News - 2003 Archive
Conceiva Enhances Web Authoring Product Lineup
For US Software Publisher
15 September 2003. Conceiva (http://www.conceiva.com),
a leading developer of software and services for creative
professionals, has completed key development work
for new versions of the Web Easy Professional, the
best selling web authoring software titles owned by
one of USA's leading software publishers, V Communications,
Inc.
“These new versions will provide V Communications'
growing customer base the key web authoring features
that they need to create innovative web sites,"
stated Paul Schumann, CEO of Conceiva. "We wish
V Communications every success with their new product
line up."
Contact Paul Schumann at paul.schumann@conceiva.com
for further information.
Conceiva Develops New Internet Download
Manager For Japanese Software Market
3 July 2003. Conceiva (http://www.conceiva.com),
a leading developer of software and services for creative
professionals, has completed development of DownloadSpider,
an innovative new internet download manager, to be
sold in the Japanese retail software market by one
of Japan's leading software publishers, Jungle K.
K.
Working closely in conjunction with its Japanese
partner, IXLA Japan (http://www.ixla.co.jp),
Conceiva developed the product for Japanese internet
users. Features include file, file range, web site,
FTP site, streaming audio and video support, full
database functionality, built-in file viewer and visual
site explorer.
“We are very pleased with this new Japanese
product and are confident that it outperforms any
product in its category,” stated Paul Schumann,
CEO of Conceiva. “We expect Jungle's successful
marketing campaign and its strong feature set to make
it the number download manager product in Japan.”
Contact Paul Schumann at paul.schumann@conceiva.com
for further information.
Lightbox 3.0 Delivers Productivity Boost
For Creative Professionals
10 April 2003. Conceiva (http://www.conceiva.com),
a leading developer of software and services for creative
professionals, has launched the new version of Lightbox.
Lightbox 3.0 has gained many powerful new features
and file support to further empower graphic designers,
web designers and digital photographers.
“We are confident this new version of Lightbox
will make it a must-have for all graphic designers,
web designers and digital photographers," stated
Paul Schumann, CEO of Conceiva. “The productivity
boost from using Lightbox is enormous.”
New features of Lightbox 3.0 include:
- Raw digital camera file support has been added
to enable digital photographers to quickly view
their "digital negative" RAW images files.
Over 50 digital cameras are supported from vendors
such as Kodak, Canon, Fujifilm, Nikon, Olympus,
Minolta, and Sigma. Embedded thumbnails are extracted
from raw image files for fast display. Full-sized
images are displayed in the Lightbox Instant Viewer.
EXIF, IPTC and Maker Notes meta data is extracted
and displayed.
- EXIF, IPTC and Maker Notes meta data has been
enhanced to extract and display more meta data items
from digital camera EXIF and RAW files.
- Adobe PDF file support has been added to enable
users of PDF files to view thumbnails of their files
quickly. PDF meta data such as author, title and
more is extracted and displayed.
- Adobe Illustrator (AI) file support has been
added to enable users of Adobe Illustrator and Macromedia
Freehand to quickly view thumbnails of their Illustrator
files quickly. The Instant Viewer also displays
AI files for full-sized viewing. Embedded meta data
stored within AI files such as version, author,
title and more is extracted and displayed.
- Adobe Encapsulated Postscript (EPS) file support
has been added to enable users of EPS files to view
thumbnails of their files quickly. The Instant Viewer
displays EPS files for full-sized viewing. EPS meta
data such as version, author, title and more is
extracted and displayed.
- Macromedia Flash support has been enhanced to
support version 4, version 5 and version 6 Flash
files.
- Multi-page TIFF files can be viewed in Instant
Viewer enabling users to view all pages within a
TIFF file.
- Dual monitor support has been added enabling
users to have Lightbox attached to applications
in a Windows dual monitor environment.
- The order of favorites on the Lightbox toolbar
can now be set enabling users to list their favorites
on the toolbar in their preferred order.
