According to this Nikon support page, Nikon will release Mac OS X “Snow Leopard” compatible version of their photo transfer, management, editing software packages according to the following schedule:
- Capture NX 2: End of December 2009
- Camera Control Pro 2: End of November 2009
- Nikon Transfer: End of January 2010
- View NX: End of January 2010
Nikon has not determined the release date for the following Snow Leopard compatible software:
- NIK Color Efex Pro 3
- WT-4 Setup Utility / Thumbnail Selector
Via NikonRumors via RobGalbraith.
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Our friend totographe was kind to stop by and let us know that his signature tool NXSignature (original post in French) for Capture NX is now version V1.1. The new version allows you to specify the color of the selection for the ‘Colorize’ step so you don’t need to use Capture NX to change the color of the signature. This makes it more efficient for batch processing.
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One of our readers was kind to drop us a note about the $60 savings you can get by buying the Capture NX 2 full version from Cameta Camera (check store rating). At $119.95, it is the cheapest we have seen.
Nikon Mall wants the full price for both boxed retail and download versions. It is currently $131.56 from Amazon. 3rd party prices are as low as $127.
We thank Michael for the note and welcome more such deals. Please use our contact form or email us at info@dptnt.com.
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Do you have an idea how popular the iPhone is now? If not, check out the Camera Finder page on Flickr. Currently the iPhone is in the same pack as the Canon Digital Rebel XTi
, the most popular camera on Flickr. Engadget nailed the reasons for iPhone’s popularity: it is always with the user, geo-tagging out of the box, always on wireless connection, etc. We can also consider the very enthusiastic iPhone application developer community an extra factor that boosts the iPhone over to the top.
One particular iPhone (works on iPod Touch too!) application I’d like to introduce today is PhotoScatter, developed by Unique Apps. PhotoScatter allows users to simply take or choose a photo from iPhone or iPod Touch, and submit it to top photo sharing sites on the Internet with touch of a button. Read More…
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ACDSee Pro Photo Manager 3 enters 2nd beta testing phase from August 11 to October 30 according to the press release. Stability and performance are the focus of the 2nd beta improvements based on user feedback from Beta 1. This new beta is for Windows only. Mac users currently have the ACDSee Pro 1.1 Beta (released on August 6, 2009) to test out.
Be sure to review the Beta Release Notes and System Requirements before trying ACDSee Pro 3 Beta. It is always wise to test beta software on non-critical or redundant copy of your photos.
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The Internet is abuzz about an interesting iPhone (works on iPod Touch too) application developed by onOne Software, called (Canon) DSLR Remote. You can not only trigger the shutter on supported Canon DSLR cameras, but also change the camera settings, review images taken, and even take LiveView shots. It almost sounds like a magic.
Besides your Canon DSLR and either an iPhone or an iPod Touch, you will also need a laptop or desktop computer running the free companion DSLR Remote Server software, and a USB cable to connect your supported Canon EOS DSLR camera to the computer. The App communicates with the remote server software via Wi-Fi either through an access point or ad-hoc network. On the blog site of onOne Software, there is a video explaining how it works.
It might sound very clunky to lug all the hardware in the field, and the actual usefulness remains to be seen. The support of bulb mode does make long exposures especially light painting in the night easier, as pointed out by one of their potential users. For many, making their iPhone do one more cool thing is a great joy.
Based on the comments left by Mike Wong of onOne software, the shutter delay seems to be minimal. They also have heard from the Nikon camp loud and clear so if you are a fan of both Apple and Nikon, just stay tuned. Non-Apple fans are, however, out of luck.
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GIMP is an acronym for GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed, cross-platform (supports Windows, Mac, and Linux) program for photo retouching, image composition, and image authoring. GIMP has many capabilities and it is expandable and extensible using plug-ins and extensions. You can certainly find some shortcomings of GIMP but for most non-professional people there is little Photoshop can do that cannot be done in GIMP.
Design blog Smashing Magazine has put together a fantastic list of eight tweaks for GIMP to make it a serious Photoshop contender. The list includes a plug-in that allows the use of Photoshop plugins, layer styles, CMYK color separation, Liquid Rescale, brushes, etc. If you can’t find what you need, you can check out the repository of available plugins or write your own.
via: Lifehacker
April apparently comes to Europe earlier than America. Nikon Europe site has post the Capture NX2 2.20 updater as announced earlier. Among the changes, you will find NRW support, increased batch processing speed, automatic distortion correction function, renaming of the Auto Color Aberration to Auto Lateral Color Aberration, and some bug fixes.
Download – EU
Download – US
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