Monthly Archives: June 2006

OS X 10.4.7 helps Photoshop

Apple have just released Mac OS X 10.4.7 Update Amongst other things the following benefits are listed… Improves compatibility for Adobe Photoshop CS2 by preventing menu items being highlighted if the cursor was in an image’s zoom field. Prevents certain … Continue reading

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Microsoft grabs iView Media

Microsoft has aquired iView Multimedia whose Media Pro asset management tool is used by many professional photographers. The precise reason for this aquisition is not clear, although it has only been a matter of time and the right price before … Continue reading

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Adobe adds Pixmantec to Lightroomâ„¢

SAN JOSE, Calif. — June 26, 2006 — Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced it has acquired the technology assets of Pixmantec ApS, makers of digital imaging software that provides advanced workflow management and processing capabilities for digital camera raw … Continue reading

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Ex-AOP MD authors Aperture Tutorial

Apple has published an extensive Aperture online tutorial, aimed at letting Aperture users learn how to use the application better in just ten steps. Written by former MD of the Association of Photographers, Jonathan Briggs, the tutorial offers a selection … Continue reading

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iView MediaPro 3.1.1

Press Release: iView Multimedia has released a free update to its flagship digital asset management program iView MediaPro. Version 3.1.1 provides the following improvements and enhancements: • Improved support for IPTC metadata during file synchronization, including the reinstatement of support … Continue reading

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Sheep Market

Up late working?… need to count some sheep? Well here’s 10,000 of them… …courtesy of the staff at Amazon who hand drew all of them. http://www.thesheepmarket.com/ (oh by the way, this is sheep number 3161… nice eh!)

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Lightroom 3.0 Beta released for Mac

Press Release: SAN JOSE, Calif. — June 13, 2006 — Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced an update to the public beta of Adobe Lightroom, an all-new digital imaging workflow solution for professional photographers that allows them to import, select, … Continue reading

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OWN IT – IPR advice podcasts

Own It offers free intellectual property advice and is operated by the University of the Arts London. They are currently offering two Podcasts for free download, which could be essential reading for any UK photographer and are of likely interest … Continue reading

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