- Network file name (UNC) conventions have been
added enabling users to move to folders and networked
computers using UNC file name conventions (e.g.
\\Computer\folder).
- Start up time of Lightbox is much faster when
attaching Lightbox to applications.
Lightbox runs on Windows XP Professional, Windows
XP Home, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows 98SE. Lightbox
is sold from the Conceiva web site for $29.95.
A fully functional 15-day Trial version of Lightbox
3.0 can be downloaded from http://www.conceiva.com/products/lightbox/download.asp.
Contact Paul Schumann at paul.schumann@conceiva.com
for further information.
Lightbox 3.0 Adds Extensive New Features
And File Support for Digital Camera Users
10 April 2003. Conceiva (http://www.conceiva.com),
a leading developer of software and services for creative
professionals, has launched the new version of Lightbox
and has added extensive new features and file support
for digital photography enthusiasts.
“Lightbox 3.0 is the perfect viewing tool for
all digital photographers," stated Paul Schumann,
CEO of Conceiva. “Its small, fast and has extensive
support for viewing all aspects of images from the
latest digital cameras."
New features in Lightbox 3.0 for digital camera users
include:
- Read and display thumbnails, full-sized images
and meta data information for digital camera EXIF
files (JPEG and TIFF)
- Read and display thumbnails, full-sized images
and meta data information for "digital negative"
RAW files. Over 50 digital camera models are supported
from vendors such as Kodak, Canon, Olympus, Nikon,
Fujifilm, Minolta and Sigma. See Conceiva web site
for specific camera model support.
- Read and display meta data information from digital
camera files (RAW and EXIF files supported), including
EXIF, IPTC and various Maker Notes meta data.
- Read thumbnails directly from digital camera
files for very fast thumbnailing (RAW and EXIF files
supported).
- Display full sized images of digital camera files
in the Lightbox Instant Viewer (RAW and EXIF files
supported).
- Use RGB, CMYK and Web color
picker to determine color information of digital
camera files (RAW and EXIF files supported).
- Attach Lightbox to your favorite
digital camera software applications for fast file
viewing and fast drag & drop file insertion.
Popular applications include image editors such
as Adobe Photoshop, Jasc PaintShop Pro and Corel
Draw; album photo managers such as Adobe Photoshop
Album, IMatch and Jasc PaintShop Album; and CD archivers
such as Nero and Roxio CD Creator.
Lightbox runs on Windows XP Professional, Windows
XP Home, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows 98SE. Lightbox
is sold from the Conceiva web site for $29.95.
A fully functional 15-day Trial version of Lightbox
3.0 can be downloaded from http://www.conceiva.com/products/lightbox/download.asp.
Contact Paul Schumann at paul.schumann@conceiva.com
for further information.
Conceiva Purchases NetRanger Software Business
From Nautlilus
21 March 2003. Conceiva (http://www.conceiva.com),
a leading developer of software and services for creative
professionals, has purchased the full assets of the
NetRanger software business from Nautilus, an Australian
software company.
The NetRanger software product is an advanced internet
and network tool that enables users to gain detailed
knowledge about their networking settings, internet
web sites, IP addresses and more.
As part of the purchase, Conceiva owns all source
code, worldwide marketing rights and the existing
user base of NetRanger users.
“NetRanger is an excellent product for computer
professionals that need to know more about the their
network connections and the internet,” stated
Paul Schumann, CEO of Conceiva. “It fits perfectly
with our growing product lineup, and we will continue
to enhance NetRanger with future versions.”
NetRanger runs on Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows
NT4 (SP6), Windows Me or Windows 98SE.
NetRanger is $29.95 and can be purchased from the
Conceiva web site (http://www.conceiva.com).
A free 15 day trial version is also available from
the Conceiva web site.
Contact Paul Schumann at paul.schumann@conceiva.com
for further information.
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