Entries from March 2007

Unrest about CS3 european pricing

Date March 30, 2007

Photoshop and Creative Suite users outside the US are shocked at the difference in pricing between continents.
AOP members have cited the following differences…
Sterling Prices- US / UK
CS3 Upgrade: [...]

AOP Awards at Sadler’s Wells report

Date March 29, 2007

photo: Tim Flach © – one of the ‘Judges Choice’ winners

Dylan Jones, editor of GQ magazine, hosted the 24th AOP Photography Awards at Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London last Monday March 26th 2007. Nearly one thousand guests attending this showcase for the photographic industry saw Silver Awards go to Charlie Crane, Julia Fullerton-Batten, Markku [...]

Stacks of CS3 fun

Date March 28, 2007

Well not so much fun as some pretty nifty soft shoe shuffling with the new features of Photoshop Extended, courtesy of Martin Evening with a little help from John Nack.
Martin has found a novel use for combining Image Stacking, Alignment and the Median filter to get rid of unwanted people crossing the path of [...]

Hands on: Epson 3800 pro – with a RIP

Date March 28, 2007

photo: Tariq Dajani copyright
Stockholm and London based photographer and Prodig subscriber Tariq Dajani writes about his experiences getting the prints he wants from the Epson 3800 Pro….
I finally feel like I’ve learned a lot about printing this week after spending hours churning out prints from an Epson 3800 Pro onto a variety of papers especially [...]

Law in Action- Is copying theft?

Date March 28, 2007

The latest episode from BBC Radio 4 programme Law in Action features a panel discussion on the impact of new technology on the law of ideas. The web is a great information resource. But when you download a song, email a photo or quote from a document, do you realise you might be stealing? On [...]

How do you choose which Photoshop in CS3?

Date March 27, 2007

This is what Abobe says about each of its new versions…
Top reasons to upgrade to Photoshop CS3

Photoshop CS3 announced

Date March 27, 2007

Adobe has announced the full line up of its extended suite for CS3 introducing new application bundles alongside standalone tools. And within this there are two versions of Photoshop, standard and Extended, which adds new tools for 3D, motion graphics, and image measurement and analysis. Photoshop CS3 Extended also includes video-format and layer support [...]

Change the “look” of your RAW file

Date March 27, 2007

Keith Cooper has just finished writing a review of DxO 4.2 and it allows you to select different camera  ‘looks’,  so you can make 1Ds raw files look like a 5D, a Nikon D2X or several other cameras.
DXO optics Pro4
It also covers a lot of film types if you use the FilmPack (available as a [...]

Lightroom seminar UK

Date March 17, 2007

An introduction to Adobe® Photoshop® Lightroom™ by Richard Earney and Sid Jervis who are both involved in the Public and Private beta testing of Adobe Lightroom.Three hours of information about Lightroom and attendees will also receive the Lightroom V1.0 Tutorial DVD from Luminous Landscape.
This seminar has a very special introductory price, places will be limited.
Date: [...]

Self Promotion seminar season

Date March 16, 2007

For those based in the north of England the AOP is presenting a short season of seminars in Manchester.
Self promotion is often a challenging task and for freelance photographers it can be crucial to the success of their business. This season of seminars, workshops and discussions will explore successful self promotion methods in the current [...]

Bibble at PMA

Date March 12, 2007

Dave Etchells talks to Eric Hyman of Bibble Labs about Bibble 4.0 photo finishing software.
For more see http://www.imaging-resource.com

Canon MkIII at PMA

Date March 12, 2007

Shawn Barnett talks to Chuck Westfall of Canon USA about the new Mark III and the 580 EX II flash. See more footage of new products announced at PMA 2007 at imaging-resource.com

Alamy meeting Yorkshire

Date March 2, 2007

APPY, Alliance of Professional Photographers in Yorkshire, invite you to an evening with Alamy Head of Content, Alan Capel. If you already work with image libraries, perhaps even Alamy, this event provides a unique opportunity to gain deeper insight into the current state of play – & the shape of things to come.

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