Category Archives: Adobe

Photoshop expands to mobile devices

There have been few hints in the past about a potential Adobe Lightroom version for the iPad (see here and here). In their latest presentation, Adobe showed content-aware fill on an Android tablet and paint mixing on an iPad that can be wirelessly transferred to your computer: It seems that the direction Adobe is taking, is to use mobile devices as […]

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Adobe announces Lightroom 3.3 release candidate

Adobe today announced Lightroom 3.3 and Camera Raw 6.3 release candidates. The new versions include support for some of the latest cameras: Nikon D7000 Nikon Coolpix P7000 Nikon D3100 Canon PowerShot S95 Canon PowerShot G12 Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH2 Samsung NX100 Samsung TL350 (WB2000) New lens profile added for:

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Microsoft to acquire Adobe?

The Net is buzzing about a potential Microsoft acquisition of Adobe. Reportedly, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer recently met with Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen, which triggered a stream of speculations. As result, Adobe shares surged 12% on the stock market. Source: Bloomberg

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What is a Plenoptic camera?

Plenoptic technology is developed by Adobe and it lets you select which part of the image you want to be in focus. A Plenoptic camera contains an array of microlenses between the front lens and the sensor and it captures a series of small images from different viewpoints that can later be extracted and manipulated by special […]

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Photokina day 1 updates

Panasonic GH2 + new 3D lens announced: Sony showed a prototype (maybe Alpha A77?) DSLR at Photokina: See also AP related coverage on the new Sony prototype. Ricoh GR LENS A12 28 mm F2.5 announced:

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PhotoRumors updates

I will try to recap everything that happen in the past few days, too much to over in individual posts: Released: Sinar released their new Sinarback eVolution86 H digital back (rumored a month ago) Delayed: Sony A560 delayed until Jan 2011 in the US Underwater: underwater case for Sony NEX 5 Increasing capacity: Sony increases production capacity […]

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Adobe Lightroom for the iPad: “tougher than one might think”

Over a month ago Terry White gave a hint on his blog that a Adobe Lightroom might be coming to the iPad. Yesterday John Nack (Principal Product Manager, Adobe Photoshop) indicated on his blog that Lightroom for the iPad is not going to be an easy task to accomplish: “Building a great iPad app for […]

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Adobe launches Lightroom 3

Adobe Lightroom 3 is now official and Amazon is taking pre-orders (I guess that’s why this video showed up online few days ago). What’s new in Adobe Lightroom 3: Full press release after the break:

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Terry White’s top 5 favorite new features in Lightroom 3

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Adobe Photoshop CS5 free trials now available

Adobe Photoshop CS5 is now shipping (press release). Free trial is now available for download. Amazon offers a slight discount on the different CS5 packages.

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