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Blackmagic Design announces version 10 of their Color Correction software, April 8, 2013
There's a software announcement at the NAB 2013 trade show as well and it comes from Black Magic Design. It is the new version 10 of their DaVinci Resolve color correction software. Details and an eight minute video interview at... Continue

Nik Software bundled all together for $150 in new Nik Collection (15-day free trial available), March 25, 2013
Google purchased Nik Software, the makers of the popular mobile photography app Snapseed. Along with it, came the more serious photography imaging tools produced by Nik software. Figuring out the Nik software was a bit like herding cats, so Google... Continue

Discontinued effective immediately: Snapseed Desktop for Windows and Mac (iOS/Android apps still alive), March 13, 2013
Google is aggressively trying out different things but there's a price to pay for this aggressiveness. More products and projects are getting cancelled. In a new "Spring Cleaning" announcement at the Official Google Blog, Google has revealed that the desktop... Continue

Confirmed: Adobe phasing out software boxes for Creative Suites, March 13, 2013
Digital killed the box star! Tech Hive and The Verge have confirmed with Adobe that indeed the company is planning to phase out the sale of the Creative Suites in software boxes you can buy in-store or online. The software... Continue

Photoshop shrinks down to the smartphone with $5 Photoshop Touch for iPhone or Android phones, March 3, 2013
A few months ago, Adobe launched Photoshop Touch for tablets, but with today's smartphones getting more powerful CPUs/GPUs and bigger and better displays, it became perhaps inevitable that a version of Photoshop Touch would come out for smartphones. And it... Continue

Adobe posts release candidates for Lightroom 4.4 and ACR 7.4, tweaks algorithms for Fuji X-Trans sensors, February 25, 2013
On the Adobe front, Adobe has published new release candidate versions of Lightroom and Adobe Camera Raw. Release candidates 4.4 for Lightroom and 7.4 for Adobe Camera Raw are available. Details via dpreview.com and Imaging Insider et al. Adobe has... Continue

Troublemakers of the Day: Adobe and Instagram [updated], February 14, 2013
Just a couple of days after Adobe decided to drop their inflated Creative Cloud subscription prices in Australia after the Australian government decided to look into the matter more closely, Adobe is causing mischief in the digital markets. They amended... Continue

RAW Wars: dpreview squares off Lightroom, Capture One and DxO Optics Pro, January 23, 2013
RAW software gets the spotlight now with a three-way comparison at dpreview, comparing and contrasting three popular options, Adobe's Lightroom 4, Phase One's Capture One Pro 7, and Dxo Optics Pro 8. The review-comparison is discussed in the dpreview comments.... Continue

dpreview tests Capture One's handling of Fuji X-Trans RAW, January 16, 2013
The most recent version of the Capture One software offered support for the Fuji X-Trans RAW output. Dpreview decided to put those claims to the test comparing how Capture One ones versus Adobe Camera Raw (ACR). The RAW (.raf) files... Continue

(ERROR, ERROR, ERROR) Adobe offers CS2 online for free (NOT NOT NOT), January 7, 2013
It turns out this was confusion + misunderstanding. Adobe was only offering these downloads for valid CS2 owners because Adobe was taking down the activation servers. This apparently was not understood and it spread like wildfire that it was free... Continue

M&A News: Adobe buys Behance (not early April Fools), December 20, 2012
And now some M&A news! Adobe pulled out the checkbook and purchased Behance, a creatives showcase website and network. Behance has published a detailed blog-post including some pre-filled Q&A explaining where things are and where they are going. Details on... Continue

Adobe releases Lightroom 4.3 and ACR 7.3 with more new cameras supported, December 16, 2012
Prepare your computer systems for a new update! Adobe has released Lightroom version 4.3 and Adobe Camera RAW version 7.3, adding support for more of today's new hot digital cameras du jour. It also offers "Retina" support for iPhotographers. See... Continue

Adobe launches exclusive new features to the Creative Cloud only (User Revolution In Progress), December 11, 2012
Adobe is playing with fire as they continue to irritate traditional-Photoshop users, you know, the ones who paid thousands and thousands of dollars over the last couple of decades on Adobe products. They have launched a new wave of promising... Continue

Adobe News: stricter upgrade policy next year (also: Creative Cloud for Teams launched), December 11, 2012
The Adobe Creative Cloud has not been greeted as a liberator by photographers (just look at various photography forums and blogs), but Adobe is doubling down on the Creative Cloud with a new offering, the Creative Cloud for Teams. This... Continue

Mobile Noise: Free Snapseed for Android 4.0+ (also: Triggertrap, iPad Mini, Photo Apps, etc), December 6, 2012
New developments have triggered a new edition of the Mobile Noise! And they are of the FREE variety! As you may recall recalling, one of the high profile mobile photography developments of the year was "The Google" purchasing the Nik... Continue

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