Category: Image edit

  • Photoshop CS5 countdown

    Click onto the image below to reach the official launch site of Photoshop CS5: Update: Let’s be as clear as possible. On April 12, don’t expect to be able to buy a new box of Photoshop CS5. It will be only a technical presentation. We will still have to wait for the real availability (maybe…

  • What’s next for Adobe?

    After the recent announcements, it would be useful to look where Adobe is going now, or in the coming months. Here, it is OK to start using the bits of news becoming available. First, of course, Lightroom v3 will soon be available (you can download the beta 2, already). DPReview obtained an interview with Tom…

  • All for Lightroom v3

    Lightroom v3 beta 2 is now available for all to use/test. This is still a beta version, so you should remember that it comes with no warranty and, if you download it (for free), you expose yourself to a software application not yet ready for prime time and shop shelves (bugs are still very possible).…

  • A sharp picture: 12 tips

    The plague of many photographs and photographic hardware devices is of not being able to produce nicely sharp pictures, nearly crunchy images (Nota bene: I do understand that this is not the ultimate goal of a photographer and that many a picture is technically mediocre or fuzzy or foggy and still is a great photograph).…

  • Photoshop links

    Once again, let’s check my bag of fine Photoshop-related articles found on the web. For sure, most of them did not need to receive a full article here, but you will admit with me that they are worth reading. Paste Images on Tilted Surfaces in Photoshop Understanding the basics of Sharpening in Photoshop Create Seamless…

  • New HDRtist for HDR photos on Mac

    It’s been quite some time that I wanted to mention the existence of a powerful HDR tool that is available for Mac: HDRtist is free and seems quite able. Unfortunately, it comes from the family of HDR tools which prefer to produce unrealistic images, but it can be tweaked. The new version of HDRtist, v1.2,…

  • CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5

    Corel just announced an update to its graphics design suite CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite X5. The new features of this too-often-forgotten competition to Photoshop: A new engine of color management A Built-in Content Organizer: Corel® CONNECT Compatibility with 100+ graphics file formats The price? 716,40€/£399/$489 for a full version and 357,60€/£179/$189 for an upgrade. It can…

  • Transform GIMP into a free Photoshop clone

    GIMP is an excellent image edition software which could (should?) attract all those who do not want to pay the full price of Photoshop, while they work with Apple, Windows or Linux. the differences are real, but the most obvious one is certainly the interface (and Adobe clearly did a nice work on it). So,…

  • The rule of thirds, soon to be enforced

    In composition, it is often considered that putting objects of interest on the key attention points helps build more powerful images. Daniel Cohen-Or and Lior Wolf at Tel-Aviv University, Israel, with colleagues at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China, created a software program that automatically re-organizes photos to make them more powerful, more pleasing. NS link…