Powerful geospatial plug-in suite now supports Adobe Photoshop CS4

Toronto, ON, March 2, 2009 - Avenza Systems Inc., producers of MAPublisher cartographic software for Adobe Illustrator and Macromedia FreeHand, Geographic Imager spatial imaging tools for Adobe Photoshop as well as MAPdataUSA, MAPdataCanada and MAPdataWorld royalty-free GIS data sets, announces the release of Geographic Imager 2.1 for Adobe Photoshop CS3 and CS4. Geographic Imager 2.1 is the latest version of this powerful software that adds geospatial functionality to Adobe Photoshop.

"Following the success of the initial Geographic Imager releases we are delighted to follow-up with this update supporting Adobe Photoshop CS4, said Doug Smith, Avenza's Director of Sales. "With this release we now offer spatial imaging support for Adobe's most current Photoshop release and further enhance overall spatial image processing within Adobe Photoshop," he added.

Geographic Imager enhances the already commanding Adobe Photoshop imaging environment by adding all the tools and technology necessary to support the import, edit, manipulation and export of geospatial images such as aerial and satellite imagery.  In addition to allowing the use of Photoshop and its powerful native imaging functions such as cropping, transparencies, individual pixel editing and brightness/contrast control, Geographic Imager adds the ability to import and recognize GeoTIFFs and other referenced raster formats, automatically mosaic and tile images spatially, reproject and transform images, geo-reference images based on ground control points and re-export images with all spatial information intact. 

Features of the Geographic Imager 2.1 Update

Adds support for Adobe Photoshop CS4
Quick georeference allowing referencing using fewer than 3 tie-points and/or using a second referenced image
Reference points can now be exported as a csv or log file
Reference points can now be entered using DMS and decimal degrees

General Features and Benefits of Geographic Imager

Allows the use of Adobe Photoshop native functionality without destroying the spatial properties of the image
Import and export GeoTIFFs and other spatial raster formats along with all georeferencing
Georeference non-referenced imagery with Ground Control Point (GCP) transformation
Reprojection of spatial imagery
Automatic mosaicking and tiling of spatial imagery
Automated scripting allows for use of Geographic Imager tasks in conjunction with Photoshop's automation tools
Mac, Windows and floating licenses available

More about Geographic Imager

Geographic Imager is powerful software for working with spatial imagery in Adobe Photoshop that leverages the superior image editing capabilities of this raster-based image-editing software. 

Geographic Imager 2.1 for Photoshop is now available free of charge to all Geographic Imager customers with a valid maintenance subscription and as an upgrade for non-maintenance members at US$319. New licenses are US$699 for a single-user fixed commercial license. Prices include 1 year of maintenance. Educational and floating licenses as well as discounted MAPublisher/Geographic Imager bundles are also available.  Full details are available at www.avenza.com.

More about Avenza Systems Inc.

Avenza Systems Inc. is an award-winning, privately held corporation that provides cartographers and GIS professionals with powerful software tools for making better maps. In addition to software offerings for Mac and Windows users, Avenza offers value-added data sets, product training and consulting services.   Visit www.avenza.com for more details.

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