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kodak.com 25.11.2007 1STEIN and Kodak launch Publisher 2.0
The new KODAK NEXPRESS Photobook Software by 1STEIN provides print businesses with an easy-to-use, customisable solution for producing and selling photo products such as photo books, cards, calendars, mugs – and more – over the internet (..) The end-to-end solution encompasses all the necessary process steps involved in producing photo products, and incorporates a simple re-order process. Different items, such as calendars, postcards and books, are easily managed as one order. Powerful image manipulation functionality within the client software allows consumers to edit, enhance or automatically improve pictures based on the content of the image.
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PC Plus March 2005 - "CodedColor PhotoStudio provides a worthy alternative to the likes of Photoshop Elements, but at a fraction of the cost of Adobe's title."
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PC Utilities 47 "For those who want a more comprehensive photo viewing, organisation and manipulation package, CodedColor PhotoStudio is an excellent choice that adds far superior editing and slideshow options in addition to some complex methods of organising and sorting your images. Whatever your intended use, CodedColor PhotoStudio provides professional organisation, formatting and editing for your entire picture collection."
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Sharewarejunkies 5 star review "If you're looking for an image editor that's an 'all rounder' then look no further than CodedColor Imaging Pro. 1STEIN GmbH have combined all of the digital photographer's needs in one single application: image viewing & editing, web album export, annotations, database & keyword searching, contactsheets, screenshows, batch conversion, photo finishing, red eye correction, screen capture and TWAIN import."
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UKWares "CodedColor Imaging Pro is a feature full image package, designed not only to organise your images but also to edit, Print, export, convert, show slide shows and a host of other functions."
Brothersoft Editor Pick "The GoldDownload Review Staff give this product a Pick Award because it is easy to use, it has a professional-looking interface, it is excellent compared to other programs in this section."
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Agfa-Net "CodedColor organizes photos in albums together with keywords, sends them by e-mail or on the Internet in the form of an online gallery, serves to process pictures and gives a quick insight into directories."
photographie.de 11.02.05 - "David scores against Goliath"
"1STEIN is building up competition with it's software CodedColor PhotoStudio 4.1 Pro against more established products like ACDSee and Photoshop Album. CodedColor offers image organization and photo album features, as well as a wide range of image improvement and editing tools. You can create diashows and albums for the Internet, remove red eyes and correct color stains. The software supports photo prints and can add copyright watermarks to your private photos. All typical image formats are supported and can be converted."

User Testimonials

"Fantastic program for organizing my images! After ACDSee, Irvanview,... I instantly got addicted to this cool program. It's the best image organizer tool I found so far. Also check out the Webalbum - Great feature!"
"First of all congratulations to your firstclass tool. After trying to develop a web slideshow myself, I did some online research and came across your produkt. After having tried out dozens of slideshows, i must say, that none have as many features as yours. Very impressive!"
"I just started using CodedColor 2002 and I find it to be the very best photo-viewer/editor that I am aware of! I intend to try out all the options and I will give you feedback and/or suggestions as I become more acquainted with the program."
"Its Great! I appreciate the small download size, and the product is great too."
"Dear CodedColor team, there's not much to say about CodedColor, it's just a fantastic tool. I use it for our families personal homepage and also to catalogue my Digi-Pix for local use. It works stable and it's easy to use."
"This is a mega galery tool !!!"
"Since a few weeks I am using CodedColor to organize my pictures, and I am very convinced of the product. Good handling, many possibilities and very stable - Bravo (and thank you)!"
"Your program is very practical and user friendly."
"I like your program very much. Especially for the archiving part I havn't found any better alternatives. Thank you for the freebee. I'm looking forward to the next release!"
"Good JPG shrinker for digital cameras that only save in one size, STILL MAINTAINS IMAGE QUALITY!!"
"Excellent program! Liteweight but complete. Better than ACDSee!"
"Thank you for your wonderful customer service!!! It took two tries, but I finally got it all downloaded and installed. Thanks again for the great service, you guys are second to none!!"
" I found your program CodedColor online at Download.com, as I was sifting through the album creating software. I tried several before I found your program, and I will say your's is by far the best album generator I have seen. It does everything I want it to, plus so much more."
"Searching for a viewer and organizer for my digital photos, I stumbled across CodedColor. I have already tested quite a few applications, but I like yours best. Strange however, that this software has not been reviewed by some major magazines. Are they all sleeping? "
"I am a freelance photographer on a shoestring budget. I have looked at and tried numerous editing programs such as ACDsee, Photoshop, Irfanview and more. None of them gave me the results that your product does. I decided to purchase the full program within minutes of my first download."
"Another comment, your software is very useful and frienly, I love it, the interface is very easy and logical, congratulations."
"I found it by chance, and your update is wonderful, very useful and creative. Thanks"
"To use your system is praktical and easy for the first overlook of pictures on a sheet of paper. You can easily select the usefull fotos for later printing on special paper. Futheron, it is easy to put them into the right position to print them on paper."
"This is the best viewer/editor....that I've ever seen. Very easy to use! Congratulations!!!"
"I have only used it 10 minutes, but it seems quite promising! I am currently testing image viewing software and am looking for the perfect one - CodedColor seems the have the potential!"
"Wonderful package. Just what I had been looking for and not finding in so many others."


CodedColor PhotoStudio by 1STEIN is a Windows photo viewer and editor to organize, edit, resize, reformat, correct, compare, sort, watermark, annotate and print digital images, and to edit EXIF and IPTC data in digital photos. You can rename multiple images, remove scratches, create panorama pictures (stitch), convert RAW photos (from Canon, Nikon, Olympus, etc. cameras), send images via Skype, send photo SMS, burn digital watermarks, correct colors, run a screenshow, convert and correct JPEG images in a batch process, rename fields, open pictures and image folders from the Explorer, generate a webalbum in HTML and compress JPG images. The CodedColor full version is not free, but during registration you can choose the Freeware edition. Editor and webalbum generator are partly restricted in the freeware. After the download you can try the PhotoStudio shareware for 30 days without any restrictions. The CodedColor software interface looks very similar to ACDSee, is easier to use than Photoshop and more versatile than Picasa and Irfanview, but still contains editing and correction features as effective as Paintshop. Have a look at our Before / After tutorials, in order to get an idea of the powerful editor capabilities. The software comes with a detailed handbook and a fast database to store EXIF / IPTC data and color informationen. CodedColor PhotoStudio is a powerful and versatile photo organizer and image editing software for digital camera users. The user friendly interface includes features like photo editing & printing, web album galleries, slide shows, photo management & cataloging, custom sorting, IPTC & EXIF editor, thumbnail generation, resize & resample images, jp2000, batch conversion, database keyword searching, red eye removal, color / sharpness / brightness & contrast correction, artefacts removal, clone brush, scanner & TWAIN import, screen capture, lossless JPEG rotation, gamma correction, print ordering and screenshows with many transition effects, watermark text, image annotations, panorama stitch & animation, video capture, PDF album export, photo layouts, collages, frames, shadows, histograms, automatic white balance, skype photo sharing, etc. Opens and converts all common image formats: BMP, WMF, GIF, JPEG, JPEG2000, TIFF, PCX, PNG, PSP, PSD, PCD, and all current RAW formats. Visit the CodedColor PhotoStudio homepage to learn more and download a free copy! Includes BYNGO MMS messenger and CodedColor Publisher, a versatile photo layout and DTP tool, from which you can order individual photobooks through KODAK in the coming version 5.5.