London, U.K. & Boston, MA – February 10, 2009
– Vertus, Inc., a graphics and
imaging software developer that creates simple and highly specialized
software solutions, today announced the availability of its
highly-entertaining new image
composition application, Play With Pictures™. The most fun and easy
alternative to intimidating professional graphic design programs, Play With
Pictures enables users of any age to take ordinary photos and turn them into
unique and imaginative compositions, then print or save them for use at home
or on social networks.
The simplicity of Play With
Pictures makes the whimsical a reality – you can turn the family dog into
the winner of the Westminster Dog Show, or resurrect that horrible hairdo
from the high school years!
Social media users like those on Facebook and MySpace can enhance their
online interactions by posting creative images for their profile pictures,
and can easily update, remake, and share those images in mere moments. These
often humorous creations are perfect for creating fun pictures to share with
family and friends, making greeting cards and invitations, letting school
projects come alive, and more.
Easily mastered within
minutes, Play With Pictures lets users cut out an unlimited number of people
and props from images using a straightforward technique that resembles
paint-by-numbers. The cut-outs are then layered onto a background of choice
using a set of tools that are not only easy to use, but incredibly fun.
“The idea of using software to
create humorous cut-out images isn’t a new concept, but eliminating the
complicated mechanics of Photoshop and other intimidating design programs
will, for the first time, make once complex techniques available to entirely
new audiences,” said James Carr-Jones, president and CEO of Vertus. “Play
With Pictures is the only application that’s so simple and fun to use that
grandparents and grandchildren alike can create imaginative, heartwarming
and inventive images that can be so much more than just an ordinary
keepsake. There is no limit to the human imagination and Play With Pictures
breaks down the barriers that keep everyone – of all ages and skill levels –
from expressing their creativity.”
Because layering
portions of multiple images together often makes the composition look
disjointed, Play With Pictures provides an automatic blend tool which
smoothes over any hard edges and provides a seamless transition between
background and foreground layers. To
further assimilate cut-outs into the final image, simple slider tools can be
used to adjust the transparency of each cut-out, as well as its color tint.
Additionally, a quick copy button will duplicate the cut-outs as many
times as needed.
To personalize
compositions, Play With Pictures adds a text box to the image to provide
titles and captions, or simply insert pieces of text throughout the image.
Also, a single click can add a speech bubble to provide dialogue and the
font and text color, as well as the speech bubble and its transparency, can
all be independently adjusted for the perfect look.
Additional features
which will soon be available in Play With Pictures, and accessed through
free and routine software updates, include
one-click image morphing to literally bend portions of the image into new
and exciting shapes, and easy share
options to upload images directly to popular social network profiles.
Tools which will soon be added to the
software include a slider to alter image warmth and a contrast tool to
adjust image brightness.
Free trials of Play
With Pictures are available for immediate download at
http://www.vertustech.com/playwithpictures where the software can also be
purchased for the introductory price of $39.95.
