August 4, 2003 For Immediate Release Contact: Roland Lee Vice President, Marketing Shapiro Consulting Group, Inc. (888) 800-5508 Asiva Sharpen+Soften Plug-In for Adobe Photoshop Now Available Asiva® Sharpen+Soften Plug-In for Adobe® Photoshop® Now Available Shapiro Consulting Group, Inc., (SCGI), of Austin, Texas, has announced the official release of its revolutionary sharpening and softening plug-in for Adobe Photoshop. The new plug-in, called Asiva Sharpen+Soften, is the first in a series of plug-ins the company plans to release for Adobe Photoshop over the next few months. The Asiva Sharpen+Soften plug-in is based on SCGI's innovative Asiva technology, which allows variable and precise control over how any effect is applied to an image. The plug-in (Mac-OS 9/OS X, PC-Win 2000/XP) supports 8 or 16-bit, RGB or CMYK files. The user may choose to sharpen or soften one or more of these channels. In addition, HSV components may be selected for sharpening or softening. This provides precise control over not only the quality but the quantity and distribution of sharpening or softening applied. A built in Sampler Tool allows for the easy selection of a color range where sharpening or softening should occur, often eliminating complex masking. Asiva's technology allows the user to generate natural looking results effortlessly. Asiva's patented technology has been used extensively in broadcast video enhancement work in the past six years and is embodied in the company's 16-bit per component Asiva® Photo color correction and image enhancement application. Asiva® Photo has been very popular with high-end digital photographers, graphics artists and visual information specialists in the government, military and medical sectors. The Sharpen+Soften plug-in is priced at an introductory $69 and free trials are available at the company's website: www.asiva.com.