When you think of vector-drawing applications, it's the longstanding giants such as Adobe Illustrator and CorelDRAW that spring to mind. However, there's another simpler and cheaper alternative that's also stood the test of time - Serif DrawPlus. For more than a decade, DrawPlus has offered an easy and productive interface, thanks largely to its simple toolset and its central control panel - the Studio.
In version 8, the various Studio tabs have been rationalised and radically enhanced with the ability to dock, group, collapse and resize, as well as save setups as reusable workspaces. In addition, DrawPlus has finally caught up with the rest of the world by offering perhaps the most important usability feature of all - a context-sensitive toolbar. Put it all together and the end result is an interface that's modern and intuitive and puts the major players to shame. And it isn't just the interface. The latest DrawPlus also puts some effort into getting you off to a flying start by providing a selection of preset design templates accessed via a StartUp wizard, as well as a selection of preset design elements accessed through the Gallery tab. In practice, the ranges on offer prove too limited to be much more than a sampler of what's possible, but the ability to save and reuse your own templates and building blocks is genuinely useful.
This version also sees an overhaul of the program's core colour handling. The central Colour tab now offers five main colour-mixing modes: the standard RGB and CMYK, the more intuitive HSL Square and HSL Wheel, plus a special Tinting option for creating shades of the current colour.
Also new is the Swatches tab, which, alongside access to gradient and bitmap fills, lets you load preset RGB, CMYK and themed colour palettes. Using the Document palette, you can also view and edit all colours used in the current image. Completing the circle, you can create a base colour in the Swatches tab and then apply shaded variations with the Colour tab, knowing that any changes to the base will be reflected throughout the drawing - useful if you're creating a realistic illustration of a car, for example, and want to be able to experiment with different colours. The handling of imported files has also been improved comprehensively. Select a placed bitmap image, and the context-sensitive toolbar lets you quickly manage brightness and contrast plus the removal of red eye.
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Much greater power is available from the new Image Adjustment dialog, where you can choose from a range of powerful colour-correction commands designed to mimic those in Photoshop - Levels, Curves, Channel Mixer and so on. All adjustments are applied non-destructively, so that you can fine-tune to your heart's content, but it's disappointing that the same control isn't offered for plug-in filters or for vector objects. Compensation comes in the form of new import support for Photoshop's PSD format, for the common CAD DXF/DWG exchange standards and for Acrobat PDF. The latter is particularly useful, as it means DrawPlus can now be used to add graphical flair to work produced in any other application (assuming you have a PDF writer installed). PDF export has also been improved, with the ability to include calibration bars and registration targets alongside crop marks and to output to the press-friendly PDF/X-1 and PDF/X-1a formats. All this is impressive, but DrawPlus 8 offers one feature that stands out above all others - its brush handling. Using the new Paintbrush tool and Brushes tab, you can select from a range of 200 provided brush types arranged into categories such as acrylic, watercolour, pastel and photo.
Each brush works by draping vector shapes or bitmap images along the length of the stroke, enabling vector work to be taken in completely new creative directions. It also means you can retrospectively edit the stroke's path, colour and width to get exactly the effect you want. It's the best of both worlds: bitmap-based creativity and vector-based control.
From photographer & asset management expert Peter Krogh: Organizing Your Photos for Lightroom 5 brings clarity and simplicity to a sometimes confusing process. By stepping back to view all your photographs through Peter Krogh’s three step approach, you will be able to create and share your images knowing your collection rests on strong foundations. This eBook is written for Adobe Lightroom 5 users, but the approach can apply to earlier versions. Whether you are a beginning user or a veteran user, all will gain insight, tips, and most important, assurance that your own photo library is well-organized for the future.
