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New Mini Workstation from HP Delivers
DxO Releases
Server-Grade Power in a Small Package
Viewpoint 3
HP Inc. unveiled the world’s first mini workstation designed for users in CAD and other compute-intensive industries. The stylish, new HP Z2 Mini Workstation delivers power and versatility in a package that’s 90% smaller than a traditional business-class tower.
Building off the success of their HP Z240 SFF, HP claims the HP Z2 Mini Workstation is twice as power- ful as any commercial mini PC on the market today and has the ability to support six displays right out of the box. The HP Z2 Mini was designed for the millions of CAD users demanding smaller hardware with mission-critical reliability without compromising acoustics and performance.
At only 2.28x8.5x8.5", the new HP Z2 Mini Work- station is capable of designing anything from state-of- the-art electronics to home and office buildings. The workstation, running Windows 10 Pro or Linux, comes equipped with next generation Intel Xeon processors, NVIDIA professional graphics, and the availability of HP Z Turbo Drive for handling large files remarkably fast.
The ultra-compact and aesthetically pleasing work- station provides users with numerous placement options: on/under the desk, behind an HP Z display, or on a wall. HP engineers created custom designed fans and a cooling system for whisper-quiet acoustics (63% quieter than an HP business-class mini PC) for worksta- tion customers that need mission-critical reliability.
HP Z2 Mini Workstation is expected to be available worldwide in December starting at $699.
DxO, a world leader in
digital imaging tech-
nologies, announced a
major update to DxO
ViewPoint, its software
that automatically cor-
rects problems inherent
in photographs taken
with wide-angle lenses.
DxO ViewPoint 3 lever-
ages DxO’s advanced image science to automatically correct skewed perspectives and horizons with a single click, making the process quick and easy. The update also introduces a brand-new tool that pro- duces a miniature effect; the first software of its kind to perfectly replicate the popular look made famous by tilt-shift lenses.
DxO ViewPoint can fix even the most complex perspective problems, as well as restore the natural shape to subjects situated on the edges of photos. The automatic corrections are provided by DxO Optics Modules, which are developed by exacting laboratory analysis of thousands of camera and lens combinations.
The existing perspective correction tools have also been enhanced with an innovative, fully automatic mode that can instantly correct geometric distor- tion, straighten both horizontal and vertical lines, and automatically crop images, effectively eliminating key- stoning while preserving the maximum information in the picture. The new auto horizon correction tool is equally efficient at correcting skewed landscape and architectural images. A single click detects the most relevant straight lines in the image, which are ana- lyzed to determine the correct horizon.
With just one license, DxO ViewPoint works as both a standalone app and as a plug-in for DxO OpticsPro, Adobe Lightroom, Photoshop, and Photo- shop Elements. It’s available now for $79.
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