Reader Mail & Rumor Report-October 14, 2006

In today's reader mail and rumor report, we note the release of updated versions of Babya Photo Workshop and Babya Presenter, and the new Babya bPhoto and OneVideo.


Babya Photo Workshop for Mac update:
Babya Photo Workshop for Macs was updated to v 11.0.2 in late August.

Babya today announced a free update to the Mac version of Babya Photo Workshop.

Version 11.02 includes bug fixes for Intel Mac users.

Babya Photo Workshop for Mac is a image editing application that allows you to get started and experiment with Image Units.

You can start out with a base image, apply a color control filter, an exposure adjust filter, white point adjust filter, and a color blend mode filter—all the while watching the filters being applied to the source image in real time.

By using Babya Photo Workshop for Mac and seeing how Image Units work, you can get a feel for how Image Units could be used in your own applications.

Babya's A.A. Fussy commented, "Babya Photo Workshop for Mac version 11.02 improves stability for users of Intel Macs."

Pricing and Availability:
Babya Photo Workshop for Mac version 11.02 is now downloadable at:
http://www.winsite.com/bin/Info?27500000036992



About Babya:

Babya Software Group is an award-winning developer of digital media software for Mac and Windows, including Babya bSuite, bPicture, Babya Firestorm and Babya Photo Workshop and Babya Logic.

Babya's software has won many awards over the past several years, including 5 stars (Babya bSuite, 2005), a Softpedia Pick and a Softpedia 100% clean award (2006) and has been featured in magazines such as PC Utilities and PC Format.

Also Babya Photo Workshop XL was updated:

Babya Photo Workshop Professional XL version 13 is now available.

New in version 13:
-Babya 3D Photo Explorer:view your photos in a 3D space
-Babya Filter Factory-wild and wacky effects generator
-Babya Firestorm-amazing pyrotechnics/fire image generator
-3D Text support
-Babya Visual Color-a useful color viewer/converter. Pick any color fron any part of your screen and get hex, RGB values,etc

Download:
http://www.winsite.com/bin/Info?23500000036618


Babya bPhoto:
Babya bPhoto is now available to download.

Babya bPhoto is a new addition to the Babya Photo Workshop product line. Based on Babya Photo Workshop Professional XL's viewport and filter technologies , bPhoto is a easy to use photo editor, ideal for fast and fun image effects and also quick edits.

Babya bPhoto is not replacing Babya Photo Workshop Express at this stage.

Some of Babya bPhoto's features are:
-Stepping filter actions
-Color adjustments
-Selection tool-it's very easy to make selections with.

Download:
http://www.winsite.com/bin/Info?28000000036725

Press Release:
Babya today announced the release of bPhoto-fast and easy image editing for consumers.

Babya bPhoto is based on Babya Photo Workshop XL technology- including its viewport and selection tools.

bPhoto is one of the easiest photos editors available-making it ideal for fuss-free photo touch up and effects.

As it is very small when installed-a portable application, it is suitable for use on a USB flash drive.

Features of bPhoto include:
* Easy zooming
* Precise selection tools based on Babya Photo Workshop XL
* Complete control over a image's color
*Fast effects-black and white, sepia, mirrors, flips and flutes

Babya's A.A. Fussy said, "Babya bPhoto is extremely portable-so you can take it to any PC or Mac on a USB flash drive. Impressive effects can be achieved in minutes-you'll have lots of fun with bPhoto."

Pricing and Availability:
Babya bPhoto is now shipping and can be downloaded at:
http://www.winsite.com/bin/Info?28000000036725

About Babya:

Babya Software Group is an award-winning developer of digital media software for Mac and Windows, including Babya bSuite, bPicture, Babya Firestorm and Babya Photo Workshop and Babya Logic.

Babya's software has won many awards over the past several years, including 5 stars (Babya bSuite, 2005), a Softpedia Pick and a Softpedia 100% clean award (2006) and has been featured in magazines such as PC Utilities and PC Format.


Babya OneVideo:
A powerful YouTube and iPod authoring suite, Babya OneVideo was released last month:
Babya today announced the innovative OneVideo video software package-featuring iPod videos export and video downloading, made easy by Babya.

OneVideo features QuickTime authoring, and iPod export plus YouTube video dowloading in the one package.

OneVideo includes Babya QuickTime Studio, which is a powerful application which uses QuickTime 7's COM Control to display and manipulate movies, using a familiar Apple QuickTime movie controller.

To run Babya QuickTime Studio, your system must meet the minimum requirements
for QuickTime.

A Broadband Internet connection (DSL/Cable/LAN) is higly recommended as well.


Babya QuickTime Studio has the following capabilities:
Standard QuickTime 7 features available in Babya QuickTime Studio are:
- Movie playback with a movie controller container
- Open, Open from URL, Close
- Cut/Copy/Paste/Undo
- Display movie info. such as duration, track types, track formats, etc.


QuickTime 7 Pro features you can use in Babya QuickTime Studio are:
-Full Screen mode
- Export, Export with dialog
- Quicktime Event handling
- Fullscreen playback


Once you have a movie opened you can perform any of the various operations on the movie using the File and Export menus such as export to iPod , fullscreen etc.

Some of the operations utilize features or technologies that are usually found only in the QuickTime 7 Pro edition-like full-screen.

Now with Babya QuickTime Studio you can do this for free.

Babya Video Downloader lets you download & search YouTube videos.



Babya's A.A. Fussy said,"OneVideo is your complete iPod and web video package-all you need to convert, create and download original content."

Alvin Novick noted, "It's easy to create, share and show off anything in videos you create with OneVideo."


Pricing and Availability:
Babya OneVideo is shipping now and can be doenload free of charge at:
http://www.winsite.com/bin/Info?28000000036852

About Babya

Babya Software Group is an award-winning developer of digital media software for Mac and Windows, including Babya bSuite, bPicture, Babya Firestorm and Babya Photo Workshop and Babya Logic.

Babya's software has won many awards over the past several years, including 5 stars (Babya bSuite, 2005), a Softpedia Pick and a Softpedia 100% clean award (2006) and has been featured in magazines such as PC Utilities and PC Format.

That's it for today's report.