Adobe has updated their Camera RAW 5.4 and Lightroom 2.4 digital photography software. Support for new cameras, including the Nikon D5000, Canon Rebel T1i / 500D / EOS Kiss X3 Digital, Olympus E-620, Pentax K7, the Panasonic Lumix GH1 and 18 Hasselblad digital cameras has been added.
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Nik Software’s Complete Collection is now compatible with both Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 and Apple Aperture photo management and workflow software packages. The Nik Complete Collection includes all five of their award-winning photography software titles: Sharpener Pro, Color Efex Pro, Silver Efex Pro, Viveza and Dfine Pro. There is a downloadable update available on the Nik Web site. The update adds compatibility for Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2.0. If you have a registered copy of the Nik Complete Collection or any of the individual titles you can download and install the update for free.
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Imagenomic now offers Windows Vista 64 compatibility for all three of their Adobe Photoshop CS4 and Elements 7 plug-ins: Noiseware Pro, RealGrain and Portraiture 2. The 64-bit Windows versions are available immediately and registered owners can upgrade for free.
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The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 Book: The Complete Guide for Photographers. by Martin Evening. ADOBE PRESS published by Peachpit Press August, 2008. ISBN 0-321-55561-9.

Martin Evening guides fellow photographers through Lightroom 2 in this book. The how and why are presented like a session in Lightroom. The philosophy of flexibility is continued from Evening’s Lightroom 1 guide, with more solid examples, details, pointers, tips and great photography.

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The Digital Negative file format, or DNG, from Adobe Systems is a universal RAW format file created to address issues facing digital photographers.

The Standard Solution Need

Camera Manufacturers using proprietary formats present challenges for photographers. Each RAW file type works with contemporary software, until the Manufacturer introduces new technology. Legacy issues of how to work with older files is then relevant.
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Adobe has announced a new update for Lightroom. Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2.2 adds RAW support for the Canon EOS 5D Mark II, Canon PowerShot G10, Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3, Leica D-LUX 4, Panasonic DMC-G1, Panasonic DMC-FX150, and the Panasonic DMC-FZ28. Camera Profiles have been added to the Calibration window in the Develop module. The update also addresses some Lightroom 2 bugs, including:

• Improved launch speed for Catalogs with hundreds of top-level folders
• Improved performance of Graduated Filter and Brush tools
• Removed Print Sharpening edge artifact problems
• Increased number of characters allowed for Web gallery labels
• Addressed image quality issues with Slideshow export

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Now Shipping - Adobe Creative Suite 4

The highly-anticipated release of the industry-leading design and development software for creative workflow, Adobe Creative Suite 4, is now available.

There are six new versions available, Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Premium, Design Standard, WebPremium, Web Standard, Production Premium and Master Collection. CS4 Delivers radical breakthroughs in workflow efficiency and is packed with hundreds of innovative, time saving features

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Adobe fully unveiled Photoshop Creative Suite 4 today after a series of peeks into its industry standard image manipulation application. Updates to Photoshop are always approached with a combination of excited anticipation and woe, especially an upgrade that has promised big changes to the user interface. PhotographyReview.com has been using beta versions of Photoshop CS4 and Bridge CS4 for several weeks now and is here to answer those important questions: What are the cool features? Will it cause you heartache? How does it line up with Lightroom 2.0? Read on to find out.
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Today Adobe announced two major upgrades to its digital photo and video software, Adobe Photoshop Elements 7 and Adobe Premiere Elements 7. The products will be available separately or as a bundle and the integration between the two desktop products allows for instant access to the best photo and video options to create cinematic slide shows, dramatic freeze-frame effects, and unique themed creations. With the launch of Photoshop.com, customers will have the option to sign-up for one year of membership, extending the capabilities of the software by providing helpful templates and creative tutorials delivered on a regular basis. Other benefits include: automatic online backup and storage of photos and videos, access to photos and videos from virtually anywhere, and interactive options to share photo memories with great impact. Read the rest of this entry »

The much-anticipated Adobe Lightroom 2.0 has arrived and delivers more powerful and usable tools for the digital photographer. Following the April 2008 launch of the Public Beta, the apparent wide and varied commentary has resulted in what was delivered this week. All images in article may be ‘clicked on’ for full size screen shots.

 
New and Improved

The new and improved label when applied to Lightroom 2.0 is meaningful and should neither be feared nor ignored. Current users of the previous versions should be instantly comfortable with this release. The basic organization of the workspace continues with five sections: Library, Develop, Slideshow, Print, and Web. There is better integration with Adobe Photoshop, larger size file support, and improved performance including 64-bit functionality. The RAW editing features are as good as any available. Multi-monitor support is included.

The integration with Adobe Photoshop products is distinctly faster and cleaner in options for transferring files and their appearance in the Lightroom catalog following editing is welcome. Smart Objects are supported.
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Major Software Upgrade Further Simplifies Photography Workflows

SAN JOSE, Calif. — July 29, 2008 — Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced the immediate availability of Adobe® Photoshop® Lightroom® 2 software, the photographer’s essential toolbox for managing, adjusting and presenting large volumes of digital photographs. With new enhancements such as dual-monitor support, radical advances in non-destructive localized image correction, and streamlined search capabilities, Lightroom 2 is a compelling upgrade that simplifies photography from shoot to finish. As Adobe’s first application to support 64-bit for Mac OS X 10.5 Macintosh computers with Intel® processors and Microsoft® Windows® Vista® 64-bit operating systems, Lightroom 2 also provides improved memory performance for dealing with large scale images.

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onOne Software Announces Availability of Essentials 2 Imaging Software for iPhoto
iPhoto version features four easy-to-use tools for color correction, creative image blurring, frame and border effects and resizing for high quality large prints

Portland, OR - May 12, 2008 - onOne Software, Inc., announces today the availability of Essentials 2 software for iPhoto users. Essentials 2 for iPhoto is a collection of four easy-to-use software tools to help correct color, creatively blur a photo for dramatic visual impact, add creative borders and resize digital images for high quality large prints. The software tools included within Essentials 2 for iPhoto are based on technology used in the professional level onOne Software Photoshop plug-ins PhotoTune 2.2, FocalPoint 1.0, PhotoFrame 3.1 and Genuine Fractals 5.

The Essentials 2 for iPhoto software suite provides users of the popular iPhoto image editing and organizing software with four important plug-in solutions to solve common digital imaging problems. With Essentials for iPhoto, users can easily correct the color of their photos using technology from PhotoTune, simulate the effect of selective focus or tilt-shift lenses, helping photographers selectively blur and/or vignette an image to focus the viewers attention using technology from FocalPoint 1.0, add unique borders and edges around their photos using technology from PhotoFrame and increase the size and resolution of their photos to get larger print sizes by using technology from Genuine Fractals, the industry standard for resizing digital photos.

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