Link: Lr 5 beta resources
This is a list of various resources dedicated to educating photographers about Lightroom 5 public beta
In order to prevent the use and resale of stolen gear, Nikon filed patent 2013-61508 in Japan that will require the photographer to enter a passcode in order to make a certain lens-camera combination usable. The authentication process will most likely use
Perhaps making up for the controversy it created when it discontinued the Snapseed Desktop app, Google today announced a significant price cut for the Nik plug-in suite. The Nik plug-ins have long been popular with photographers looking to expand the powe
via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.com/2013/03/google-deeply-cuts-price-for-nik-plug-in-suite.html
iPhone: Say you're trying to take a video of your cat doing something hilarious. You could risk missing the moment by waiting until something happens to hit record, or you could use Precorder.
via Lifehacker: http://lifehacker.com/5992030/precorder-ensures-you-never-miss-a-moment-with-your-iphones-camera
Adobe Lightroom 4.4 and Camera Raw 7.4 release candidates are now available for download with support for the following Nikon products (incl. the new Sigma 35mm f/1.4 lens): Nikon 1 J3 camera Nikon 1 S1 camera Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/4G ED VR lens Ni
Getty Images and Luminate, a company that specializes in making digital images interactive, are working together to embed information about Web sites, Twitter feeds and articles in Getty photographs.
via Media Decoder Blog: http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/24/partnership-gives-web-surfers-more-than-just-images/?partner=rss&emc=rss
I’m thrilled that Adobe & Behance announced today that Behance (a million-member creative community, in case you’ve been living under a rock) is becoming part of Adobe. Adobe thrive…
via John Nack on Adobe: http://blogs.adobe.com/jnack/2012/12/wow-adobe-behance-are-getting-together.html
Flickr announced a new iOS app today for shooting, editing, sharing and discovering photos. Based on the demo Wired saw, this is exactly the kind of gorgeous application that Flickr users have been longing for and that Flickr has always needed.
via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/12/gadgetlab_1212_flickr/
Twitter added Instagram-style photo filtering to its app on Monday.
After being named the 2011 App of the Year, popular iOS photo editing app Snapseed was acquired by Google when the company purchased Nik Software.
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Link: http://www.macrumors.com/2012/12/06/snapseed-adds-new-filters-goes-free/
The thing about light-field photography is that once the image has been captured, manipulation is only restricted by what you can dream up. The makers of the Lytro camera are exploiting those possibilities with another features update.
via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/11/lytro-3d-feature/
Link: Thoughts of a Bohemian » Blog Archive » Forget me not
Snapchat , which apparently is doing ravages in the already crowded teen age social media phone app ( over 1 billion images shared already) , allows you to take a picture, share it and put an expiration time on it. I can be 1 to 10 seconds. After that, the photograph vanishes forever.
This afternoon the filtered smartphone app became more than that, launching web profile pages for its computer inclined users.
via The Atlantic: http://www.theatlanticwire.com/technology/2012/11/instagram-no-longer-just-smartphone-app/58711/
In the coming months, Twitter plans to update its mobile applications to introduce photo filters that could compete with Instagram, according to people who work at the company.
via Bits Blog: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/02/twitter-will-introduce-photo-filters-to-compete-with-instagram/
Link: Camera Raw 7.2 and DNG Converter 7.2 Now Available « Lightroom Journal
The goal of this release is to provide additional camera raw support, lens profile support and address bugs that were introduced in previous releases of Camera Raw
As we say prominently on the product page, FourMatch is a product that’s designed to “authenticate images instantly,” and that’s exactly what it does. It automatically identifies files that have been unmodified since they were first captured by a camera or mobile device. So, if you need to deliver strong evidence that a photo is truthful, FourMatch is the tool for you.
From left field Google Inc said it bought Germany-based Nik Software, which makes photo editing application Snapseed, a rival to Instagram, for an undisclosed
via Canon Rumors: http://www.canonrumors.com/2012/09/google-buys-nik-software/