I’ve decided not to name any brands as part of this article. This is because all brands are guilty of not listening to their core users at one point or another. Some, more so than others. A camera is just a tool for our work, and any brand’s camera can get the job done if used correctly.
With photographers today being able to spend more time on social media and online communities, Flickr made a timely decision to roll out some improvements to the group admin experience. The company announced some tools to make Flickr groups management and curation a lot easier especially for new group admins.
After launching its X-Series line of cameras with the X100 back in 2011, Fujifilm began developing a reputation for ‘Kaizen’ (literally “change good” in Japanese), or pushing out frequent major firmware upgrades that breathe new life into older cameras.
A few months ago, Skylum launched version 1.3.0 of their popular image processing software Luminar, along with the promise to follow it up with a digital asset management (DAM). If you've been curious about where that is going, the company has recently released a teaser video of the new Luminar and its image browsing support in action, followed by a blog post a few days later explaining the upcoming updates.
Adobe announced today some new features and updates to the entire Lightroom CC ecosystem, beginning with those now available for Lightroom Classic and Lightoom CC for Mac and Windows. Updates to Android and iOS will follow in the next few weeks.
Tamron has officially confirmed that they are aware of autofocus issues present in their recently released 28-75mm F2. 8 Di III RXD lens for the Sony full-frame mirrorless ecosystem. The lens was announced back ahead of WPPI to great fanfare along with a ton of other third-party FE lenses.
Adobe took major efforts to address one of the biggest and longest-running complains about Lightroom CC Classic in their latest update, which the company dropped to users earlier today. According to the company, major effort was placed into optimizing the software to better take advantage of higher performance CPUs and larger quantities of RAM, things that in the past really had minimal effect on Lightroom’s performance after a certain point.
Adobe has some new updates and feature improvements coming down the pipe for Photoshop that was announced officially this morning. Among them, one of the biggest is no doubt the improvement to face-aware liquefy that now allows post-producers to modify the eyes of their subject independently of one another, a nice improvement over the previous build which limited users to modifying both eyes at the same time.
At the tail end of its presentation for the new global-shutter-equipped a9 III full-frame camera, Sony announced that it would finally be bringing some of its new software features to select older cameras via firmware updates. [Read More]
Adobe has announced its Spring update for both Adobe Photoshop on the iPad and its other freehand image app, Adobe Fresco.
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Photo organizing software Mylio (which stands for “My Life Organized”) has re-emerged after nearly seven years thanks to a recent wave of updates and partnerships with influencers like iJustine.
Sony cameras have for years held significant advantages for photographers but one issue has come up recently that has many upset: a lack of after-purchase support for even the company's most expensive cameras. [Read More]
When a software company wants to increase profits, there really only seems to be one answer: subscription pricing.
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Earlier today, Adobe officially announced that its largest annual conference, Adobe MAX, would be moving online. The company promises to make Digital MAX 2020 “one of the most immersive, imaginative, and innovative digital events of the year” that will be “open to everyone at no cost.
Sony has just released a wave of new firmware updates for its mirrorless cameras. Found among the various fixes and improvements are solutions to the a9 overheating warning issue and the “star eater” issue reported by astrophotographers.
Adobe announced an update to Photoshop CC today that brings a collection of new features and enhancements that photographers can use to improve the way they work. One of the main new features is the addition of a universal search bar.