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SilverFast Archive Suite

October 17, 2008 By Eric Reagan

LaserSoft has announced a new film archiving software page, dubbed SilverFast Archive Suite.  Check out the following video for a little hands-on display of how it works.  Additional details are in the press release below.



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Filed Under: Software Tagged With: film archive, film scanning, lasersoft, silverfast archive suite

 

ACD Debuts ACDSee 2009

October 1, 2008 By Thursday Bram

ACD Systems unveiled the latest version of its photo organization and sharing software. ACDSee Photo Manager 2009 has a number of new features, including a new import tool with extended categorization and tagging functions. The 2009 version also has a new set of upload tools that streamline the process of adding photos to Flickr and other sites. According to ACD, the changes are based on input from users.

ACD offers a free 30-day trial for ACDSee Photo Manager 2009. It’s available for purchase for $49.99 through ACD’s website. It is also available bundled with ACDSee Photo Editor 2008 for $79.99.

Filed Under: Software Tagged With: acd, organization

Nik Software Announces “Complete Collection” of Award-Winning Digital Photographic Filters

September 23, 2008 By Eric Reagan

Complete Collection includes Photoshop® and Aperture™ versions of Dfine® 2.0, Viveza™, Color Efex Pro™ 3.0, Silver Efex Pro™, and Sharpener Pro™ 3.0

Cologne, Germany (Photokina Hall 4.1, Stand F001) – September 22, 2008 – Nik Software today announced the availability of its new Complete Collection of the company’s award-winning digital imaging software products. This new product bundle includes all of the latest versions of Nik Software’s products available at a discounted price of $599, which represents a savings of $450 if purchased separately. [Read more…]

Filed Under: News, Software Tagged With: color efex pro, dfine, nik, sharpener pro, silver evex pro, viveza

DrPic Offers Fast Photo-Editing

September 16, 2008 By Thursday Bram

Editing photos in your web browser usually require Flash, Java or some other heavy-duty plug-in. But DrPic is an online image editor entirely based on Javascript. With DrPic, you can open an image and make your edits in less time than it takes a Flash-based site to finish loading.

DrPic is a free tool and, although it doesn’t have all the bells and whistles of some photo-editing applications, it does have the most useful. If you simply need to make a few quick edits, DrPic is a great option — no application to load or software to open. It won’t replace other photo-editing options, but DrPic can be a useful tool.

Filed Under: Software Tagged With: drpic, photoediting

Akvis Announces New LightShop Version

September 15, 2008 By Thursday Bram

Akvis Software announced LightShop 2.5 today. The new version of the light effect software has a ‘quick start’ option: a ready-to-use set of light effects have been added to the software. Version 2.5 also has improved compatibility with Vista Service Pack 1, as well as a new interface language (Portuguese).

LightShop is available for both Windows and Macintosh. For Macintosh, there are actually three separate options available: a standalone application, a plugin for Photoshop CS3 and Photoshop Elements 6, and a plugin for earlier Photoshop versions. LightShop is available as a download from Akvis for $117. A free trial is also available.

Filed Under: Software Tagged With: akvis, lightshop, photo editing

iLovePhotos Does the Hard Work

September 10, 2008 By Thursday Bram

Most photographers have plenty of photos that they need to keep organized — and they upload more all the time. But what if you had a photo program that could use facial recognition and visual tagging to cut down on the work you have to do? That’s exactly what iLovePhotos does, even to the point of allowing you to set up automatic emails for tags.

Unfortunately, iLovePhotos is still in a private beta. You can request an invite on their site, though, and it seems likely that they’ll be sending out a batch of invites soon. The software was officially launched today at DEMOfall 08.

Filed Under: Software Tagged With: ilovephotos, organization

Photosynth Leaves Beta

August 21, 2008 By Thursday Bram

As of this morning, Microsoft’s Live Labs project, Photosynth, is out of beta. The application / browser plugin combination allows you to stitch standard photos into 3-D panoramas.

Currently, Photosynth is Windows only — if you aren’t a Windows XP or Vista user, you’ll have to wait to get your photo-stitching fix. Photosynth uses a desktop application for creating your own ‘synths,’ and a browser plugin to see them online, if you choose to upload your work. All synths are public.

I’d recommend trying out Photosynth with only a few photos at first — it can take quite a bit of time to build a complex synth, though the end result is worth it.

We covered a new Photosynth demo at the beginning of the month.

Filed Under: Software Tagged With: microsoft, photosynth

Lightroom 2 Review at PhotographyBLOG

August 18, 2008 By Eric Reagan

PhotographyBLOG has posted a review of Adobe Lightroom 2.

Adobe have been aggressively developing Lightroom, their digital photography workflow software, since it was first announced back in January 2006. Version 2 features a host of notable improvements – dual-monitor support, non-destructive localised image correction, streamlined search capabilities, support for 64-bit operating systems, and a number of other additions. Lightroom 2 is priced at £175 / $299 for new users, with an upgrade price of £69 / $99. Jon Canfield takes a look to see if Lightroom 2 is the best one-stop photography solution yet…

Filed Under: Reviews, Software Tagged With: adobe, lightroom 2

New Photosynth Demo

August 14, 2008 By Eric Reagan

Last year, Photography Bay dropped a note on the power Photosynth technology that Microsoft is developing.

Microsoft has been working hard and has posted a new demo video of Photosynth, which is pretty darned amazing stuff.

[via Crunchgear]

Filed Under: News, Software Tagged With: microsoft, photosynth

Noise Ninja Released for Aperture

August 6, 2008 By Thursday Bram

PictureCode has released Noise Ninja as a plug-in for Aperture. The powerful noise reduction software has the core capabilities of the Photoshop version, but has a more simplified user interface that meshes with the Aperture system. The Noise Ninja plug-in also supports the multi-file handling method that Aperture’s framwork makes possible.

The Aperture version of Noise Ninja is somewhat stripped down, compared to the standalone version: it has no preference dialog, for instance. But the capabilities of this plug-in remain the same.

It is available as part of the PictureCode Pro Bundle.

Filed Under: Software Tagged With: aperture, noise ninja, picturecode, plugin

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