Adobe Lightroom Adventure In April 2008 Robert Edwards was invited to join a group of internationally renowned photographers who travelled to the end of the world, literally, to the remote island of Tasmania. Our mission was to road test specialised digital photography software designed by Adobe while capturing images from one of the world’s most … Read more
See us at the Sydney Convention Centre speaking on DAM Workflow as a part of the AIPP Blow Fish Diaries (13-16 April 2008).
Yet another “do not update”; this time to Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 1.4 and Adobe Camera Raw 4.4. There are serious bugs for DNG users who update their settings, as well some quirks with Olympus JPEG images and EXIF capture date. Adobe have identified the bugs and Lightroom 1.4.1 and Camera Raw 4.4.1 are in the … Read more
File Naming A Dark Science? One area many creative professionals get stuck is file and folder naming. Filenames are the most vulnerable metadata because clients typically will rename images for their own purpose. That does relieve some pressure on coming up with your own protocol because it only needs to work for you in your environment. … Read more
Microsoft have extended their free Expression Media 1 upgrade for registered iView MediaPro 3 owners.
Bucking the trend I recommend Apple’s Time Machine: a part of OS X 10.5 Leopard. If you have no back up strategy Time Machine is definitely better than nothing! If you use ChronoSync or Carbon Copy Cloner then stick with them. SuperDuper! is expected to be updated for Leopard by March 2008.
A part of the Adobe Photoshop CS3 10.01 update includes the option to include XMP with Export for the Web & Devices. This means your JPEG images can retain copyright and other important metadata. Adobe Camera Raw and Lightroom are also updated; the latter now plays nicely with Leopard.
Expression Media 1 Service Pack 1 is out. This is a major bug-fix release that also adds WIC support for RAW formats on Windows, and now checks for program updates automatically.
Going, going… gone! iView will stop supplying Expression Media license upgrades as of 7 September 2007. Get yours now and be sure to request both Mac and Windows.
Phase One have released a public beta of Capture One 4. It will have DNG support including import and export. At this early stage from a DAM perspective it is very promising.