Triscape Inc.

Press Releases

This page archives Triscape FxFoto press releases:

     August 12, 2008...
     February 5, 2007...
     January 5, 2007...
     October 2, 2006...
     January 10, 2006...
     September 19, 2005...
     April 11, 2005...
     November 22, 2004...
     November 1, 2004...
     August 4, 2004...
     May 25, 2004...
     February 2004...
     November 2003...

New FxFoto 6 Creates Advanced Slide Shows

Award-winning photo editing and digital scrapbooking software offers over dozens of improvements including powerful new options for creating and saving photos, layouts and slide shows in Flash, MPEG, MP4, AVI, WMV, and PDF formats.

Windham, NH - August 12, 2008 - Triscape has released the latest version of their popular photo editing, layout and slide show software, FxFoto 6.  This major upgrade provides a spectrum of new features and improvements, including powerful new slide show authoring.

FxFoto 6 makes it easier to create and arrange large slide shows with a variety of animated transition effects.  Fifteen new "wipe-style" transitions provide more creative options.  Borderless slides emphasize photos by eliminating white space.  FxFoto 6 also simplifies recording narration or selecting music for long slide shows.  It can now rearrange slides with drag and drop and can combine or break up slide shows.  FxFoto Media Edition can save slide shows and photo layouts in a number of new formats including Flash (SWF), MPEG, MP4, AVI, WMF and PDF.  Users can create multimedia shows for YouTube® and portable devices such as the Apple iPod®, plus Flash shows for the web.

Also new is an innovative Undo Brush that can selectively remove edits and effects.  The Undo Brush can blend original and modified areas with partial transparency.  FxFoto 6 now prints photos or layouts directly from left pane folders, making easier to organize and print scrapbooks or other multi-page creations.  New batch operations allow resizing a number of photos in one step and can flatten complex layouts into a single image for additional editing.  For digital scrapbooking enthusiasts, FxFoto Creative and Media Editions now offer a variety of free designer kits for download.

FxFoto's unique interface makes it easy to edit images and create multi-image layouts without sacrificing power.  With over 1.6 million downloads since 2003, FxFoto has become one of the most popular photo software solutions.  The download offers powerful free photo editing without the time limitations found in most trial software.  It can organize, edit and save photo files in JPEG and other popular formats and includes professional tools such as a Clone Brush.  The free edition now allows users to try most advanced tools and effects and create multi-photo collage layouts and slide shows, features that are fully enabled with a purchased registration.  Plus the free Standard Edition can now save photo text and frame annotations for future editing.

Availability
FxFoto 6 is available from the Triscape Inc. web site at http://www.FxFoto.com.

System Requirements
FxFoto runs under Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/Vista.

About Triscape
Triscape, Inc. was founded in 1997 and is located in Windham, New Hampshire, 35 miles north of Boston.  The company is privately held and specializes in graphics software.

Note to Editors: Review copies of the FxFoto software are available to members of the media upon request.

# # #


Whip Up a Batch of Tasty Layouts with New Recipe Scrapbooking Software

FxFoto Recipes Project CD allows you to design quick keepsake projects with easy-to-use templates and digital kits from eleven top designers.

Windham, NH - February 5, 2007 - Triscape has released the first in a line of FxFoto Project CDs - the Recipes Project CD.  This stand-alone program joins the award-winning family of FxFoto digital scrapbooking software, combining designer scrapbooking kits with drag-and-drop technology.  Anyone who is interested in preserving family recipes alongside family stories will easily be able to do so, regardless of past computer experience.

Like any good recipe, the FxFoto Recipes Project CD allows you to tweak projects to your own taste.  With ten coordinated kits oriented around cooking, food and kitchen themes, it's easy to create your own custom digital scrapbooking layouts from scratch.  Use one of the pre-made layout templates for polished results.  Add your own photos and text as desired.  Then simply print them for your own albums or to give away as gifts.  You can add your own 3D embellishments after printing, to create a "hybrid" traditional project.

"Recipe albums are the perfect digital project," says Triscape's Director of Marketing Susan White.  "You can make the layout once and print as many copies as you want, in any size you want.  You could have the same recipe album as an 8x8 or 12x12 or 6x6.  I'm making a set of laminated recipe cards with the recipes I use all the time.  I will punch a hole in one corner and use a ring to keep them together."

White suggests the following possible album themes:

  • Your family's favorite recipes, combined with stories of their creation
  • Tried-and-true recipes as a bridal shower gift
  • Holiday Dinner menu
  • Quick and Easy recipes for the college-bound graduate

Eleven popular digital "cooks" contributed kits to the Recipes Project CD: Tamara Dantes, Jeanine Baechtold, Roberta D'Achille, Katie Mann, Maya, Elizabeth Lane, Kim Hill, Correen Silke, Kim Hill, and Lorraine Yuriar.  The program also includes a selection of easy drag-and-drop sketch templates for 4x6 recipe cards, created by Corina Nielsen.

