Category: Software & Technology

Timera Allows Users to Create Then & Now Photographs with Ease on iOS and Android

Timera Allows Users to Create Then & Now Photographs with Ease on iOS and Android

Timera 2 is the second iteration of a rather unique then-and-now compositing app that crowdsources photographs from around the globe and allows you to

via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2014/07/07/timera-allows-users-create-now-photographs-ease-ios-android/

Timera 2 is the second iteration of a rather unique then-and-now compositing app that crowdsources photographs from around the globe and allows you to easily document the changes that have taken place in the world around you over the decades.

July 7, 2014
Apple stops development of Aperture

Apple stops development of Aperture

June 27, 2014
Researchers Find and Decode the Spy Tools Governments Use to Hijack Phones | Threat Level | WIRED

Researchers Find and Decode the Spy Tools Governments Use to Hijack Phones

Newly uncovered components of a digital surveillance tool used by more than 60 governments worldwide provide a rare glimpse at the extensive ways law enforcement and intelligence agencies use the tool to surreptitiously record and steal data from mobile p

via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/2014/06/remote-control-system-phone-surveillance/

Newly uncovered components of a digital surveillance tool used by more than 60 governments worldwide provide a rare glimpse at the extensive ways law enforcement and intelligence agencies use the tool to surreptitiously record and steal data from mobile phones.

June 24, 2014
Adobe Announces Lightroom Mobile for iPhone « Julieanne Kost’s Blog

Julieanne Kost’s Blog | Adobe Announces Lightroom Mobile for iPhone

Indepth tutorials, training, techniques, and shortcuts for working with Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom.

via Julieanne Kost’s Blog: http://blogs.adobe.com/jkost/2014/06/ad.html

What ephemeral offers and that is extremely appealing to brands and advertising is it high level of engagement. Since the photo disappears forever after 10 seconds, you have to pay attention to it.

June 18, 2014
PDNPulse » Adobe Expands Monthly $9.99 Photoshop Cloud Plan to Include New Photoshop Mix iPad App

Adobe Expands Monthly $9.99 Photoshop Cloud Plan to Include New Photoshop Mix iPad App

Adobe Photoshop Mix is designed to provide a wireless workflow with Creative Cloud, letting you access some of Photoshop CC’s tools on your iPad. Photoshop Mix lets you open Photoshop documents, access individual layers from a Photoshop PSD file, and grab images from Lightroom Mobile.

Once you have an image open in Photoshop Mix, you can access a range of Photoshop tools including Upright, Content Aware Fill, and Camera Shake Reduction.

June 18, 2014
Crank it up to 15: Introducing Adobe Photoshop CC 2014 | PHOTOSHOP.COM BLOG

Crank it up to 15: Introducing Adobe Photoshop CC 2014 | Photoshop Blog by Adobe

Photoshop Blog

via Photoshop Blog: http://blogs.adobe.com/photoshopdotcom/2014/06/crank-it-up-to-15-introducing-adobe-photoshop-cc-2014.html

we are delighted to announce a full refresh of our digital imaging line of products, plus a few exciting new treats. With today’s announcements we move forward on our promise to unite mobile, social and desktop — connecting the planet’s best photography tools to the iPhone and iPad, enabling you to do serious work anywhere – on the PC, Mac and mobile devices – and share it seamlessly among them. The best news of the day…this is just the beginning

June 18, 2014
Canon Announces Image Cloud Service Irista « Canon Rumors

Canon Announces Image Cloud Service Irista

London, 5 June 2014 – Canon today reveals irista – an advanced, cloud-based image management platform that allows users to access, enjoy and manage their ph

via Canon Rumors: http://www.canonrumors.com/2014/06/canon-announces-image-cloud-service-irista/

irista is available to everyone, with tiered storage options to suit a range of different needs. The ‘entry’ tier offers 10GB of cloud storage space completely free-of-charge. It offers casual or hobbyist photographers full use and functionality of the irista platform, providing them with an ideal place to manage libraries or specific photography projects. Advanced enthusiasts or professional users, who require larger capacities, can also choose from two further storage options, with 50GB and 100GB tiers available for a monthly or annual cost.

June 6, 2014
Lens Blur in the new Google Camera app

Lens Blur in the new Google Camera app

Posted by Carlos Hernández, Software Engineer One of the biggest advantages of SLR cameras over camera phones is the ability to achieve sha…

via Google AI Blog: http://googleresearch.blogspot.com/2014/04/lens-blur-in-new-google-camera-app.html

Lens Blur, a new mode in the Google Camera app. It lets you take a photo with a shallow depth of field using just your Android phone or tablet. Unlike a regular photo, Lens Blur lets you change the point or level of focus after the photo is taken. You can choose to make any object come into focus simply by tapping on it in the image

April 18, 2014
Adobe Launches Lightroom Mobile App for iPad; Here’s Our Hands-On Review

Link: PDNPulse » Adobe Launches Lightroom Mobile App for iPad; Here’s Our Hands-On Review

I had a chance to try out the Lightroom mobile app before tonight’s launch and found it to be a handy if slightly underwhelming program

April 10, 2014
Lightroom mobile now available!

