Tutorials Cover Fundamental and Advanced Techniques for Retouching Digital Photographs

SAN DIEGO, CA - May 4, 2006 - Software Cinema, a leading software training company supporting the imaging industry of photographers, videographers and graphic artists, today announced their latest Product-On-Disc interactive training series featuring Jane Conner-ziser, a world renowned photo digital artist. This series instructs digital photography enthusiasts on ways to transform poor quality or average shots into exquisite works-of-art utilizing key features of Photoshop Elements.

Developed for the growing number of digital photographer hobbyists committed to advancing their skills, Conner-ziser together with the viewer, walk through various retouching and enhancing projects in sixteen step-by-step lessons. Each lesson covers methods on topics ranging from: opening, cropping and saving individual files, color, contrast and value adjustment, hand tinting, soft focus filters and skin tone blending, decorative borders among others.

"Photoshop Elements has fostered a myriad of new photo enthusiasts by reducing production costs typically associated with standard film photography," said Jane Conner-ziser, leading trainer for Software Cinema. ."Through this fully developed series, users learn principal retouching skills needed to convert average snap-shots into professional looking finished pieces."

"Retouching and enhancing is always a hot topic among our cliental and Conner-ziser's expertise is unmatched," stated Gary Burns, director of operations at Software Cinema. "Photographers of all levels will quickly refine their artistry by learning useful concepts that can be applied to all of their projects.

Software Cinema's Jane Conner-ziser release is the first of several Photoshop Elements training products the company has planned for 2006.

Pricing and Availability
Software Cinema's Photoshop Elements Product-On-Disc series featuring Jane Conner-ziser is available now for $59.00 and can be ordered by going to http://www.software-cinema.com/

About Jane Conner-ziser
Jane is an independent consultant and teacher for the professional photography industry with over 27 years of experience and considered to be one of the most talented and well rounded experts in the field. Jane's projects have spanned across a large segment of the studio photography market including: freelance art, photography, lab systems, digital imaging, Internet, teaching, fine arts and writing for several top industry photography publications. Jane has served on the Digital and Advanced Imaging Committee for the Professional Photographers of America. Her clients include Canon, Art Leather Manufacturing Co, Marathon Press, Kodak, many of the nations largest professional color labs, and numerous studios of fine portrait and commercial photography.

About Software Cinema
Headquartered in San Diego, California, Software Cinema is a privately-held company and strategic partner of Adobe Systems focused on interactive learning for the digital imaging industry. Through Training Camps, Programs on Disc, Workshops-On-Demand and Video Presentations, Software Cinema brings proven techniques from the top names in the industry for fundamental and advanced education. For more information, please visit http://www.software-cinema.com/