Adobe international pricing sham for software downloads
Why does Adobe continue the ridiculous international pricing sham for software downloads? I am a fan and regular user of Adobe software products, and was looking to upgrade some of my Adobe software suites from CS4 versions. However, after a bit of research on the Adobe US and Australia web stores, I have been left [...]
SEO keywords for photographers – my learning curve
I normally put in quite a bit of effort in the SEO keywording of my images, but submitting a recent photo to Getty Images, I realized I still have much to learn about professional keywording. Using keywords helps my clients find the images they are looking for on my website, and also helps my own [...]
Photography and Web Discoveries of the Week – 11 Jun 2010
This week was dominated by the release of Lightroom 3, but we continued to make a small number of photography and web discoveries. Travelling to the US this week on business, one newly discovered quote that resonated with me was “Nothing happens until you press the shutter”…. I need to do this more. Software Updates [...]
Photography and Web Discoveries of the Week – 28 May 2010
Continuing our “Photography and Web Discoveries of the Week” series, we have Photoshop and Canon 5D firmware updates, the Photographer’s Ephemeris solar angle calculators, and more. News Alamy changes submission size – Stock agency Alamy has reduced the uncompressed minimum file size requirement from 48MB to 24MB. Software Updates Canon 5D firmware update – Newly [...]
Adobe Releases Connect Pro Mobile for iPhone
Adobe has released an Acrobat Connect Pro iPhone app to so you can attend meetings using your iPhone or iPod touch. The FREE Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro Mobile application allows immediate access to meetings anytime, anywhere. You can Watch and listen to live presentations including real-time presenter webcam video and screen sharing demonstrations.
New Camera Raw, Lightroom and DNG converters releases
Adobe Labs has announced “‘release candidate” updates for Photoshop Camera Raw 5.6, Lightroom 2.6 and DNG Converter 5.6. The updates extend file support to 19 new camera models including:- Canon EOS 7D Canon Powershot G11, S90 Mamiya DM22, DM33, DM56, M18, M22, M31 Nikon D3s Olympus E-P2 Pentax K-x Panasonic FZ38 Sigma DP1s Sony A500, [...]
Adobe Releases Lightroom3 Beta
Adobe has released a beta version of Lightroom 3 for public preview, which includes easier importing, better noise reduction and sharpening tools, improved slideshow capabilities and direct publishing to online photo sharing sites like Flickr. Library module – The import system has been rebuilt to make importing photos into the software easier. You can now [...]
Photoshop CS4 bug – Color Sampler to Curves shortcut in Windows
I was doing some color correction recently and noticed there is a bug in the Windows version of Photoshop CS4 when using the color sampler tool shortcut that places a point on the Curves Adjustment layer. Using the colour sampler tool in Photoshop CS4 you can select a point on an image, which places a [...]
Lightroom Version 2.5 and ACR 5.5 Released
Adobe have released Photoshop Lightroom version 2.5 and Adobe Camera Raw (ACR) Version 5.5. The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2.5 update includes enhancements for: Additional camera support for several new camera models including the Nikon D300s, Nikon D3000, Olympus E-P1, Panasonic DMC-FZ35 and Panasonic DMC-GF1. Lightroom Bug Fixed – Lightroom 2.4 on Windows continued to display [...]
Adobe CS4 Install Disk Failure
I recently purchased a copy of Adobe Creative Suite CS4 Design Premium to upgrade my CS3 system, but an installation disk causing “Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)” failures was very trying on my patience. For some reason software problems always seem to occur when you have other important things to do. The Problem When I [...]
Canoscan FS4000US ICC Profile
I decided to get serious about profiling my Canoscan FS4000US slider scanner, due to having several years of slides from the period before my switch to digital. My Canoscan FS4000US scanner is a couple of years old now (costing around $1500AUD when new), but provides high resolution images from slides and negatives. For years I [...]
DNG converter and Profiles Update
G10 CR2 RAW format I recently purchased the Canon Powershot G10 so I could shoot RAW from a compact platform, and take advantage of the extra bit depth. I have been using Lightroom2.1 and CS3/Adobe Camera Raw (ACR) 4.5 for my processing workflow. Neither of these supported the G10 CR2 RAW format. Note: – As [...]
Lightroom2 Keywording
I have updated my Adobe Lightroom2 keywords recently using the CKVC controlled vocabulary list. After updating the lists, I went through and tidied my keyword structure, and have now set about reviewing the keywords used for each image. During this review I noticed that extra keywords from further up the keyword structure (parent keywords) were [...]
