As a matter of fact, NASA prepares in Photoshop its gorgeous pictures from images taken by the Hubble space telescope. And, within two minutes, you can watch exactly how they do it. I would recommend to run it in slow motion if you really want to catch all the details and each and every step,…
Category: Image edit
World Backup Day!
Today is the first World Backup Day as decided by Reddit. And it is a pretty good idea to stress that every digital bit should be regularly backed up. photo credit: Photo Extremist How old is your last backup? Check our articles about the photographer’s backup. Local backup options (External hard disk drive) Local backup…
Get Lightroom for free
Actually, it won’t be long before Adobe returns to the usual situation (more than 200€ for a Lightroom license), but if you are ready to use a beta version of Lightroom, you can get Adobe Lightroom v3.4 RC (RC is for Release Candidate, or the latest beta version considered ready for release/shipping). Just go to…
Widen your horizons with Aperture
The Apple software program, Aperture, has many fans. But, it had been a long time since I last grouped and presented my prefered links toward tutorials, tips-and-tricks and idaas. So, here is a full shipment of them to go further with Aperture: Tipp Aperture 3: Thumbnails kompakter machen spart enorm viel Speicherplatz (in deutscher Sprache)…
Apple Digital Camera RAW enhances compatibility with new cameras
This update adds RAW image compatibility for the following cameras to Aperture 3 and iPhoto 2011: Canon EOS Rebel T3 / EOS 1100D / Kiss X50 Canon EOS Rebel T3i / EOS 600D / Kiss X5 Olympus E-5 Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ100 Pentax K-r Pentax K-5 It also addresses processing issues for the following cameras: Nikon…
Photoshop links
I know that there are plenty of people using Adobe Photoshop. Here comes the time for your list of links to resources that could be useful to you (and me), this time with a large representation of the excellent tutorials from Digital Photography School (but not only them). Smarter sharpening with the High Pass filter…
Cheap Aperture 3: 62.99€ or $79.99
It is not only a bargain, but a bargain in the Mac App Store: The version 3 of Aperture is now available for the record-low price of 62.99€ or US$79.99. This is about one third of the normal price. Not bad!
All kinds of GIMP plug-ins, to improve your photos
I noticed recently a few links for Linux users (but not only, read on) who wish to reduce blur on their photos: Unshake is a free photo editing software written in Java that can remove blurs from your photos. It can be used on virtually any platform (Linux, PC, Mac, etc.) GIMP is the GNU/Linux-based…
Aperture v3.1.1, with more RAW support
This new update to Apple Aperture software addresses overall stability and performance issues, and also includes specific fixes that: address compatibility with the iLife Media Browser improve reliability when upgrading existing Aperture libraries address issues with publishing photos to MobileMe, Facebook and Flickr It should be complemented with the new update to Digital Camera RAW…
DxO Optics Pro v6.5.2
Nouvelle version pour le produit phare de DxO Labs. Cette fois-ci (pour Windows et pour MacOS), il apporte le support des fichiers RAW de Pentax K-5, Sony NEX-5 & NEX-3.
