December 2024
(ends December 31st, 2024)
No purchase necessary to enter or win. See below for details.
NOISE REMOVAL
Extend the power of Aperture 2 with Picture Code’s Noise Ninja, now available as a plug-in for Apple’s pro photo app. Noise Ninja is a powerful tool for removing noise from digital images, typically a concern when shooting at high ISO equivalents and in low-light situations. Manual and automatic noise analysis along with camera-specific profiles allow the plug-in to remove noise while maintaining color fidelity and image sharpness. Estimated Street Price: $79. Contact: Picture Code, www.picturecode.com.
DAY PACK
Protect, organize and carry all of your equipment with ease using Lowepro’s Primus Minimus AW backpack. This bag is ideal for carrying your system’s essentials: an SLR, a couple of lenses and a tripod. The dual-compartment design makes room for your camera gear to fit in the lower part, while personal items and other accessories go up top. An eight-point harness system with DryFlo lining helps distribute weight evenly for more comfort. Estimated Street Price: $249. Contact: Lowepro, (800) 800-LOWE, www.lowepro.com.
PHOTOS TO GO
Put your entire photo library in the palm of your hand with Western Digital’s My Passport portable hard drives, which now come in capacities up to 500 GB. The My Passport Elite and My Passport Essential drives weigh less than 7 ounces, making them an ideal way to back up files when you’re traveling. A capacity gauge lets you know at a glance how much space is available. Included synchronization software lets you sync changes and protect information with 128-bit encryption. Estimated Street Price: $179 to $219. Contact: Western Digital, (949) 672-7000, www.westerndigital.com.
LOOKING SHARP
Take the guesswork out of image sharpening using Nik Software’s Sharpener Pro 3.0. Version 3 features the company’s simple yet powerful Control Point technology, which allows localized adjustments without the hassle of masking. Other features include a Sharpening Soft Proof tool, improved handling of new output devices and new output presets for repeating results. Estimated Street Price: $199. Contact: Nik Software, (888) 284-4085, www.niksoftware.com.
DOES SIZE MATTER?
Enlarge several photos at once using Alien Skin Software’s Blow Up 2, a new version of the image resizing plug-in. A simplified user interface lets you resize, crop and sharpen more efficiently. The app processes images faster with support for multi-processor and multi-core systems. Easy batch processing lets you change the size of multiple photos in a single step. Plus, there are new controls for cleaning up JPEG compression artifacts in images from low-quality sources. Estimated Street Price: $249. Contact: Alien Skin Software, (888) 921-SKIN, www.alienskin.com.
ON THE BORDER
Frame your images in new and creative ways using PhotoFrame 4 from onOne Software. Available in Standard and Professional editions, both feature a base of 1,000 frames to choose from, with the same features for searching, combining and applying various edges. The Pro version includes an additional 300 frames, textures, overlays and presets designed by top Photoshop experts. The new Library window lets you easily search, browse and preview frames in real time. Estimated Street Price: $159 (Standard); $259 (Professional). Contact: onOne Software, (888) 968-1468, www.ononesoftware.com.
PHOTO MANAGER
Organize and manage your images with greater efficiency using ACDSee Pro 2.5, a workflow program that has received a major upgrade. You now can create a folder system, back up files, set categories and modify metadata as images are imported. Embedding custom metadata, like categories and ratings, saving custom search criteria and nondestructive editing round out the update. The auto slideshow feature is also improved. Estimated Street Price: $129. Contact: ACD Systems, www.acdsee.com.
ULTIMATE EDITING TOOL
Remove an unwanted background with Corel’s Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 Ultimate. The full-featured image-processing suite includes a Background Remover tool that isolates and takes out part of a background, allowing you to replace it with another image. Fine details, like strands of hair, are preserved. There’s also a new Creative Content Pack that includes 150 custom-made photo frames, edges and graphics designed to fuel your creative side. Estimated Street Price: $99. Contact: Corel, (800) 772-6735, www.corel.com.
ROLL THROUGH
Transport your valuable photo equipment in Porter Case’s PCX Lite series. The carry-on-sized luggage cases have wheels and a built-in cart feature that allows you to stack more than 100 pounds of other baggage on top. Optional adjustable dividers and a customizable, layered foam interior help to protect your gear. Estimated Street Price: Starts at $149. Contact: Porter Case, (800) 356-8348, www.portercase.com.
SOFTBOX III
The SoftBox III is roughly twice the size of the original SoftBox, and produces considerably softer shadows and fits conventional flashes. Like the original SoftBox, the SoftBox III is center-weighted but it will block “autofocus assist” and interfere with auto exposure (unless you’re using TTL). Estimated Street Price: $44.95. Contact: Lumiquest, (830) 438-4646, www.lumiquest.com.
TAMRON AF18-270mm VC—the world’s first 15X zoom lens
The perfect all-in-one lens, Tamron’s 15X zoom lens
features VC, a proprietary anti-shake mechanism that gives you a 4-stop
shutter speed advantage for blur-free hand-held shots. Shoot
confidently from wide to ultra-tele with Canon and Nikon APS-C DSLRs. Contact: www.tamron.com. Street price is $599.
PCPhoto Win This! Sweepstakes
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN.
A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.
ELIGIBILITY
- Only one entry per person allowed.
