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Apple has released an update to its Aperture digital photography workflow application. Version 1.5.6 addresses some performance and stability issues and provides compatibility with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. The new version also resolves some minor compatibility issues with iPhoto 7.1, which organizes images by Event rather than Roll and addresses issues related to metadata …
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Fotofix.com, based in Austin, Texas, is offering a new online photo enhancement service where users can upload snapshots and, after a brief wait, receive retouched, magazine-quality photos. The company says a team of professionally trained photographers and artists work on the photos, ensuring the best quality available in online photo touch-ups. Fotofix allows people to …
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Ricoh Co., Ltd. is again holding its GR Digital Calendar Contest this year as a customer-participation event, which means owners of the Ricoh GR digital camera are all eligible to join it. The GR Digital Calendar 2008 contest will select 13 winning images to be used on monthly calendar pages and on the calendar cover …
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Digital photography is developing so fast in many directions they have to invent big words to describe the explosion. Computational Photography, they say, extends digital photography by providing the capability to record much more information than conventional digital cameras, to produce new forms of visual information such as wide field-of-view images, multi-spectral images, depth images …
The very helpful Matt Kloskowski of Photoshop fame has posted another great tip to show us how to use the cool cropping tool in Lightroom (just between you and me, he stole the tip from Daryl Naumann :>). The method makes cropping so much better. Daryl writes: “When using the crop tool to resize, it …
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Microsoft Corp. and Phase One are looking for ways to improve digital imaging solutions for professional photographers and enthusiasts. The companies announced that they will work together to develop solutions for the Microsoft Windows platform that further innovation in the digital photography space. The alliance combines Phase One’s industry expertise with Microsoft’s widely used platform …
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The Association of Photographers (AOP), in partnership with Harman Photo, is sponsoring the Red Dot exhibition in support of the international eye care charity Sightsavers. The Red Dot, which runs from December 12, 2007 to January 18, 2008, is an exhibition of prints from AOP members at Shoreditch EC2 in London. The prints will be …
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The Library of Congress is collaborating with Xerox Corporation to test another format to digitally preserve important images and make these widely available and accessible. They are trying out the JPEG 2000 format in large repositories of digital cultural heritage materials such as those contained in the Library and other federal agencies. The eventual outcome …
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Fujifilm‘s Capture to Print Solutions seminar series for professional photographers will kick off on Monday, November 5th in Orlando, FL. The seminar focuses on how Fujifilm’s FinePix S5 Pro can be specifically utilized for school, portrait, sports and wedding photography and how they can better streamline their business workflow with a comprehensive range of professional …
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Corel Painter X has been honored with Technology & Learning’s 2007 Award of Excellence. Awarded annually for over 20 years, the Award of Excellence recognizes both the “best of the best†as well as creative new offerings that help educators in the business of teaching, training and managing with technology. Technology & Learning is a …
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