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Lightroom 3.4 and Camera Raw 6.4 now available

Tom Hogarty posted that Adobe Lightroom 3.4 and Camera Raw 6.4 are now available as final releases on Adobe.com and through the update mechanisms available in Photoshop CS5 and Lightroom 3. These updates include bug fixes, new camera support and new lens profiles.

Digital Archives Don’t Last

US newspaper the Columbia Missourian writes about the cost of archiving news (article now behind paywall): https://www.columbiamissourian.com/news/dear-reader-digital-archives-dont-last-a-tale-of-corruption-and-crashes/article_ddfd387b-03f2-54b5-b4e8-019de24351b6.html Executive Editor Tom Warhover asks what is the best medium: CD, paper, hard drive, server? The answer right now for large collections is microfilm. How should news organisations offset costs for digitising and storing news? And what about … Read more

Commissioned Photos Increase Sales

If your business sells a product or service and using stock images then you may be losing sales. Usability expert Jakob Nielsen’s research showed customers focus on images that depict real products and real people. Generic images are less attractive to customers who choose to ignore them and go to your competitor’s website. Nielsen’s summary: … Read more

Lightroom 3.4 RC

Adobe have announced a Release Candidate for Lightroom 3.4 and Camera Raw 6.4. Mostly bug fixes with new camera lens profile support. Full list here. A Release Candidate means it is still not a final product and not (yet) supported. But if you have a new camera and/or lens and want to use Lightroom it … Read more

Photo Mechanic $60 special

To celebrate Photo Mechanic’s 15th anniversary Camera Bits have a special price of $60 for version 4.6. Normally $150 with one year’s free updates to any version, this special offer (only) gets you updates to v4.6. This is a bargain for newcomers to Photo Mechanic who can still upgrade to v4.7 for $90 when it … Read more

Backup for the silly season

Season’s Greetings! Peter Krogh posted a couple fun and poignant video links on his DAM Book blog. The Backing up song is really catchy. So should be the practise of backing up! Looking for a new year’s resolution for 2011? How about establishing a back up system for your photos, videos, documents and all that … Read more

Lightroom 3.3 Release Candidate

Adobe announced the Lightroom 3.3 Release Candidate along with Camera Raw 6.3 and the DNG Converter 6.3. This release also introduces the Adobe Lens Profile Downloader.  The Lens Profile Downloader  is a free companion application to Photoshop CS5, Photoshop Lightroom 3, and the Camera Raw 6 plug-in. It allows customers to search, download, rate and … Read more