I’m delighted to say that it’s back, and now: For a limited time, you can join a special Creative Cloud plan. It includes access to Photoshop CC and Lightroom 5, plus feature updates and upgrades as they are available, 20GB of cloud storage for file sharing and collaboration, and a Behance ProSite. And it’s just US $9.99/month when you sign up for a one-year plan, but you need to join by March 31, 2014. Notably: “This offer is available to anyone until March 31, 2014. There are no previous product ownership requirements.”. Knowledge, nerdery, and pizza; what’s not to like?
Sean Teegarden is a Los Angeles-based freelance photographer, specializing in portraiture, still life, and commercial advertising. Shooting projects for editorial and advertising clients calls for a different set of software demands: different user selects/edits, instant monitoring, multi-platform output and delivery, all of which Lightroom can handle beautifully. Come experience an overview of Lightroom using project based catalogs, tethered shooting requirements, client delivery methods, and archiving for the post-production and portfolio conscience.
Pizza and socializing run 6:30-7:00. Sean’s presentation will start at 7:00 and run until 8:00. I’m excited to see the passionate photographers at Nokia helping people not only capture full-fidelity raw files & support open standards, but also use those images efficiently in their photo workflows. Nokia’s Tiina Jaatinen, The DNG format gives you access to pure and untouched visual information, allowing you to do more with your images using the professional workflow you can use with SLRs.
A raw DNG image file contains a lot of information about the image such as camera details, exposure settings, date, and so forth. A color profile tells even more information about the image – specifically how Adobe Lightroom should convert the colors of the raw image file. Check out her chat with Juha Alakarhu, the head of imaging technologies at Nokia, for more details plus download links. In addition to the new cameras listed below, Photoshop CC users get new features including Auto Levels-like functionality and Auto Straighten. PM Sharad Mangalick, Please note that this is the final version of Camera Raw 8 and DNG Converter 8 that will be available for Photoshop CS6 customers on Windows XP, Windows Vista or Mac OSX 10.6. Impacted customers can continue either update to compatible operating system or continue to use Camera Raw 8.3 for Photoshop CS6.
Photoshop CS6 customers on Windows 7, Windows 8, Mac OSX 10.7 (Lion), Mac OSX 10.8 (Mountain Lion) or Mac OSX 10.9 (Mavericks) will not be impacted and will continue to receive updated camera support through future ACR 8.x dot releases. Newly added support for Tethered Capture in Lightroom 5.3:. Canon EOS Rebel T4i / EOS 650D / EOS Kiss X6i New Camera Support in Camera Raw 8.3 & Lightroom 5.3.
Canon EOS M2. Canon PowerShot S120. Casio EX-10. Fujifilm XQ1. Fujifilm X-E2. Nikon 1 AW1.
Nikon Coolpix P7800. Nikon Df. Nikon D610.
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Nikon D5300. Nokia Lumia 1020.
Olympus OM-D E-M1. Olympus STYLUS 1. Panasonic DMC-GM1. Pentax K-3.
Phase One IQ260. Phase One IQ280.
Sony A7 (ILCE-7). Sony A7R (ILCE-7R). Sony DSC-RX10 For a list of bugs fixed, please see the & posts, respectively. : We are delighted to announce that we are extending the period that the is available without restrictions to December 31, 2013. The offer is available to everyone, regardless of whether you have purchased a previous Adobe product.
Your response to the initial program has been incredible, well above our expectations, and I am thrilled we are able to extend this program so more of you can take advantage of it. It’s possible that not all pages on Adobe.com have been updated to reflect this change; that should be resolved shortly. Adobe’s own Julieanne Kost will be giving some: On Saturday and Sunday, October 12-13th, I’ll be teaching a free, online, 2-day live course on creativeLIVE! We all know that Lightroom is the ultimate tool for managing and editing images, but getting the most out of this unique program depends on your ability to navigate it quickly and efficiently. In this workshop, I’ll show you how to save time every step of the way, from importing raw images to exporting expertly enhanced photographs — and everything in between. We’ll take a look at how to streamline the import process, create a simple organizational structure, and edit a shoot efficiently and seamlessly.
