Making video packages on an iPhone can be cumbersome, especially if you’re used to working with a desktop editing program. The phone’s small screen just doesn’t lend itself to manipulating clips and pics easily. New York-based Animoto, a five-year-old slideshow service that makes awesome-sauce out of images and video clips, has used some of its… Continue reading »
Nov
16
Kubota Debuts Instructional Lighting Notebook and App
Kubota Image Tools (Bend, OR, www.kubotaimagetools.com) recently debuted Lighting Notebook: 101 Lighting Styles and Setup for Digital Photographers. Consisting of step-by-step guidance for photographers who want to craft, shape and control light, the new instructional manual also features a stand-alone iPad/iPhone app that’s available for download from iTunes. Each chapter of the Lighting Notebook describes… Continue reading »
Oct
27
LumaPix Offers Beta FotoFusion Software for the Macintosh
LumaPix (Montreal, Quebec, Canada, www.LumaPix.com) continues to offer a beta version for the Mac of the popular FotoFusion album-layout application. Now in version 5, FotoFusion is a stand-alone professional photography software package that creates wedding albums, photobooks, portraiture and other complex image layouts. It includes power tools that automatically arrange images into multi-page albums, that… Continue reading »
Oct
17
The Plugin Site Offers NoiseControl Plug-in for MacOS X
The Plugin Site (www.thepluginsite.com) is offering a MacOS X version of NoiseControl, a Photoshop-compatible plug-in that removes image noise while preserving the essential details and photographic quality of an image. The MacOS plug-in includes sharpening, saturation and grain controls and it supports multi-core CPUs as well as Windows-based computers. Price: $49.95.
Oct
12
HP Large Format Negative Solution
HP is offering a free, downloadable software package that allows photographers to use the HP DesignJet Z3200 Photo Printer to produce classic silver halide prints or hardcopy image archives from photo negatives. The new Large Format Photo Negative software package includes a paper preset for the DesignJet Z3200 Photo Printer that enables users to print… Continue reading »
Oct
04
Sep
12
Finao Launches iPad App for Album Sales and Cover Design
Finao Albums (Saline, MI 888/346-2687, www.finaoonline.com), known for their variety of cover material selections, has released the first iPad application to assist with designing album covers and increasing their overall sales. The iPad App, dubbed Finao Designer, is downloadable in the Apple App Store for 99 cents and allows photographers and their clients to see… Continue reading »
Aug
08
New iPad Photo App from Nik Software
Nik Software (San Diego, CA, www.niksoftware.com) is marketing Snapseed, an entirely new photo app for the iPad. Designed to create stunning photos with a wide variety of innovative filters and tools, Snapseed includes Grunge, Vintage and Drama filters, as well as U Point technology tools that change an image’s texture, ambiance, white balance, saturation and… Continue reading »
Aug
05
DxO Optics Pro v6.6 Has Additional Noise Reduction and Color Controls
DxO Labs (Paris, France, www.DxO.com) recently announced the availability of DxO Optics Pro v6.6 for Mac- and Windows-based computers. The updated application includes more than 100 new DxO Optics Modules as well as additional camera support, depending on the version, for the Nikon D5100, Olympus E-5, Panasonic DMC GF1, Panasonic DMC GF2 and the Pentax… Continue reading »
Jul
12
Adobe Ships Creative Suite 5.5
Adobe Systems (San Jose, CA, www.adobe.com) is now shipping the Creative Suite 5.5 product family, which includes Photoshop 5.5. The updated applications include important advances in HTML5 and Flash authoring, which enable Web site designers and developers to create compelling content and applications. Creative Suite 5.5 products also feature significant innovation in the areas of… Continue reading »