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"Not long ago, I had the opportunity to review Adobe’s PhotoShop Elements 6, which is probably the best consumer level photo editor. It basically takes all of the tools the pros use and bundles them into easy to use menus and wizards for the average user. The problem I have is that even with Photoshop, I am still left with hundreds (if not thousands) of photos in my “shoebox” of a hard drive, What to do? I mean, I don’t just want to say, here is a folder, have at it, when I show people my pictures. I want them to see my pictures pleasantly arranged in a manner which provides context and makes them enjoyable to look at. Enter Lumapix with the answer to the second half of my digital photo equation: FotoFusion."



Based on reading Doug Goldring's review, it seems he was intimidated by the program until he started using it - meaning that he was psyched-out by the idea of the program, not the program itself. That's probably not an uncommon situation, because when you look at the images that FotoFusion can create, you might think "Gee, that looks kind of hard!" - but you don't realize just how easy it is. Doug's review echoes my own feelings about FotoFusion: it's a fantastic program that's much easier to use than you might think. It's not the kind of software I use every day, but when I need to make photo collages, it's the first, and only, tool that I turn to. I just made a photo collage for a friend the other day in fact, and she adores it. Download the free demo and check out FotoFusion for yourself.

Here's our 17th giveaway, one of our grand prizes, courtesy of LumaPix: five (!) copies of FotoFusion Extreme, valued at $299.99 USD each, will be given away. Here's a bit about the product:

"Create elegant and impressive wedding albums in minutes, not days. Create your own custom signature templates, or browse LumaPix's online catalog of designer wedding album styles. Tune your compositions with FotoFusion's best-of-breed tools for image layout; send low-res watermarked proofs to your bride by email, web gallery, print or pdf. Take full advantage of the flexibility of all-digital layout and give your customers the look they expect. FotoFusion's professional photography software is the best album layout tool that money can buy."

This software is truly amazing - I use it to make 16 x 20" photo collages after every major vacation my wife and I go on, and over the past year I've used it to create a wide assortment of projects for friends and family. It's a wonderful creative tool! As you can tell, I really like this software - you can check out my full review for details. It's also worth noting that the Extreme version of this software comes with a stunning array of templates and elements for you to use in your layouts.



Here's how to enter: just post a message as a reply telling me what type of projects you'd like to use FotoFusion for. Vacation photo collages? Sports team pictures? Scrapbooking? There's one post per person allowed, and five winners will be randomly chosen. The contest will stay open for entries until April 7th, 2008.

Special thanks to LumaPix for their donation of this software!