Digital Camera News, Reviews and Tips
Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 for Mac or PC is the featured Software Deal of the Day at Amazon.com. This offer is valid today only, August 9, 2010, when sold and shipped by Amazon.com. Offer good while supplies last. Limit 2 per customer.
Elements 8 retails for $99.99. If you take off the $30 discount plus another $20 mail-in-rebate, you can pick up Elements 8 for a net cost of $49.99.
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Topaz Labs has announced the upgrade of its popular DeNoise plug-in to version 5. Topaz Labs claims that DeNoise 5 is twice as fast as the prior version. DeNoise 5 works with Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, Aperture, iPhoto and Lightroom.
DeNoise 5 is available on the Topaz Labs website and is a free upgrade for existing DeNoise customers and retails for $79.99.
More details in the press release below. [Read more…]
Oloneo is a new piece of software that offers an interesting take on HDR imagery. Check out the short video above for an example of some of the things you can do with Oloneo.
You can learn more and download the beta release of Oloneo PhotoEngine here on Oloneo’s website.
Camera Bits has released an updated version of Photo Mechanic. Version 4.6.5 adds a number of new features to the powerful workflow software, including live ingest, embed GPS coordinates in photos, new upload templates for secure FTP, Amazon S3, Flickr, SmugMug, Zenfolio and more.
You can download or learn more about Photo Mechanic 4.6.5 on Camera Bits website.
Adobe has released its first update to Photoshop CS5, taking to version 12.0.1. The new version addresses a number of issues, including the following: [Read more…]
Camera Bits has updated Photo Mechanic to version 4.6.4. Features found in version 4.6.4 of Photo Mechanic are designed to increase the speed and ease with which photographers can browse, caption and manage large digital photo collections. This latest version offers even faster browsing and new support for RAW files captured by the popular Olympus E-P2 and E-PL1 cameras as well as Phase One models, and other features designed to address overall user-friendliness across both Mac and Microsoft-based platforms.
The new version is available on Camera Bits’ website.
More details in the press release below. [Read more…]
Adobe has posted the official version of Camera Raw 6.1 for Photoshop CS5 users. This version includes RAW file support for the following new cameras:
Additional info about version 6.1 can be found on the following Camera Raw download pages:
Adobe has made a release candidate of Camera Raw 6.1 available for download in Adobe Labs. This version includes RAW file support for the following new cameras:
Additional release notes are indicated on the download page for Camera Raw 6.1.
Remember, this is a release candidate, which means it has been pretty well tested and Adobe thinks it is ready for full release; however, it’s recommended that you keep production work to prior versions until the official release drops. Expect it to come soon though. Release candidates mean that the final versions are just around the corner.
DxO Labs has announced the release of DxO Optics Pro 6.2, which adds support for the Canon Rebel T2i / 550D and Sony A450. Additionally, the Elite addition adds support for the Canon 1D Mark IV and Nikon D3s. A number of new optics models were also added.
More details in the press release below. [Read more…]
Zoner Photo Studio 12 Free is a new photo management and editing software program available for personal and non-commercial use. While I haven’t used this new free edition yet, I have used Zoner Software’s professional version of Zoner Photo Studio and have been mostly pleased with its capabilities. Based on this past experience and what the new free version looks like, I think Windows users looking for an inexpensive photo management and basic editing solution would do well to give this a try.
You can download Zoner Photo Studio 12 Free from Zoner Software’s website.
More details in the press release below. [Read more…]