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You will learn the key tools to enhance your photographs, correct color and tonal values, customize your color to black and white conversion, and even add special effects such as selective coloring, split toning, and vintage looks. I will also demonstrate how and when to move images from Lightroom into Photoshop for further enhancements, and outline how to easily create slideshows, photo books, and templates for printing.
By the end of this class, you’ll understand key tools and strategies for streamlining your workflow while creating stunning images. Update: I’m not taking about making it possible to transfer photos wirelessly to iPads/iPhones.
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That kind of works today, but it’s laborious. I’m talking about making it Just Work. For the last 3+ years, customers have with the following request: I want to go on a hike, vacation, etc. And toss my iPad in my bag. I want to pair my nice camera (SLR, Micro 4/3rds, etc.) with the iPad just as easily as I could any Bluetooth device.
As I shoot (or later), I want to beam my raw files right into the iPad. I want to review those images on a 10″ rather than a 2″ screen.
I want to swipe through to pick the good ones & hide the crap. I might want to apply some edits & share the output directly, but when I get home, I want all the images & their edits appear in Lightroom, ready for any further work. I want that, too. Everyone wants that. Could we finally be getting there? Makes it easy to have nearby iOS devices share photos and videos.
Will this extend to pairing cameras with iPhones & iPads, particularly if the former support? I don’t know—but man, my fingers are going blue from being crossed so long.
(Meanwhile, either.) In tangentially related news, it’s rumored that Sony is about to announce “” that connect to & augment smartphones, communicating via Wi-Fi. They promise to combine more powerful optics with immediate access to processing & sharing. It’ll be fascinating to see how all this plays out. Here’s hoping Apple is working to extend the connective tissue & help make things seamless. Following Friday’s post about, here’s a demo of how makes it much faster & easier for clients to submit work for manipulation: Uploading your Raw files can be painfully slow. We came up with a solution that enables you to shrink your files and upload them in a fraction of the time. In this video we show you how to do this and still retain the full quality of your Raw files.
This demo applies to Lightroom 4 (and thus 5), but Smart Previews in LR5 streamline things substantially. Colorati’s Leon Sandoval writes, “Essentially, when we edit the DNGs, we have a series of self-prescribed hoops we jump through to extract a clean, functional set of XMPs that will match up with the client’s full size CR2s or NEFs. Smart Previews in LR5 eliminate the need for this completely,” making the process significantly easier. I’m pleased to say that.
PM Sharad Mangalick, We’ve made over 400 tweaks since releasing Lightroom 5 beta, many of which are directly attributed to your feedback in our public forums. Lightroom 5 is now feature complete and final. Lightroom 5 will be available for $149 (for those new to Lightroom) and $79 (for Upgrade and Student/Teacher editions). As with previous version of Lightroom, Lightroom 5 is a perpetual license. If you’re a Creative Cloud subscriber, you can download LR5. For an in-depth jump on what’s new, check out Julieanne Kost’s video series,.
Stephen Shankland today’s (emphasis added): Hogarty wouldn’t promise when it would ship or what exactly it would do, but he did demonstrate some features on prototype software running on an iPad 2, and he did offer several details about its features:. The ability to edit photos taken in raw photo formats, including Lightroom develop-module parameters like exposure, clarity, shadows, highlights, and white balance. Cloud-synchronized editing so that changes made on a tablet arrive on the same photo on the PC. And without promising anything, he also said he’d like to see some of Lightroom’s library-module features such as sorting them into categories or flagging picks and rejects.
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Adobe will use technology called Smart Previews in the new Lightroom 5 beta that creates a version of a photo that’s takes up many fewer megabytes than the original. The full gamut of raw editing controls can still be used on Smart Preview images, though, and the editing instructions synchronized back with the original files.
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Photographers have been. I’m glad to say that the wheels are turning. Stay tuned for more info about Smart Previews. They’re a big (little) deal.
