Photography

Kodak Tosses Digital Cameras in the Dustbin

Legendary camera company decides to focus on online and retail imaging service.

Olympus Releases Another Micro Four-Thirds with Retro Look

The Olympus OM-D E-M5 is a 16MP camera that accepts interchangeable lenses and is based on the Micro Four Thirds standard. It will sell for $1,299 when it's released at the end of March 2012.

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?

Create Picture Frames in Photoshop: Part 2

In Part 1 of this tutorial, you learned how to create a picture frame, fill it with a photo, and change the perspective so the framed photo faces right or left. Now discover how to apply all those steps to any photo with one simple click. The secret? Automation courtesy of Photoshop's Actions and Droplets.

Create Picture Frames in Photoshop: Part 1

Using Photoshop, you can create a silver, gold, or wood-grain picture frame, fill it with a photo, and transform both frame and photo so that they're skewed in different perspectives. The realistic results are easier to achieve than you might think!

Three New Sony Cyber-shot Digital Cameras

The new DSC-WX50, WX70, and TX200V are point-and-shoot cameras that range from $200 to $500. The high-end TX200V has impressive specs, including a super-thin profile that can nevertheless handle water, dust, and cold.

Best of the Blogs: Old School and New Skills

Don't have time to keep up with design and photography blogs? Keep calm and read on. In this blog round-up you'll find the most popular fonts of 2011, an amazing type book from 1912, a Herb Lubalin video from the 1980s, and a Photoshop cooking demonstration from 2007. Plus, there are plenty of Photoshop how-tos, digital photography tips, and design ideas.

Take a Peek at Photoshop's Near Future

Photoshop's senior product manager, Bryan O'Neil Hughes, gives you a glimpse into Photoshop CS6 in this sneak peek video.

Creativeprose: Wacky Web Site of the Week Archive

Because we all need a little weirdness in our lives.

Exposure 4 from Alien Skin Is Faster, Easier

The upcoming version of this Photoshop plug-in that simulates the look of traditional film has been revved up and redesigned. It will be available for sale next month.

Get Rid of Red Eye

In this one-minute video, you'll learn how to remove red eye from any photo using a hidden tool in Adobe Photoshop.

Create iPhone Cinemagraphs

Kinotopic is an iPhone app that helps you make the popular animated GIFs called cinemagraphs out of video filmed on your phone.

Free For All: Stock Photos, Social Media Profiles, and Calendar Templates

It’s 2012, the year the world is supposed to end. Let’s mark the occasion with fiery explosions, templates for Twitter and Facebook profiles, and - for the more optimistic among you - calendar templates.

Corel's AfterShot Pro Seeks to Lure Lightroom and Aperture Users

If you're looking for an alternative to photo management and non-destructive editing that products such as Adobe's Lightroom offer. The software, available for Mac and Linux as well as Windows, will cost $99 or $79 for existing Bibble 5, PaintShop Pro X2, Lightroom or Aperture customers.

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.

The Nikon D4 Is Your New Dream Camera

Yeah, the new Nikon D4 is $6,000, but it comes with a full-frame sensor, even better low-light image capture, and great video features. It deserves the title of "flagship".

Three New Fujifilm Cameras All Shoot Raw

These new compact digital cameras range from $380 to $800 with a wide range of functions and features. Is one of them what you're looking for?

Photography How-to: Learning to See in Black and White

Everything from portraits to landscapes can be more powerful when they're black-and-white photos. Once you know how to recognize tonal contrast, texture, shapes, and patterns, your monotone images will be anything but monotonous.

Consumer Digicam Builds In Wi-Fi

The Samsung DualView DV300F has a few features you won't see in most lower-priced digital cameras, including a small LCD on the front of the camera and built-in wireless access to the Internet and your PC.

Scanning Around With Gene: Painting With Air

Before there was software to create illustrations and retouch photos, there was the airbrush, which uses compressed air to create a fine spray of paint. Here’s a 1947 look at airbrush technique from the Paasche Airbrush Company.