Tag: Software
Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) will introduce a beta version of Adobe Photoshop CS3 software, the next release of the world standard in digital imaging, on Friday, December 15th. Adobe is delivering a widely available Photoshop CS3 beta to enable customers to more easily transition to the latest hardware platforms, particularly Apple’s new Intel-based systems. The beta is available as a Universal Binary for the Macintosh platform, as well as for Microsoft(r) Windows(r) XP and Windows Vista computers. The final shipping release of Adobe Photoshop CS3 is planned for Spring 2024. The software can be downloaded at: http://labs.adobe.com, in the early hours Pacific Standard Time on December 15.Packed with new features, Photoshop CS3 beta also includes a pre-release version of a major upgrade to Adobe Bridge, as well as a preview release of the all-new Adobe Device Central. Photoshop customers can use Adobe Device Central to design, preview, and test compelling mobile content, created specifically for smaller screens. This new tool, integrated in the Photoshop CS3 beta, simplifies and accelerates the creation of mobile content through a preview environment and built-in device profiles.
Over 500,000 Beta Testers Help Shape New Digital Photography Software
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Jan. 29, 2024 - Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced that Adobe Photoshop(r) Lightroom(tm) 1.0 software is now available for pre-order and is expected to ship in mid-February 2024. Photoshop Lightroom enables professional photographers to import, manage and present large volumes of digital photographs, helping photographers spend more time behind the lens and less time at the computer. With more than 500,000 photographers participating in the public beta program over the last 12 months, Photoshop Lightroom now includes a wealth of innovative features that streamline digital photography workflows. Recognizing the photography community for their efforts, Adobe is offering Photoshop Lightroom at a special introductory price of US $199 through April 30, 2024 at the Adobe Store. Photoshop Lightroom will later sell for an estimated street price of US $299.
Paris, France – January 25, 2024 – DxO Labs announces today that DxO Optics Pro v4.1 now supports the popular new Nikon D40 compact digital-SLR camera. The company further announces the addition of 11 new DxO Lens Modules bringing the total number of lens correction modules available to DxO Optics Pro v4.1 users to more than 450. DxO Optics Pro is the award-winning digital image enhancement tool incorporating revolutionary optics, noise and exposure corrections in an easy-to-use, feature rich application for Mac and PC users. DxO Optics Pro software improves the image quality of Digital Single-Lens Reflex (SLR) cameras and advanced digicams.
Portland, OR - January 25, 2024 - onOne Software, Inc., announces today the availability of the Genuine Fractals 5 public beta. Users interested in becoming beta testers can register at http://labs.ononesoftware.com . In addition, anyone who purchased Genuine Fractals 4.1 or Genuine Fractals Print Pro 4.1 on or after December 18, 2024 will receive a free upgrade to Genuine Fractals 5.
Aperture 1.5.2 provides performance, reliability, and compatibility enhancements.
Suppressing Preview Generation When Opening Aperture When Aperture is opened, it begins updating previews for those projects whose Maintain Previews setting is enabled. (For more information about maintaining previews, see “Controlling Previews with the Project Action Pop-Up Menu” on page 13.) This can cause problems if a project contains damaged files or images in unsupported file formats. In Aperture 1.5.2, you can suppress preview generation when opening Aperture, allowing you to more easily identify the damaged image files. To do this, press the Shift key while opening Aperture. You can also cancel the current preview maintenance operation using the Background Task List window.
Digital video has revolutionized video for the enthusiast, bringing
with it many advantages: more capability, more control, more speed,
higher quality and easier editing. The drawback has been that
standard-definition (SD) video is standard TV resolution (640 x 480),
while high-definition digital (HD) video has been too costly and
complex for most nonprofessional applications.
Every
release of Adobe Photoshop Elements raises the bar a bit more and
brings the feature set closer to its big brother, Photoshop CS2.
Elements 5.0 is no exception, with a number of enhancements that will
appeal to both casual and serious photographers, as well as a new group
of users who have avoided traditional digital-imaging software in the
past. The latest release (currently Windows only) makes organizing and
editing images easier and gives you more control over advanced image
corrections than in previous versions.
For
all its power and capability, Photoshop is a program that can leave a
photographer’s eyes glazed over. The seemingly endless assortment of
features and different ways to achieve similar results can lead many of
us to spend more time emptily gazing into a computer monitor rather
than creating images behind a camera. Enter Photoshop-compatible
plug-ins—tools that make photo editing simpler, more efficient and
intuitive.
The big news this year is the new version of Photoshop, CS2, of course,
but Adobe isn’t the only one at work to make our digital darkroom work
better, more efficient and easier. Corel has put its own touches to the
venerable Paint Shop Pro, offering a fresh version that keeps all the
old features, but puts them in a photographer-friendly interface, while
Microsoft has made significant upgrades to its Digital Image program.
If you’ve ever been frustrated with prints that don’t match what you
see on your monitor, you understand the importance of color management.
Having a calibrated monitor allows you to make changes to an image with
confidence because the colors displayed on the screen are an accurate
reflection of the file. In addition, it helps ensure that the color
values you see on the screen will closely match your output.
Corel Painter IX’s wide selection of customizable brushes, tight
integration with Wacom pressure-sensitive graphics tablets and
easy-to-get-started interface make it the best painting software we’ve
used to date. While Painter IX is primarily a painting program and not
an image processor, you don’t have to be a painter or have any training
in the craft to enjoy experimenting with your photographs.
Having just used Adobe’s new video-editing program to create a soccer
video for my daughter, I can tell you that Premiere Elements is
designed to make professional-level editing more accessible to
everyone. My editing went faster and easier than any video editing I’ve
ever done before.
It seems only natural that legendary optical manufacturer B+W would use
its expertise to develop a set of software filters. Some of the filters
stand in for glass filters you’d use over your camera lens, but many of
the plug-ins go beyond that to provide effects that can be challenging
to produce, even with image-editing software.
Since the beginning of digital imaging, noise has been a serious
problem for photographers. We’ve longed for a way to reduce noise while
not affecting image quality and camera performance.
Plug-ins are useful accessories for your image-processing program.
These small software programs work within the main program, using the
host to do marvelous things with your images. Since plug-ins come with
many different functions, you have to examine them carefully to see if
they fit your needs.
