Category: Software & Technology
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Smart Image Resizer — Shifting Pixel
One of the challenges that comes with maintaining a graphic-intensive website like Shifting Pixel is finding a way to get high quality images throughout the site with as little effort as possible. To tackle this, I developed the Smart Image Resizer and have been using it around the site for the past few months. I…
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Complete Digital Photography » Photoshop Automator Actions v3.6
The Photoshop Action Pack provides 87 Actions (86 in the CS2 version, and 85 for CS) that allow you to control a tremendous number of Photoshop’s functions. In addition, the Action Pack includes special filter operations that let you sort images based on various criteria including EXIF and IPTC tags, color mode, size, orientation and…
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Rob Galbraith DPI: Public beta of Microsoft Expression Media 2 now available
A public beta of Microsoft Expression Media 2, the application formerly known as iView MediaPro, is now available. New in Expression Media 2 is hierarchical keywording, faster catalog creation and updating, basic catalog sharing across a network, better use of multiple monitors, support for new, mostly non-image file formats and more. Check it out here.
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Rob Galbraith DPI: Photo Mechanic 4.5.3.1 released
Camera Bits has recently released Photo Mechanic 4.5.3.1, a maintenance update to its pro photo browsing and transmission application for Windows and Mac Check it out here.
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Livebooks Ramps Up Search Engine Optimization with New Web Suite
liveBooks, Inc. (www.livebooks.com), a leading provider of customized portfolio websites and marketing software for professional photographers, today announced the Spring 2008 release of liveBooks Professional. Research has shown that more than 80 percent of Internet users first find websites through organic search. To address this need, this latest release adds new features to enhance the…
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Rob Galbraith DPI: Apple releases Aperture 2.0.1
Apple has released Aperture 2.0.1 for Mac, a maintenance update to the latest version of its pro photo management and RAW conversion application Check it out here.
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Red Sweater Blog – Acorn 1.1
When Gus Mueller released Acorn, his fundamentally rethought bitmap image editing app, I was excited. Partly because it filled a void in my tool belt, but more because I knew it was the start of something big. For this lovely little app, good things are starting to come. Congratulations to Gus on today’s release of…
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Aperture 2.0: The free video tutorials – Inside Aperture
Without a doubt, the new official Apple Aperture 2.0 website is a truly excellent primary resource. My favorite section in the newly revamped site is the Tutorials. In this section, Apple presents more than 50 excellent compact video tutorials, that is somewhat similar to a lot of the fantastic iPhone tutorial videos. There are also…
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Rob Galbraith DPI: Canon EOS Utility 2.3 for Mac fixes remote shooting problem
EOS Utility 2.3 for Mac corrects a remote shooting problem that under certain conditions led to photos not being saved to the computer. The update is for Mac only, and the bug affects only Canon’s shipping digital SLR models that have Live View: the EOS 40D, EOS-1D Mark III and EOS-1Ds Mark III Check it…
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John Nack on Adobe: New Adobe Magazine available
: Volume 2, Issue 1 of Adobe Magazine, the company’s quarterly design and technology mag, is available for download. The new issue features Photoshop being used for concept art, architectural illustration, and scientific imaging. Check it out here.
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John Nack on Adobe: A wealth of Lightroom tutorials
Digital photography experts Rob Sheppard and Tim Grey have created a wide range of Lightroom tutorials for the Adobe Design Center. Check it out here.
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Rob Galbraith DPI: Notes on Apple's Aperture 2
: (Photo in screenshot by Rob Galbraith/Little Guy Media) A chat today with Apple’s Kirk Paulsen, Senior Director of Applications Product Marketing, and Joe Schorr, Senior Product Line Manager for Photo Applications, revealed a number of interesting things about Aperture 2, the most significant upgrade to Aperture since the fall of 2006. Here are notes from…
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The Raw Deal on Aperture 2 – PDNPulse
: While that all changes with Aperture 2 which can read RAW files from the Nikon D3, D300, Canon 1Ds Mark III, Hasselblad H3D-II and other cameras, some photographers may already be wondering about the future. Will Aperture 2 be ready for the coming wave of digital cameras or will photographers have to wait until…
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Apple – Aperture – 100+ New Features
: 100+ New Features Now you have even more control from import to output. Check it out here.
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Apple – Aperture – New Features
: Aperture 2 delivers over 100 dramatic, new features including advanced image processing, a streamlined interface, faster performance, and unprecedented Mac integration Check it out here.
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Rob Galbraith DPI: Apple releases Aperture 2
: Apple this morning has released Aperture 2, a new version of its pro imaging application for Mac that boasts over 100 new features. The application is available for the cost of shipping to those who purchased Aperture after January 1, 2008; otherwise it’s a US$99 upgrade, or US$199 for a new license. Check it out here.
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Rob Galbraith DPI: Mac OS X 10.5.2 adds support for new camera RAW formats
Mac OS X 10.5.2, released today as a free update to the current version of the Mac operating system, adds support for RAW files from the Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III, Canon PowerShot G9, Hasselblad CF-22, Hasselblad CF-39, Leaf Aptus 75s, Nikon D3, Nikon D300 and Sony Alpha DSLR A700. Once installed, applications such as Apple’s…
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John Nack on Adobe: New video shows GridIron Flow in action
GridIron Flow, a new workflow management technology designed to work with Photoshop, the Creative Suite, and other tools. Since then the product picked up a Best in Show nod at Macworld, and now you can see it in action in a video on their site. In it company CEO Steve Forde shows Flow managing a…
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Stretching the Truth Just Became Easier (and Cheaper) – New York Times
: “Reality is a lie,” said Mr. Baldassi. Automated tools like Mr. Baldassi’s are changing the editing of photography by making it possible for anyone to tweak a picture, delete unwanted items or even combine the best aspects of several similar pictures into one. Check it out here.
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Red Sweater Blog – MarsEdit 2.1
It is with great pleasure that I announce the immediate availability of MarsEdit 2.1, a significant update to Red Sweater’s Eddy-Award winning desktop blog editing application. Check it out here.