Archive for the ‘Plugins & Software’ Category
Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007
I’m not one to pass up free stuff so I thought I’d mention this one. Jack Davis (renowned Photoshop educator, author and Photoshop Hall of Famer) has worked with onOne Software to create one-click photo presets that work specifically with Lightroom. There are over 80 presets that work with the tone, color, as well as many other types of specialized conversions that you can achieve with your photos. As you can imagine, with 80 of them, the possibilities are pretty remarkable. So hat’s off to Jack and the team at onOne Software for jumping into what will be a brand new avenue for creativity with Photoshop Lightroom.
Download the presets here.
Source: LRKT
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Tuesday, September 19th, 2006
 Writely Switching To Google Account Logins
Writely, the online word processing system acquired by Google earlier this year, has taken one extra step into becoming a breathing member of the Google Borg by requiring that their userbase make the switch from their old Writely user login to that of Google Accounts.
The Google Account program is a unified username & password login which spreads over Google News, Personalized Google Search, AdWords and Google Checkout among other Google Services.
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Monday, September 18th, 2006
Since the advent of digital imaging, we all spend too much time in front of a computer fixing photos, and not enough time behind a camera taking photos. That is about to change.
Introducing 20/20 Color MD, an amazing Adobe Photoshop plug-in that works like an eye exam to quickly color correct your photos. It takes care of all your correction needs, including dynamic range, color balance, brightness, and saturation. There’s even a great highlight and shadow feature built right in.
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Thursday, September 14th, 2006
INTUIT is to feature several of Google’s products, including search and advertising, in its QuickBooks accounting software aimed at small businesses.
The deal between the two Silicon Valley companies marks the latest in a string of business partnerships where hardware and software makers have agreed to feature Google software. (more…)
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Wednesday, August 30th, 2006
AKVIS LLC presents a new plug-in for photo-to-sketch conversion. AKVIS Sketch 1.1 allows creating realistic color and B&W drawings that imitate the technique of graphite and color pencil, charcoal and watercolor painting.
Surprise your friends and relatives by presenting them their pencil portraits. Make a watercolor drawing out of a photo from your last nature shooting. Convert your own photo into a color sketch to print on a T-shirt. Read more about AKVIS Sketch
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Tuesday, August 29th, 2006
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Microsoft is understood to have invited beta testers to try out a new product offering a series of online applications in a single bundle.
News of the forthcoming Windows Live Essentials has leaked onto the web via independent blogs. A post on the ActiveWin.com website apparently quotes a Microsoft e-mail inviting people to apply to beta test the new product.
It describes Windows Live Essentials as a way to get the bundle of Windows Live online services - e-mail, instant messaging and security – as a single, simple download. Comments added by readers compare the product to the Google Pack bundle of free software.
The product also includes a Windows Live Dashboard, offering a view of the services the user already has and any new services available.
The emerging product looks set to step up rivalry with Google, which this week launched a beta of its new Apps for Your Domain service, adding free productivity applications – including instant messaging, a calendar application and website design software – to its hosted domain service.
Source: activewin.com
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Monday, August 7th, 2006
Alien Skin Software News - Better late than never
Press Release: RALEIGH, N.C.–Aug. 1, 2006–Alien Skin Software today released Blow Up, an all-new plug-in for Adobe® Photoshop® and Photoshop Elements. Designed for both photographers and graphic artists, Blow Up offers the highest quality image enlargement available. Blow Up simplifies and improves image enlargement, making it easy to convert web graphics to print and create large format and gallery prints from digital snapshots.
Better than Photoshop bicubic and other third party solutions, Blow Up preserves the crisp lines and smooth colors in a source image. Blow Up scales images up to 3600% — 6 times in each dimension — with no stairstep, halo, or fringe artifacts.
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Wednesday, July 19th, 2006
Great news: Adobe® Lightroomâ„¢ beta* software 3 for Windows is now available. Download it today and discover an easier way to import, organize, edit, and showcase large volumes of digital images. Designed by photographers, for photographers, it’s software that works the way you do. And with its new Windows compatibility, it’s just waiting for you to try it.
After you download the beta 3 for windows go and check out the tutorials on how to use this awesome piece of software.
Source: Adobe
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Thursday, July 13th, 2006
Want to start being creative with your digital photos, but don’t know where to begin?
Maybe you think being creative with your photos is too difficult. Maybe you think digital creativity is reserved for the photo professionals of the world.
We understand your reservations. And that’s why we’ve designed ACDSeeâ„¢ Photo Editor. For family photo lovers like you – people who want to turn their everyday shots into something extra special. (more…)
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Tuesday, July 11th, 2006
DxO Labs has revealed details of a new version of its flagship application, DxO Optics Pro. The TIPA award winning software is designed to meet the needs of SLR and advanced digital camera users with automatic optics, noise and exposure corrections.
The latest version incorporates a range of major upgrades, including a new DxO Color Engine that facilitates a Multi-Point Color Balance tool and a Color Rendition feature. This offers multiple color renderings and modes for images, in particular the abiltiy to apply the Color Rendition profile of one digital SLR camera to images taken with another camera.
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