Hopefully you've received an email from us or checked out the Digimarc for Images website and saw notices about the 4.0 upgrades; it's something we're really excited about. This upgrade to our embedding software — including the Adobe Photoshop and Photoshop Elements plug-ins — has a new watermarking technology called "Chroma" that we think you're going to like. The account administration area has been refreshed with some nice new features.

So log into you Digimarc account if it’s been awhile, you'll be pleasantly surprised.

After downloading the new plug-ins here, don't forget to upgrade your reader plug-in for Windows Explorer and Internet Explorer while you're at it.

The Digimarc for Images "Best Practices Guide" has been updated as well to help you get the most from the new Chroma embedding. We'll have a technical brief posted on the DFI website shortly. If you don't want to wait, I've included some of the technical brief here to get you started on why we added Chroma embedding...

I'm excited to say that the new website for Digimarc for Images just went live. You can download the new Chroma plug-ins and the free Digimarc Reader for Images now. Check here to see if your software version is supported. All Digimarc for Images customers can also sign In to their accounts and explore the new account management interface and experience the features I mentioned in my previous blog entry. 

Learn more about Digimarc for Images by going here. The redesign includes simple navigation and much more information. Not a customer yet? Email me for a discount coupon at ben.bounketh@digimarc.com. And don't forget, keep coming back to our blog as we'll be releasing details about all the additional new stuff coming to Digimarc for Images very soon.

Digimarc will be offering many new features to our Digimarc for Images customers very soon. I'm pleased to announce that we're integrating a brand new watermarking technology to our product line that will greatly improve the experience you have with digital watermarking. We call this breakthrough technology "Chroma" and you can learn about it now by clicking here. 

We've also completely redesigned the account management interface for all customers, making it easier to navigate and providing additional information, such as Digimarc Search Service statistics. There are a lot of updates taking place so we will be taking down the site for a few days. Check back on Friday, January 22, as all customers will then be able to sign in and experience the new system. Also, keep checking in on our blog as we'll release more great news about what's new with Digimarc for Images.

I had the chance to wander the floors of CES last week and attended a number of sessions. For the most part, I felt the show was a bit disappointing. Really not much new from last year, including many of the same discussions with regards to digital images. I attended the panel "Beyond Point and Shoot" moderated by someone from the Wall Street Journal. Here's a quick summary...

One of the blogs I've mentioned previously is Plagiarism Today, and they have a really great post called "5 Things that Can't be Copyrighted." It's a quick read and you get to discover such interesting tidbits such as fashion designs can't receive copyrights, along with a few other items. For what could be a pretty dry subject this site does a great job keeping it fresh and interesting.

Thanks to our resident cameraman, video editor and web guru all-in-one, there are 2 new videos about watermarking posted.  We're trying to keep videos under 5 minutes and focused on a single subject, so I end up talking a little fast at times.

The first new one is Tutorial #2 which has some recommendations when using JPEG compressed files and compares the results of various JPEG settings.

The second new video is Tutorial #3 which shows my recommendations for watermark GIF image formats. I hope you find these videos informative.

All the best,
Don