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Most of us shudder thinking about last year’s “Store Wars” and would really like to give close friends and family members a unique, personal gift this season without braving the weather, fighting the crowds, or standing in long lines.

Something that’s affordable.

Something they’ll thank you for - and really mean it!

You probably already have the most important parts of a truly memorable gift right on your computer, camera card, or CD. The photos you’ve been taking at reunions, weddings, anniversaries, birthdays and past holidays are the key components…for personalized photo gifts.

Great idea, but who has the time???

Fortunately, now that we have digital photos, truly unique gifts are just a few clicks away. Read more

March 24, 2008--Corel Corporation today announced the launch of the Painter Essentials Café (www.essentialscafe.com), a new online community open to all Corel Painter Essentials users. This global community site is the newest in a series that Corel is launching to support its many user communities.

Scrapbookers, parents, teachers, arts and crafts enthusiasts and aspiring photographers can gather together in the Painter Essentials Café to share ideas and inspiration, exchange helpful tips and benefit from the resources, tutorials and added content available on the site. The site also provides members with the opportunity to showcase their work in the “Show Your Creations” area where they can inspire fellow artists with their unique designs. Read more

September 17, 2007--Corel Corporation today announced that it has partnered with Wacom to offer an exciting new bundle for budding artists and photo enthusiasts. This partnership will see Corel’s easy-to-use consumer digital painting software, Corel Painter Essentials 3, bundled with every unit of the new Wacom Bamboo Fun pen tablet shipped in North America.

Ideal for digital photographers, aspiring artists, arts and crafters, students and teachers, Corel Painter Essentials 3 lets users effortlessly create handmade digital art that is perfect for framing, making unique craft projects, incorporating into scrapbooks, or simply creating one-of-a-kind art to share with family and friends. Read more

July 11, 2007– Corel Corporation today announced that Pioneer Electronics Inc. is bundling its next-generation Blu-ray Disc (BD) combo drive, the BDC-2202, with selected titles from Corel’s digital media software lineup. The software bundle includes special editions of Corel’s WinDVD 8, Ulead VideoStudio 11 and Ulead Burn.Now1.5.

Affordably priced at $299.99, Pioneer’s BDC-2202 drive offers a compelling solution for consumers who want to use their PC to view the growing number of high-definition Hollywood movies that are being released on BD. Read more

April 30, 2007 -- Corel Corporation, a leading developer of graphics, productivity and digital media software, today announced the availability of Ulead® VideoStudio® 11 and Ulead VideoStudio 11 Plus, the newest versions of its award-winning consumer video editing and DVD authoring software. Widely regarded for its powerful features and unmatched ease of use, VideoStudio now includes the industry’s first AVCHD editing solution, enhanced DV-to-DVD Wizard and Movie Wizard features, more title/subtitle and overlay tools and a host of quick-fix solutions for common video problems, including automatic color/tone correction. With the new Plus version, consumers also have a complete, end-to-end solution for capturing, editing, authoring and burning HD DVD videos.

Ulead VideoStudio 11 is an all-in-one solution for producing professional-looking videos, slideshows and DVDs with Dolby® Digital sound. More than just an upgrade of the previous version, the Works with Windows Vista™ certified software makes a quantum leap forward in delivering today’s most-wanted features while maintaining the performance and ease-of-use that have made Ulead VideoStudio so popular. Read more

February 27, 2007 — Corel Corporation today announced the release of Ulead DVD MovieFactory® 6 Plus, available in English, with German and French versions to follow next month. This latest release of the award-winning consumer DVD authoring package is the first consumer entry-level product to offer HD DVD burning capability and is also the first new product to be launched since Corel completed its acquisition of InterVideo and Ulead last December.

Packed with features to breathe new life into videos, photos and create Hollywood-style menu motion effects, Ulead DVD MovieFactory 6 Plus maintains the ease of use and affordability associated with previous versions. Requiring very little time or effort, users can produce fun and creative DVD projects with a professional-looking feel in either HD DVD or standard DVD format. For high-definition video enthusiasts choosing the Blu-ray Disc format, DVD MovieFactory 6 Plus also includes the ability to record HD video directly to Blu-ray Disc. It also comes complete with a free version of InterVideo WinDVD®, the world’s number one DVD and video playback software, and a free version of InterVideo DVD Copy™ enabling users to copy their videos and music in three easy steps. Read more

February 26, 2007--Corel Corporation today announced a new update to Corel® Snapfire™, a breakthrough digital photo and video enhancement and sharing software renowned for its remarkable ease of use and breadth of creative projects. The new release, Snapfire 1.2, has received Works with Windows Vista™ certification to ensure optimized performance on this new operating system. In addition, Snapfire Plus 1.2 – the enhanced version of Snapfire 1.2 – includes integration with muvee™ autoProducer 5, an instant personal movie tool that automatically edits videos and synchronizes stylish visual effects to the beat of music soundtracks.

With Snapfire 1.2, users have access to all the tools they need to easily enhance and share their digital photos. And users who upgrade to Snapfire Plus 1.2, the enhanced version, get more functionality and creative projects as well as the ability to edit and share their video clips. Snapfire Plus 1.2 lets digital camera owners edit and organize their photos and videos and share them using hundreds of creative project templates. Users can also create entertaining Snapfire Shows – highly entertaining slideshows set to music and the best way to share groups of photos and video clips. Read more

November 1, 2006--Corel Corporation today debuted the Snapfire “I’m Finally Going To Do Something With My Photos” Giveaway Contest on www.snapfire.com. The contest is designed to encourage millions of users to share the digital photos that are trapped on their cameras, camera phones and personal computers. All contestants have to do to enter is download Corel Snapfire – a breakthrough free digital photo and video sharing and enhancement software – at www.snapfire.com.

Throughout November and December, weekly random drawings will be held for an incredible Share Package that includes a Canon PIXMA iP 4300 photo inkjet printer, gift certificates to Webshots.com and Amazon.com, and Snapfire™ Plus, the enhanced version of the free Snapfire download, along with a variety of other fun giveaways that will help the winners to share their photos with friends and family. At the end of December, there will be a grand prize drawing to win the Share Package plus the grand prize a new Canon Powershot A630 8MP digital camera (a $300 USD value) and an Apple 30GB iPod with video playback (a $240 USD value) for a total prize package worth over $1,000 USD. Read more

October 12, 2006--Corel Corporation today announced that it will release Windows Vista versions of each of its major products.

“Corel is pleased to announce our commitment to Windows Vista by offering a full array of products for this new operating system. Each of these products will deliver the trademark ease of use, powerful feature performance and outstanding value for which Corel products are known,” said Shawn Cadeau, vice president of global marketing for Corel. “This commitment to deliver outstanding applications for Windows Vista makes Corel software the ideal choice for customers and partners who are planning the move to this new operating system.” Read more