PARINITA SALIAN LEAVING PHOTOWEEK!

•  Parinita Salian Leaving PhotoWeek! – Staff Journalist, Parinita Salian, is to leave PhotoWeek! at the end of the month to become a writer on DPReview. Pari was an invaluable provider of multi-media reporting to PhotoWeek! - working on our DVD productions as well as online video and writing. Her knowledge of photographic equipment and studio lighting was widely appreciated. She is joining one of the most highly regarded camera review sites on the Web, and we wish her well. She will be missed.

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ADOBE LAUNCHES INTERNET TV!

• Adobe Launches Internet TV! –
by Parinita Salian

Adobe TV is a new online video resource for expert training on all Adobe products. Although the name makes it sound like a television channel, it's basically a web site and Adobe media Player "channel" dedicated to tutorials of all their products. It is free and accessible to Adobe's customers around the world. [expand story >>>]

Adobe has selected Splash Media LP, a digital video publishing and technology company, to produce original programming and video training content for Adobe TV. The Dallas-based Splash Media will produce original high-quality instructional programs featuring Adobe product teams and experts.

This web TV will present a growing number of channels to appeal to different audiences, including channels for photographers, designers, video professionals, and developers. All customers will be able to watch programs at their convenience, save content to view offline, and subscribe to favourite channels to get the latest programs.

Apart from the original videos, Adobe TV has launched with over 200 videos, and plans to add new segments each week from a variety of well-established professional training companies and publishers, including xTrain, Lynda, and Total Training.

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UNLOCKING THE POTENTIAL OF PRINT!

• UNLOCKING THE POTENTIAL OF PRINT! – by Parinita Salian

Not just for photo books, digital printers are opening up new business lines for high street minilabs. Parinita Salian visited KAZ Digital Photo Store in East London last week. They've been a test site for EXENUX, the new digital printer from www.photomart.co.uk. EXENUX is ideal for photo products, but when she visited KAZ, Pari found the (typically adapatable) minilab had been using it for much more! [expand story >>>]

EXENUX is a digital printer that can work with a wide range of media weights, from 55gsm to 400gsm, in sizes up to SRA3+ and even 1.2m banner lengths.

I was greeted at KAZ by Seloua, the store manager. She told me she'd been using EXENUX to do quick printing for customers and local businesses. "This printer has single-handedly increased my business by 70%" she said. She had just finished printing some invitation cards, and moments later had a job of business cards coming out behind them. I watched the sheets whizzing from the versatile new machine.

Seloua has two graphic designers working in her store. They do all her Photoshop work, and also prepare designs for printing. Andy, the senior designer, told me "I am so satisfied with the results from this machine. Business cards, stationery, invitation cards – it can do just about anything. And there's none of the jamming or waste we used to have with other printers." [add comment]

NEW STAFF JOURNALIST AT PHOTOWEEK!

• New Staff Journalist at PhotoWeek! – Parinita Salian has joined the staff of PhotoWeek! Pari is a journalist and photographer with a BA in Media Studies and Journalism from Mumbai University. (She has a further qualification in Commercial Photography.) She worked for Asian Age and Asian Photography before coming to PhotoWeek! to do multi-media reporting.
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