The Recipes Project CD incorporates the Quick Layouts software by FxFoto, with all the creative power and ease of use found in Triscape's full FxFoto Creative Edition, but without photo organization, editing and effects.  Everything you need to get started right away creating your own recipe layouts and albums is all on one CD.

The Recipes Project CD is available for purchase at http://www.fxfoto.com/sales.htm.  Regular retail price is $29.96 plus $5.99 shipping.

Visit the FxFoto website to view the digital scrapbooking tutorials at http://fxfoto.com/fxtutorials.htm.

About Triscape
Triscape, Inc. was founded in 1997 and is located in Windham, New Hampshire, 35 miles north of Boston.  The company is privately held and specializes in graphics software.

Note to Editors: Review copies of the FxFoto Creative software are available to members of the media upon request.

# # #


New FxFoto Creative 5.0 Software Introduces the Three-Step Layout
and Drag-and-Drop Scrapbooking Templates

Award-winning digital scrapbooking software offers over 50 improvements and lets scrapbookers use their "digital stash".  Making creative photo projects is faster, easier, and more fun.

Windham, NH - January 5, 2007 - Triscape has released the latest version of their photo editing and digital scrapbooking software, FxFoto Creative 5.0.  This popular program allows scrapbookers and photo enthusiasts to manage their digital collection, fix photo flaws, and make creative printable projects using today's popular digital scrapbooking kits, all with point-and-click ease.

Getting started with FxFoto Version 5.0 is easy.  The toolbar buttons have been simplified for an intuitive interface, guiding users to find exactly what they're looking for.  The buttons now feature chronological numbers to lead users through the three-step process of creating a digital scrapbook layout.  User feedback directed the changes made for several buttons, specifically the New, Add, Save, and Settings buttons.  Users can now select from a wider, friendlier variety of options for each button.

One of the most significant improvements is the addition of Quick Sketch Templates, initially demonstrated as a prototype at the MemoryTrends trade show.  The FxFoto Quick Sketch Template tool lets scrapbookers put their archive of inspirational sketches to work.  Starting with any generic grayscale template saved in JPG, TIFF, or PNG format, scrapbookers have the foundation for a completely customizable full color layout.  Users can drag-and-drop photos and digital papers wherever they want them to appear in the template. Each piece will be cropped to fit automatically.  No worrying about creating new layers, or which layer is above another.  Just drag-and-drop.  To replace a paper or photo, simply drag another one over it.  This significantly simplifies the process of using premade layout templates.

FxFoto Creative 5.0 comes with layout templates designed by Jennifer Caputo, as well as ten complete digital kits and many choices of background papers (when ordered as the CD version; digital kits not available by download purchase).

There are three other improvements of note in this version.  The Custom Card shortcut lets users start a non-standard page size project like 5"x3" or 4"x6" (or even type in their own measurements) to make digital versions of Artist Trading Cards, business cards, or customized printable projects.  FxFoto Creative 5.0 also features a new Filter effect - the Grunge Edge filter applies a quick smudged edge to any photo or paper.  Color and amount of effect can be selected by the user.  Finally, FxFoto users can now drag and drop photos or paper images to replace existing cropped images.  FxFoto automatically crops the replacement to the same shape and allows easy adjustment of the visible portion inside the crop.  A full list of improvements is available at http://www.fxfoto.com/fxnews.htm.

A trial version of the Creative Edition is available as the FxFoto Standard Edition.  Visit www.fxfoto.com for the free download.  The Standard Edition now has more features available, such as the collage layout and slide shows (NOTE: these features cannot be saved or printed with the trial version Standard.)  The free Standard Edition also allows users to complete a wide variety of photo editing tasks, such as correcting red eye, cropping, adding text and even working with a clone brush.  This very capable free software has had over a million downloads.

Previous versions of FxFoto have been recommended by c|net Download.com, Digital Photographer, Digital Scrapbooking for Dummies and experts like Michelle Thompson of Scrapability.  See awards and read customer reviews at http://www.fxfoto.com/fxreviews.htm

Users of previous versions of FxFoto Creative can upgrade to the new 5.0 version with a free downloadable file available at http://fxfoto.com/fxdownload.htm.  New customers can purchase a downloadable version ($69.96) at http://www.fxfoto.com/sales.htm, or receive the software on CD-Rom for an additional shipping charge ($69.96+$5.99).

Visit the FxFoto website to view the handy digital scrapbooking tutorials at http://fxfoto.com/fxtutorials.htm.  The tutorials include either video demonstrations or screenshots from the software and step-by-step instructions.  Triscape's Director of Marketing Susan White offers digital scrapbooking tips and project ideas on her blog, Scrappin' Without Scraps, at http://susanwhite.typepad.com/.

About Triscape
Triscape, Inc. was founded in 1997 and is located in Windham, New Hampshire, 35 miles north of Boston.  The company is privately held and specializes in graphics software.

Note to Editors: Review copies of the FxFoto Creative software are available to members of the media upon request.

