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Get a Sneak Peek of an Early Prototype of Adobe’s Mobile Retouching

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In this video, Bryan O’Neil Hughes shows off some serious retouching capabilities of Adobe’s mobile photo retouching on the iPad. He doesn’t name the app but these features will probably show up in a future iteration of a Photoshop mobile app.

I have always been a little clumsy making fine edits with my fingers on the iPad. I have tried using a stylus with varied degrees of success. I don’t think I’m alone in these challenges either. Today, I just don’t know how serious this feature can be taken. It could be one of those handy features used occasionally that is nice to have, but not essential.

Then again, it may turn out to be an app/feature that hits just in time for the rumored iPad Pro. The more horsepower Apple continues to put into the iPad, the more closely the spec sheet approaches Wacom’s Cintiq tablets. And, if that happens, Wacom’s products may become even more niche solutions than they already are.

Adobe apps have to become much more robust on iOS and Android before that happens and this teaser shows that Adobe is well on its way to doing just that.

 

Beastgrip Pro is a Professional Smartphone Camera Rig

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Beastgrip Pro Kit

Beastgrip Pro is versatile tool for camera phone photographers and videographers that is part of new Kickstarter campaign and should hit its $50,000 goal by day 2 at this rate.

It is a custom rig designed not only for the iPhone, but for all camera smartphones, to attach a variety of professional photo and video accessories. [Read more…]

Lightroom mobile for Android Phones Now Available

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Lightroom mobile is now available for Android phones. Previously, Adobe had released Lightroom mobile for iPad and iPhone.

Now, all of you Samsung Galaxy and Note users, along with other Android devices devices that meet the minimum requirements of a Quad Core CPU with 1.7GHz ARMv7 architechture, 1GB RAM, 8GB internal storage and Jellybean, KitKat or Lollipop OS.

Key Lightroom mobile capabilities include:

  • Sync edits, metadata and collection changes to the Lightroom catalog on a Mac or Windows computer
  • Automatically import images from the smartphone gallery and sync back to the Lightroom catalog on the desktop
  • Edit images using familiar Lightroom tools and presets, including non-destructive processing using Smart Previews
  • Quickly flag and reject photos

Of course Lightroom mobile requires a Creative Cloud subscription in order to sync your Lightroom catalog from you Mac or PC, but it is no additional cost if you are a Creative Cloud member. You can download Lightroom mobile for Android here on the Google Play Store.

In addition to Lightroom mobile, Adobe has also launched Lightroom web, which is a new way to view and share your photos from any web browser. You can find more info about Lightroom for web here on lightroom.adobe.com. If you already have a Creative Cloud account, your sync galleries are already on Lightroom web for you to see now.

Liquid Image Ego LS 4G POV Camera Finally Set to Launch

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Liquid Image Ego LS-2

Liquid Image is back at CES with its 4G POV camera, the Ego LS. Last year at CES 2014, Liquid Image announced that the Ego LS would launch in June 2014; however, it never made it. After updating the 4G tech to be compatible with faster speeds on Verizon’s network, Liquid Image says the Ego LS should launch during the first quarter of 2015. [Read more…]

Polar Pro Proview GoPro/Smartphone Mount Hands-On

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The Polar Pro Proview mount is so slick and convenient that I can’t believe no one has cooked up this product until now.

As you are probably aware, GoPro has a handy app that lets you control your GoPro HERO camera and preview the live image on your smartphone. It’s available for iOS, Android and Windows devices for free from the respective app stores. [Read more…]

Smartphone Lens Attachments for Your Wishlist

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B&H just released a nice, short video covering four types of lens attachments available for smartphone cameras. In the video above, B&H Photo’s Allen Weitz covers the various features and attachment options of the following lenses: