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A group of photographers are descending on picturesque Tasmania to road test the beta version of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2.0, the latest digital imaging workflow software for managing, adjusting, and presenting large volumes of digital photographs. Group captain Mikkel Aaland is expected to come up with another book after this Tasmanian adventure, just like he …
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Nikon is making its last call for entries to the 34th Annual Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition whose deadline is on April 30, 2008. Nikon Small World celebrates the world’s best photomicrographs that show the beauty that can occur at the intersection of science and art. Photomicrographs must be taken using a light microscope, like …
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Pentax has launched a Student Photography Program where budding photographers and their teachers may avail of significant discounts on camera bodies, lenses and strobes. The discounts are significant, says Pentax, and they apply to purchases of Pentax products between April 1 and June 30, 2008. Because the discounts are “significant,†Pentax said some requirements have …
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Adobe Systems Inc. today released Photoshop Lightroom 2.0 beta, a public preview of the latest version of the leading digital photography workflow application. It promises new and improved functionality plus other enhancements such as dual-monitor support and localized dodge and burn correction. It will also be the first Adobe application to support 64-bit for Mac …
If your mother’s thinking of moving up from her point-and-shoot to be with you in your DSLR photography, there’s a nice little microsite from Canon that can help her get up to speed quickly. Tell her Canon can teach her how to Discover The Real Joy of Photography (that’s the microsite’s name) by using a …
Primera Technology, Inc. based in Plymouth, MN and Charismac Engineering, Inc. have teamed up to offer Mac users the ability to burn Blu-ray discs using software that runs on the Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard operating system. Beginning today, April 1, 2008, Primera will include Charismac’s new Discribe v6.0 software in all Bravo-Series and XR-Series …
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If you look at the specs and read some of the reviews about it, the underrated Vivitar Vivicam 3105S compact camera is a so-so camera, with only 3.2 megapixels, 4X digital zoom (no optical zoom!) and a tiny 1.5†LCD screen that users say is barely usable. But at $70 or about £32, this little …
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The Photoshop guys are in Orlando, Florida right now for the Photoshop World April 2-4, (they’re open to the public 1-5pm on April 3 and 9:30-12:30pm on April 4) but they recorded the show earlier for this Episode #127 of Photoshop User TV. Matt Kloskowski uses the Color Range command to take somebody out of …
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Photomatix Pro 3.0 is the latest version of HDRsoft’s High Dynamic Range imaging software. It’s now out in the market for $99 or €75. Designed for professional photographers and advanced amateurs, Photomatix Pro combines differently exposed photographs of a high contrast scene into one image with details in both highlights and shadows. It is a …
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Photoshop World, The Evolution is taking place tomorrow, April 2-4, 2008 at the Orange Country Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. The annual event is dubbed as the largest Adobe Photoshop training event in the world. Graphic designers, digital photographers, Web designers, computer illustrators, motion graphics designers, and videographers are expected to flock to the convention …
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