# # #


Photo Management Software Makes Digital Scrapbooking Easier
with Low Learning Curve and More Realistic Effects

Triscape Offers Over 60 New Features in FxFoto 4.0 and Allows Beginners to Point-Click-Scrap.

Windham, NH - October 2, 2006 - With more than 21 billion digital images expected to be captured in 2006*, it's no secret that women are keenly interested in preserving memories.  But many women have a problem figuring out what to do once they have these digital images.  They may consider digital scrapbooking projects, but wind up feeling overwhelmed and intimidated when learning to tackle complicated graphic editing software.

That's just how Susan White felt.  She was frustrated after spending hours trying to complete simple photo editing with more advanced graphics software.  She just wanted something simple and easy - click, click, done.  She consulted with some friends for the ultimate "wish list", and took her frustrations to software developer Steve Simonoff and his team.  Together they came up with a photo management software that eliminated the typical learning curve.  The result -- FxFoto by Triscape.

Available in three editions - Deluxe, Creative, and Media -- this multi-faceted program allows users to easily handle their photo collection, and at the same time preserve their memories in a creative way.  Even self-proclaimed "computer dummies" can quickly and easily sort, organize, scrapbook, and showcase their photos, with push-button ease.

"We figured if I could use this software, anyone could," comments White.  "Steve and his team were really interested in what would make their software more user-friendly.  Once we discovered digital scrapbooking, they wanted to go a step further and make the program 'scrapbooker-friendly'.  The team has been great about trying to understand this scrapbooking obsession -- though I still can't get them to stop calling embellishments 'clipart'!"

Triscape Inc. recently released FxFoto Creative 4.0, the latest version of their award-winning software.  Over 60 improvements and additions are included in FxFoto 4.0.

Some highlights:

New Tools

  • "Skinny" Filter makes selected vertical section thinner (in just five clicks)
  • "Snapshot" frame effect shows a white border and shadow (three clicks)
  • New support for non-Latin characters (like dingbats)
  • Additional crop shapes now available, such as "Stamp" and "Tabbed File Cards" (four clicks)
  • New Stamp Brush tool with Stutter stokes, optional offset and angle Jitter
  • "Translucent Brush" tool allows partial transparency strokes
  • Drag-and-drop photo and text to make customized collages - you decide how many photos and how big they will be.

    New Actions

  • "Get Color at Picture Click Point" with the Color brush tool (three clicks)
  • "Glue" groups of images and text together so you can move, resize and rotate them together. Save Glue Groups and add them back to collages as one step.
  • Install an unzipped digital kit directly into FxFoto without unzipping it (five clicks)
  • Add shadows quickly and easily with just a right click. Feather shadows for a realistic effect
  • Spell-check is now available, with a choice of British or American English

    Users of previous versions of FxFoto Creative can upgrade to the new 4.0 version with a free downloadable file available at http://fxfoto.com/fxdownload.htm

    Visit the FxFoto website to view the handy digital scrapbooking tutorials available at http://fxfoto.com/fxtutorials.htm.  The tutorials include either video demonstrations or screenshots from the software and step-by-step instructions.  White offers digital scrapbooking tips and project ideas on her blog, Scrappin' Without Scraps, at http://susanwhite.typepad.com/.

    About Triscape
    Triscape, Inc. was founded in 1997 by Steve Simonoff and is located in Windham, New Hampshire, 35 miles north of Boston.  The company is privately held and specializes in graphics software.

    * Source: Photo Industry 2006: Review and Forecast, PMA Marketing Research [http://snipurl.com/digi_images2006]

    Note to Editors: Review copies of the FxFoto Creative software are available to members of the media upon request.

    # # #


    Triscape Introduces FxFoto Creative Edition for Digital Scrapbooking

    Windham, NH, January 10, 2006 - Triscape, Inc. has released a new edition of its popular FxFoto photography software for the digital scrapbooking market.  FxFoto Creative Edition provides a unique blend of photo organization, editing and layout capabilities with all the tools needed for creating beautiful scrapbook pages digitally.  It is designed to be easy to use while providing advanced creativity tools.

    Digital scrapbooking is an exciting new segment of the $2.5 billion scrapbooking market, feeding on the rapidly growing demand for digital cameras.  Scrapbooking is the third most popular craft in the US and digital scrapbooking provides easy and cost effective means for creating, archiving and duplicating stunning layouts without paper, scissors or paste.  A large number of talented digital designers supply beautiful and often photo-realistic digital scrapbooking kits with background images and embellishments that replace the paper elements used in traditional scrapbooking.  FxFoto Creative comes with a selection of ten digital kits and hundreds of backgrounds from top designers.  It supports virtually all digital scrapbooking kits from third parties.  FxFoto Creative allows scrapbooking retailers to tap this emerging market of new digital scrapbookers and increase sales to customers who need photo editing or want to experiment with digital techniques.

