Released on = March 7, 2006, 8:28 am

Press Release Author = VicMan Software

Industry = Software

Press Release Summary = Edit digital photos directly from Windows Explorer or
Picture and Fax Viewer

Press Release Body = 27/02/2005, Moscow (Russia) - VicMan Software announced the
release of the first official version of Photo Toolkit, a powerful, yet compact and
easy-to-learn solution to improve digital images. With only a few clicks, anyone can
enhance their photos automatically right from Windows Fax and Picture Viewer or
Windows Explorer. This patent-pending technology allows users to correct the most
common problems in digital images right from the environment the users are used to
without the need to open external photo editing software. Photo Toolkit can also
function as a stand-alone software package.

Photo Toolkit contains unique technologies based on self-training algorithms and
advanced digital signal processing techniques.

Red Eye Remover is a fully automatic solution for correcting red-eye effects. This
solution offers the best success in detection rates available on the market. In
automatic detection mode, the detection rate is 90% and the error rate is 4.2%. In
semi-automatic detection mode, the detection rate is greater than 99% and the error
rate is less than 1%.

VicMan Makeup technology allows even a novice photographer to improve portrait
photos in a minute by performing simple and fast corrections of skin imperfections.
Several brush tools, each addressing a specific skin defect, approximate neighboring
areas to overcome the defects, thus making the skin look natural and smooth.

Photo Toolkit also contains a unique technology for whitening teeth. This is the
first solution on the market that allows you to remove dim tooth enamel defects
without precise brush strokes. Based on advanced statistical processes, the teeth
whitening brush preserves the color of the lips and whitens only the teeth.

The advanced color correction module consists of basic levels, contrast and gamma
correction, all fully automatic, and more advanced methods, such as automatic
saturation correction and illumination flattening. To achieve the best results,
users can choose the desired effect from several images, which are versions of the
original picture, each processed by different correction algorithms or their
combinations.

With Photo Toolkit, users can also resize photos with minimal loss of quality and
sharpness. Users can also crop and fine-tune the image, adding artistic and lighting
effects.

VicMan has developed a brand new, patent-pending software shipment method that
allows original equipment manufacturers (OEM) to install Photo Toolkit in their
digital cameras. Our extremely compact software works directly from the digital
camera, allowing your customers to edit their photos everywhere. All your customers
need to do is plug their cameras into a computer that uses any Windows operating
system and launch our software. No other installation or activation is required.


Availability
Photo Toolkit will be presented at the PMAI-2006 Trade Show that takes place from 26
February to 1 March in Orlando, FL, USA. In Europe, Photo Toolkit will be presented
at CeBIT-2006 in Hannover, Germany.

Photo Toolkit is available for download now. Please check the latest version at
http://www.photo-toolkit.com/downloads.html. Screenshots of the user interface are
available at http://www.photo-toolkit.com/screenshots.html.
The price is $29.95 USD (electronic software download).

Web Site = http://www.photo-toolkit.com/

Contact Details = Address: Leninsky prospect, 2-2A, office 704B, Moscow
Russian Federation

Phone Number: +7 (495) 955 00 88
Email: submit@vicman.net