Microsoft Digital Image
Developer(s) | Microsoft |
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Stable release | 2006
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Operating system | Microsoft Windows |
Type | Photo editor |
License | ? |
Website | www.microsoft.com |
Microsoft Digital Image is a discontinued digital photo editing program created by Microsoft. The previous line of the software was known as Microsoft Picture It!. Digital Image Suite has full support for Adobe Photoshop plugins. It also includes Digital Image Library for organizing images. Windows Vista's Photo Gallery is based on Digital Image Library. Later versions also included Photo Story.
On 15 June 2007, Microsoft announced that the Microsoft Digital Image suite would be discontinued because, according to Microsoft, most of the feature set in the Digital Image suite of applications had been integrated into newer Microsoft titles and services, including Windows Vista and Windows Live Photo Gallery.[1]
Editions
- Standard - offers tools for editing images.
- Suite - also includes Digital Image Library for organizing images
- Suite Plus - includes tools from Digital Image Suite and the video editing tools of Pinnacle Studio.
Versions
- Digital Image 7.0
- Digital Image 9
- Digital Image 10
- Digital Image 2006 - This version had native support for Raw camera formats from Canon (.CRW) and Nikon (.NEF)
- Digital Image 2006 Anniversary Edition - Offering Windows Vista compatibility, XMP read-write support [2] , but Raw functionality removed because of native Windows Vista Raw support via Windows Imaging Component
The Anniversary Edition included several bonus offers:
- Free 4×6 prints and Photo Notepad for new members from SnapfishFree
- Samples of Post-it Picture Paper plus coupons for discounts on future purchase
- One-year subscription to Popular Photography
- One-year subscription to Good Housekeeping
- Coupon for $20, $30, or $50 off digital frames from Digital Spectrum