Nikon has released Capture NX 2 v.2.1.0 update and the Camera Control Pro 2 v.2.3.0 update. The new updates add support for the new D90 DSLR camera and some bug fixes. Complete details and download links after the jump. Read More…
Google just revamped its Picasa Web Albums photo sharing site with many new features including a very interesting face-recognition feature called “name tags” to help users to find and label the people in their photos and automatically find similar faces in your photo collection. All you have to do is enter a name or choose from your contacts. Read More…
My Camera Gear is a nice Facebook application that creates a photography profile with images of the cameras, lenses, flashes, and other photography equipment that you own. Read More…
Adobe has announced version 2 of its raw processing and work flow tool, the Photoshop Lightroom. Enhancements include the support of localized adjustments (similar to Capture NX’s selection brush and gradient tools), dual monitor workspace, better photo management and organization tools, third party plug-in development, flexible and customizable print packages, and more.
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 costs $299 for a new license and $99 for existing users to upgrade. A free trial is available (Adobe account is required).
Nikon has released Capture NX2, an upgrade to the award wining, powerful, easy-to-use, and non-destructive photo editing and raw (NEF) conversion software.
Full product details can be found at capturenx.com. 60-day trial version can be downloaded here. Rob Galbraith has a quick review posted here.
One improvement I like very much is better integration between View NX and Capture NX. Users can now download images using Nikon transfer, sort, rate, and label images in View NX. The ratings (stars) and labels (0-9) are now visible in Capture NX2. Unfortunately Capture NX2 still does not support full screen viewing in browser.
Just a friendly reminder: if you edit and save files in Capture NX2 and decide not to purchase the upgrade, the saved NEF files might fail to open in older version of Capture NX. So keep a backup!
PhotoME is a very powerful and free metadata editor digital photographers can use to view and manipulate the EXIF, IPTC, and ICC profile data embedded in your photos. Modern digital cameras keep extensive details in digital photos, such as image information, camera settings, camera serial numbers, copyright notes, color profile information, etc. Those information can be a great help to digital photographers but it can also be a privacy concern. It is good to know what information is in the photo and how to modify the details when you post it to the Internet. Read More…
Nik Software, the maker of the Capture NX Raw editing software for Nikon NEF, has released a new software called Viveza for Adobe Photoshop and Photoshop Elements. The new software brings the revolutionary U-Point technology to Adobe Photoshop and Photoshop Element users. Digital photographers who do not use Nikon cameras, or who do not use Capture NX, can now effortlessly enhance and correct the light and color selectively within the photograph without using complicated masks and layers in Photoshop.
U Point powered Color Control Points, with easy-to-use controls that are directly placed on colors or objects in a photo, can be used by photographers to quickly adjust brightness, contrast or color in a fraction of the time needed by other tools or methods.
Nik Software has some video demonstrations on how Viveza and U-Point technology works. A 15-day trial version can be downloaded here.
LumaPix FotoFusion provides easy-to-use image layout editing tools in an affordably priced software package. It is very difference from an photo editing software such as Adobe Photoshop. FotoFusion allows users to create complicated and high resolution composite pages using a what-you-see-is-what-you-get (WYSIWYG) user interface. Users can easily share their work via email and the web, or create high quality prints with many options.
For users who are not familiar with the software, the best place to start is obvious the Company website at http://www.lumapix.com/. FotoFusion software has three different license types for different users from fun-seeking hobbyists, very serious enthusiasts, to high-volume professionals with different price tags. Please read the detailed comparision chart for the feature differences and the prices. Read More…
