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Adobe Bridge for free
One of the most attracting features of the Adobe Photoshop CC suite of photographic tools is its image management tool which allows sorting, ordering, labeling and most important -to my eyes- comparing several pictures in order to choose the best one. Yes, I have the (bad?) habit of shooting in rapid fire when I’m photographing wildlife, but…
Photoshop links – CS6 edition
What will Photoshop CS6 be made of? What will be the new features of CS6? It is quite difficult to be sure since -up to now- Adobe simply distributed technology-oriented data (which may never be exploited in this form) and some very partial elements not allowing precise predictions. Nevertheless, some of them can be assembled…
Photoshop is everywhere on the Internet
As usual, I found some links to guide the Photoshop-equipped photographer. German photographers are slightly favored this time. Photoshop: Panoramabilder entzerren How to Reduce Your Depth of Field in Photoshop Camera Raw 6 : accentuer la netteté Learn the basics of color focus editing in Photoshop CS5 Photoshop Tutorial Mine : from image to flickr…
Canon EOS xxxD: The user guides
We know that many photographers do not have their SLR camera user’s guide in an electronic format, wish they had it readily available and cannot find this user’s manual. Canon has been noticed for being specially apt at putting obstacles for those looking for those documents for their Canon EOS/Rebel camera. According to us, this…
Download the Canon EOS 600D user manual
You may have discovered how difficult Canon makes it to find the electronic editions of their SLR photo cameras operator/user manuals. For a recent photo camera like the Canon EOS 600D, this is somewhat even more difficult, and I decided to specially look around for the YLovePhoto readers. Here are the results of my investigations,…
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…
Pentax new firmware wave
photo credit: yellowcloud Pentax has announced a tsunami of firmware updates for its SLR photo cameras: Pentax K-5 firmware v1.02 Pentax K-r firmware v1.01 Pentax 645D firmware v1.01
Canon EOS 60D firmware v1.0.8
Canon offers a new firmware (v1.0.8) for the Canon EOS 60D. It fixes a phenomenon in which captured images may become overexposed when using the camera’s built-in flash or an external Speedlite in combination with the lenses listed below: a) EF300/4 L IS USM b) EF28-135/3.5-5.6 IS USM c) EF75-300/4-5.6 IS USM d) EF100-400/4.5-5.6 L…
New firmware for Sony Alpha 850/900: Tomorrow Now confirmed
photo © 2010 yellowcloud | more info (via: Wylio) Update: This is now confirmed and the firmware can be downloaded freely. According to SonyAlphaRumors.com, Sony will present tomorrow a new version of the firmware for the Sony Alpha 850 and 900 SLR Full Frame photo cameras. It should bring: Faster Autofocus Maximum exposure compensation range:…
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…
New firmware for Canon 7D
Canon just announced the availability of a new firmware (v1.2.2) for the Canon EOS 7D. Main features: Fixes a phenomenon in which the set aperture moves when shooting movies in manual exposure mode using some Canon lenses (such as macro lenses). Fixes the AF point-selection behavior of the C.Fn III-7 (Manual AF pt. selec. pattern)…
New firmware for Canon EOS 550D & EOS 1D Mark-IV
photo credit: eirikso Canon launches two new firmwares (surprisingly, both hold the same version number v1.0.8, but they are really two different firmwares split at birth for two different cameras). For the Canon EOS 1D Mk-IV, this is the correction of a bug around the aperture management in video mode. For the Canon EOS 550D,…
IrfanView upgraded
The excellent images handling software program, IrfanView, has just been upgraded to version 4.27. Command line options to handle images with scripts (actions) or filters. Addition of a border or a frame. Addition of new filters and file formats. The screen copies options now allow to handle larger objects like a full web page (auto-scroll…
Photo collage, free tools
It is no longer possible to list all the web sites that offer you the possibility to assemble a photo collage in a form that is appreciated by so many photographers despite its simplicity. Many web sites are characterized by the needed payments they request, but the idea has come a long way and what…
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,…
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,…
Aviary goes free
Aviary, one of the best online graphics edition software, just changed its pricing model. Instead of the subscriptions previously used, they went for a new price structure: 100% free. Supported by new financial partners, they offer their tools for free. Impressive free tool suite. The announcement on the Aviary blog.
Download the Pentax K-x manual
The user manual for the Pentax K-x is now available for free download (at Pentax Japan). Pentax K-x User Manual
Modify the EXIF dates of your pictures
The EXIF data hold a lot of useful technical information about your photos. One of these is the date and hour of the snapshot. This is quite pleasant, useful and nice up to the moment when your camera internal clock fails or starts lagging. Or when you need very precise synchronization with another device (like…
Download Adobe Lightroom 3 for free
Actually, Lightroom 3 is in beta phase and you can get a beta version for free until April 30th 2010. It already seems like a very long time and if you wanted to test it or to discover this good photographic software, it may be time for it. But, please, remember that even if this…
Trash your photos
Photofunia is a fun way to transform your photos in a way that is technically interesting. You will surprise your friends with dozens of cool (and free) effects. For example, I created this weirder than weird image of Michael Jackson (from the thumbnail shown below).
Faster Photoshop
Photoshop is not the only photo editing tool on the market, but it is definitely a leader. Despite this, or because it has to be the best tool for so many people, it takes a very long time to start Photoshop on your computer. On Windows, Photoshop SpeedUp is a freeware that can solve part…
False HDR for free
If you want to get an HDR (High Dynamic Range) aspect to your photos but do not want to spend the effort of taking multiple picture and combining them together, there is a free solution: Fake it! Forget all the hassle and apply the right image transformations to obtain a picture with all the features…