Pro Studio Manager 2.6 for the Mac: Printroom.com Announces New Features, Performance

Time-saving new features from www.printroom.com make workflow easier for professional photographers to manage, upload, and fulfill online orders.

MACWORLD SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (PRWEB) January 11, 2006 -- Printroom.com (Macworld San Francisco booth #1848), the leading provider of custom online storefronts and digital lab services for professional photographers (www.printroom.com), has announced a number of new features and performance enhancements in the latest version of Pro Studio Manager for the Mac. While Pro Studio Manager 2.6 is free for all professional members at www.Printroom.com, it provides functionality rivaling other image workflow and management tools available only for purchase.

Whether shooting sports, weddings, portraits, or events, with this powerful new software, Printroom.com pro photographers can now further streamline their workflow and publish online faster and more easily.

Pro Studio Manager 2.6 includes a variety of enhanced and new features, in addition to its already robust capabilities. New in this version:

• Batch renaming of multiple images, which greatly enhances organizing and searching

• Compare multiple images, enabling detailed review through the ability to highlight, enlarge, and pan for optimal selection

• Image ranking using ratings and colors, allowing images to be sorted hierarchically and visually

• IPTC editing and tagging of single or multiple images, which allows sophisticated searching as well as enhanced image identification and archiving

• Frame & preview modes, allowing photographers to scroll, manage, and resize gallery images quickly and easily

• Toolbar customization, enabling most-used features to be readily accessed

Additionally, PSM’s overall performance and speed has been significantly enhanced to increase image upload times and improve thumbnail rendering.

“With more than 7,000 professional photographers using Printroom.com as their primary online storefront, lab, and e-commerce solution, we are continuing—and growing—our commitment to the Mac,” said Carlton Osborne, Printroom.com president. “Our developers understand this platform, and its unique needs and advantages as they pertain to photography. Our clients find that Pro Studio Manager quickly becomes an indispensable and deeply integrated tool as part of their daily workflow.”

Printroom Studio Manager

When photographers sign-on with Printroom.com, they are eligible to use Printroom Studio Manager at no charge. This powerful software — available on the PC as well the Mac — is the heart of how a digital studio manages the thousands of images and numerous online galleries. It provides the ability to create and upload image galleries, fulfill image orders, and manage many aspects of the storefront.

Photographers can download the new version of Pro Studio Manager 2.6 at www.Printroom.com/psm.asp. Additional technical details regarding the new features and performance of are available upon request from Printroom.com.

About www.Printroom.com

Printroom.com (“Printroom”), based in Santa Clara, California, is the leading provider of online storefronts, professional lab services, and workflow software for professional photographers and photo enthusiasts. Founded in April 1999, Printroom (www.Printroom.com) is trusted by thousands of photographers to host their online storefronts and deliver professional quality prints to their customers. Printroom’s online storefronts enable photographers to display and sell prints of photos of holiday parties, reunions, corporate functions, portraits, weddings, and sporting events. Users can upload images, set prices, and let Printroom provide hosting, storage, proof management, e-commerce, print processing, order fulfillment, customer support, and billing. Printroom is the official online photofinisher for the Miss America Pageant as well as many other state and local pageants, sports teams, and leagues.

Printroom.com is a trademark of Advanced Digital Photo Solutions, Inc. dba Printroom.com, 2004. All other brand or product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

Media Contact:

Serge Timacheff

www.Printroom.com

2520 Mission College Boulevard, Suite 102

Santa Clara, California 95054

Macworld San Francisco booth #1848

Direct: +1.425.785.7761

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