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February is in full swing, which means it's time to announce X-Rite's schedule of webinars for professional and serious amateur photographers. Four free webinars are offered this month – Editing Portraits in Photoshop & Getting Prints Back that Match Your Display!, Image Edits and Enhancements in Lightroom 3, For the Birds! Nature Photography with Maxis Gamez and Edit & Enhance Landscape Images in Photoshop – all which will help photographers gain new confidence and learn quick, easy and powerful ways to enhance their color workflow.

"This month, X-Rite hosts four completely new Webinars that will surely appeal to a range of photographers looking to improve their photography as well as color management skills," said Mark Rezzonico, vice president, X-Rite Photo Marketing. "And we're especially pleased to co-sponsor with Nik Software, professional nature photographer and bird specialist Maxis Gamez's nature photography Webinar."

February Webinar Schedule:

Thursday, February 9, 2012, 11:00 AM EST and 1:00 PM EST
Editing Portraits in Photoshop & Getting Prints Back that Match Your Display!

Spend an hour with host Joe Brady learning how to edit portrait photographs to create images clients will love. In this free webinar sponsored by X-Rite, Joe will share some of his favorite techniques, tips and tricks for adding shape, direction and finish to portraits. From simple blemish removal to complex reshaping of body parts, these step-by-step tutorials will enhance your Photoshop skills and improve your editing quality and speed.Read more

X-Rite on Monday announced its schedule of free December Webinars for professional and serious amateur photographers. Two Webinars are offered this month - Workflow Mania | Color Management and Nik Software with Janice Wendt and RAW COLOR POWER with the ColorChecker Passport. Webinar attendees will also have the opportunity to ask questions to the live trainers.

"In December we wrap up a busy year that was full of free educational webinars designed to teach photographers how X-Rite's line of color management tools can bring their digital photography color to new levels," said Mark Rezzonico, vice president, X-Rite Photo Marketing. "And to finish the year, this month we are pleased to feature a brand new webinar – one hosted by Nik Software's highly regarded trainer Janice Wendt and co-sponsored by Nik Software. This new webinar is one not to be missed as Janice shares with attendees her secrets to getting the 'Wow' factor in every image." Read more

X-Rite on Friday announced its schedule of free November Webinars geared toward both professional and serious amateur photographers.

Four topics are covered this month - Take your images to WOW!, Improve your Color Management Skills Part 3, Stop Guessing - Start Knowing! Accurate Monitor Color, and Beyond Monitor Calibration - Get Prints That Match Your Display! Webinar attendees will also have the opportunity to ask questions to the live trainers.

"In November, our free educational webinars will again teach interested photographers how X-Rite's line of color management tools can bring their digital photography color to new levels," said Mark Rezzonico, vice president, X-Rite Photo Marketing. "In addition, this month we are pleased to feature two new webinars – one hosted by professional photographer Winifred Whitfield and co-sponsored by Nik Software as well as the third webinar in a three part series to improve color management skills. These brand-new webinars will outline workflow ideas designed to transform even ordinary photos into extraordinary images." Read more

October is here, which means X-Rite has a brand new schedule of free webinars for professional and serious amateur photographers. Four topics are featured this month, all which will help photographers gain new confidence and to learn quick, easy and powerful ways to enhance their color workflow. They are: One Step Beyond Amazing hosted by Jane Conner-Ziser, Improve your Color Management Skills, Part 2, RAW COLOR POWER with the ColorChecker Passport, and Stop Guessing - Start Knowing! Accurate Monitor Color with X-Rite.

"Consistent, accurate color management remains an important building block for photographers seeking professional looking images," said Mark Rezzonico, vice president, X-Rite Photo Marketing. "In October, our free educational webinars will again teach interested photographers how X-Rite’s line of color management tools can bring their digital photography color to new levels. Also this month we are pleased to feature two new webinars – one hosted by professional photographer Jane Conner-Ziser and co-sponsored by Nik Software as well as the second webinar in a three part series to improve color management skills. These brand-new webinars will outline workflow ideas designed to transform even ordinary photos into extraordinary images." Read more

Photographers looking for insights and tips on how to achieve color control, consistency and creativity in their workflow should sit in on the free webinars offered this month from X-Rite. Five free Webinar topics are covered in September and webinar attendees will also have the opportunity to ask questions to the live trainers.

Consistent, accurate color management remains an important building block for photographers seeking professional looking images," said Mark Rezzonico, vice president, X-Rite Photo Marketing. "In September, our free educational webinars will again teach interested photographers how X-Rite's line of color management tools can bring their digital photography color to new levels. Also this month we are pleased to feature two new webinars – one hosted by professional photographer Jim DiVitale and co-sponsored by Nik Software as well as the first webinar in a three part series to improving color management skills. These brand-new webinars will outline workflow ideas designed to transform even ordinary photos into extraordinary images." Read more

It's August - this month X-Rite has three free Webinars for both professional and serious amateur photographers. These educational tutorials will provide photographers with tips to achieve color control, consistency and creativity in their workflow.

"This month our hour-long educational webinars will once again teach imaging professionals and enthusiasts how X-Rite's line of color management tools can bring their digital photography color to new levels and help them incorporate a near-effortless color workflow into their every day imaging projects," said Mark Rezzonico, vice president X-Rite Photo Marketing. "Also this month we are pleased to feature a new webinar – one hosted by professional photographer Suzette Allen and co-sponsored by Nik Software. This brand new webinar is sure to help get the creative juices flowing for photographers of all levels and styles."

August Webinar Schedule

Professional photographers and photo enthusiasts will learn how to bring their digital photography color to a new level. This webinar will instruct attendees on how to quickly and easily capture accurate color, instantly enhance portraits and landscapes, create their own color look with one click, maintain color control and consistency and achieve superior color results in a fraction of the time.Read more

Silver Efex Pro is widely regarded by photographers as the leading black-and-white software solution on the market today. Next month Nik Software is releasing Silver Efex Pro 2, a major upgrade packing in a ton of new features and tools for photographers. With Silver Efex Pro 2, transforming color photos into gorgeous black-and-white images is easier than ever.

Silver Efex Pro 2 gives photographers more control over the detail, contrast, and tonality of their images too, and includes specially designed algorithms for black-and-white photography, along with a unique all-in-one workflow, and the ability to make precise selective adjustments without the need for layer masks, thanks to Nik Software's proprietary U Point technology. Read more

Nik Software today announced a new High Dynamic Range (HDR) imaging solution for photographers. HDR Efex Pro is packed full of best-in-class technologies, including single-click visual style presets, global adjustments such as exposure, contrast, structure to fine detail contrast, and a new HDR Method option. This feature uses four tone-mapping algorithms, for practically unlimited HDR "looks."

HDR Efex Pro also includes Nik Software's U Point technology for fine-tuning images without layer masks, allowing photographers to control selective adjustments with just a mouse-click. Finishing adjustments, such as vignette controls and levels & curves are also included.

Features:

• Intuitive interface, with easy to understand photographic terminology and the actual processed results always displayed
• U Point powered selective tools for fast, precise enhancements of contrast, shadow, structure, saturation adjustments, and more
• Multiple proprietary tone mapping algorithms enabling a wide range of HDR styles
• Visual presets that produce amazing results in a single-click
• Ability to create the HDR look from a single exposure
• Advanced technology for automatic image alignment and reduction of subject motion artifacts known as "ghosts"
• All-in-one 32-bit color workflow enabling the creation of professional HDR images