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Copyright Action launched

EPUK, the forum for editorial photographers, has launched a sister web site “Copyright Action”. Their first major item carries news from the Stock Artists Alliance is about the Orphan Works Bill passing into law in the USA. link: Orphan Works … Continue reading

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Adobe Lightroom 2.0 beta

New in version 2.0 beta… An improved layout in the Library module allows for a more intuitive approach to image organization by simplifying the location of the features needed to find and filter photographs. A new feature called Smart Collections … Continue reading

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Mac OS X for Photographers

Its with great pleasure we can announce a new book from two of our longstanding Prodig subscribers… ‘Mac OS X for Photographers’ has been written by Rod Wynne-Powell. Its part of the series on Digital Workflow from Focal Press edited … Continue reading

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Taking a stand on competition copyright

Over recent years photographic forums have resounded with grumblings about competitions that make it a condition of entry that photographers surrender all rights to submitted images indefinitely. The legal position in most countries is that the photographer automatically has the … Continue reading

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Capture One Leopard

Phase One have released an update for Capture One that is compatible with Mac OSX 10.5 Leopard link: Capture One Leopard

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Adobe Stock Photos close

Adobe announcement: As of April 1, 2008, the Adobe® Stock Photos royalty-free image service will be discontinued. Adobe made this decision in order to focus efforts in other areas. We appreciate your support of Adobe and the Adobe Stock Photos … Continue reading

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Sony 24.81mp CMOS 35mm full frame sensor

Press Release: Tokyo, Japan – Sony Corporation today announced the development of a 35mm full size (diagonal:43.3mm/Type 2.7) 24.81 effective megapixel, ultra-high speed high image quality CMOS image sensor designed to meet the increasing requirement for rapid image capture and … Continue reading

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Flirt: Microsoft/Phase One

Microsoft and Phase One have published the following press release regarding the formation of a Strategic Alliance to Improve Digital Photography Solutions REDMOND, Wash., and COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Oct. 26, 2007 — Microsoft Corp. and Phase One today announced a … Continue reading

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Pavilion Commissions Programme 2008

Collaborating with emerging UK photographers Pavilion is offering four emerging photographers the opportunity to develop a new body of work for exhibition at the National Media Museum, Bradford. Submissions are open to UK-based photographers who are making critically engaged work. … Continue reading

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My Book firmware fix

Western Digital have released a firmware update for My Book Premium and My Book Pro external firewire hard drives. This is reported to fix the problem of multiple drives sharing the same ID  number and therefore  not being seen on … Continue reading

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DP Review Aquired by Amazon

Founded in 1998 by Phil and Joanna Askey DP Review has been an authoritative and independent source of information for digital photographers of all kinds. As a web professional Phil developed the site himself and seems as passionate about photography … Continue reading

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Pulitzer Photography Prize

Oded Balilty has been awarded the 2007 Pulitzer prize for Breaking News Photography. A lone Jewish settler challenges Israeli security officers during clashes that erupted as authorities cleared the West Bank settlement of Amona, east of the Palestinian town of … Continue reading

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Photoshop CS3 announced

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, … Continue reading

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Lightroom 1.0 ships

For those of you who have been on a desert island… the full release of Lightroom 1.0 started shipping today. There were some questions about whether a demo would be available and indeed there is. It will operate for  a … Continue reading

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