Microsoft hopes new photo tool will boost WindowsPro Photo Tools' futureWeisberg wouldn't detail much about what new modules are next for Pro Photo Tools beyond a few smaller features such as batch renaming to let photographers rename photos in bulk or a "painter" tool to let location tags or other metadata quickly be copied from one image and pasted to another.But new features are en route. Microsoft plans another announcement at the Photokina show in September in Germany. Microsoft wants Pro Photo Tools to be a work in progress--a frequently updated utility that evolves rapidly. "It's the evolving software model," Weisberg said. What does the software portend for its overall digital imaging strategy? Weisberg is cagey, and given that Microsoft axed its Digital Image Suite product a year after it acquired iView Multimedia and its software to manage digital photos and other digital files, reading the tea leaves can be difficult. Microsoft doesn't see Pro Photo Tools as competing either with the Expression Media product from iView Multimedia or with Microsoft's basic browsing and editing software, the Windows Photo Gallery package built into Vista or its more elaborate alternative, Windows Live Photo Gallery. "Photo Gallery is focused on the consumer experience. We're looking at things more interesting to prosumers that would be complementary to Photo Gallery," Weisberg said. "We're also looking at Expression Media on the high end and walking a fine line between the two.
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