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"Run, Don't Walk" To Download Camera Raw 4.1 - Jeff Schewe Shows You Why
May 31 2007
Jeff Schewe has written one of his all-encompassing posts, this time taking you through an extensive tour of what's new in Camera Raw 4.1. The article, About Camera Raw 4.1, includes 42 screenshots, all of which are clickable and launch full screen versions where every detail is crystal clear.
Jeff is a very connected Photoshop guy and was involved in the development of this Camera Raw upgrade, and the sharing of his knowledge and enthusiasm of digital photography and Photoshop are a real gift to our community. So with enormous gratitude for his many great posts and contributions I say "run, don't walk!" to look through About Camera Raw 4.1, and spend some time learning from a real Photoshop pro. From the intro:
- Adobe has released Camera Raw 4.1, and rather than a small update just for new cameras, this one is major. New features and new functionality are showing up in a long awaited upgrade of Camera Raw’s sharpening controls, a new control called Clarity, enhanced noise reduction and two new defringing controls in lens correction. All told, there is a surprising amount of “new” in Camera Raw 4.1.
[Editor’s note: it should be noted that Jeff Schewe was personally involved in the development of Camera Raw 4.1. This article is not an independent review of Camera Raw 4.1 but an explanation of the new tools. Jeff explains at the end of the article how he came to be personally involved.]
And from the Summary:
- I honestly think that with the Camera Raw 4.1 update, it can be argued that Camera Raw 4.1 has now jumped to the top of the heap for raw processing software. The combination of radically improved sharpening, improved demosaicing and noise reduction, the new Defringe functionality and Clarity has made raw processing through Camera Raw 4.1 incredibly powerful and with the potential for the highest image quality.
Camera Raw version 4.1 will only work with CS3, so that's that if you haven't upgraded yet. Download Camera Raw 4.1 at the Adobe site. To review your upgrade options visit the Adobe Store.
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Photoshop CS3 Upgrade Options And Bundles From The Adobe Store
Photoshop CS3 Extended is ideal for film, video, and multimedia pros and for graphic and web designers using 3D and motion. Get the full version for US $999, or upgrade for US $349. The standard version of Photoshop CS3 is available for US $649, or as an upgrade for US $199. See all upgrade options at the Adobe Store. See our CS3 Resource Center for free Photoshop CS3 tutorials.
Photoshop Extended is also available as part of Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium, which combines all-new CS3 versions of Photoshop, Flash Pro, Dreamweaver, Illustrator, InDesign and Acrobat 8 Pro. Upgrade options for customers in Europe, the UK, Australia, New Zealand and Asia can be found at the Adobe International Store.
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There are tons of new features in Adobe Lightroom 1.0 that you won't find in the beta version. From Clone and Healing functionality to metadata browsing, you'll be able to free-up post-processing time like never before. Get it now at the Adobe Store. Customers in Europe, the UK, Australia, New Zealand and Asia can find special pricing and offers at the Adobe International Store. For free Lightroom tutorials see our Lightroom tutorials page.
Camera Raw 4.1 And New DNG Converter Released By Adobe
May 31 2007
Adobe has released Camera Raw 4.1. The Camera Raw 4.1 update includes improved noise reduction and sharpening tools and raw file support for 13 additional camera models and camera backs. This update also builds on the raw file support integrated in the Photoshop family of products.
The camera raw functionality in the Adobe Photoshop software provides fast and easy access within the Photoshop line of products to the raw image formats produced by many leading professional and midrange digital cameras. Working with these digital negatives allows greater artistic control and flexibility while still maintaining the original raw files. Camera Raw 4.1 plug-in also supports the same functionality for TIFF and JPEG files. Now professional photographers can quickly and easily import and manipulate raw data, producing the highest quality results while saving time.
The new Camera Raw 4.1plug-in supports 14 digital cameras including the Canon EOS-1D Mark III, Fuji FinePix S5 Pro, Nikon D40x, Olympus E-410, Olympus SP-550 UZ, Sigma SD14, Phase One H 20, Phase One H 25, Phase One P 20, Phase One P 21, Phase One P 25, Phase One P 30 and Phase One P 45. Additionally, Camera Raw 4.1 will add support for popular camera backs from Phase One, including the H20, H25, P20, P21, P25, P30 and P45 models. The free Adobe DNG Converter, that is part of this update, translates all Photoshop-supported raw photo formats into the universal .DNG file format giving photographers a single unified file format for archiving raw files.
