PhotoTools Pump Up Images Like Photoshop Actions on Steroids

onOne Software’s PhotoTools is a Photoshop plug-in that utilizes the power of Photoshop Actions to provide a wide range of imaging tools including effects, corrections and production automation in a full-featured interface. The new software can faithfully reproduce camera filters like neutral density, color correction and polarization as well as darkroom techniques and alternative processes …

Book Review: Photoshop Lightroom Adventure, Mastering Adobe’s next-generation tool for digital photographers by Mikkel Aaland

Browsing through the book feels like pleasantly enjoying a first-rate coffee table book or travel photography book on a relaxed evening at home; the full-page and full-spread photographs of Icelandic scenes were so masterfully done you could be forgiven for thinking this book was intended for something else. But there’s work to do, of course, …

Lastolite Unveils 24” EzyBox Hotshoe at PhotoPlus Expo

Lastolite is showcasing the latest addition to its EzyBox Hotshoe series of portable softboxes at the on-going PhotoPlus Expo in New York. The new Ezybox Hotshoe is a larger 24” x 24” model that gives those looking for a simple and portable softbox even more flexibility for on-location shooting. Designed to open in a matter …

The XS-Drive Vision 2500, Quite Ugly but Useful

The new XS-Drive Vision 2500 can store your photos and videos and display them on its 2.5-inch 320×240-pixel LCD screen. Outputs to TV too. May not be the prettiest in design, but some people sure won’t bother much with that as long as it functions the way it should. The XS-Drive Vision 2500 can also …

PhotoFrame 3.1 Professional Edition from onOne Software

onOne Software has introduced PhotoFrame 3.1 (formerly known as PhotoFrame Pro 3.1) and the new PhotoFrame 3.1 Professional Edition incorporating the complete onOne Software Pro Digital Frame Bundle collection. In addition, two new digital frame collections created for onOne Software by professional photographers Kevin Kubota and Laurie Excell have been added to onOne Software’s assortment …

Transcend JetFlash T3 USB Flash Drive, Durable and Tiny

Transcend has a brand-new USB flash drive in a very tiny form (30.2 x 12.3 x 2.4mm, 2 grams). It used to be that USB flash drives this small were easy to bend and break, but not this one, according to the company. The JetFlash T3 is designed to be extra-rugged, says Transcend. It uses …

Kubota Releases RAW Workflow for Lightroom on DVD

The Kubota RAW Workflow for Lightroom on DVD by Kevin Kubota is now available for $79 at KubotaImageTools.com. The new interactive tutorial takes the user step-by-step through Lightroom from proper organization, to efficient editing, to quickly adjusting the images, to enhancing, to final presentation. Kevin shares his insider tricks that have made his workflow tutorials …

Kubota Announces Spring 2008 Photography Bootcamp

Coming up on April 20-25, 2008 is Kubota Image Tools’ 15th Digital Photography Bootcamp. Mark this up on your calendar (and in your budget) if you wish to join the photography workshop by renowned photographer Kevin Kubota. The 5-day workshop limits its class to just 21 seats, so apply early. The Spring 2008 Bootcamp covers …

Corel Ulead Video Studio 11.5 Plus Now Supports Blu-ray Disc Authoring

The Ulead Video Studio 11.5 Plus video editing software now supports authoring in the Blu-ray Disc (BD) format (you know what, HD DVD players are reportedly coming down in price to below $200; will Blu-ray Disc players do the same?). Corel says the new VideoStudio 11.5 Plus version delivers the latest HD import, editing and …