    FxFoto Creative supports a wide variety of image and text effects in a single easy-to-use application.  Partial transparency allows translucent photos and embellishments that can be rotated to any angle.  In addition to rectangular and oval cropping, it provides a Cutters Library of special crop patterns such as butterfly and tag shapes.  Crops can be feathered to blend into the background.  Adjustable drop shadows can be applied to non-transparent portions of any photo or element.  Curved, wavy, rounded corner, circular and even dialog balloon text can be added for impressive journaling effects.  Over fifty advanced filter effects such as oil painting, distress and spot glow add artistic flair to photos or layout elements.  Other advanced photo editing tools include auto-improve, spot improve, blemish removal, plus clone and color brushes.  FxFoto Creative allows for flexible free-form layouts without the complexity of layer-oriented applications.  Users can also choose from a number of drag-and-drop theme templates to quickly generate scrapbook pages.

    Unlike most photo editing software, FxFoto integrates an easy visual organizer for photographs and graphic elements.  Users can scroll through all of their photos and scrapbooking kits in a single animated pane and then click or drag selected images into layouts.

    FxFoto Creative Edition runs with Windows 98/ME/2000/XP. Evaluation copies are available upon request.

    About Triscape
    Triscape, Inc. was founded in 1997 and is located in Windham, New Hampshire, 35 miles north of Boston.  The company is privately held and specializes in graphics software.  Triscape can be reached at www.fxfoto.com, 603-890-9200, or 25 Indian Rock Road #444, Windham, NH 03087.

    # # #


    FxFoto Portable Pictures Available on U3 Powered USB Smart Drives

    Users Have the Full Power of FxFoto to Securely Archive, Organize, Edit and Scrapbook Photos on Any PC using the U3 Smart Drive Computing Platform

    DEMOfall, HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif., Sept. 19, 2005 - Triscape Inc., makers of the popular FxFoto software for digital photographers, today announced that Portable Pictures (tm) is available on the U3(tm) smart drive computing platform.  FxFoto Portable Pictures, the first photo software designed specifically for traveling and on-the-go digital photo users, is a complete suite designed to run directly from U3 powered USB smart drives, occupying only a few megabytes and leaving more than enough room for digital image storage.

    U3 smart drives create a private and portable workspace that simply plugs into any computer.  Applications such as FxFoto can be carried on any U3 powered USB smart drive and launched on any PC running Windows XP or 2000 for a highly mobile and secure computing experience.  FxFoto Portable Pictures allows users to not only take their pictures with them, but also carry a complete application to manage, edit and share them.

    FxFoto is targeted at home digital camera owners, photography enthusiasts and scrapbookers, giving them everything they need to import, organize, edit and present their digital photographs.  Portable Pictures provides all FxFoto Deluxe Edition features in a compact portable format, including advanced creativity tools for making collages and slide shows with impressive effects.  Portable Pictures can also securely lock photos and shows with optional passwords and 128 bit encryption, so sensitive images can be safely carried wherever users go.  The entire application easily installs on U3 smart drives and takes up about 4MB of storage, less than 2% of a 256MB device.

    "FxFoto Portable Pictures is a first-of-its-kind software application allowing photographers to enhance and share their pictures wherever they go, without having to return to their home or office to launch traditional imaging software," said Steve Simonoff, president of Triscape.

    "Digital camera users don't want to be tethered to a desktop or laptop computer to manage their travel photos or assignment work," said U3 CEO Kate Purmal.  "With FxFoto Portable Pictures running on a U3 powered USB smart drive, on-the-go photographers have the perfect complement to their digital cameras - a private, portable and protected solution for photo management."

    Triscape Inc., www.fxfoto.com or www.triscape.com, was founded in 1997 and is located in Windham, New Hampshire, 35 miles north of Boston.  The company is privately held and specializes in graphics software.  The founder, Steve Simonoff, has started and headed three other successful technology firms in scientific software, telecommunications, and retail computer sales.  The company is located at 25 Indian Rock Road #444, Windham, NH 03087 and can be reached at 603-890-9200.

    # # #

    U3 is a trademark of U3 LLC.  All other brand and product names are or may be trademarks of, and are used to identify products or services of, their respective owners.




    Triscape Introduces FxFoto 3.0 with Advanced Creativity and Page Layout Tools for Home Photos and Scrapbooks

    WINDHAM, NH, April 11, 2005 - Triscape, Inc. has released a major upgrade to its popular digital photography software for amateur photographers and scrapbookers. FxFoto 3.0 includes creativity and page layout improvements which provide professional results in an easy, cost effective package. Triscape is providing updates free of charge for all current users.

    FxFoto is targeted at photography enthusiasts, advanced multimedia users and scrapbookers, giving them everything they need to organize, edit and present their digital pictures.

    New features include the addition of over fifty artistic filters such as paint, motion, distortion, emboss, tint and color effects. FxFoto also offers new creative text effects allowing users to annotate pictures with outline, 3D and shadowing. New collage theme templates allow easy click and drag photo placement and click-to-edit text captions. Other additions include new collage page layout guides for printing in inches or centimeters, clipart support and a collage stamp tool, "cookie cutter" crop patterns, semi-transparent photo and clipart shadowing, photo realistic fixed-aspect frames, printing improvements, red eye enhancements, hidden photo management, improved EXIF support, and an attractive new toolbar look.

    "With FxFoto 3.0, we packed a lot of advanced, easy-to-use tools without adding to its overall cost or small download size," said Steve Simonoff, president of Triscape. "Our new version helps users in every step of the digital photography process, from organizing their photos to creating slide shows and scrapbook pages. FxFoto provides a suite of serious creativity tools in a single easy application."

    The free FxFoto Standard Edition is a highly complete package for organizing, correcting, and sharing digital photos. FxFoto Deluxe Collage Edition adds creativity features to the Standard Edition, which include multi-photo collages, scrapbooking support, artistic photo effects, slide shows with many 2D and 3D special effects, background music, and photo stitching for multi-photo panoramas.

    System requirements
    FxFoto will run under Windows 98/ME/2000/XP.

    About Triscape
    Triscape, Inc. www.triscape.com, was founded in 1997 and is located in Windham, New Hampshire, 35 miles north of Boston. The company is privately held and specializes in graphics software. The founder, Steve Simonoff, has started and headed three other successful technology firms in scientific software, telecommunications, and retail computer sales.

    The company is located at 25 Indian Rock Road #444, Windham, NH 03087. The company can be reached at 603-890-9200.

    # # #



    Triscape Announces FxFoto Version 2.1 and New Online Photo Sharing Partners

    FxFoto Standard, Deluxe Collage, and Pro Media now provide easy Upload Wizard for online photo sharing and printing partners

    WINDHAM, NH, November 22, 2004 - Triscape, Inc. today announced enhancements to its popular software suites, officially making available FxFoto 2.1 Standard, Deluxe Collage, and Pro Media Editions.  FxFoto is targeted at photography enthusiasts and advanced multimedia users giving them everything the need to edit, organize and present their digital pictures.  FxFoto 2.1 Standard is available today as a fully functional free download.

    Triscape is providing its updates free of charge for all current users.  Included in the update is a new "Upload Wizard" that facilitates seamless uploading of images to Triscape's newly announced online photo sharing and printing partners ABC PhotoLab - abcphotolab.com SmugMug.com,  and MyPhotoAlbum.com.  Additional partners will be announced in future versions.

    "Online photo sharing connects people all over the world, bringing family and friends closer together," said Steve Simonoff, president of Triscape.  "Our new version of FxFoto helps users in every step of the digital photography process and really brings everything together in one software suite to help them share favorite pictures from the desktop to the Internet."

    FxFoto Standard Edition is a highly complete package for organizing, correcting, and sharing digital photos. It organizes photos visually and by timeline, which is the most natural way people work with photos.  The Standard Edition also includes editing and correction tools that go way beyond typical entry-level packages, yet are very easy to use.  Sharing includes printing and emailing with smart compression of photos for efficient email.  Improvements include the ability to easily open multiple photos for uploading and other operations via a single convenient command.  Creativity features enable framing effects and simple slide shows.  The software also includes the ability to intelligently archive data to CD-ROM.  Far superior to shareware and even established software titles in its class, the Standard Edition is available for free with no restrictions.

    FxFoto Deluxe Collage Edition adds creativity features to the Standard Edition, which include multi-photo collages, scrap-booking, slide shows with many 2D and 3D special effects, soundtracks, and photo stitching for multi-photo panoramas and documents with multiple pages.  All creations can be e-mailed or prepped for CD burning for playback on any PC without the need for additional "player" or "reader" software.  Additional enhancements have been made to the Deluxe Collage Edition with this version, allowing MP3 music to be added to slide shows and making it easier to re-order slides.

    FxFoto Pro Media Edition builds on the Deluxe Edition by enabling the creation and publishing of photo-based movies and slide shows, complete with effects, soundtracks, and text. Slide shows and MPEG movies can be created for CD-ROM (VCD and SVCD format) and DVD, which can play on most standard home DVD players.  Titles can also be published directly to Web sites using FxFoto plug-in technology, allowing visitors to view the show without the need for additional embedded software.  Music files including MP3 and OOG format are also supported.  The Pro Media Edition also gives professionals the ability to publish restricted collages and slide shows that cannot be viewed, printed, or edited except by the original author after they expire - ideal for commercial use.

    # # #



    Triscape's FxFoto Receives Awards, Praise from Top Download and Shareware Sites

    Cnet's Download.com, Tucows, among others, give popular digital imaging software suite 5 out of 5 stars - Standard Edition software is free

    WINDHAM, NH, November 1, 2004 - Triscape, Inc. today announced that its flagship digital imaging software suite, FxFoto 2.0, has received top awards and accolades from the industry's leading download and shareware sites earning 5 of 5 stars - and cows - from Download.com, Tucows, Online Review Guide, and Paul's Picks.  FxFoto 2.0 Standard is available today as a fully functional, unrestricted download for free.

