Archive for 'Software'
Windows 7 Tips & Tricks
Posted on 31. Aug, 2010 by Terry Reinert.
Many years ago I was a happy PC user who never had the desire to switch to an Apple Mac computer. Then one day tragedy struck and that lack of desire went away pretty quick. That tragedy was called Windows Vista. Being a technology guy I really hate having out of date software or even [...]
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HDR Expose Review
Posted on 17. Jul, 2010 by Terry Reinert.
In March of 2009 I wrote a review on a new HDR application released by Unified Color called HDR PhotoStudio. HDR PhotoStudio offered many new features that were not present in other HDR processing applications. Last week the scientists and engineers at Unified Color upped the ante again by releasing their next generation HDR processing [...]
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HDR Expose Is Out!!
Posted on 13. Jul, 2010 by Terry Reinert.
For those of you that love Unified Color’s HDR PhotoStudio, you’re really going to love to hear this… Unified Color just released their latest product HDR Expose. This is a follow on to their popular HDR PhotoStudio 2 application with a lot of new features, brand new UI, and more. All current HDR PhotoStudio customers [...]
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Adobe Patches Security Flaw in Photoshop CS4
Posted on 01. Jun, 2010 by Terry Reinert.
Last week Adobe released a patch to fix a security flaw in Photoshop CS4 that could allow an attacker to gain control of your computer. The vulnerability was found within the code that allows users to download and install brushes, gradients, and color swatches. Read this CNet article for more information. This is another reason [...]
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Recovering Photomatix Settings from a JPEG / TIFF
Posted on 09. May, 2010 by Terry Reinert.
Have you ever looked back at an HDR image you processed in Photomatix and wanted to know what settings you used? Believe it or not it is quite easy to find that information. Photomatix saves all of its settings in the saved files metadata under a custom RDF schema with URI http://www.hdrsoft.com/tone_mapping_settings. To find them… [...]
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Photoshop CS5 HDR Pro
Posted on 08. May, 2010 by Terry Reinert.
I spent the last few days playing with the new HDR Pro feature in Adobe Photoshop CS5 to see if my initial thoughts were correct. I also wanted to see how it compares with Photomatix Pro and HDR PhotoStudio 2. What I found was pretty interesting in some ways and a bit of a let [...]
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Apple Vs. Adobe: What It Means For Us
Posted on 30. Apr, 2010 by Terry Reinert.
There has been a lot of noise lately about the war going on between Apple and Adobe regarding Adobe’s Flash platform and Apple’s mobile devices. It’s been a very interesting fight but quite annoying to many people. If you want to get some good insight into this battle, check out these resources…. Read Steve Jobs’ [...]
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Photoshop CS5 Learning Center : The Conspiracy Evolves…
Posted on 08. Apr, 2010 by Terry Reinert.
I have determined that there is a conspiracy going on with NAPP (National Association of Photoshop Professionals) at the heart of it. The conspiracy has but one goal and NAPP is doing a great job at accomplishing it… fixing the economy by making me spend all of my money! Let’s look at the latest events [...]
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Unified Color Announces HDR Photography Contest
Posted on 29. Mar, 2010 by Terry Reinert.
Recently Unified Color, the creators of the highly acclaimed HDR PhotoStudio application, announced a three category HDR contest that consists of three phases. The categories for the contest are landscape, architecture, and freestyle. For each phase there will be three first place winners (one for each category) and 12 honorable mentions. Those are pretty good [...]
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HDR Apps for iPhone Review
Posted on 05. Mar, 2010 by Terry Reinert.
There are a lot of applications available on the iPhone that photographers can make use of. Recently I started playing with three of the HDR applications that are on the App Store to see what kind of results I could get with them. I must say right upfront that you should not expect the kind [...]
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