- Open Only to Legal Residents OF THE FIFTY (50) UNITED STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 18 years of age or older.
- Void Where Prohibited.
- Officers, directors, employees and agents of Werner Publishing Corporation (“Sponsor”), and its parent, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies, and Website providers/Web masters (collectively, the “Released Parties”), and their immediate families (parent, child, spouse or sibling) and those living in their same households are not eligible to enter or win.
- By participating, entrants agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of the judges and/or Sponsor, which are binding and final on matters relating to this sweepstakes.
- Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws.
TO ENTER
- Between 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time (“ET”) on 11/1/08 and 11:59 p.m. ET on 12/31/08 (the “Entry Period”), visit pcphotomag.com and complete and submit the official entry form.
- When you submit your entry form, please be sure to indicate which prize drawing you are entering. If you like to be entered into all prize drawings, select “Enter me for any of the prize items” and you will be automatically entered into the each prize drawing.
- All entries must be received by 11:59 p.m. ET on 12/31/08 to be eligible. Sponsor’s computer is the Official clock for the promotion.
- Entries generated by script, macro or other automated or mechanical means are void.
- All entries become the property of Sponsor and will not be acknowledged or returned.
PRIZE DRAWINGS
- One (1) potential winner will be selected for each prize described below in a random drawing on or about 1/6/09 from all eligible entries received for the applicable drawing.
- Entries from one prize drawing will not be included in other prize drawings.
- Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received for the applicable drawing.
- Potential winners will be notified by e-mail within 14 days of drawing.
- Potential winners are subject to verification of eligibility and the terms of these rules.
- Potential winners may be required to complete, sign and return an affidavit of eligibility, a liability release and where lawful a publicity release within ten (10) days of issuance.
- If such documents are not returned within the specified time period, any prize/prize notification is returned as undeliverable, or a winner is not in compliance with these rules, prize may be forfeited and an alternate winner may be selected.
PRIZES
- See prize details above.
- Total ARV of all prizes: $2,190.
- All prize details not specified herein are at the sole discretion of Sponsor.
- Winners may not substitute, assign or transfer prizes or redeem prizes for cash, but Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to substitute a prize (or portion thereof) with one of comparable or greater value.
- Winners are responsible for all federal, state and local taxes, if any, and all other costs and expenses not specified herein as being awarded that are associated with the acceptance and use of prizes.
- Prizes are awarded “as is” with no warranty or guarantee, either expressly stated or implied.
- If a winner cannot accept prize as stated, prize will be forfeited and an alternate winner may be selected.
- Sponsors reserve the right to substitute a prize (or portion thereof) of comparable or greater value, in their sole discretion.
GENERAL CONDITIONS
- The Released Parties are not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, stolen, misdirected, undelivered, garbled, illegible or postage-due mail, entries or e-mail; or for lost, interrupted or unavailable network, server, Website, or other connections, or failed computer, satellite, telephone or cable transmissions, lines, or technical failure, or jumbled, scrambled, delayed, or misdirected transmissions, or computer hardware or software or other technical malfunctions, failures, or difficulties, or other errors of any kind whether human, mechanical, electronic or network; or the incorrect or inaccurate capture of entry or other information or the failure to capture any such information.
- The Released Parties are not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by site users, tampering, hacking, or by any equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the sweepstakes.
- The Released Parties are not responsible for injury or damage to participants’ or to any other person’s computer related to or resulting from participating in this sweepstakes or downloading materials from or use of the Website. Persons who tamper with or abuse any aspect of the sweepstakes or website, as solely determined by Sponsor, will be disqualified.
- Should any portion of the sweepstakes be, in Sponsor’s sole opinion, compromised by virus, worms, bugs, non-authorized human intervention or other causes which, in the sole opinion of the Sponsor, corrupt or impair the administration, security, fairness or proper play, or submission of entries, Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to suspend, modify or terminate the sweepstakes and select the winners from all eligible, non-suspect entries received prior to action taken or as otherwise deemed fair and appropriate by Sponsor.
- In the event of a dispute regarding entries received from multiple users having the same e-mail account, the authorized subscriber of the e-mail account at the time of entry will be deemed to be the entrant and must comply with these rules. Authorized account subscriber is the natural person who is assigned the e-mail address by the Internet Service Provider (ISP), online service provider or other organization responsible for assigning email addresses.
- Entrants, by participating, agree that the Released Parties will have no liability whatsoever for, and shall be held harmless by entrants against, any claims, actions and/or liability, for any injuries, losses or damages of any kind, including death, to persons or property resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from acceptance, possession, misuse or use of the prize.
- Each winner, by acceptance of prize, except where legally prohibited, grants permission for Sponsor and its designees to use his/her name, address (city and state), photograph, voice and/or other likeness and prize information for advertising, trade and promotional purposes without further compensation, in all media now known or hereafter discovered, worldwide, and on the Internet and World Wide Web, in perpetuity, without notice or review or approval.
WINNERS LIST
- For the names of the winners (available after 1/21/09), send a self-addressed stamped envelope to: PCPhoto WIN THIS! Sweepstakes, 12121 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 1200, Los Angeles, CA 90025, for receipt no later than 1/6/09.
SPONSOR
- Werner Publishing Corporation, 12121 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 1200, Los Angeles, CA 90025
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