Topaz Vivacity V1.3.1 Released

12/18/2007. Topaz Labs LLC releases Topaz Vivacity V1.3.1, an update that increases Vivacity processing speed on multi-cpu systems.

PLANO, TX - December 18, 2007 - Topaz Labs LLC, a software company specializing in image and video enhancement technology, releases Topaz Vivacity V1.3.1, a set of Photoshop plug-ins for image enhancement.

The breakthrough algorithms used in Topaz Vivacity can affect a distinct improvement in imperfect images. Avid photographers and graphics professionals will find Topaz Vivacity invaliable in rescuing otherwise unusable images and to enhance images in all aspects. With Topaz Vivacity, you can: (1) enlarge images while still maintaining visual clarity, (2) eliminate ISO noise, film grain and other noise with little loss of details, (3) eliminate JPEG and JPEG2000 compression artifacts, (4) sharpen and enhance edges without overshooting or noise amplification, (5) remove color bleeding and recover color edges, and (6) create special effects.

The major changes in this update are: (1) support for multi-cpu systems, such as those with Core 2 Duo or Xeon processors. For example, it can provide a 2.5~3.5 times speed increase on computers with a quad-core CPU. (2) better compatibility with Windows Vista and Photoshop CS3, and (3) a new convenient installation that automatically installs the plug-ins properly to Photoshop and Photoshop Elements. .

Pricing
Topaz Vivacity retails at $49.99 USD. It is available on the Topaz Labs web site at www.topazlabs.com, and many software download sites. Current Topaz Vivacity customers are encouraged to upgrade to this release free of charge.

Compatibility
Topaz Enhance has been successfully tested on Adobe Photoshop 5.x and above, all versions of Photoshop Elements, as well as many software that support Photoshop plug-ins. Currently, only the Windows version is available.

About Topaz Labs LLC.
Topaz Labs LLC, a privately owned company in Plano, Texas, specializes in developing video and image enhancement products. With today's widespread use of digital still cameras, digital video cameras, and HDTV, the need for enhancing digital images and videos has increased dramatically. Topaz Labs LLC is dedicated towards bringing state-of-the-art image and video enhancement technologies to graphic and video professionals and consumers.

Company website: www.topazlabs.com
Contact Email: marketing@topazlabs.com
Contact phone: 214-205-2266

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Topaz Enhance for Mac Released

12/06/2007 Topaz Labs LLC releases Topaz Enhance for Mac V2.2, making the advanced video enhancement plug-ins available for the Mac platform.

PLANO, TX – December 6, 2007 – Video enhancement company Topaz Labs LLC releases Topaz Enhance V2.2 for the Mac, making the acclaimed video enhancement plug-ins for Adobe After Effects CS3 available for the first time on the Mac platform.

Topaz Enhance for Mac V2.2 is a set of plug-ins for Adobe After Effects CS3, It contains filters that enhance SD to HD, de-interlace videos, suppress noise while enhancing clarity and details, sharpen blurred videos, remove color bleeding, reduce codec artifacts, and create visual effects. It has the same set of filters and the same functionality as Topaz Enhance (for Windows) V2.2

Compatibility: Topaz Enhance for Mac V2.2 works with Adobe After Effects CS3 and requires an Intel CPU-based Mac.

Pricing: Topaz Enhance for Mac V2.2 retails at $349.00 USD per license. Volume discount and site license are available upon request.

Availability: Topaz Enhance is immediately available for download at http://www.topazlabs.com. You are welcome to evaluate it, free of charge, for 30 days.

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Topaz Moment, V3.4 Released

11/14/2007: Topaz Moment V3.4 is optimized for multi-CPU systems and can process images up to three times faster.

Plano, TX, November 14, 2007 -- Topaz Labs LLC, a company specializing in video enhancement, announces the release of Topaz Moment V3.4.

Topaz Moment is a Windows application that captures high resolution frames from videos using super-resolution technology. Topaz Moment V3.4 is optimized to support multi-CPU systems such as those using Intel Core 2 Duo or Xeon. For instance, TM enhancement is about three times faster on an 4-CPU system. There are also some minor bug fixes as well.

Current Topaz Moment V3.x customers are strongly encouraged to upgrade to this release free of charge. No new license key is required.

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Topaz Moment, PE, V3.4 Released

11/14/2007: Topaz Moment PE (Production Edition) V3.4 is a maintenance release that fixed a bug causing jagged edges in enhanced stills.

Plano, TX, November 14, 2007 -- Topaz Labs LLC, a company specializing in video enhancement, announces the release of Topaz Moment, Production Edition, V3.4.

Topaz Moment Production Edition is a Windows application that is specifically designed to enable video production houses and webmasters to turn large number videos/DVDs into a database of high resolution pictures. It uses advanced super-resolution and other enhancement technologies to produce the best possible results.

Topaz Moment PE (Production Edition) V3.4 is a maintenance release that fixed a bug causing jagged edges in enhanced stills. There are also some other minor bug fixes as well.

Current Topaz Moment, Production Edition, customers are strongly encouraged to upgrade to this release free of charge. No new license key is required.

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Topaz Moment, PE, V3.3 Released

05/24/2007: Topaz Labs releases Topaz Moment, Production Edition, V3.3, an upgrade to the software tool that is widely used by webmasters to generate high quality images from videos using super-resolution technology.

Plano, TX, May 24, 2007 -- Topaz Labs LLC, a company specializing in video enhancement, announces the release of Topaz Moment, Production Edition, V3.3.

Topaz Moment Production Edition is a Windows application that is specifically designed to enable video production houses and webmasters to turn large number videos/DVDs into a database of high resolution pictures. It uses advanced super-resolution and other enhancement technologies to produce the best possible results.

Major updates:

• Dual core and multi-core system support: speed of capture and enhancement is substantially increased on multi-processor systems.
• Additional options for batch capturing, including setting the maximum number of frames for each video and batch capturing raw frames.
• Some improvements to enhancement engine to produce more natural-looking images.
• Bugs fixes.

Current Topaz Moment Production Edition customers are welcome to upgrade to this release free of charge. No new license key is required.

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