Category: Software & Technology
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PhotoShelter Friended Facebook – A Picture's Worth
Link: So I’m pleased to announce our new “Post to Facebook” feature that we released today. You might say to yourself, “well, duh!” And I would nod my head in agreement. It’s an obvious piece of functionality. But we’ve done it slightly differently than other implementations that I’ve seen.
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Rob Galbraith DPI: Upcoming firmware for 5D Mark II will include 24fps, 25fps video capture options
Link: Having arrived at the Chimi Lakhang monastery in Bumthang, I was glad to find two young novices lighting candle lamps, and asked them to pose in a certain way to take advantage of the light coming through the rather grimy window. It took quite a while to have them just right where I wanted,…
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Adobe Lightroom 3 Beta – A First Look
Link: Adobe’s release of Lightroom 3 as a public beta is not the first time that the company has used this technique, nor is it likely to be the last. It has turned out to be a very canny marketing strategy as well as a means of getting wide-ranging user input into a new product’s…
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Rob Galbraith DPI: Phase One releases Capture One 5 PRO
Link: Capture One 5’s simple, intuitive interface is designed to achieve superior image quality through easy-to-use tools that match a professional photographer’s daily workflow requirements. Now pros can: – Get an instant view of image focus with the Focus tool and use the Focus Mask for quick selection of images with correct focus;
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Top Ten iPhone Apps for Photographers
Link: Granted, this isn’t such a terrible thing. We’ve spent many fun hours adding vignettes and blurred backgrounds to the spontaneous on-the-street images we captured with our iPhone’s 2-megapixel camera. (So the iPhone 3Gs has a 3MP camera. Big whoop.) After a while though, these apps get kind of boring and don’t do a lot…
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Red Sweater Blog – MarsEdit 2.4
MarsEdit 2.4 – Red Sweater Blog As an indie software developer, one of the biggest challenges I face is keeping a schedule. A real schedule that means I’ll actually ship software every so often. When you work for somebody else, there’s usually somebody in charge of making sure that you stick to a schedule. These…
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Happy Holidays: New PhotoShelter E-commerce Features!
Link: As we slip into the holidays, we figured that it would be great to get a whole bunch of frequently requested features into the product. So we’re happy to announce a slew of new functionality that has been made possible by an entire rewrite of our e-commerce engine.
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NPPA Launches Free iPhone Application On Apple's iTunes
Link: “With this new access point, our members can get the best industry news while they’re on the go, and we can also get visual journalism into the spotlight beyond just the industry’s insiders. Apple’s App Store obviously has tremendous exposure, especially in the photography category, and I think this will open up visual journalism…
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Two Predictions for 2010 « Vincent Laforet
Link: I have two predictions on what 2010 will bring that I wanted to share with you as we are about to close the book on 2009
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ColoRotate
Link: My colleagues and I developed ColoRotate because, while color is inherently three-dimensional, all color pickers were flat. From the feedback we received during beta testing, it seems that those who engage in computer color selection and design also felt that vacuum. They found some features of ColoRotate especially appealing, such as gaining more control…