    The FxFoto software titles are targeted at photography and imaging enthusiasts and advanced multimedia users giving them full control over their pictures and the tools to create stunning and captivating presentations and movies.  Users range from soccer moms, travelers, youth, amateur and even professional photographers.

    Cnet's Download.com gave FxFoto its highest ranking of 5 stars quoting, "This powerful image editor earns our kudos due to its impressive feature set." It continues, "Best of all, FxFoto is totally free, making it a fine pick for just about anyone."  Download.com also recently ranked it as "Our Favorite Freeware of the day" making the top-ranked front page listing for all popular software titles.

    "FxFoto is the industry's most powerful, easy-to-use software suite enabling users at any level to creatively edit, share, publish and present their images in fun and exciting ways," said Steve Simonoff, president of Triscape.  "Best of all, the FxFoto 'free' standard edition surpasses leading software suites from Adobe, JASC and ACD Systems, easily becoming the only imaging software they'll ever need, without having to spend upwards of $100.  As user's photo editing skills and needs evolve, FxFoto can grow with them allowing them to affordably upgrade to the Deluxe FxFoto Collage and FxFoto Pro Media Edition."

    FxFoto Standard Edition is a highly complete package for organizing, correcting, and sharing digital photos. It organizes photos visually and by timeline, which is the most natural way people work with photos.  The Standard Edition also includes editing and correction tools that go way beyond typical entry-level packages, yet are very easy to use.  Sharing includes printing and emailing with smart compression of photos for efficient email.  Creativity features enable framing effects and the creation of simple slide shows (not savable). The software also includes the ability to intelligently archive data to CD-ROM.  Far superior to shareware and even established software titles in its class, the Standard Edition is available for free with no restrictions.

    FxFoto Deluxe Collage Edition adds creativity features to the Standard Edition, which include multi-photo collages, scrap-booking, creating and saving slide shows with many 2D and 3D special effects, soundtracks, and photo stitching for multi-photo panoramas and documents with multiple pages.  All creations can be e-mailed or prepped for CD burning for playback on any PC.

    FxFoto Pro Media Edition builds on the Deluxe Edition by enabling the creation and publishing of photo-based movies and slide shows, complete with effects, soundtracks, and text.  Slide shows and MPEG movies can be created for CD-ROM (VCD and SVCD format) and DVD, which can play on most standard home DVD players.  Titles can also be published directly to Web sites using FxFoto plug-in technology, allowing visitors to view the show without the need for additional embedded software.  Music files including MP3 and OOG format are also supported.  The Pro Media Edition also gives professionals the ability to publish restricted collages and slide shows that cannot be viewed, printed, or edited except by the original author after they expire - ideal for commercial use.

    # # #



    Triscape Updates Leading Software Suites for Digital Photographers and Imaging Enthusiasts

    FxFoto Standard, Deluxe Collage, and Pro Media provide easy to use tools for organizing, editing, correcting, sharing, and publishing photos and multimedia presentations

    WINDHAM, NH, August 4, 2004 - Triscape, Inc. today announced enhancements to its popular software suites, FxFoto 2.0 Standard, Deluxe Collage, and Pro Media Editions.  The FxFoto titles are targeted at photography enthusiasts and advanced multimedia users giving them full control over their pictures and the tools to create stunning and captivating presentations and movies.  FxFoto 2.0 Standard is available today as a fully functional free download.

    Triscape is providing its updates free of charge for all current users.  Printing upgrades include a new print wizard selection for 2x3 wallet-size and 4 x 6 and 3.5 x 5-inch snapshots and a new print "Center Image" option, which centers photos on the paper for printers with non-centered printable areas.

    Editing and viewing enhancements include an optional fixed aspect ratio rope that enables users to crop to desired proportions.  A new multi-photo move facility makes it easier than ever to organize photo folders.  The FxFoto Viewer can now blowup photos to cover the screen without extra margins.  Also, the FxFoto Viewer now blanks the mouse cursor when it is not being used to reduce distractions.

    Users creating presentations can now enjoy a new "random" option to quickly apply random entrance and exit effects to all slides.  For users that need a little extra assistance in getting entertaining, professional slide shows and collages, the software now offers detailed, step-by-step instructions.  New tutorials also detail basic operations such as importing, organizing, fixing and annotating photos.  Plus illustrated tutorials are now provided on-line.

    "FxFoto represents an entirely new class of imaging software that provides them with everything they need, no matter their experience level, to creatively edit, share, publish and present their images in fun and exciting ways, starting at no charge," said Steve Simonoff, president of Triscape.  "Our customers help us to enhance our software so that it is always serving their specific imaging needs and also inspiring them to edit, manage and present their special memories beyond the ordinary.  Whether they're beginners or professionals, FxFoto is the only imaging software they'll ever need."

