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Hi Don, A little late, but here I'm. We have the 2.5 version of Photoshop and the 2.0 of PhotoStyler. Both great programs, and I think that Photostyler is superior to photoshop. I believe that PhotoShop 2.5 only beat styler in the filters, but Styler is simpler and have better features and it is easier to use. I think Pshop have a plug-in for KCMS, but styler is build within and for the Kodak Color Managment System. If you want to get cheap color accuracy, Styler is the best way to go (specially if you have the Precision Transform file for your printer 🙂 We are going to beta test the PT for the Kodak ColorEase PS -it's on the mail now) If you are serious about printing, get Photostyler. It seems that the Kodak Color Managment is going to be the next standard in color managment. Microsoft is building it in Windows 4.0 and it will be used in all the future Windows versions. That and the PhotoCD Pro are changing the face of electronic publishing and photography. Until today, there have been too much solutions from different vendors. With Scitex, Hell and the rest of the highend crowd supporting PhotoCD, this business is taking a new and exciting shape. Read this from Cliff Wilson, from the Kodak Color managment division: >>>Is this public information or should I shut up my big mouth CF:The press release was in the Kodak and Aldus forumsabout a month ago. >>>> that means that most (all?) imaging equipment manufacturers will have a reference to follow, right? CF:Absolutely. >>>>What could we expect? CF: With Kodak standardizing on the Colorsync 2.0 profile format and Kodak having a deal with Microsoft and Sun, we should see a common profile format so peripheral vendors will have a clear format to build to. >>>> PTs directly from monitor manufacturers? CF: Possibly, but I see scanners and printers being more likely. What I see for monitor vendors is tools that build a custom profile on your machine. These are already available for our system on the Mac from RasterOps, Supermac, and Daystar Digital. I expect more and on the PC as well. These yield better results than pre-canned ones. >>>>Are you optimistic about Chicago and the KCMS? CF: YES. I am under NDA, but users should be pleased! >>>>Do the application have to be KCMS "aware" to be part of the uniform color managment or have we to wait for the next versions? CF: There are certain features that will now be available to "aware" apps, but _currently_ shipping application will be able to achieve color matching without re-coding. I can't say more. sorry. Nice, mmh? Sure that people hate Windows (me too) but there are a lot of things happening arround it. Too much to ignore them and turn our heads to other operating systems. ana /krazy images