Photoshop links, as Christmas gifts
Let’s have some stocking stuffers in these festive times. Photoshop users should have the right to receive gifts before the set date of Christmas. Adobe Photoshop CS5: Smart-Radius detailliert (in deutscher Sprache) Encore un excellent tutoriel de Digital Photography School qui nous apprend à construire des images/illusions d’optique de type Droste : Droste ‘Frame in…
Lightroom 3.3 & Camera Raw 6.3: Available now
The new versions of the Adobe software programs for the photographer just arrived. Mainly, they bring support for some gear that was left waiting for compatibility and a nice list of corrected bugs (see at the end of this post). The main news seem to be the added support for the following SLR cameras: Nikon…
Lightroom links of love
This time, this month, the list of links for Lightroom leaves a lot of space to various languages (not only English). I hope this will be helpful and this will allow you to discover new spaces and new web sites. LR/Mogrify 2 pour Lightroom par Alpha Numérique (en français) Bilder auf eine neue Festplatte migrieren…
Photoshop CS6: a preview of the alpha version
The future of Photoshop CS6 has been recently shown at MAX2010, the Adobe conference in Los Angeles. YouTube link I believe that the really impressive part of this technical demonstration is the set of automatisms which operate -essentially- by showing the machine an example of the result to reach rather than finding the right settings…
Monitor color calibration for Linux
When they want to use GNU/Linux to manage a photographic work flow, most people are afraid that they would not be able to obtain a good color calibration for their monitor. This has long been an issue, but this is no longer the case thanks to the ArgyllCMS set of open source color calibration tools…
Premium ideas for premium Linux photographers
If you are simultaneously a digital photographer and a Linux user, you certainly are in search of maximum quality and flexibility, even if this may cost of little more effort. But why not try and make it easier with some ideas and resources I collected for you here? Worth mentioning too: F-Spot, full-featured to handle…
Will Microsoft buy Adobe?
photo credit: Microsoft Sweden The rumor started yesterday (Friday): Microsoft was on the verge of buying Adobe right off the market. The Adobe stock price shot up by 17% during the day (triggering an automated circuit-breaker to stop pricing), after the announcement of a meeting between Microsoft Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Steve Ballmer and Adobe…
Photoshop links galore
For the all-new Photoshop CS5: Photoshop CS5 Content Aware Fill – Just how good is it? An Introduction to Focus Stacking with Adobe Photoshop CS4 Multiple Image Printing in Photoshop CS4 But also for those who stayed -for now- with an older Photoshop (like CS4 or CS3): How to Correct Perspective in Photoshop Photoshop Technique:…
Resize, rename, realign, change format with 1 simple tool
When we shoot a large number of pictures, we often end up with a lot of unpleasant work at photo edition time: file name modification according to one simple rule, format change or image size modification for all pictures going to the web or sent to somebody. But always in bulk: We have to endlessly…
Unchain your GIMP links
This month, it’s time for a new round of GIMP links. Of course, the Linux-based photographers are the primary target of this list. But, remember that GIMP is also available as a valuable option for the money-sensitive user of Windows, too. Use GIMP to Process Time Lapse Photography (from LifeHacker) GIMP 2.8: A preview of…
ACR 6.2 and LR 3.2 love Sony
Yes! Adobe loves Sony. The final releases of DNG Converter 6.2, Adobe Camera Raw 6.2 and Lightroom 3.2 includes RAW file conversion for the Sony Alpha 33, Alpha 55, Alpha 290, Alpha 390, NEX-5 and NEX-3. Those were included in the Release Candidate versions, but they become official/final now. Of course, other cameras are also…
Small programs for big ISO
Many French-speaking lovers of the Sony (ex-Minolta) photo cameras know about the excellent web site of Alpha Numérique which is providing a wealth of varied informations (often appearing in the link lists I publish monthly in relation with photo software programs). Eiffel Tower, by night – Copyright (C) Yves Roumazeilles Now, I would like to…
A batch of Lightroom links
In this fire storm of Lightroom special links, you will find a lot of articles coming from the excellent Digital Photography School web site whose tutorials are definitely on my best-of list. How to Remove Sensor Dust With Lightroom Adventure Photographer Tyler Stableford’s Lightroom 3 Beta 2 Workflow (Video on YouTube) 10 de los mejores…
Sigma Photo Pro up to SD15
Sigma just delivered the updated version of its photo edition software Photo Pro. The major changes are: Compatibility with 64-bit Windows (important for all photographers who moved to 64-bit Seven because of the lifted memory constraints); Compatibility with the new Sigma SD15 D-SLR camera It is immediately available for download: Click here to download the…
GIMP 2.6.9 is out
All-fresh new update of GIMP. This time, this is all about bug corrections.