    FxFoto Standard Edition is a highly complete package for organizing, correcting, and sharing digital photos. It organizes photos visually and by timeline, which is the most natural way people work with photos.  The Standard Edition also includes editing and correction tools that go way beyond typical entry-level packages, yet are very easy to use.  Sharing includes printing and emailing with smart compression of photos for efficient email.  Creativity features enable framing effects and simple slide shows.  The software also includes the ability to intelligently archive data to CD-ROM.  Far superior to shareware and even established software titles in its class, the Standard Edition is available for free with no restrictions.

    FxFoto Deluxe Collage Edition adds creativity features to the Standard Edition, which include multi-photo collages, scrap-booking, slide shows with many 2D and 3D special effects, soundtracks, and photo stitching for multi-photo anoramas and documents with multiple pages.  All creations can be e-mailed or prepped for CD burning for playback on any PC without the need for additional "player" or "reader" software.

    FxFoto Pro Media Edition builds on the Deluxe Edition by enabling the creation and publishing of photo-based movies and slide shows, complete with effects, soundtracks, and text.  Slide shows and MPEG movies can be created for CD-ROM (VCD and SVCD format) and DVD, which can play on most standard home DVD players.  Titles can also be published directly to Web sites using FxFoto plug-in technology, allowing visitors to view the show without the need for additional embedded software. Music files including MP3 and OOG format are also supported.  The Pro Media Edition also gives professionals the ability to publish restricted collages and slide shows that cannot be viewed, printed, or edited except by the original author after they expire - ideal for commercial use.

    # # #



    Triscape Introduces Feature-rich Software Suites for Imaging Enthusiasts - Standard Edition is Free

    FxFoto 2.0 Standard, Deluxe Collage, and Pro Media provide easy to use tools for organizing, editing, correcting, sharing, and publishing photos and multimedia presentations

    SHOWSTOPPERS, NEW YORK, May 25, 2004 - Triscape, Inc. today announced the release of its most comprehensive software suites, FxFoto 2.0 Standard, Deluxe Collage, and Pro Media Editions.  The FxFoto 2.0 titles are targeted at photography enthusiasts and advanced multimedia users giving them full control over their pictures and the tools to create stunning and captivating presentations and movies.  FxFoto 2.0 Standard is available today as a fully functional free download.

    Executives from Triscape will be demonstrating FxFoto 2.0 at the ShowStoppers Media event in New York during CeBit America.  The event will be held on May 25 at 6 p.m. at PC Magazine 28 East 28th Street.

    "FxFoto 2.0 is a very ambitious strategy to introduce photographers to an entirely new class of imaging software that provides them with varying levels of comprehensive, extensive, and easy-to-use tools, starting at no charge," said Steve Simonoff, president of Triscape.  "FxFoto can scale with the user, including capabilities and pricing, giving them everything they need to manage, edit, archive, correct, share and creatively publish their pictures in new and exciting ways - without the steep learning curve or the need to buy other titles."

    FxFoto Standard Edition is a highly complete package for organizing, correcting, and sharing digital photos.  It organizes photos visually and by timeline, which is the most natural way people work with photos.  The Standard Edition also includes editing and correction tools that go way beyond typical entry-level packages, yet are very easy to use.  Sharing includes printing and emailing with smart compression of photos for efficient email.  Creativity features enable framing effects and simple slide shows.  The software also includes the ability to intelligently archive data to CD-ROM.  Far superior to shareware and even established software titles in its class, the Standard Edition is available for free with no restrictions.

    FxFoto Deluxe Collage Edition adds creativity features to the Standard Edition, which include multi-photo collages, scrap-booking, slide shows with many 2D and 3D special effects, soundtracks, and photo stitching for multi-photo panoramas and documents with multiple pages.  All creations can be e-mailed or prepped for CD burning for playback on any PC without the need for additional "player" or "reader" software.

    FxFoto Pro Media Edition builds on the Deluxe Edition by enabling the creation and publishing of photo-based movies and slide shows, complete with effects, soundtracks, and text.  Slide shows and MPEG movies can be created for CD-ROM (VCD and SVCD format) and DVD, which can play on most standard home DVD players.  Titles can also be published directly to Web sites using FxFoto plug-in technology, allowing visitors to view the show without the need for additional embedded software.  Music files including MP3 and OOG format are also supported.  The Pro Media Edition also gives professionals the ability to publish restricted collages and slide shows that cannot be viewed, printed, or edited except by the original author after they expire - ideal for commercial use.

    # # #



    New FxFoto Version 1.2 Expands Digital Photo Organization, Enhancement
    and Web Publishing

    Windham, NH (February, 2004) - Triscape Inc. announces the release of FxFoto 1.2, offering significant enhancements of its easy-to-use yet feature-rich photo package. Major new features include intuitive timeline navigation, a host of new photo enhancement and creativity tools, and improved tools for publishing slide shows on web sites using the FxFoto Viewer Plug-In. The FxFoto Standard Edition is still free.

