Gavin Seim

May 2, 2007

Photoshop Lightroom Introductory Price Extended?

For weeks we here at PPS have been telling you to pick up your copy of Photoshop Lightroom before the $199 introductory price expired. Well April 30th has come and gone and you can now pick up Photoshop Lightroom at Adobe.com for $299.

But wait! I found that B&H Photo & Video are still offering Photoshop Lightroom for $199! Amazon.com is actually selling it for $197.95. I don’t know if this is just an oversight on B&H & Amazon’s part or that this is just going to be their everyday discounted price. Regardless, if you were kicking yourself for not picking up this great application at the discounted price, here’s your chance to redeem yourself!

Dennis

DZ Photography

April 27, 2007

Software

Nikon offers free Capture NX guides

For those of you lucky enough to have Nikon cameras (just kidding Gavin, et all), you are probably familar with Nikon’s intuitive image editing software, Capture NX.

It’s hard to explain, in written form, what makes Capture NX different from Photoshop. However, I will give it a shot.

There is no need for multiple layers, as you work directly on one layer and control spots on the image with specific control points. Okay, so that doesn’t make a whole lot of sense, does it? Just try it out. And – yes – Canon users can use the software, you just won’t be able to edit your RAW images.

Nikon has released several Capture step-by-step guides as downloadable documents. They are very easy to understand and walk you through the entire process and the best part is – they are FREE!

Witty farewell goes here,
Todd

April 25, 2007

lightroom, ProPhotoShow, Software

Lightroom Price Increases / Adobe Offers Guide

ADOBE PHOTOSHOP LIGHTROOM

The days are counting down until Lightroom increases in price from $199 to $299. You have until the end of April to buy your copy for the lower price. You can find Lightroom here.

Adobe has just introduced a Lightroom Getting Started Guide. This guide is FREE and available for download.

Until Next Time,

Jarrod Michael

April 24, 2007

Dennis Zerwas, news, ProPhotoShow, Software, video

Photovision Special Pre-Release Price on Lightroom Simplified

Photovision, the makers of educational dvds and photographic equipment, have started taking orders for their newest educational dvd set entitled, “Lightroom Simplified.” It will feature Ed Pierce who hosts most if not all of Photovision’s dvds. Here is what Photovision is saying about Lightroom Simplified:

Abode’s Photoshop Lightroom is poised to become the professional photographer’s essential toolbox providing one application for managing, adjusting and presenting large volumes of digital photographs. Spend less time in front of the computer and more time behind the lens. This tutorial will save you weeks of trial and error covering every aspect of Lightroom’s 5 modules in detail beginning with installation, setup and preferences. The step-by-step video is designed so you can work side-by-side right on your desktop or if you prefer Lightroom Simplified can be played on any home style DVD player. Uncover the secrets of Lightroom and get your life back.

This set of 5 DVDs will cover each of the 5 Lightroom modules (Develop, Library, Slideshow, Print, Web.) Regular price will be $149 but the special pre-release price is $99. According to their website, it should be shipping around the end of May.

My View: It seems that lately everyone is doing a Photoshop Lightroom dvd, tutorial, or book these days! I guess that just comes with the release of a new, 1.0 photo software program. I am particularly interested in this one because it will focus on Photoshop Lightroom work flow and techniques as it relates to wedding and portrait photographers.

Catch you later,

Dennis

DZ Photography

April 24, 2007

ProPhotoShow

Microsoft Announces HDPhoto

Insiders have long speculated about Microsoft’s new HDPhoto. It has been announced and now the speculation begins as to whether it will replace the JPEG format.

From Microsoft:

HD Photo is a new file format for continuous-tone still images that surpasses the limitations of existing image formats. HD Photo supports a wide range of features including:

Multiple color formats for display or print

Fixed or floating point high-dynamic-range image encoding

Lossless or high-quality lossy compression

Efficient decoding for multiple resolutions and subregions

Minimal overhead for format conversion or transformations during decode

HD Photo delivers a lightweight, high performance algorithm with a small memory footprint that enables practical, in-device encoding and decoding.

It delivers compression quality comparable with JPEG-2000 and more than twice the quality of JPEG.HD Photo is the new name for Windows Media Photo. Both names refer to the exact same file format. The Windows Media Photo name is still used to describe the implementation of HD Photo in existing Windows products.

We will have to wait and see how the photography community reacts.

The speculation is that HDPhoto has the same compression quality as JPEG2000, but wasn’t that product a failure?

I wonder what the public would rather – consistency or competition?

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