers linen cover as well as full colour soft and hardcover options in roughly A4 size or squared, all in all 64 different sizes and shapes are available on FotoInsight (or in Euros from http://fotoinsight.ie). All photo books (square and A4) are available with an editable full picture soft or hard cover or with a linen cover and a very durable channel bind. Channel bind covers use a revolutionary spine forming one of the strongest binds available.



The Photo Book Software

The software for the photo book starts with an easy to use assistant. According to FotoInsight the assistant provides a photo book draft layout within 3 minutes, already with a professional look. This helps to create a printed photo album with hundreds of images quickly. Such layouts can still be fully edited; adding pictures one by one or complete folders, a time saving option. The application provides graphic images for backgrounds; nicer though it seems to use own pictures as a background of a page or a full double page spread.



Instead of using the assistant to create a layout, pages can also be designed individually. This allows rotating and skewing images freely. Any picture can be spread across the page or double page from edge to edge, set on its own or as a background. For example land scape and panorama pictures look great across two A4 pages.



FotoInsight also sets a narrow white line around pictures in the book to set them apart from photographic backgrounds, just as usual in professionally edited coffee table style photobooks. The software provides a useful image editor, to edit individual images. It includes tools to move freely, rotate and label images and to adjust brightness, contrast or saturation. The editor in the software also covers red eye removal and automatic contrast adjustment; plus an undo function. It comes handy that the edited images can be saved as a jpeg.



When saving the photo book project the CeWe Photobook Software presented by Fotoinsight offers a different approach. Instead of embedding the image files into a lay-out file (as would happen with a pdf-file for example) the software creates a subfolder where all images are copied into as jpegs. This has the advantage that each individual photo can be post edited with any digital imaging software. It also allows to batch process these images with other applications.




In the age of the digital camera and camera phones people snap away happily taking lots of pictures to remember their special events. However generally these digital images languish on computer hard drives and the personal memory fades as to who, why, where and what the pictures were about. This is why recently photo albums have seen a revival. FotoInsight have combined the digital age with the growing interest in printed photo albums and taken this to the next step with the CeWe Photo Book – bringing all kinds of new layout tools and making it easier and cheaper to create digital memorybooks with friends and family. According to FotoInsight it doesn’t only print photographs in high quality, but also text is clear, sharp and easy to read. Great for those who like to add ample text to their images.



Convenience and flexibility

FotoInsight offers an online photo print service, fully flexible to be used with images from any digital camera. According to FotoInsight’s management the online service offers superior quality at lower costs when compared to inkjet printing. "Quality is our priority. All materials we use are subject to extensive testing and are guaranteed by their manufacturers to last 100 years. This guarantee extends to photo printing on real photographic paper as well as to the CeWe Photo Books", emphasises Dr. Rolf Hollander, CEO of FotoInsight's production partner and Europe's largest photo finisher.
FotoInsight offers an extensive array of award-winning photo print and photographic gift ideas for the consumer, business, photography, and graphic arts markets. From Cambridge, Mr Brumann comments: “Photographic memories must never fade. Our technology is smarter, providing long lasting Memory Books in superior quality.” The professional production process keeps costs low, so that FotoInsight can offer printed photo albums starting with the 5.1” x 5.5” photo booklets for only £5.99 - plus £2.99 for postage in the UK, to Ireland and most other European countries. Top of the range of 64 models are the 8.6” x 11.8” photo books with up to 98 pages. FotoInsight offers a volume discount when ordering 20 or more photo books of the same format and size.

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Contact information

FotoInsight Ltd.
Cambridge, CB4 1ZP, UK
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Tel. +44 8700 114911
pr (at) fotoinsight.com 

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London, UK. 16 November 2006. – Taking good photographs is easier and cheaper than ever before. Many digital images lingering on computer hard drives could stand out on an office wall, the reception or in the sitting room at home. Until recently photo canvas printing was done by small workshops at horrendous prices. Printing-1 claims to apply the latest technology and efficient production methods to offer what it calls big canvas prints at small prices.

printing 1, a specialist servicing amateur and professional photographers alike, print photos on canvas on frames starting at 30 cm per side and increasing in 10 cm steps to 80 cm per side, where any combination of size can be chosen in these 10 cm steps. The standardised formats, parts and processes allow for higher degree of automation and help to bring the price down. The print penetrates deep into the yarn and therefore does not crack on the edge of the frame. Images are delivered stretched and mounted onto a robust wooden frame which can be hung on the wall immediately and is expected to be extremely long lasting, due to optimised inks and fabrics.

