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With Adobe’s announcement today of the new features that will be available in Photoshop CS4, I thought it might be time to chime in with the features that photographers especially will find important, and with some prioritizing as far as what you should really care about.
First of all, I have looked at descriptions of Photoshop […]

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Canon has made a headlong move towards the convergence of still and video with the new 5D Mk II. The full (35mm) frame DSLR will use its Live View mode to shoot HD video at 1080p resolution (1920 x 1080 pixels) at 30 fps. The camera also features an HDMI output (though the port-out is […]

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Red, the innovators of video cameras that brought the Red One to shake up the video industry, have just released a teaser post for a new hybrid camera called a DSMC (Digital Still & Motion Camera).
The post from Red includes this provocative statement: “We believe, and are developing for late 2009, a replacement for DSLRs.”
The […]

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Adobe has placed a news item on their home page announcing an announcement, for all intents and purposes. The actual announcement and accompanying product demonstration will come on Tuesday September 23rd, 9 AM EST, via a webinar on the 4th version of Adobe’s Creative Suite software (CS4).
From the Adobe web site: “Are you ready for […]

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I am so happy to present this month’s tool, the hot glue gun, because it is an essential irreverent photo tool for every photographer’s toolkit. Some years ago when these handy, and relatively safe, gadgets were becoming popular I visited a friend’s studio. He had just assembled a photo set for an advertising shoot - […]

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