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Media Lab Release SiteGrinder 2 Basic and SiteGrinder 2 Pro - Plus SiteGrinder/PSD2FLA Bundle Offer

Media Lab have announced the release of SiteGrinder 2 Basic and SiteGrinder 2 Pro, new versions of its genre-breaking website production plug-in for Photoshop. For over a year the first version of SiteGrinder has been empowering web beginners and experts alike to convert Photoshop designs into sophisticated web pages in a single click via an unprecedented intuitive method of adding one-word hints, such as "button" or "menu", to the names of layers in Photoshop. SiteGrinder 2, now divided into Basic and Pro versions, adds an enormous array of features which vastly increase the variety of web elements users can generate without ever leaving the familiar environment of Photoshop.

What SiteGrinder Does
All versions of SiteGrinder generate web pages with graphics, styled and even scrolling web text, rollover buttons, popups, and multi-level menus. Interactive elements can be constructed from graphics, text, or a mix of both, and function across multiple web pages that are automatically linked to one another.

"The elegance of SiteGrinder's basic idea - that naming Photoshop layers is a great way to indicate the intended functions of those layers - produces an unusual combination of both power and simplicity. Using SiteGrinder is a little like finally getting a TiVo after struggling with your VCR for ten years!" says Media Lab President Tom Summerall.

New Features of SiteGrinder 2 Basic and Pro
SiteGrinder 2 comes in two editions, Basic and Pro. SiteGrinder 2 Basic builds upon the groundwork laid by SiteGrinder 1 and is faster, has better reporting, and generates better CSS, as well as intelligently merging graphics for users automatically.

"SiteGrinder 2 Basic stays true to the ideals of SiteGrinder 1 - making a standards compliant web site that has a high degree of fidelity to the original Photoshop file." explains Media Lab CEO Chris Perkins "but SiteGrinder 2 Pro goes places Photoshop never could and we start to treat the Photoshop document more like a guide and less like a frozen picture. There are no form creation tools in Photoshop, but with SiteGrinder 2 Pro you can make forms easily by just typing into a text field and putting underscores where you want to collect information. SiteGrinder will build the form from that description. It's amazing."

SiteGrinder 2 Pro adds seven distinct new industry-leading features to SiteGrinder.

• image gallery creation
• animated Flash slideshow creation
• importing of external multimedia files such as Flash animation and video
• easy integration with external HTML files
• sophisticated support for background tiles and images
• easy creation of custom web forms including email forms
• vertically expanding pages that can expand to fit growing content

Amazing Image Galleries
SiteGrinder 1 attracted the interest of Photographers who were delighted to suddenly be capable of creating their own websites to display their portfolios. SiteGrinder 2 Pro aims a large number of its new features squarely at photographers to let them create galleries where they control the exact look and design. Thus, photographers can put their best (and very personal) foot forward, rather than being trapped by some canned template.

• One page design creates an entire gallery. SiteGrinder 2 Pro can generate an entire gallery of images from a single page design with just a few layers to indicate where images, thumbnails, and navigation buttons should appear.
• Thorough metadata support. SiteGrinder 2 Pro can exploit the information that digital cameras and Photographers place in jpeg files in a variety of ways. Styled metadata can appear anywhere on a page. Position and style are determined by standard Photoshop type layers.
• Automatic thumbnails and navigation. Most galleries use thumbnails, small versions of Photographs, to help users navigate to the right image. SiteGrinder 2 Pro has simple techniques to generate an infinite variety of thumbnail treatments. Most importantly, SiteGrinder 2 Pro automatically links thumbnails to allow them to navigate to full-size images. Thumbnails can even employ image metadata for additional customization.

Pricing and Availability
Mac OS X and Windows versions of the SiteGrinder unlockable demo are available now via download. Introductory pricing for the download version is US $249 for the Pro edition and $129 for Basic. SiteGrinder 2 can be ordered from Media Lab's online store. Also look for the special 30% bundle offer.

About Media Lab
Based in Longmont, Colorado, Media Lab Inc. has been bringing Photoshop designs to interactive life as Web pages and Macromedia Director & Flash movies for over a decade. Media Lab's award-winning web-page design tool PhotoWebber has received numerous favorable reviews since it was introduced in April, 2000. The company's multimedia design tools - PhotoCaster, PSD2FLA, and AlphaMania - have been used to create pioneering special effects seen at the EPCOT Center at Disney World in Florida, in numerous music videos and in motion pictures such as "X-Men 2", "Spiderman 2", "Air Force One", and "Armageddon". Media Lab can be reached via the web site at www.medialab.com, by email at press@medialab.com, by phone at 800-282-5361 or 303-546-7929.

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Photoshop CS3 Upgrade Options And Bundles From The Adobe Store

Photoshop CS3 Extended is ideal for film, video, and multimedia pros and for graphic and web designers using 3D and motion. Get the full version for US $999, or upgrade for US $349. The standard version of Photoshop CS3 is available for US $649, or as an upgrade for US $199. See all upgrade options at the Adobe Store. See our CS3 Resource Center for free Photoshop CS3 tutorials.

Photoshop Extended is also available as part of Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium, which combines all-new CS3 versions of Photoshop, Flash Pro, Dreamweaver, Illustrator, InDesign and Acrobat 8 Pro. Upgrade options for customers in Europe, the UK, Australia, New Zealand and Asia can be found at the Adobe International Store.

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Available At The Adobe Store

There are tons of new features in Adobe Lightroom 1.0 that you won't find in the beta version. From Clone and Healing functionality to metadata browsing, you'll be able to free-up post-processing time like never before. Get it now at the Adobe Store. Customers in Europe, the UK, Australia, New Zealand and Asia can find special pricing and offers at the Adobe International Store. For free Lightroom tutorials see our Lightroom tutorials page.



Special Offer - Fluid Mask - Photoshop Masking Plugin

Fluid Mask is based on breakthrough segmentation technology inspired by the way the eye, optic nerve and brain perform visual processing. When an image is loaded, Fluid Mask's segmentation engine analyses the distribution of colors, finding the natural groups within the image. Together with information calculated about edges, gradients and textures, a model is constructed which divides the images into objects.

Vertus Software is offering Fluid Mask at the special 'friends and partner' discounted rate. This is an exclusive offer to visitors of PhotoshopSupport.com. To qualify, visit the Fluid Mask Discount Price page. Find out more about Fluid Mask on our special Fluid Mask Page.

Photoshop CS3 Book - CS3 Essential Skills - By Mark Galer And Philip Andrews

Brimming with beautiful pictures, Photoshop CS3 Essential Skills guides you through a project-based, progressive curriculum so that you can build all the essential skills to enhance photographs creatively and professionally with Photoshop CS3. If you are an aspiring professional, enthusiastic amateur photographer, or a student learning photography, digital imaging, art and design, or design graphics, you'll be amazed at the stunning results you can achieve. A DVD is included free.