Panasonic announced the new MW-10 mulitmedia audio system photo frame. The MW-10 combines a built-in CD player, FM/AM radio tuner, a universal dock for iPod to play music and video, and a 9-inch WVGA LCD to display photos from a CD, SD Memory Card or 4 GB of internal memory. The MW-10 also has a remote control and offers an advanced display with a versatile combination of screen options such as, clock and iPod track menu, calendar and photos, clock and photos, and audio and calendar. Read the rest of this entry »

The Kodak Pic Flick is a free application for your iPhone or iPod Touch device. It allows you to effortlessly print stored pictures to a Kodak ESP 5250 All-In-One Printer or send pictures to a Kodak EasyShare W820/W1020 Wireless Digital Frame. Share your pictures easily and affordably with Kodak Pic Flick. Read the rest of this entry »

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Nik Software announced Viveza 2, the upgraded version of its selective color and light control plug-in for Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom & Apple Aperture. Viveza 2 now features robust global adjustments and precise selective controls that utilize Nik Software’s award-winning U Point technology. It eliminates the need to create complicated selections or layer masks and provides a powerful solution for users looking to save time and effort when editing images. Read the rest of this entry »

Canon announced its free Easy-PhotoPrint App, that allows wireless photo printing from an iPhone or iPod touch to a compatible Canon Pixma printer. Users can print photos up to 8 1/2 x 11 on six different types of paper and up to 20 copies at one time. Now photos can be printed from almost anywhere to be shared with friends and family. Compatible Canon printers include the Pixma MP990, MP640 and MP560 Wireless Photo All-in-One (AIO) Printers. Read the rest of this entry »

Adobe announced Photoshop.com Mobile for iPhone application that provides digital-imaging technology to users on the go. Photoshop.com Mobile allows users to edit photos, apply effects and share images instantly with friends with the drag your finger. It also features free 2GB Photoshop.com accounts for online photo storage, photo sharing and data back-up. Read the rest of this entry »

Carl Zeiss announced the launch of the fifth lens in the ZE series for EOS cameras. The Zeiss Distagon T* 2/28 ZE is a moderate wide angle lens designed for full-frame (D)SLR cameras, delivering a 74-degree field of view.

Like the other Zeiss ZE lenses, it incorporates a CPU and data contacts for communication with the camera body. The Distagon T* 2/28 ZE is ideal for still photographers looking for a fast, general purpose wide angle lens. It is also well suited for the growing number of videographers who use the Canon EOS 5D Mark II or the Canon EOS 7D and need a lens with superior manual focusing control and minimal ‘breathing’. Read the rest of this entry »

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Today, Western Digital announced the world’s first 4 terabyte capacity external hard drive, the My Book Studio Edition II. Western Digital’s My Book Studio Edition II dual-drive storage system is designed for Mac computers and creative professionals to provide massive capacity and extra-fast performance. It is also compatible with Apple Time Machine automatic backup feature. Read the rest of this entry »

onOne Software has announced it’s first iPhone application. The new DSLR Camera Remote for iPhone allows photographers using a supported Canon EOS DSLR that is connected to a WiFi enabled computer to remotely control the settings of the camera, fire the shutter, review images, and even get a live viewfinder preview using an iPhone or iPod Touch. Read the rest of this entry »

Apple last week announced the newest edition of its popular photo management software iPhoto. It comes bundled with iLife ’09, a suite of programs that includes the latest versions of iMovie, GarageBand, iWeb and iDVD.

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FotoMagico 2.6 adds support for Adobe Lightroom 2 & free Plug-in for Aperture

Boinx Software has released an update for their award-winning photo presentation software, FotoMagico. FotoMagico 2.6 for professional photographers, now comes with an plug-in for Aperture which allows users to select photos from within Aperture and to export them directly to FotoMagico. FotoMagico 2.6 also now supports Adobe Lightroom 2 libraries so users can also seamlessly access GarageBand songs, iLife sound effects and media libraries from iTunes or media files from any other folder on their hard disk.

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On Tuesday Apple released redesigned MacBook Pros and MacBooks. Even a cursory review of the spec sheets makes it obvious that this was primarily a switch to a new appearance, but there are a few interesting bits under the hood. But how do they apply to photography?

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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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