Software : Competition: WIN! Sony's Imagination Studio Suite 3 music, photo and video software

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Competition: WIN! Sony's Imagination Studio Suite 3 music, photo and video software Posted: Here's your chance to win professional music, photo and video editing software courtesy of Sony Creative Software. Priced at £114.95, we have five copies of the software to give away, which combines five Sony software applications in one. Imagination Studio Suite 3 Imagination Studio is the easiest way to get the most out of your digital video, music, and pictures. A unique teaching system provides interactive, step-by-step help so you can learn, create, and have fun all at the same time! Imagination Studio 3 contains the following applications: Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 11: Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 11 has everything you need to create spectacular HD videos, users can even create 3D videos ACID Music Studio 8 – helps you add a soundtrack to your video. Easily record vocals, guitar, keyboard and other instruments on unlimited tracks. Even create a remix version to keep things fresh Sound Forge Audio Studio – create custom tracks either by removing vocals from most songs or enhancing vocals on others DVD Architect Studio – after producing and directing a video turn it into a professional-looking DVD or demo Photo Go – spruce up your favourite family album shots using Photo Go software. Even edit/erase any embarrassing moments For more information on Imagination Studio Suite 3, pay a visit to www.sonycreativesoftware.com/imaginationstudio or the Sony Creative Software YouTube channel. Five lucky winners will receive a copy of Imagination Studio Suite 3. Good luck! To be in with a chance of winning simply click here to enter the competition Please note that this competition is only open to UK residents over 18 years of age.

Windows 8 app pricing and distribution models explained Posted: The Microsoft Development Network team has released details for Windows 8 software developers highlighting methods and pricing for apps on the new OS. In an MSDN blog post, Arik Cohen, a Lead Program Manager for Microsoft's Commerce and Licensing Team, digs into the different models that third-party developers will be able to use to distribute their apps once the OS is released. Under the current Windows 8 Release Preview, all apps are free. Paid apps will range in price from $1.49 to $999 (oddly exclusive of the popular $0.99 app price point), though developers will also be able to offer freemium apps with in-app payments, free apps with ads, and apps utilizing proprietary billing systems. Naturally, Microsoft will receive 20-30 percent of all app transactions. Positive aptitude Using the Colors! app as an example (software for drawing, editing, and uploading art), the MSDN blog goes into detail about the developing trials that feed seamlessly into full purchases. Microsoft will provide developers with the necessary APIs and codes for managing the trail model, probably in an effort to encourage its adoption. Using Sticker Tales as an example (presumably an app accented by the collection of virtual adhesives), the blog dives deeper into the process of in-app purchase development, for which Microsoft will also provide a fair amount of the code necessary to implement. Billing gurus with robust server environments and a decent pipe will be able to host payment options internally, so long as the transaction processing meets Microsoft's standards. Apps are a relatively new concept for Windows, and it looks like the team at Microsoft is embracing the unknown with its flexible Windows Store options. The only thing holding back developers now is Microsoft's certification timeline which, as of yet, hasn't opened for third-party firms.

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