January 27, 2010: STOIK Imaging announces the release of the Premium edition of Imagic, a video and image processing solution with enriched functionality. As for the standard edition, it is now distributed free of charge, providing the advanced features of the Premium edition for 30 days. Among these features is creation of stereo images, panoramas, slideshows and collages, sophisticated photo editing tools and many more. Both editions are fully compatible with Windows 7 and support direct uploading of photos to Google Picasa and Flickr.

Imagic Premium is developed for people keen on photography and video shooting: a combination of various functions allows working with one versatile solution instead of purchasing and installing several programs. What are the key features of Imagic Premium?

The solution offers great opportunities especially for photo editing and photo enhancing. The built-in photo editor features a great variety of tools, for example, Retouch Brush, Skin Makeup, Lens Correction, Color Variations and lots of automatic correction functions. It is easy to align and crop photos as well as apply various artistic effects, frames and clipart images. Apart from photo processing, the photo editor also features creation of puzzles of different kinds.

In addition to support for .MPO files (which was available in the previous edition), Imagic Premium now features creation of stereo images (anaglyphs, .JPS and .PNS files), extending photographers' opportunities. Another useful feature is Dark Room editor for processing of .RAW and flat photos: the original image remains unchanged, as all the adjustments are saved as a set of parameters. The .RAW files can be converted to a variety of formats, while .JPEG files can be optimized in quality and reduced in size.

The convenient browsers of Imagic Premium allow the user to find any file quickly and easily due to fast indexing algorithm scans and ability to search by EXIF attributes. Actually, there are three browser types: a common Folder Browser, a Calendar Browser for organizing files chronologically and Tags Browser for organizing them by categories. However, the browsers are not intended just for organizing photos and video files: it can automatically detect all matching photos and seamlessly create panoramas in a single click! Among other sophisticated browser features there is Batch processing, Geotagging, Slideshow creation and many more.

As for video processing, the handy built-in video editor offers more than just creation and editing of video files: the frames can be cut, trim and rotated; the user can adjust brightness and contrast, apply effects and transitions, use various titles and captions, add audio files or record narration. The impressive result can be exported to a variety of popular formats.

The remarkable functionality of Imagic Premium would be pointless without sharing the results of creative processing with friends. For this reason the program supports multiple ways of sharing images: e-mailing, creating slideshows, uploading images to Google Picasa, Flickr and other web photo albums as well as direct printing with advanced options.

Pricing and Availability
STOIK Imagic Premium is compatible with Windows XP/ Vista/ 7 and costs 49.00 USD for a single-user license. Further information on the product, as well as its 30-days fully functional trial edition, is available at http://www.stoik.com/imagic/

About STOIK Imaging
Founded in 1994, STOIK Imaging specializes in development of image and video processing software. The company's major products are STOIK Imagic, PictureMan, MorphMan and VideoMan. Among the customers of STOIK Imaging there are Samsung, Ricoh, HTC Corp., Athentech Technologies, and CeWe Color. For more information on the company and its products please visit http://www.stoik.com

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