Category: Software & Technology
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Firefox 3, released today, supports colour managed web browsing
The long-awaited Mozilla Firefox 3 for Mac and Windows, which emerged from beta at 10AM Pacific today, is the latest web browser to support the colour managed display of photos with embedded ICC profiles. That’s the good news. The bad news is it’s turned off by default. Here’s how to turn it on. Check it…
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Pixels Are Hot
And then there were three (at least!). After much anticipation, Matthew Drayton has shipped Iris 1.0, his company Nolobe’s entry into the “Photoshop-like” pixel-pushing market on OS X. Check it out here.
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File-saving issues on Mac OS 10.5.3
I’ve been getting quite a few inquiries about problems saving files from Photoshop directly to network drives when using the recently released Mac OS 10.5.3. (I’m told the issue can affect InDesign and maybe other apps as well.) The short story is that we’ve been working closely with Apple to troubleshoot the issue and have…
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Comparing Lightroom and Aperture
Every time a new version Aperture or LightRoom gets released/announced you always have a big flurry of ‘which application should I choose?’ posts on all the digital photography forums, and the release of the LR2 beta has been no exception. Check it out here.
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Soundslides goes full screen! « Mastering Multimedia
As I was finishing up producing an audio slideshow for Spokesman-Review photojournalist, Brian Plonka, I came across this new beta version of Soundslides Plus today.I see Joe Weiss has been busy updating the program. One bad-ass feature is a new full screen mode. Check it out here.
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The amazing wonders of Viveza's U Point technology – Inside Aperture
The idea behind Nik Software’s Viveza is quite simple. It implements what they call the U Point technology that allows for really easy and fast as well as precise and smooth color refinement, light adjustment and image enhancement that was previously possible only through a somewhat difficult and tedious editing process that involves a lot…
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Digital Photo Professional, other Canon software updates now available
Software updates for almost all of its digital SLR software has been posted by Canon. Among the programs updated are Digital Photo Professional (DPP), EOS Utility and Picture Style Editor. Check it out here.
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Adobe Updates Digital Negative Specification
Adobe today released an update to the Adobe Digital Negative specification (DNG), a publicly available archival format for the RAW files generated by digital cameras. This update provides new and expanded specifications that provide the digital imaging industry with increased flexibility and improved workflow for their RAW images. A DNG Codec for Windows Vista has…
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John Nack on Adobe: Photoshop Express now does Flickr
The subject line pretty much says it all: you can now browse and edit your photos stored on Flickr right from within Photoshop Express. Check it out here.
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Thomas Hawk's Digital Connection: PicLens, The Most Beautiful Way to Browse Photos on the Web
Well I’ve been using PicLens for a few months now, and I’m a bit late with this post, but if you haven’t installed PicLens yet for browsing photos on the web you are missing one of the most beautiful ways to view photography on the internet yet. The screenshot above does not do justice to…
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Rob Galbraith DPI: Microsoft releases Expression Media 2, Pro Photo Tools
Microsoft has today released Expression Media 2 for Mac and Windows, an update of the program formerly known as iView MediaPro, as well as a metadata editing and geotagging application called Pro Photo Tools for Windows. Check it out here.
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Was she there, or wasn't she? Removing objects from photos with GIMP and Resynthesizer
Resynthesizer is a very cool GIMP plugin I have been playing with for a few days. It can be used for some “magic” effects: create seamless backgrounds, transfer textures from one image to another and remove objects from images. Check it out here.
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Get the Apple Aperture 2.0 PhotoShelter Plug-in
So we’re happy to announce our the updated PhotoShelter plug-in for Aperture 2.0 that supports uploads to both the Personal Archive and the PhotoShelter Collection. Check it out here.
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+KN | Kitsune Noir » Snapture
Snapture basically takes the ultra-minimal contorls of the iPhone photo application and beefs it up with some new features. With Snapture you can do things like zoom, tap any button on the phone to take a photo, change your photos to grayscale, or even have a timer Check it out here.
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Lightroom 2: The deuce is loose!
I’m delighted to announce that the beta of the 64-bit-native Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2.0 has been posted to Adobe Labs. Everyone is free to download the beta build and try it for 30 days, while customers of Lightroom 1.x are free to use it for the duration of the beta program. (This build expires Aug.…
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Rob Galbraith DPI: Image editing plug-ins the centrepiece of Aperture 2.1, released today
The Aperture changes keep on coming: Apple today has released Aperture 2.1 for Mac, an update that incorporates various bug fixes and feature tweaks. But the centrepiece of this version – the seventh Aperture-related software release from Apple in a little over six weeks – is the rollout of image editing plug-ins to Apple’s pro…
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Photoshop Express RIA arrives!
I’m happy to report that Photoshop Express, Adobe’s new online tool for organizing, editing, and sharing images, has launched in beta form. Some highlights at a glance: Includes tools for applying spot healing, distortions, sharpening/softening, color tweaks, image filters, and more Offers 2GB of storage space for storing images Supports tie-ins to Facebook, MySpace, and Picasa…
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Focal Point Plug-in from onOne Software – PDN
Why bother buying a pricey selective focus or tilt-shift lens when you can just “work on it later in Photoshop”? Well hotshot, it ain’t always that easy and you know it. That is, it wasn’t always that easy until now. If you like offering the “beautiful blur” look in your portraits but don’t have the…
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Rob Galbraith DPI: DataRescue updates PhotoRescue image recovery application
DataRescue has released PhotoRescue 3.1.3 Build 10708 for Mac and Windows, a new version of the company’s powerful photo recovery and memory card maintenance application. Check it out here.
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Lightroom 1.4, Camera Raw 4.4 now available
Adobe has released updates to Photoshop Lightroom (Mac|Win) and the Photoshop Camera Raw (Mac|Win) plug-in, both available immediately for download from Adobe.com or via the Adobe Update Manager (choose Help->Updates from within Lightroom or Photoshop Check it out here.