Cumulus 8 released
Canto released Cumulus 8, a DAM application for enterprise and workgroups (licenses start at US$5 000). New features include improved interface, more reporting such as asset usage, and built-in image editor.
PMA Australia free entry
Only a few days remain to get FREE exhibition entry to PMA Australia, the largest imaging show in the Southern Hemisphere. Register online before 27 May 2009 here and save the $20 entry fee.
Lightroom plug-ins by Beardsworth
Friend and colleague John Beardsworth has released Adobe Lightroom plugins that help make it more robust for DAM. These essential features are built into Microsoft Expression Media but not in Lightroom yet. If you like them please thank John via his Amazon wishlist.
Lightroom Masterclass in Queensland
Robert Edwards will be presenting a Photo Imaging Masterclass for AIPP Queensland on 20 August 2009. Click here for more information and to book.
DAM Workflow Newsletter 8
Archiving If you are at all interested in revisiting your images sometime in the future this edition is for you. The DAM Book – Second Edition Peter Krogh has published the second edition of The DAM Book, Digital Asset Management for Photographers (2009, O’Reilly Media). Since the first edition parts of the DAM landscape have … Read more
The DAM Book, 2nd Edition
Peter Krogh has released the second edition of his authoritive The DAM Book for Photographers. Pre-order your copy now. If you live in the USA and buy before 1 May you can get free shipping and a personal inscription.
PMA Keynote DAM Presentation
PMA Australia will be held at the Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre, 25 – 28 June 2009. Robert Edwards will be presenting a keynote presentation on Sunday 28 June.
Capture One 4.6.3 update
Phase One update Capture One to version 4.6.3. More cameras supported and bug fixes. Of special interest in support for embedded metadata, just like in v3. IPTC support is for legacy IPTC (IIM), there’s no sign of IPTC Core. Most Raw files only support legacy IPTC; Adobe and Nikon support IPTC Core.
Expression Media 2 Service Pack 2 updated
Expression Media 2 Service Pack 2 is out, again. I’m glad to report the annoying “Asynchronous previews” has gone and viewing offline images in Media view is back. Download Mac version here and Windows version here.