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ABSTRACT: This press release announces new version of Graphics Mill for .NET which includes three additional modules – AVI Processor Add-on, Advanced PSD Add-on and Red-eye Removal Add-on – which make image and video processing more efficient. Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2005 and .NET 2.0 compatibility is another key enhancement of this version.

New Graphics Mill 3.5 for .NET – Advanced Image Processing Tool

February 14, 2006 - Aurigma Inc. is extremely proud to announce about long-awaited release of Graphics Mill 3.5 for .NET – an imaging library for developers of image and video processing applications. This version features two significant improvements: Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2005 and .NET 2.0 compatibility and new add-ons that empower customers to add unique features to their applications.

Closer integration with Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2005 and .NET 2.0 makes it easier and more efficient for developers to build their applications, especially for ASP.NET. Developers can use Web controls of Graphics Mill merely by dropping it on the page in forms designer. No need to configure it separately (as in previous version).

New add-ons highly extends functionality of Graphics Mill, making it “must have” for different kinds of imaging applications.

• AVI Processor Add-on – includes such features as reading AVI files, extracting its frames to separate images, creating new AVI files, adding watermarks into it, working with audio tracks, etc. This add-on is a choice of developers who create batch video processing applications.
• Advanced PSD Add-on – allows to process PSD files created in Adobe® Photoshop® and extract raster and text layers (including all font settings) from it. It enables customers to build applications which use PSD files as templates for personalized graphics (such as business cards, posters, postcards, etc).
• Red-eye Removal Add-on – extends Graphics Mill with red-eye effect removal functionality. Red-eye removal is possible in semiautomatic and manual modes. This feature is vital for most photo processing applications.

"We are happy to announce Graphics Mill 3.5 for .NET" – says Andrew Simontsev, CTO and co-founder of Aurigma Inc. "We strongly believe that this version of Graphics Mill will be appreciated at its true worth by developers of wide range of imaging applications – from photo editing software to video batch processors".

In addition to these innovations, Graphics Mill has the following key components:

• Powerful library of imaging algorithms including numerous transforms, effects, color conversion, support of most popular image formats, etc.
• Advanced Windows Forms controls including image viewer (with rubberband selection, zoom, pan, scrolling), thumbnail list view, printing control.
• Unique Web Forms image viewer control which is based on AJAX-based technology – web-optimized viewport (downloads only visible parts of image, no roundtrips, etc), rich client-side object model, zoom, scroll, pan, rectangle rubberband selection.

Graphics Mill package includes comprehensive documentation and a big number of sample applications which demonstrates its features and leverages development process – developers can easily re-use examples and learn best practices of Graphics Mill usage. But that is not all – all customers of Graphics Mill for .NET get Windows and Web Forms controls source code. The source code for Graphics Mill core can be purchased separately.

To get more information about Graphics Mill for .NET, visit its homepage:

http://www.aurigma.com/Products/GraphicsMilldotNET/

About Aurigma Inc
Aurigma is one of the leading vendors of imaging components for developers and web-based solutions for image management. Aurigma’s software is used for wide range of applications and businesses: from small photo galleries to corporate security video management. Aurigma is truly excited that its software has gained a world-wide success in quality, easy way of usage and efficiency.

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Andrew Simontsev
Public Relations
+1 703 348 7804
info@aurigma.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Aurigma is going to strike .NET imaging market by releasing new product Graphics Mill 3.0

Olympia, WA (July 27, 2004) – Aurigma, a software development company specializing in imaging components, claims that their upcoming product Graphics Mill 3.0™ for Microsoft .NET platform will cause a revolution on the .NET imaging market.

There are several reasons we believe this , said Andrew Simontsev, Chief Technical Officer of Aurigma. First of all, we will be the first to offer the unique option of purchasing the source code. This will bring our customers many benefits such as independence from our technical support, high customization possibilities, and many others. Although selling source code is a common practice for certain kinds of components, there are no other imaging component vendors providing the source code for their products.

Another reason we believe this is that Graphics Mill 3.0 is true .NET component , continued Andrew Simontsev. Many vendors claim that they provide 100% managed .NET code, but it is misleading. No imaging components can be 100% managed, otherwise they would have huge problems with performance . Actually such components are often divided into common unmanaged DLLs (or even ActiveX DLLs) with .NET wrappers. This enables the use of DLLs in .NET applications, but leads to the serious deployment problems. This is impractical since simplification of the deployment procedure is one of the crucial benefits of the .NET platform.

"Unlike competing components, Graphics Mill is not divided into managed and unmanaged DLLs. It is written using Managed C++, allowing us to combine both managed and unmanaged code into a single assembly", said Andrew Simontsev. "This way Graphics Mill can be deployed as easily as any native .NET assembly".

"Finally, Graphics Mill is built specifically and only for online photo processing", said Andrew Simontsev. "Competing components are built to handle many tasks but with only mediocre results. Graphics Mill is built to be the very best online photo processor available."

Graphics Mill 3.0 beta testing is underway, and the Aurigma team intends on releasing it into production beginning Fall 2004.

About Aurigma

Aurigma specializes in the development of imaging components and web-based solutions for image management. Founded in 2000, Aurigma has built a broad customer base including several Fortune 500 companies. Aurigma's software is used for everything from small photo galleries to corporate security video management.