Sal Soghoian, widely touted as “the” AppleScript Guru, talks about getting started with automating OS X tasks.
So many people regularly refer to setting up scripts to perform repeated tasks in a photographic workflow, I thought we’d throw this short video in to ease the starting pain.
link: Apple Automation

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‘The Lightroom and Camera Raw teams would like the community to help verify the quality of this update through normal usage as this will ensure that the application is tested on a wide variety of hardware and software configurations not available internally at Adobe,’ the company adds.
Camera Raw 5.3 now supports the Nikon D3X [...]

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Nikon firmware v2.01 for the D3
Nikon D3 A:2.01 B:2.01 firmware update, Mac
Nikon D3 A:2.01 B:2.01 firmware update, Windows
Nikon D700 firmware updated to v1.01
Nikon D700 A:1.01 B:1.01 firmware update, Mac
Nikon D700 A:1.01 B:1.01 firmware update, Window
Canon 40D Firmware v1.1.1
Firmware v1.1.1 for the Canon EOS 40D

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Lots of stills photographers have been getting excited about HD video possibilities now open to them on some of the latest pro cameras. Vincent Laforet is one of those who has grabbed the opportunity by the scruff of the neck and since last November has been exploring the potential of the new Canon 5D MkII, [...]

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As a young architect, Cris Benton wanted sharp images of his buildings’ upper reaches, so he pioneered the art/science of of aerial kite photography. Now a professor of architecture at UC Berkeley, Cris is still a leader in the aerial kite photography community, constantly developing new ways to rig remotely controlled cameras to customized kites [...]

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Epson has announced a plug-in for Adobe CS3/4 for its range of Epson Stylus Pro printers.
Mirage Premium Edition allows users to work faster and more efficiently by providing all the features, tools and settings required in one layout say Epson.
The Mirage Premium Edition supports all colour modes that users work with, including mixed modes [...]

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Cali Lewis, of GeekBrief.tv, interviews Sam Pardue about the latest iteration of the Lens Baby

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