Photo Asset Mgmt./Workflow

The Best App for Managing Digital Assets

Most designers and photographers rely on Photoshop. But to save ourselves from drowning in an ocean of digital assets, we also need an app dedicated to managing those assets. If you want to stay in an Adobe workflow, that means either Lightroom or Bridge. Which one is right for you?

What You'll Find in Lightroom 4

The beta version of Adobe's Lightroom 4 imaging software is now available as a free download. Here are some of the new tools you can experiment with.

New Adobe App Eases Pain Points of Photo Syncing and Sharing

Import an unlimited number of photos into Carousel, a new management and editing app from Adobe. Then sync those images across your desktop, iPhone, and iPad, and share them with others.

Easy, Efficient Image Effects with Lightroom Presets

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom presets can give you all kinds of images effects, from subtle to surreal, with one click. Learn how to make your own and where to download free presets online.

So You Think You Know Photoshop?

The new features in Photoshop CS5 have obscure--but handy--uses you probably haven't explored. Get the most out of your investment: Learn how to unearth these hidden gems.

Extensis Portfolio Server Updates to Version 10

If your company has a problem finding and tracking your image and video files in the office or on the road, Portfolio Server 10 could be an answer.

WPPI Road Trip Like "The Hangover" for Wedding Photographers

The Wedding & Portrait Photographers International (WPPI) organization is beginning a seminar series in August 2011. And no, it won't really be like "The Hangover". But it will be educational!

Before You Commit Your Work to a Book, Get this Swatch Kit

Banish unwelcome surprises with Blurb's $7.95 Swatch Kit. You'll be able to see first-hand all paper colors and textures and decide which combination of covers, end papers, and inside pages best fits your project.

Create Custom Photo Layouts in Lightroom 3

Harness the new print options in Adobe Lightroom 3 for creating your own layouts, with customized background colors, borders, identity plates, watermarks, and more. Then output your photo layouts to print or to electronic files.

Manage Your Media Online with SeeFile 5.0

The new SeeFile 5.0 can filter your media files according to dates, comments, compatibility with HTML5 browsers, and more.

Color-Calibrate an iPad?!

Datacolor releases a free iPad app that works with the Sypder3 colorimeter to ensure color accuracy throughout your workflow.

Meta Editor 3.0 Adds New Tools for Photo Pros with iPad

Version 3.0 of the iPad app Meta Editor includes the ability to batch-edit photos' IPTC metadata, plus easy uploads to the photo-sharing website flickr.

Histograms Are the Best Photography Tool You Already Own: Part 1

Whether you're shooting photos or editing them in software, understanding the histogram will help you produce better images. Here's your guide to decoding the messages in this powerful tool.

Bring Out Your Wallet: Adobe CS5.5 Is Now for Sale

Find out which programs upgraded to 5.5 and how much it all costs.

Try this Lightroom Plug-In for Free

Perfect Layers, a plug-in from onOne Software, adds streamlined functionality for creating and working with layers to Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. Because the plug-in is currently a public preview (similar to a beta), you can use it for free.

Best of the Blogs: April 21, 2011

Here's what you may have missed in the blogosphere over the past few weeks. Get tips for caring for you camera, fending off pushy designers, and taming that pesky Illustrator. Peer into the InDesign dreams (or nightmares) of designers and see the first digital camera ever. Get up close and personal with Roger Black, Matthew Carter, and Jonathan Ive. And watch video clips of print jobs gone awry. Just think "Pink!"

Free For All: Spring into Photoshop Freebies

This installment of your favorite freebies feature is all about Photoshop. I'll point you toward resources that optimize the app and add a grid tool. Then I'll give you a huge assortment of textures and some useful image-editing actions.

Free Webinars on CSS & InDesign Styles

Keep your web and print skills sharp, and learn a new/old way of getting great photos.

Updates to Photo Enhancement Software

AKVIS Enhancer 12 adds a new image processing mode, Prepress, which helps to adjust photos before printing or web publishing. Also new: batch processing and support for RAW files.

Zoom, a Version Cue Replacement, Upgrades to 2.8

Press Release Evolphin Software announced the immediate availability of Zoom 2.8. Incorporating direct feedback from Evolphin user community, Zoom 2.8 provides major improvement in usability, performance, tighter integration with popular creative tools, enhanced Adobe Creative Suite plug-ins for InDesign and Flash, large previews and a new MacOS X Finder plug-in. The new features make for a more intuitive user interface for artists and designers upgrading from Adobe Version Cue or those who are completely new to version control.