Photo canvas prints help to refine holiday snaps into large format objects of art. The fine structure of the fabric and the image extending over the frame creates the impression of great depth. As the print is highly durable and already mounted onto the frame expensive glass frames become unnecessary. The mounted canvas can be put on the wall immediately and is becomes a very individual piece of art. It is an ideal present suitable for the home as well as stylish offices. Photos on canvas should appeal particularly to those enthusiasts who use Photoshop filters and image editing software like Fo2Pix Artmaster to create digital art. When digital image editing causes the wish to create a large, artistic canvas, the home inkjet printer does not suffice. Printing-1 claims to provide the right quality. A photo canvas print shows more detail, a finer structure and greater depth than images behind glass frames or a photographic poster print.


Printing a photo onto canvas has become as easy as ordering prints or photo books at www.printing-1.co.uk. Printing-1 delivers in the UK, Ireland, the USA and most European countries also under a separate delivery address. This appears convenient in the run up to the Christmas gift shopping rush, especially considering the package size of the mounted canvases. The modern production processes reduce the costs, which allows Printing-1 to offer their prints from £29.95 for a 30cm or 12” mounted canvas and the largest format at 120 cm x 120 cm at £159.95 (postage & packaging is £9.90). Prices which seem well below those that could be found online until recently.



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Printing-1 Background

Printing-1 started in October 2006 as a British-German joint-venture. The Internet-Service is specialising in high quality, modern photo print products like photo books and photo canvas.

Press Contact

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30 January 2007 promises to be a new dawn in computing as Microsoft finally delivers the long anticipated Windows Vista Operating system. This promises to be the most powerful yet – delivering major improvements in areas of personal productivity, networking, digital entertainment and security - with an all-new 3D interface.


With all of the new features there is going to be a steep learning curve - understanding and harnessing the full potential of Windows Vista may prove frustrating and time consuming to many.

Whether you are using Windows Vista in the home or in the workplace, to fully understand and exploit everything this exciting new Operating System has to offer - quickly and effectively – The Professor Teaches Windows Vista Ultimate Training Pack is the clear first choice.

This comprehensive Windows Vista tutorial is available now - two months before Microsoft ships Vista!

It covers every aspect of the powerful Windows Vista Ultimate Edition – delivering a complete training solution for all Windows Vista users – and is perfect for those who would like to evaluate the product before upgrading.

This cutting-edge interactive training package uses coaching methods and provides fast and effective training based on Microsoft’s own design specifications. It includes extensive hands-on exercises, quizzes and tests on every major subject. An enjoyable, award-winning formula designed to teach the skills and confidence to become a knowledgeable user of Windows Vista.

“Vista is set to rewrite the way we run our home and work place forever. With the immense publicity that has surrounded the Vista launch - plus the fact that Microsoft is the chosen Operating System for over 90% of PC’s Worldwide – Professor Teaches Vista Ultimate will prove an invaluable and very successful package.” – commented Jeff Fenton, CEO, Greenstreet Software Ltd. “Further Vista training products will follow soon to cover more of the Vista variants”.

Professor Teaches Windows Vista Ultimate will ship 23 November with an SRP of £29.99. It will be available from leading retail outlets on December 1st and it can be pre-ordered now on Amazon, www.electric-software.co.uk and other on-line retailers.

For further information on Professor Teaches Windows Ultimate, to request a review copy or for information on prize competitions and subscription incentives please contact:

Liane Pilkington

Tel. + 44 (0)1480 358826

Email: lpilkington (at) greenstreetsoftware.com



Professor Teaches from Individual Software

The Professor Teaches range of training software is the Worlds #1 best selling range of desktop training software (source NPD Group/NPD Techworld 2006), providing award-winning training packages for all leading Microsoft, Adobe and Macromedia Operating Systems, Utilities and Productivity Applications.

Greenstreet

Greenstreet are a world leading developer & software publisher focusing on the sale of top quality, innovative products developed both in-house and by outside parties worldwide. Winner of major Industry awards and accolades for innovation & value, greenstreet creates innovative, feature packed products at affordable prices - for Home Entertainment, SME Business & Office Markets and a well-established test department ensures that only the very best games and utility software gets the greenstreet stamp of approval.

Press Contact

IITM is a specialist agency and will be delighted to arrange interviews, images, NFR versions for review and discuss opportunities for software reviews, cover mounts, incentives, OEM versions.

International IT Marketing Limited

Catalina Martinez

Email: pr (at) IITM.info

Tel.  +44 20 3286 7469

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