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Deepest Image Search Ever?

Editor in Chief — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:28:30 -0700

Ironic Software's application Deep is an amazing image searcher. It costs $34.

Pick a color, any color.

Safely Export Pictures from QuarkXPress

Editor in Chief — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:19:46 -0700

Reproduced with permission of Planet Quark

Adjustments applied in QuarkXPress’s Picture Effects palette (Window> Show Picture Effects) exist as part of the QuarkXPress project file -- they do not change the original source pictures.

Free For All: Photoshop Brushes, Fonts, and Image Tools

Editor in Chief — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:59:51 -0600

ColorSuckr
Print and Web designers and illustrators often want to extract one or more colors from an image. Typically, it's a tedious process of clicking the Eyedropper tool to pick up the desired color, switching to the Swatches panel, and creating and naming a new swatch, or hovering the Eyedropper tool over pixels and writing down the color value from the Info panel. The more colors in the image, the longer and more boring this process is likely to become.

Until now.

Gridiron Flow Now Supports QuarkExpress 8

Editor in Chief — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:27:33 -0700

The most recent update to visual workflow application Flow from Gridiron Software now welcomes QuarkExpress 8 and Apple's Final Cut Studio 3 to the party.

If you've already installed Flow, it will update automatically. (Should that not happen for some reason, just open Flow and go to Help > Check for Updates.

To see the ul list of products that Flow supports, go to the company's Web site.

Take Control of Your Cameras

Editor in Chief — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 03:17:06 -0600

The utility called "Cameras" lets you manage what your Mac (OS X 10.4.11 or later) does when you connect to any photo device, including digital cameras, iPhones, and digital media readers.

You can choose to launch different applications for different photo devices. For example, when you plug in a card reader, you might want to launch Adobe Lightroom. But when you plug in an iPhone, Lightroom is almost certainly not your app of choice! You can also set your preferences so that images download automatically.

Introducing Kubota RPG SpeedKeys 2.0 for Lightroom 2

Editor in Chief — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 02:41:42 -0600

Press release

Kubota Image Tools is pleased to announce the newest addition to the Kubota Lightspeed Workflow family – new Kubota RPG SpeedKeys 2.0 for Lightroom 2. Kubota RPG SpeedKeys 2.0 for Lightroom 2 is a customizable wireless USB keypad with preset 1-button access to: essential adjustments such as brightness, exposure, fill light and more; the most popular Kubota Lightroom presets; and advanced tools such as paint with light, burn, soften skin, and hand-color.

Free Lightroom 3 Beta Now Available

Editor in Chief — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 02:55:09 -0600

Press release

Control Color & Light in Photos with Viveza 2

Editor in Chief — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 02:12:26 -0600

Press release

Nik Software announces Viveza 2, an upgrade to its award winning and revolutionary plug-in for selective color and light control. Available in December, Viveza 2 now offers users robust global adjustments and precise selective controls that utilize Nik Software’s award-winning U Point technology. Viveza 2 eliminates the need to create complicated selections or layer masks and provides a powerful solution for users looking to save time and effort when editing images.

20 Tips For a Faster Photoshop Workflow

Editor in Chief — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:15:06 -0600

Chris Spooner's excellent Blog.SpoonGraphics has come up with another winner: 20 tips that, while seemingly insignificant, can add up to a real speed increase when you're working in Photoshop.

Here's what you'll learn to do:

1. Hold Spacebar to move a selection
2. Display larger font previews
3. Change values with the cursor keys
4. Quickly zoom back to 100%
5. Toggle visibility of multiply layers
6. Hide or show all other layers
7. Load the selection of a layer
8. Quickly toggle between blending modes
9. Toggle palette visibility
10. Fit to full screen

Detect Duplicate Photos

Editor in Chief — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 02:25:27 -0600

Press Release

Bolide Software announces version 3.7 of Image Comparer, its groundbreaking image comparison software. This new version of Image Comparer offers even greater opportunities in terms of accuracy, functionality, speed.

Since the moment of the first release Image Comparer has become mature and sophisticated. Plenty of great features have been introduced and have significantly added to its performance and quality.

Free Digital Asset Management Conference

Editor in Chief — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:24:23 -0600

Extensis, a division of Celartem Inc., announced a "Digital Asset Management Forum" event to be held on October 14th in Seattle, WA. This is a one-day conference focusing on digital asset management strategies and solutions.

DAM conference attendees will:
* Learn how Methodologie, top Seattle communications strategy firm, saves time and money for clients like The Coca-Cola Company, Boeing, Microsoft and others

Facial Recognition Comes to Adobe Apps -- Sort Of

Editor in Chief — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 02:49:53 -0600

Craig Swanson of CreativeTechs has put together a clever how-to on adding face recognition capabilities to a photographer's Adobe-centric workflow.

As Swanson notes, the face recognition that Apple added to iPhoto '09 was noteworthy because "easily keywording photo libraries with people’s names is a game changer for many businesses." And yet few creative pros use iPhoto at work.

To have your Adobe Lightroom/Bridge cake and eat facial recognition, too, Craig tells you how to add the recognition with Google's free Picasa 3.5 software.

Zevrix Updates ArtOptimizer for Illustrator

Editor in Chief — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 02:56:09 -0600

Zevrix Solutions has released ArtOptimizer 2.3, an update to its workflow automation solution for Adobe Illustrator. ArtOptimizer eliminates the excess image data of document links and performs essential image adjustments, thereby significantly reducing the size of Illustrator job and reducing output time and production costs.

MetaCommunications Releases Workgroups 2010

Editor in Chief — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:00:08 -0600

MetaCommunications announced the release and immediate availability of Workgroups 2010, a major upgrade to its collaborative process and productivity management software suite for marketing, creative design, packaging and prepress workgroups.

New Digital Photography Bootcamp from Kevin Kubota

Editor in Chief — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 02:39:23 -0600

Kubota Image Tools is pleased to announce its 18th Digital Photography Bootcamp workshop on November 8-13, 2009. Bootcamp, taught by renowned photographer Kevin Kubota, is a 5-day workshop for professional photographers designed to supply all of the technical know-how to run a successful digital portrait/wedding studio; at the same time, it encourages continued development of a photographer’s unique style and creativity.

A few of the many things that are covered during Bootcamp include: