ID Card Workshop Team has released ID Card Workshop 3.5, an professional and affordable membership management and ID card making software for Microsoft Windows.

ID Card Workshop is a professional and easy-to-use membership management and ID card software for businesses and organizations. With its built-in powerful multi-layer ID card designer, various templates and samples, ID Card Workshop enables you to create ID cards, employee badges, membership cards, loyalty cards, VIP cards or any other types of ID cards never been easy! And with the inbuilt membership management feature, which enables you to manage records, issue cards with just few clicks! Also, with the webcam capturing feature, 1D barcode (code 39) and 2D barcode(QR code) support, which enables you to build a complete member enrollment and card verification(with barcode scanner) system at low costs!

The new version of ID card workshop has added following new features:
1. Added supports for digital cameras(Canon EOS series) and scanners as image source to import/capture images while issuing photo id cards.
2. Added support for Windows 8
3. Added Teslin 1-up paper support, which enable users to print id cards one by one with laser and inkjet printers.
4. Added offset setting for layout printing mode.
And also fixed a bug on database creations

The new added digital camera support enable users to use their own Canon EOS cameras to capture images while making photo id cards. here are the supported camera models :
EOS-1D Mark III
EOS 40D
EOS-1Ds Mark III
EOS DIGITAL REBEL Xsi/450D/ Kiss X2
EOS DIGITAL REBEL XS/ 1000D/ KISS F
EOS 50D
EOS 5D Mark II
EOS Kiss X3/EOS REBEL T1i /EOS 500D
EOS 7D
EOS-1D Mark IV
EOS Kiss X4/EOS REBEL T2i /EOS 550D
EOS 60D
EOS Kiss X5/EOS REBEL T3i /EOS 600D
EOS Kiss X50/EOS REBEL T3 /EOS 1100D
EOS 5D Mark III
EOS 1D X
EOS Kiss X6i/EOS 650D/EOS REBEL T4i
Beside for the digital cameras, you may also use webcams, scanners and image files as image source.

Here are the main features of ID Card Workshop:

Professional ID Card Designing Feature:
The multi-layer card designer enables you to insert images, texts, 1D barcodes, 2D barcodes, vector shapes, logos and arrange them as you like. It also built-in variety of templates to help you design your own ID cards.

Variety Of Database Support:
Supports Access 2000/2003/2007/2010, Excel 2000/2003/2007/2010 and SQL based databases for membership data storage.

Powerful Membership Management Features:
The membership management features of ID Card Workshop has three major parts: Enrollment, Records Manager and Records Seeker. Enrollment has a user-friendly interface that allows you easily input membership records and take picture on-site via webcam. Records Manager enables you edit, delete or modify the specified records. Records Seeker helps you to find the specified records by searching, you can also combine with barcode scanner for on-site card verification.

ID Card Printers And Consumer-grade Laser/Inkjet Printers Support:
ID Card Workshop has two types of printing mode: ID card printer mode for ID card printers. Layout printing for laser and inkjet printers which supports Avery and Teslin ID card perforated papers that enables you to make id cards without cropping even you are using a consumer-grade laser or inkjet printer.

Built-in Variety Of ID Card Size Templates:
Built-in most common sizes for ID card making: ID-1 (3.370 x 2.125 inches, as known as CR-80 or "credit card size"), ID-2 (4.134 x 2.913 inches),ID-3 (4.921 x 3.465 inches) and CR-100( 3.88 x 2.63 inches)

Built-in Support For Webcams, Files, Digital Cameras And Scanners For Images Importing/Capturing:
Enables you to use webcams, digital cameras(Canon EOS series),files and scanners as image source to import/capture images while issuing photo id cards.

Magnetic Stripe Encoding:
ID Card Workshop has built-in magnetic stripe encoding feature which developed under the standard of ISO/IEC 7811. This feature enables you to produce magnetic stripe cards with magnetic stripe supported ID card printers.

Learn more information about ID Card Workshop and download the free trial version, visit:http://www.IDCardWorkshop.com