    FxFoto's unique user interface has been highly acclaimed by users as easy to learn and use. FxFoto automatically scans for photos upon installation and organizes thumbnails by date and folder in the navigation pane. The new Timeline Bar indicates visually the location of all folders by date, and one mouse click instantly moves the user to the folder thumbnails. Unique to FxFoto, all photo navigation, timeline representation, enhancement, slide creation, and creativity features are quickly accessible from a single application window, avoiding the complexity of products using complicated and sometimes confusing windows for separate tasks.

    FxFoto 1.2 also provides a host of photo enhancement capabilities usually found only in high end image editing programs. Photos can be cropped and enhanced using a rich set of image enhancement tools including red-eye correction, lightening, darkening, sharpening, softening, color fills, background textures and a host of others. A new "Improve Image" tool allows the correction of one of the most common problems in photography, over or under exposed backgrounds and foregrounds. The tool allows for selective lightening or darkening of specific areas of a photo without noticeable harsh transition edges. New creativity features have been added to FxFoto 1.2, including new frame types such as tabs and special edge effects. FxFoto provides a vast collection of creativity features including countless frame styles, text annotations, and even a clone brush for creative retouching of digital images. Frame borders can be oval or rectangular with faded and even torn edges. In addition to traditional rectangular cropping, FxFoto can also crop with ovals or any irregularly drawn shape.

    The 1.2 Deluxe Edition adds improved web publishing capabilities to create pure HTML pages or sophisticated presentations and slide shows using Triscape's powerful Viewer Plug-in. Building web based presentations is as simple as creating a multi-photo collage or slide show and using the collage wizard to create a ready made web page containing the show. After posting pages to a web site, the FxFoto plug-in automatically downloads to web browsers when viewing the presentation. Slide shows for distribution via web sites, email, or self running CD's can literally be created in minutes. Styles include a variety of picture entrance and exit effects, 3D cinematic scrolling slides, zoomable thumbnails, and more. Also new in the Deluxe Edition is the ability to add music to presentations.

    # # #

    Evaluation Copy Available On Request

    Triscape, Inc., based in Windham, New Hampshire, is a privately held company that specializes in advanced graphics software and interactive web applications.




    FxFoto Automatically Organizes, Archives, Enhances, and Creates Digital Photo Collages

    Windham, NH (November, 2003) - Triscape, Inc. announces the release of FxFoto, software designed to give newer computer users an easy-to-use photo package yet provide a rich feature set for more advanced users. With years of experience providing advanced graphics software for mapping and instrumentation, Triscape aims to quickly establish a reputation in digital photography by giving away FxFoto Standard Edition. Including features that compare very favorably with other home photo packages, the Standard Edition is offered free of charge without any time or usage limits and may be downloaded at www.FxFoto.com.

    FxFoto addresses all of the most common photo software needs and offers some unique capabilities that help users to publish and preserve their photographs with style. Some of FxFoto's many features include automatically locating all current photos, direct import from virtually any digital camera or card reader, visual grouping and organizing of photos, and a host of processing functions to spruce up pictures. These include red eye correction, lighting and image enhancement, and blemish removal. FxFoto also allows easy and efficient email of one or more photos. It distributes photos, collages and slide shows by email or by burning them onto CD-ROM. CD's created with FxFoto include a free viewer that allows anyone with a PC to view them by simply inserting the CD into their computer. Photo folders can also be archived off-line on CD or DVD media while maintaining thumbnails on-line.

    A unique animated navigator displays photo thumbnails of all pictures by topic. Finding old photos is easy because all thumbnails are visible in a single scrolling view. Clicking on a thumbnail instantly shows a photo preview or adds it to a collection of pictures to create a slide show or collage. In addition, photos can be organized and searched by user specified keywords and by date. FxFoto greatly simplifies photo organization for those newer users who don't fully understand tree folder structures.

    One of the most exciting features of FxFoto is its ability to easily make photo collages. A creative use of these collections is to represent an event - graduation, vacation, holiday, picnic, party - in a collage or "scrap book". FxFoto makes creating collages fast and easy by letting the user simply drag photos onto the presentation page and click to apply frames, special effects, dialog balloons, and other annotations. The results are particularly stunning when printed on larger format paper and make perfect gifts to friends and relatives.

    System requirements
    FxFoto will run under Windows 98/ME/2000/XP. It requires 128MB of RAM and 4MB of free hard disk space.

    For more information on FxFoto or other products from Triscape, Inc., contact Triscape, Inc. at 1.603.890.9200 or visit the company's Web site at http://www.triscape.com.

    # # #

    Evaluation Copy Available On Request

    Triscape, Inc., based in Windham, New Hampshire, is a privately held company that specializes in advanced graphics software.



  • Copyright © Triscape Inc.   All Rights Reserved.  FxFoto is a registered trademark.
    Blog  |  Gallery  |  Downloads  |  Site Map  |  Policies  |  Contact