Category: Software & Technology

Tools that let you edit photos in the Web browser have come a long way in the last few years. We wanted to take a moment to do a feature comparison with a grouping of editors–big and small, to see what each one is capable of

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Adobe has released an update for Photoshop CS4

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Occipital’s ClearCam also wants to help you take better pictures.  But it does so in a fairly unique way.  ClearCam takes six pictures in rapid succession (around 2.5 seconds), automatically picks the sharpest of the six, then — using that sharpest shot as a baseline — merges the frames together to generate a super-resolved 4 megapixel image.

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Yesterday Adobe released the latest version of Lightroom, Lightroom 2.3, as well as Camera Raw 5.3.

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Firmware v1.0.7 for the Canon EOS 5D Mark II, released today, addresses two image quality shortcomings: the “black dots” phenomenon widely discussed on Internet forums, plus a more rare instance of vertical banding when the camera is set to sRAW1. The new firmware “improves and mitigates” these problems.

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Photographer & author Shangara Singh points out some helpful links to Adobe documentation on the new features in Camera Raw 5.2

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The newest rev of Camera Raw for Photoshop CS4 (Mac|Win) adds some much-requested improvements

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Minor feature tweaks and bug fixes are the main changes in this release

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Configurator is a simple drag-and-drop tool for creating panels that extend Photoshop CS4.  It’s an important step in the process of making the Photoshop UI much more flexible–much better able to be “everything you need, nothing you don’t.”

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I thought photographers might like to have a single, consolidated list of all the enhancements in Photoshop CS4 & Bridge CS4 that can help improve their productivity.

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Adobe Configurator (screenshots 1, 2), a new utility that’s due to ship on Adobe Labs around the end of the month, is a key part of our strategy.  Configurator makes it easy to snap together your own Photoshop panels (a.k.a. palettes).  Think of Configurator as a box of Legos–an app that lets you drag and drop all the tools and menu items in Photoshop, call actions & scripts, and add widgets (images, videos, other SWFs, etc.).

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Exciting updates are on the way this month for the PhotoShelter Personal Archive. In mid-October, you’ll see many of your most requested new features, like:

Easier customization. New tools will simplify customization — you’ll have templates to quickly blend sales, search, and gallery functionality into your website.

New look. We’re simplifying navigation and sprucing up the Personal Archive public and member pages, so using PhotoShelter will be more efficient for you and your buyers.

Member forums! Connect with fellow Personal Archive subscribers for professional and technical discussion — or even just a little fun.

Gallery widget. Embed a slick gallery slideshow into any website or social network to extend your marketing reach.

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Julieanne Kost has posted some detailed overviews of Camera Raw 5.0 and the rest of Photoshop CS4

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You’re going to see tons of flashier features in other write-ups, and of course I’ll cover them here, but for this cycle I want to lead with the little stuff–things you might not read about otherwise, but which can make a big difference while working

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