Former Adobe photography evangelist George Jardine is back with tutorial content:. Image and color correction are not a mystery, but mastering them does take time and practice. The goal of this new series is to help you become fluent in correcting your own pictures—as quickly as possible. We accomplish that by guiding you toward a complete understanding of the tools, in both Lightroom 4 and 5. (With a healthy does of Photoshop thrown in for good measure, in the portrait tutorials.) The new series is 20 videos, with over 5 hours of content. Flash and HTML5 versions are ready now, as well as online streaming for the iPad.
I’m delighted to say that a from Adobe Labs. Read about on the Lightroom Journal blog. I’m slow on the draw in mentioning it as I’m traveling this week, but you can see Julieanne Kost’s favorite new features demoed in these quick videos: Upright (Automatic perspective correction) – Discover how to automatically fix common problems such as tilted horizons as well as converging verticals in buildings using Lightroom’s new Upright controls for perspective correction. The Advanced Healing Brush – Discover the new enhancements to Lightroom’s advanced Healing Brush including the ability to heal and clone non-circular brush spots as well as remove easy to miss sensor dust with using the new Visualization slider. The Radial Filter – Learn how easy it is to apply any and all of Lightroom’s existing local adjustments including dodging and burning, adding vignettes, selectively sharpening and more to one or more completely customizable, non –destructive, circular Radial filters – anywhere in your image. Per the Lightroom Journal: Lightroom 4.4 is now available as a final release on and through the update mechanism in Lightroom 4. The goal of this release is to provide additional camera raw support, lens profile support and address bugs that were introduced in previous releases of Lightroom.
Having come from the world of Web design & gathering client feedback, one of my first efforts on Photoshop was to ship templates for the (now deceased) Web Photo Gallery that enabled viewers to comment on images. Now The Turning Gate offers a much more sophisticated tool for Lightroom: facilitates communication between the photographer and client following a shoot. The photographer publishes a web photo gallery of images from the shoot, and the client marks images as selects by ticking a checkbox for each image to be kept. Selected images are then submitted to the photographer’s email address as a comma-separated list, which may be copy-and-pasted into Lightroom’s filters to quickly isolate images in the catalog for processing. Check out the site for many, many more details (e.g. How it works on mobile devices).
Timothy Armes has created an interesting looking new LR add-on: is a new way for Mac users to work with Lightroom using either a trackpad or an iPad. At the heart of The Touch is its ability to allow you to develop your images without having look away from your work.
A set of simple and intuitive gestures allow you to instantly grab the correct slider or puck and move it with precision without having to spend you time finding these elements on the user interface. Even if the slider in question isn’t visible on the interface The Touch will scroll straight to it. It’s, and it costs $20 to own. Terry White, is now available as a Release Candidate on Adobe Labs.
The ‘release candidate’ label indicates that this update is well tested but would benefit from additional community testing before it is distributed automatically to all of our customers. The final release of Lightroom 4.4 may have additional corrections or camera support. New cameras supported:. Canon EOS 1D C. Casio Exilim EX-ZR700. Fujifilm X100s. Fujifilm X20.
Hasselblad Lunar. Leica M. Nikon 1 V3. Nikon 1 S1. Pentax MX-1 See Terry’s post for a list of bugs fixed in this release. Looks interesting (literally): Whether inspired by the clean, commercial look of films like Fuji FP 100c or the sun-drenched vibe of Polaroid 690, VSCO Film 03 for Lightroom 4 and Adobe Camera Raw 7 represent the most diverse VSCO Film pack yet.
With over 115 presets, VSCO Film 03 is overflowing with both present day film stock, as well as expired vintage films. The pack also includes a custom Toolkit specifically created to help you emulate the varying looks of instant films. This is not an update or an upgrade. It is a completely new VSCO Film pack with completely new film emulations and tools. For examples, pricing, and discounts.
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