• Improved performance throughout the application for faster importing and loading of images
• Native tethered shooting support for select Nikon and Canon DSLR cameras
• Luminance noise reduction has been added to the previous color noise reduction improvements available in the first public beta for outstanding overall high ISO quality
• Support for importing and managing video files from DSLR cameras for better overall photographic workflow control
• Improvements to the import experience in the first beta to reflect public feedback
• Improved watermarking functionality from the first beta to reflect public feedback

Lightroom 3 beta 2 builds on the enhancements introduced in the first Lightroom 3 beta release:

• Brand new performance architecture, building for the future of growing image libraries
• State-of-the-art noise reduction to help you perfect your high ISO shots
• Watermarking tool that helps you customize and protect your images with ease
• Portable sharable slideshows with audio—designed to give you more flexibility and impact on how you choose to share your images, you can now save and export your slideshows as videos and include audio
• Flexible customizable print package creation so your print package layouts are all your own
• Film grain simulation tool for enhancing your images to look as gritty as you want
• New import handling designed to make importing streamlined and easy
• More flexible online publishing options so you can post your images online to certain online photo sharing sites directly from inside Lightroom 3 beta (may require third-party plug-ins)*

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For 20 years, the world has used Adobe Photoshop software to transform creative inspiration into nearly everything we see in print, online, and across media. It’s time to celebrate — and see what today’s Photoshop family of products can do for you.

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This book chronicles the methods of exceptionally productive creative leaders and teams – companies like Google, IDEO, and Disney, and individuals like author Chris Anderson and Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh – that make their ideas happen, time and time again.

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BrowserLab provides web designers exact renderings of their web pages in multiple browsers and operating systems, on demand. BrowserLab is a powerful solution for cross-browser compatibility testing, featuring multiple viewing and comparison tools, as well as customizable preferences. Since BrowserLab is an online service, it can be accessed from virtually any computer connected to the web. Also, Adobe Dreamweaver® CS4 software users have access to additional functionality such as testing local and active content.

The latest update includes the ability to save locally.

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ATTIK Credited with Making a Better World by Author of “Brand Identity Now!” from TASCHEN Books

SAN FRANCISCO – (Jan. 12, 2010) – Global creative agency ATTIK (www.attik.com) is very proud to announce that some of its latest project work has been included in the recently released Brand Identity Now! book from world famous art book publisher TASCHEN Books and its design editor, Julius Wiedemann.

Featuring in-depth case studies of leading projects from around the world, Brand Identity Now! is a major reference work for designers as well as marketing and communications professionals. The book examines logos, imagery, and strategic applications involved in each branded project, featuring over 150 outstanding brand identities from more than 20 countries.

Included among a select number of top design companies worldwide, ATTIK is unique for its broad range of core capabilities, which often result in breakthrough campaigns where the firm’s focus on great design and sound branding practices is shrewdly integrated into hybrid, “media agnostic” sets of channels and approaches which connect with the desired audiences most effectively. ATTIK’s creative work across virtually all media channels for Scion, Lexus, Coca-Cola and other major brands is well known, while the company is also accustomed to making vital communications contributions from behind the scenes. In the latter case, recent examples include developing the brand identity and full marketing toolset for Plastic Logic’s QUE proReader which just launched at CES, the logo and visual identity for OnLive which launched to great fanfare at GDC 2009, the brand identity system for ICON Aircraft and its ICON A5 consumer sport plane which currently has over 400 pre-orders, and the new visual identity system for youth brand Boost Mobile. The Boost Mobile case study appears in Brand Identity Now!

“I have been following the work of ATTIK since the late 90s, when I was working in Japan,” said Wiedemann. “What really strikes me in their work is the conduction of both usability and elegance, a combination that is in most cases hard to achieve. The variety of work created in the studio shows the consistency they keep in every assignment. We are all overwhelmed with information (apart from ugly work too), and we need today to combine beauty and accessibility to cope with that, create a better world. ATTIK has mastered that.”

Brand Identity Now! is available through most major book retailers worldwide, and online at www.taschen.com.

Among other major design references published in 2009, NoiseFive – the latest edition in ATTIK’s original, world-renowned series of experimental design books – is available directly from ATTIK. ATTIK’s Noise publications are also chronicled within the pages of the prestigious Graphic Design, Referenced: A Visual Guide to the Language, Applications, and History of Graphic Design from authors Bryony Gomez Palacio and Armin Vit, and Rockport Publishers. Graphic Design, Referenced is also available through major book retailers around the world.

About ATTIK
ATTIK (www.attik.com) is a global creative agency committed to designing extraordinary creative experiences that inspire consumers through compelling communications. ATTIK’s strategic planning, design, advertising, production, client service and young-adult research expertise have driven success across an array of consumer product and service categories. ATTIK articulates corporate brand strategy, designs creative solutions for advertising, below-the-line and online media, ensuring target audiences are vitally connected to every facet of its clients’ brands. For inquiries, please call Ric Peralta (Ric@attik.com) at +1-415-284-2600.