Shapiro Consulting Group, Inc., (SCGI), of Austin, Texas announced today that it has completed development on the OSX version of it's popular Asiva® Photo application and that it is now available for purchase online at their website. The new version, called Asiva Photo 1.02 OSX includes several performance and utility enhancements.

"We are very excited about this release because based on valuable feedback from our users, we have added a few additional features like a Color Info Window and improved some of the screen rendering functions." says Roland Lee, vice president, marketing, for SCGI. "The new version will be be available as a free upgrade to all registered users of Asiva® Photo 1.0."

Asiva® Photo now available for Mac OS 8.6 to OSX, allows photographers, graphic artists and desktop publishing professionals to make color corrections and enhancements that are almost impossible using other software.

"Asiva Photo approaches image processing in a whole new way, without the use of masks," says SCGI chief technology officer Kevin Gordon. "By not using masks, you never have to worry about unnatural edges and their inherent problems. Sometimes even creating a mask would take many hours, and the result still wouldn't be acceptable looking. With Asiva, no masks are needed and the result is a photo that looks completely natural. And it's all done in seconds."

Asiva also lets the artist soften and sharpen objects, increase saturation, brighten or darken areas and create special effects.

For further information, visit http://www.asiva.com.