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SmugMug and Lightroom: Friends Forever

SmugMug and Lightroom: Friends Forever

My favorite photo hosting site, SmugMug, has integrated with Lightroom 3 that will make it easier than ever to import, organize, edit and publish your photos to SmugMug. I haven’t tested this yet, but it sounds like a great new feature. If you’re a Lightroom 3 user and aren’t using SmugMug, now is is great ... read more

September 2, 2010 in News by Thomas Boyd 0 comments

Going Long – A Hands-On Review Of Sigma 50-500mm f4.5-6.3 APO DC OS HSM

Going Long – A Hands-On Review Of Sigma 50-500mm f4.5-6.3 APO DC OS HSM

There are plenty of websites and magazines that perform thorough testing and technical analysis of new lenses, so I won’t even attempt to provide any numbers or MTF charts in this review. What I will report on, is how it was to work with this 10x zoom lens and share some sample images that I ... read more

July 12, 2010 in Reviews by John Omvik 0 comments

Ars Technica Reviews Adobe Lightroom 3

Ars Technica Reviews Adobe Lightroom 3

I believe Dave Girard had one of the most comprehensive reviews of Aperture 3 I’ve seen and it looks like he gave Lightroom 3 as much attention. He also does a quick Aperture 3 vs. Lightroom 3 comparison at the end. I think he missed a key point though, Aperture 3’s ability to do multiple ... read more

June 22, 2010 in News by Thomas Boyd 0 comments

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 Now Available

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 Now Available

After more than half a year of public beta, Adobe has finally released the shipping version of Lightroom 3. This release includes several new features, that were not included in the last beta version, but were added in recent ACR updates such as:Profile-based lens correction that addresses:Geometric lens distortion(i.e., barrel or pincushion) Chromatic aberration Vignette effectsManual geometric ... read more

June 8, 2010 in News by John Omvik 0 comments

Adobe Releases Lens Profiler Creator Utility

Adobe Releases Lens Profiler Creator Utility

Adobe labs has released their free lens profiler utility that will allow photographers to create custom lens correction profiles that can be used in Lightroom, Adobe Camera Raw and Photoshop CS5 Lens Correction Plug-in. This utility along with the black and white checkerboard target images will allow users to correct profiles to compensate for geometric distortion, ... read more

May 1, 2010 in News by John Omvik 1 comment

Lens Correction Functionality To Come To ACR6 And Lightroom 3

Lens Correction Functionality To Come To ACR6 And Lightroom 3

When I first saw the new lens correction feature announced as a filter plug-in for Photoshop CS5, I thought, wow this is cool, but I’d really prefer to see it as part of the Lightroom Develop module where I can create non-destructive presets and sync the settings across multiple images. Well I guess for the first ... read more

April 28, 2010 in News by John Omvik 0 comments

Last Call For Lightroom 2.x? – Adobe Releases 2.7 Update Adds Support For More Cameras

Last Call For Lightroom 2.x? – Adobe Releases 2.7 Update Adds Support For More Cameras

Apple released an update to Lightroom, Camera Raw and DNG converter to add support for RAW files for the cameras listed below: – Canon EOS 550D (aka Canon Rebel T2i / Canon EOS Kiss X4) – Kodak EasyShare Z981 – Leaf Aptus-II 8 – Leaf Aptus-II 10R – Mamiya DM40 – Olympus E-PL1 – Panasonic G2 – Panasonic G10 – Sony A450 Given the timing ... read more

April 21, 2010 in News by John Omvik 0 comments

Adobe Lightroom Beta 3 Version 2 Now Available

Adobe Lightroom Beta 3 Version 2 Now Available

I was just starting to wonder if we’d ever see an update to the Lightroom 3 beta that was released last October, then this email just arrived in my inbox. Looks like version 2 is available now and will last through the end of April. We’ll be checking this out soon and reporting on the ... read more

March 23, 2010 in News by John Omvik 0 comments

Creaceed Announces New Hydra HDR Plug-in For Lightroom And Aperture – Supports 64-bit Processing In Both Apps

Creaceed Announces New Hydra HDR Plug-in For Lightroom And Aperture – Supports 64-bit Processing In Both Apps

Creaceed is now shipping 64-bit versions of it’s Hydra HDR plug-in for Aperture 3 and today announced they were covering the all bases and also supporting a new Export Plug-in for Lightroom. A single license of $79.95 is valid for the stand alone version as well as both plugins. The plug-ins are also available as ... read more

February 23, 2010 in News by John Omvik 0 comments

Unified Color Technologies Announces HDR PhotoStudio For Mac – Offers True 32-bit HDR Color Editing For Mac Users

Unified Color Technologies Announces HDR PhotoStudio For Mac – Offers True 32-bit HDR Color Editing For Mac Users

Unified Color Technologies announced that they have begun shipping a Macintosh version of their HDR PhotoStudio software. HDR PhotoStudio has a reputation for delivering true color and realistic looking High Dynamic Range images. It is based on the company’s own “Beyond RGB” color model that encompasses the full human visual gamut, and separates brightness from ... read more

February 3, 2010 in News by Micah Walter 0 comments