DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY NEWS

LightZone Upgrades RAW Support and Announces QuarkAlliance™ Partnership

Palo Alto, Calif. (PRWEB) August 20, 2008 -- Light Crafts, today announced immediate availability of an upgraded version supporting additional RAW capabilities for the award-winning LightZone™ photo-editing software. LightZone™ 3.6 for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Linux incorporates extensive camera compatibility for 13 more camera models.

LightZone™ 3.6 is available for immediate download at http://www.lightcrafts.com/support/try/index.html.

LightZone™ is one of the only multi-platform software applications that supports RAW photographs without the need to convert them. LightZone™ 3.6 offers new camera compatibility with RAW files from the Canon 450D, Canon 1000D, Fujifilm S100FS, Nikon D60, Nikon D700, Olympus E-420, Olympus E-520, Olympus SP-550UZ, Panasonic DMC-L10, Pentax K20D, Pentax K200D, Sony DSLR-A200, Sony DSLR-A350. Whether editing RAW photographs, JPEG, TIFF or DNG photos, LightZone™ is a complete digital image editing application in a single software package.

"We strive to maintain the compatibility of LightZone™ with the latest and most popular cameras," says Fabio Riccardi, chief executive officer, Light Crafts. "Our goal is to keep ahead of the trends in digital photography and offer the best tools for digital photo editing bar none."

Pricing and Availability
LightZone™ is available in Full and Basic versions. The Full version is priced at $199.95, and the Basic version is set at $129.95. Both can be purchased at http://www.lightcrafts.com/store/index.html. You can also download a fully functional demo at lightcrafts.com and watch tutorial videos for viewing key features in action.

LightZone™ is now a QuarkAlliance™ Technology Partner
Light Crafts is pleased to join the QuarkAlliance™ Partner Program. QuarkAlliance™ is a network of businesses and individuals that have partnered with Quark® to provide specialized service, support and solutions for the Quark® community of users. As a technology partner, Light Crafts is pleased to offer the Quark® community, including the newly released QuarkXPress 8™ users, a powerful, flexible tool solely dedicated for digital image editing, management and pre-print production. To view and learn more about the QuarkAlliance™ Partner program, please visit http://www.quarkalliance.com.

About Light Crafts
Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, Light Crafts' patent-pending image processing technology powers LightZone's™ suite of intelligent tools enabling a new level of productivity and artistic freedom for enhancing, editing and transforming digital photographs. LightZone™ photo editing software enables photographers of all experience levels to quickly and efficiently bring out the best exposure and lighting qualities of any digital photo. For more information about Light Crafts, please visit their website, lightcrafts.com.