Tuesday, November 18, 2008

DigitalPro 5 released

DigitalPro 5, released today. It is a major upgrade to DigitalPro and includes many of the feature upgrades most requested by users. As always DigitalPro is the fastest way to work with your images and is still the best solution for "no-brainer" image cataloging while you browse. With the industry's best Photoshop integration DigitalPro 5 continues this leadership. Below is the official announcement of the release and information about how to purchase the upgrade. As always you can download a fully functional demo from http://www.proshooters.com and upgrade through Moose Peterson's WRP site:

For Immediate ReleaseNovember 10, 2008
DigitalPro for Windows: Upgrade to 5.0 includes full Photoshop Workflow support, Open Catalog Database, Infinite ScalabilityMakes Image Cataloging as Quick and Simple as Browsing!
Portola Valley, Calif. – November 10, 2008 –Today Pro Shooters LLC, released DigitalPro™ 5.0 for Windows, a substantial upgrade to their award winning integrated image browser and image cataloging software. DigitalPro4 handles the entire image review and cataloging process, including loading, reviewing, renaming, captioning and filing images. With DigitalPro’s image catalog users can quickly retrieve images based on categories, keywords, captions or shooting data. For editing DigitalPro integrates seamlessly with Adobe Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, Nikon Capture and Capture NX, Bibble, or the user’s choice of photo editors.

New features in DigitalPro 5.0 include:
Run Photoshop Web Gallery & Contact Sheet Scripts directly from DigitalPro
Fully integrated with EXIFTool for display of camera and image meta-data
Switch to SQLite open source database, with user-friendly schema
Can Run PS Action from Batch Conversions within DigitalPro
Do Image Conversion using PS as an option
Support for Vista "Aero" Look & Feel & full Vista install, plus 64-bit Vista
Version Support (DocumentID & Find by DocumentID)
New Skins (Val, Xmas, Mac, Summer)
XMP Support for Photoshop PSD files
New, faster database, easier for user programming
New "Recent Activity" Reports
"Moose Working Directory" for fast disk editing / Archive support
Nested Keywords saved with File for re-import
Wildcard searches in Image Find
** Report Designer for Custom Reports (unsupported)
** (Advanced) Background Metadata Writing (unsupported)
Added support for Google Maps for MapIt button
Added "Sort by Camera" which sorts by Model & Serial Number
Reduce Resources needed for Captioning TIFFs
Added Find only files with GPS Info
Allow Find by Multiple (ORed) Keywords & Categories in addition to ANDed ones
(Experimental) (PRO Edition) Find offline files & display thumbnails
Export/Import functions for Categories, Keywords & Catalog Information When used with DP4.3.9 can transfer keywords, categories & ratings from DigitalPro4
Added Recent Activity Reporting (may need to reset main toolbar or replace layouts to see the commands)

Unique features of DigitalPro include:
Real-time Cataloging while browsing, Unlimited size Catalogs
Integrated Travel & Return functionality with Auto-Filing for location shooters
Tight Integration with Photoshop Engine for World's Best Image Conversion
Integrated support for Photoshop Batch Raw processing
Raw+JPEG mode allows quick image handling for Raw+JPEG shooters
DigitalPro has already received an Editor’s Choice award from American Photo magazine and continues to be recommended by many of the world's top digital photographers.
DigitalPro was developed by Pro Shooters LLC, an experienced team of software developers who have built a series of award-winning productivity applications and who are dedicated digital shooters. “As a shooter I was frustrated by how long it took to organize my digital images and how cumbersome the tools were,” explained David Cardinal, Pro Shooters founder. “As a software developer I knew that we could do better."

Teaming with world-renowned wildlife photographer Moose Peterson and other pro shooters has ensured that DigitalPro is the best product in the industry for the serious digital photographer. For Peterson, “Digital photography was fast and fun until I had to deal with slow and hard to use software to review and file my images. DigitalPro has changed all that. Now I look forward to looking at and filing my images almost as much as shooting.”
DigitalPro is in use by thousands of photographers and corporations worldwide. Pros and serious amateurs alike benefit from the improved workflow and raw file support. Pro and instructor Craig Ingram teaches his participants DigitalPro in his photo seminars, "The attendees at my workshop loved the DigitalPro demonstration. They we all amazed at how easy it was to load, review, catalog and keep track of images using DigitalPro." DigitalPro's network friendly design and business-friendly user-based licensing also makes it a natural for use in organizations. Portrait and wedding photographer Billy Mitchell echoes his sentiments, "David, I must say you are very responsive. Every now and then I check out the other DAM programs that are available just to see what they offer or have added. I don't find anything that does editing as fast and easy as DP. ... DP is still the best. And you fix things fast."

DigitalPro is available for purchase in either Pro Edition (US $259) or Standard Edition (US $159) through WRP at http://www.moosepeterson.com/digitalpro. It is also available for re-sale as part of your photographic seminar or training course by contacting Pro Shooters directly at sales@proshooters.com. A fully functional evaluation version of DigitalPro for Windows is available on the Pro Shooters website at http://www.proshooters.com.

Pro Shooters LLC, http://www.proshooters.com, are the publishers of DigitalPro and dedicated to providing state of the art software for professional photographers. They also sponsor http://www.nikondigital.org, a leading free resource for serious digital photographers. DigitalPro, Digital Loupe, Digital Light Table, and Pro Shooters are all trademarks of Pro Shooters LLC.

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