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Nik Software announces today that Silver Efex Pro, its popular digital photographic plug-in offering the most advanced, complete, and straightforward black-and-white solution, is now available for Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2.3 and higher. The update is available now as a free download to current owners of Silver Efex Pro.

iriver launches its newest generation Portable Media Player (PMP), the P7, the ultimate movie viewing handheld device. The P7 features what no other PMP in the market has: a built in media converter that ensures your movie is ready whenever you are. Users no longer need to go through a tedious, time-consuming conversion process to enjoy their multimedia library. unctions include Movies, Video, Music, Photo viewer, FM Tuner and Voice and FM Recording. The player delivers full movie CODEC support (MPEG, DivX, RM, RMVB and H.264) for enjoying the latest films or videos and handles all of the most popular music file formats, including MP3, WMA, OGG, ASF, FLAC, APE, and WAV. Enhanced features include SRS WOW HD and 7 Preset EQ settings, plus micro SD slot. The P7?s USB 2.0 capability ensures ultra fast data transfers and the unit is Firmware Upgradeable. The iriver P7 is $179.99(8G) and $209.99(16G) MSRP and available at major retailers including Amazon.com.

Review (Summary): “The Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ6 (also known as the DMC-ZS1 in the USA) is a new ultra-compact super-zoom camera, offering a 10 megapixel sensor and 12x, 25-300mm optical zoom lens. …

PhotoShelter today released the first comprehensive, free guide to getting photography websites listed on search engines and achieving top results with search engine optimization (SEO). The PhotoShelter SEO Toolkit is essential internet marketing guidance for serious photographers looking to grow their businesses online. It can be used by photographers to understand, plan, and carry out a complete SEO effort.

Shutterfly today introduced Shutterfly for iPhone, a new free photo sharing iPhone App that gives customers the power to upload, view and share their Shutterfly photos while on-the-go. The application, also compatible with the iPod Touch, is available free of charge at the Apple App Store. After a simple download, customers can sign in and view their Shutterfly albums on their iPhone. Photos taken on the iPhone can be uploaded to the customer’s Shutterfly account and stored for free, at full resolution. Additionally, users can create a new Shutterfly account directly from their iPhone.

GeoSpatial Experts, developer of the easy-to-use GPS-Photo Link photo-mapping software, has been selected by Nikon USA to sell the new GPS-enabled COOLPIX P6000 digital camera. GeoSpatial Experts is offering the Nikon camera bundled with its GPS-Photo Link Express software in packages starting below $750.

Review (Summary): “The Panasonic Lumix DMC-TS1 is a rugged shockproof, waterproof, and dustproof digital camera with a sensor resolution of 12.1 effective megapixels from a 1/2.33″ RGB CCD image sensor, and Panasonic has coupled this to an image stabilized, Leica DC Vario-Elmar branded 4.6x optical zoom lens with a useful 28-128mm-equivalent wide-angle zoom. …

Review (Summary): “The Olympus mju 9000 (also known as the Stylus 9000) is the first attempt at a travel zoom camera by Olympus. Offering a 10x zoom, wide-angle lens equivalent to a focal range of 28-280mm, 12 megapixel CCD sensor, and 2.7 inch LCD screen, the diminutive mju 9000 is taking on the likes of the Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ7 and Canon PowerShot SX200 IS. …

Digital Anarchy, a leading provider of cost-effective special effects software for Adobe and Apple products, has today announced the release of a popular 3D design tool for use in Adobe Photoshop. Co-developed with Zaxwerks Inc, 3D Invigorator for Photoshop allows artists to easily create incredibly complex 3D objects, logos and text. 3D Invigorator for Photoshop is regularly priced at USD $199, and will be available for an introductory discount of $149 through April 30, 2009. The product works in Photoshop CS2 and higher, although CS3 or CS4 are recommended for use.

Professional Photographer Kevin Kubota, of Bend, Oregon’s Kubota PhotoDesign Inc., was recently awarded the 3rd annual Monte Zucker Memorial Humanitarian Award during the Wedding & Portrait Photographer’s International (WPPI) convention and trade show held in Las Vegas, NV. This prestigious annual award is presented to individuals who are significantly involved in their community and who do a lot of charitable work. Award recipients must also show innovative ways of raising money for charitable causes.