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Adobe Carousel Brings Cloud-Syncing Across Your Devices

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Adobe Carousel

Adobe has launched a new cloud-based photo syncing product, dubbed Carousel, which aims to manage photo libraries across multiple devices.  For starters, that means iPhones, iPads and Macs.

As a preface for this new program/service, it is clear from Adobe’s news today that this is a first step.  And while that may be true, it’s a pretty big first step. [Read more…]

Topaz B&W Effects Plug-in Released, Brief Hands-On Review

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Topaz BW Effects

Topaz Labs’ latest plug-in, B&W Effects, is now available for Photoshop, Lightroom, Aperture or Photoshop Elements.

B&W Effects is equipped with a number of presets that provide you with a solid starting point for generating a black and white image.  You can also create a black and white image using only the manual controls – or do something in between by tweaking the preset to your liking. [Read more…]

Lightroom 3.5 and Camera Raw 6.5 Release Candidates Available

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Lightroom 3.5

Adobe has made release candidates of Lightroom 3.5 and Camera Raw 6.5 available for download in Adobe Labs.  These versions add RAW file support for the following cameras:

A number of new lens profiles have also been added, along with several bug fixes.  Additional release notes are indicated on the respective download pages for each product.

Remember, these are release candidates, which means they’ve been pretty well tested and Adobe thinks they are ready for full release; however, it’s recommended that you keep production work to prior versions until the official releases drop.  Expect those to come soon though.  Release candidates mean that the final versions are just around the corner.

Lightroom 3.5 release candidate can be downloaded here.

Camera Raw 6.5 release candidate can be downloaded here.

Kubota Photoshop Actions and Dashboard 3 Pro Review

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The folks from Kubota Image Tools asked me to take a look at some of the newly released Action Paks several months back and pass along my thoughts to Photography Bay readers.  After using them for a few months now, I have to say that they have changed the way I edit photos (particularly portraits) in Lightroom and Photoshop. [Read more…]

Adobe Looking at Cloud-Sync’d Photo Libraries as the Future?

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Photoshop.com

In an interesting post on the Photoshop.com blog, Adobe outlined a significant logistical problem we all endure nowadays due to the number of devices we use to capture, view, edit and share photos . . . and then, hinted at a coming solution.

So, how do we get them all accessible in one place without dealing with the storage limitations of the smaller devices? [Read more…]