Link: Lightroom mobile now available!

Lightroom mobile extends your existing workflows beyond the desktop, allowing you to utilize your iPad to review and edit your images and have the changes sync back to your Lightroom catalog at home

April 10, 2014
This Little-Known iOS Feature Will Change the Way We Connect

This Little-Known iOS Feature Will Change the Way We Connect

A new iOS app called FireChat is blowing up in the App Store. But it’s not the app itself that’s causing such a stir; it’s the underlying networking technology it taps into.

via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2014/03/apple-multipeer-connectivity/

In a time when the idea of any sort of digital privacy increasingly seems laughable, this type of networking promises true privacy and anonymity. On top of that, it’s a way of communicating that cannot be centrally controlled or shut down, Daligault says. And that is truly exciting.

March 28, 2014
I am Hany Farid, a Dartmouth Professor specializing in photo forensics technology. Ask me anything.

r/IAmA – I am Hany Farid, a Dartmouth Professor specializing in photo forensics technology. Ask me anything.

34 votes and 62 comments so far on Reddit

via reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1x7ljd/i_am_hany_farid_a_dartmouth_professor/

The research in my lab for the past 15 years has focused on developing techniques for detecting photo tampering. I am co-founder of Fourandsix Technologies and the new website izitru.com. Ask me anything related to image forensics, our work on photoDNA, our photo authentication site izitru.com, or anything else that you’d like.

February 7, 2014
Exclusive : Getty Images new phone App

Link: Exclusive : Getty Images new phone App | Thoughts of a Bohemian

Getty Images is currently beta testing an iphone app that allows them, in this early stage, to post request that get immediately broadcasted to their contrat photographers. Andreas Gebhard, Getty’s Director of Content Development , was kind enough to show us how it works.

February 6, 2014
izitru Trusted Photos

Link: izitru Trusted Photos

Shot an unbelievable photo?
Share an izitru image link to prove it’s real

February 4, 2014
Some rather brilliant imaging tech from Microsoft

Some rather brilliant imaging tech from Microsoft

The company’s Photosynth technology has been public since 2006, and while it’s been cool (placing photos into 3D space), I haven’t seen it gain traction in its original form or as a free panorama m…

via John Nack on Adobe: http://blogs.adobe.com/jnack/2013/12/some-rather-brilliant-imaging-tech-from-microsoft.html

the technology calculates a smooth path – like a Steadicam – through the locations for each photo, and then slices the images into multi-resolution pyramids for efficiency

December 12, 2013
Lightroom 5.3 now available

Link: Lightroom 5.3 now available

December 12, 2013
Google+ Releases Advanced New Photo Editing Tools

Link: Thomas Hawk Digital Connection » Blog Archive » Google+ Releases Advanced New Photo Editing Tools

Today Google+ released a whole new enhanced online photo editing suite of tools. I’ve been playing around with them for the past few hours and am impressed with what you can do with them as an online editor. While they won’t replace my more traditional desktop tools (i.e. Lightroom, Photoshop, Nik, FX Photo Studio Pro, etc.), I think a lot of more casual users will love them.

September 12, 2013
Marksta adds FTP capability to its popular watermarking app

Link: Marksta adds FTP capability to its popular watermarking app – British Journal of Photography

Marksta, a watermarking app created by photojournalist John D McHugh, now features a File Transfer Protocol capability, enabling photographers to transmit batches of images to their clients

September 10, 2013
Adobe Announces Photoshop & Lightroom for $9.99/month

Adobe Announces Photoshop & Lightroom for $9.99/mth

*UPDATE* The catch is you must own a copy of Photoshop CS3 or higher to qualify for the limited time pricing of $9.99 per month (sign-up before December 31, 20

via Canon Rumors: http://www.canonrumors.com/2013/09/adobe-announces-photoshop-lightroom-for-9-99mth/

So what does this mean for journalists covering the war? For Szlanko, “It all adds up to what I’m doing now, which is not going there.” Wilcox, however, believes that “reporting on the conflict in Syria is still important. However, when colleagues and other people go missing, it just adds to the already insurmountable issues.”

September 4, 2013
New Adobe Lightroom and Camera Raw Release Candidates Available Now

New Adobe Lightroom and Camera Raw Release Candidates Available Now | PDNPulse

Adobe has announced release candidates Lightroom 5.2 and Adobe Camera Raw 8.2. With the release candidates of these upgrades, Lightroom 5, Photoshop CS6 and Photoshop Creative Cloud users gain support for additional cameras including the Canon EOS 70D, Fu

via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.com/2013/08/new-adobe-lightroom-and-camera-raw-release-candidates-available-now.html

The images of Randal Ford, a 31-year-old editorial and commercial photographer from Austin, Texas, more often than not features archetypes of classic Americana culture

August 1, 2013