Software

3D technology is showing up everywhere…in TVs, Blu-ray players, and now you can bring 3D viewing to your PC thanks to CyberLink's PowerDVD 10. The company's most advanced movie and media player to date, PowerDVD 10 uses TrueTheater 3D technology to convert 2D DVD movies and video files into 3D.

That's not all PowerDVD 10 does. Loaded with CyberLink's TrueTheater technologies (TrueTheater 3D, TrueTheater HD, TrueTheater Noise Reduction, TrueTheater Stabilizer), DVDs and video files are upscaled to HD; video noise is reduced and image stabilization is offered. Also, a "Mark II" update is scheduled for release this summer, adding Blu-ray 3D playback and 2D-to-3D video file conversion to the software. Mark II will be free for those who have already purchased PowerDVD 10 Ultra 3D.Read more

Ask any photographer, web designer or artist what photo software they use, and nine times out of ten the answer will be Adobe Photoshop. Why? Quite frankly, it is simply the best photo software available. I can say that, as it has been my photo editing software of choice for 14 years and counting. And I'm not the only one - photographers, designers, and fans all over the world will be celebrating the creative power of Photoshop beginning today, because on February 19, 2010, Photoshop turns 20!

In the United States, the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) will be hosting a Photoshop 20th Anniversary celebration in San Francisco at the Palace of the Fine Arts Theater today (Feb. 18). The event will feature Adobe's senior vice president of Creative Solutions, John Loiacono, as well as vice president of Photoshop Product Management, Kevin Connor, Photoshop co-creator Thomas Knoll and Adobe creative director and Photoshop evangelist, Russell Brown. To be a part of this celebration and view the live Webcast, visit: www.photoshopuser.com/photoshop20th. Read more

Nik Software just announced that Viveza 2, the latest upgrade to its photo editing software for selective color and light control is now available.

Thanks to Nik Software's U Point technology, you don't need to create complicated selections or layers when editing images, saving you a great amount of work. All you have to do is select areas of an image to adjust by simply pointing and clicking and then using mouse-controlled sliders to adjust brightness, contrast, saturation, structure, shadows, red, green, blue, hue, and warmth in a fraction of the time needed by other tools. Read more

CyberLink just launched CyberLink Media Suite 8, a complete package of software with everything you need for photos, videos, music, movies, and burning data on the PC.

CyberLink Media Suite 8 features:

• MediaShow –a speedy photo and video organizer that sorts photos by faces, converts videos quickly, and fixes photos and videos with one click.
• PowerDirector— Edit high-definition video content and create photo slideshows.
• PowerProducer—Author high-definition videos onto Blu-ray Discs, AVCHD discs and DVDs.
• WaveEditor—Enhance, copy, crop, and trim audio files, whether for editing sound tracks or mobile phone ring tones.
• PowerDVD -Blu-ray Disc and DVD playback with the highest quality movie playback performance, DTS and Dolby Digital home theater audio, and support for interactive BD-Live and BonusView features. Watch high-definition videos, upscale DVD quality, and access Blu-ray movie playback on Windows Media Center. Build a personal database of movie information about Blu-ray Disc and DVD movies.

Now you can fix your home videos with just one click even cheaper than before. MotionDSP just announced that they have lowered the price of their popular video editing software – vReveal – to just $39 (down from $49).

vReveal is software for Windows PCs that easily fixes and shares (with Facebook, YouTube) shaky, dark, grainy, or low-resolution digital video clips. Examples are available on the vReveal website.

"We've focused on making vReveal's powerful video enhancement technology very easy to use, whether you want to stabilize a shaky video, brighten a dark video, or clean a grainy video," said Mike Sonders, Director of Product for MotionDSP. "Now, just in time for the holidays, we've lowered the price of vReveal to make its exciting features even more accessible."

Try it out free for 30 days at www.vreveal.com.

The holidays are here, which means family get-togethers, dinners and holiday parties. More than likely you will take photos or videos to remember the special times you had together. You can do it easily with muvee's latest video editing software, muvee Reveal version 8.

Muvee Reveal version 8 comes packed with easy to use features such as music trimming on multiple music tracks, direct YouTube and Facebook upload options, and personal branding through logo insertion on your movies. It is also optimized for NVIDIA CUDA Graphics Processor Units (GPUs), for up to 8X faster saving times. Read more

This is a great year to create personalized gifts for friends and family. Make them something they will remember forever by creating a photo or video disc of some of your best times together.

Do you have some shaky home video footage or cell phone videos you'd like to add to a disc but thought it impossible due to the quality? vReveal is your solution. It is not video editing software, but video enhancement software. This software features super-resolution technology that increases resolution, reduces noise, and provides stabilization. And, to make it even better…it is super easy to use. "One click" touch-up tools stabilize, clean, sharpen, brighten and increase the resolution of flawed videos. You can even trim a video or rotate sideways videos. Video files can be previewed and then saved to disc or upload them directly to YouTube. Read more

Windows 7 is being released today. Will you be updating your computer to the new operating system? If so, you will need to backup your data. This is especially important for XP users, as the hard drive will have to be wiped clean before installing Windows 7. Memeo has a solution to protect the sensitive data from your hard drive with Memeo Instant Backup and Memeo Backup Premium.

Memeo Instant Backup products give you a worry-free way to upgrade your system while keeping your programs, files and settings in a safe location- such as a storage device or online. Memeo also provides Windows 7 users with a way to restore any deleted files and photos that are no longer on your computer. Read more

We have always been big fans of Nero's digital media software. In fact, earlier this month we told you about BackItUp & Burn, a software solution for backing up and syncing your computer data. Now, Nero has released Nero 9 Reloaded, an update to the world's best selling software suite for your digital media and home entertainment.

Compatible with Windows 7, with Nero 9 Reloaded you can now archive HD videos without the need of a burner. AVCHD content is simply imported into Nero Vision and archived to any hard disk drive, USB flash drive, or flash memory card. Then, just plug it into a Blu-ray Disc player and enjoy! PowerPoint presentations can also be imported to DVD-Video or Blu-ray disc and then played back on your TV. And, the optional Blu-ray Disc Authoring Plug-in lets you burn discs in the highest quality formats for HD playback. Read more

Nero BackItUp & Burn software has everything you need for burning, restoration, recovery and syncing your content. It is easy enough even for the most non-technical person to use! Most tasks can be completed with just three steps, for example:

• Backup data to hard drive, CD, DVD, Blu-ray Disc, FTP, memory card and online storage
• Automatically backup to local hard drive and online storage
• Schedule backups with convenient e-mail confirmations
• Burn discs
• Create audio CDs and copy DVDs and Blu-ray discs
• Synchronize files and folders for easy access to latest versions
• Recover data from deleted and damaged storage media
• Restore files, folders, drives and systems
• Boot from retail CD if system recovery is needed