Photoshop Lightroom, leveraging Adobe Photoshop Camera Raw technology, will add support for the above camera and camera back models in an update in the near future. Updates to Version Cue and Bridge will coincide with this Camera Raw plug-in update and will be available for free download on www.adobe.com. Some of the new features of Camera Raw 4.1 are listed below (taken from the accompanying Read Me file):
Clarity
New Control available in the Basic panel. Clarity adds depth to an image by increasing local contrast. When using this setting, it is best to zoom in to 100% or greater. To maximize the effect, increase the setting until you see halos near the edge details of the image, and then reduce the setting slightly.
Sharpening Improvements:
Additional controls available in the Detail panel. The zoom level must be set to 100% or greater in order to view the effects of these controls.
Amount
Adjusts edge definition. Increase the Amount value to increase sharpening. A value of zero turns off sharpening. In general, set Amount to a lower value for cleaner images. The adjustment locates pixels that differ from surrounding pixels based on the threshold you specify and increases the pixels’ contrast by the amount you specify. Press Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) while dragging this slider to view the sharpening on a grayscale preview.
Radius
Adjusts the size of the details that sharpening is applied to. Photos with very fine details may need a lower radius setting. Photos with larger details may be able to use a larger radius. Using too large a radius will generally result in unnatural looking results. Press Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) while dragging this slider to preview the radius effect on edge definition.
Detail
Adjusts how much high-frequency information is sharpened in the image and how much the sharpening process emphasizes edges. Lower settings primarily sharpen edges to remove blurring. Higher values are useful for making the textures in the image more pronounced.
Masking
Controls an edge mask. With a setting of zero, everything in the image receives the same amount of sharpening. With a setting of 100, sharpening is mostly restricted to those areas near the strongest edges. Press Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) while dragging this slider to see the areas to be sharpened (white) versus the areas masked out (black).
Additional Notes:
- Camera Raw 4.1 does not support the Canon EOS-1D Mark III SRAW format at this time
- Lightroom and Camera Raw will be updated together to ensure raw format and settings compatibility. For each update there can be a brief period of time when one product is released before the other. Please note that Camera Raw 4.1 has been released in advance of Lightroom’s next update that will be available shortly.
- It is a known issue that sharpening on PowerPC is slow. We plan to make it faster in a future version.
- Two additional camera raw preferences have been provided in this release:
- Always open JPEG files with settings using Camera Raw
- Always open TIFF files with settings using Camera Raw
- JPEG or TIFF files with adjustment settings embedded by Camera Raw or Lightroom will always open through Camera Raw with the preference enabled.
Download Camera Raw 4.1 at the Adobe site. Find all your Photoshop upgrade options at the Adobe Store.
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May 30, 2007
Need shapes? We've found some. Actually we've found 10,000 that you can download in one zip file. Thanks Mike. Need inspiration? Look through a collection of 37 entries from a group writing project that will hopefully spark you back into action. Thanks Vivien. Camera Raw 4.1 has been announced but seems to be suffering stage fright. John Nack will keep you posted. And as of today you can register for Photoshop World Las Vegas, which you should do as soon as possible, because Scott Kelby and his crew are selling out all of their events lately. I'll be back soon with more...
John Nack
Camera Raw 4.1 announced, due shortly
Adobe has announced Camera Raw 4.1, due to be available shortly via Adobe.com. (The communication got out a little ahead of the actual plug-in, which should be posted in the next 24 hours or so.) Camera Raw 4.1 adds support for 13 new digital cameras and backs, including the Canon EOS-1D Mark III, Fujifilm FinePix S5 Pro, Nikon D40x, Olympus E-410, Olympus SP-550 UZ, Sigma SD14, Phase One H 20, Phase One H 25, Phase One P 20, Phase One P 21, Phase One P 25, Phase One P 30 and Phase One P 45.
Inspiration Bit
Group Writing Project Results: 37 Sources Of Inspiration
Did you ever feel lost in space, trying to gather your thoughts, get motivated to write for your blog, design a website, come up with logo ideas, find a perfect object for your photo shoot, simply be inspired to live your life to its fullest? Here is your one in a lifetime chance to swim in the ocean of inspiration filled from 37 sources.
Mike's Quarter
Over 10.000 Free Shapes for your Photoshop
I always tried to encourage creativity and open minds. For digital graphers, Photoshop is their main expression field. Over the years I’ve gathered a massive collection of Photoshop Shapes, more than 10,000 actually, and I’m going to allow you do download them from this site for free.
We’re talking about many kinds of shapes, starting from the most basic ones to some very complex designs. Stars, rings, spheres, 3D objects, all are here.
Photoshop QuickTips
Episode 49: Blend If
In This episode we take a look at a very simple way of blending an image into another background using the Blend If Sliders inside the blending options of Photoshop. This is a great technique for silhouetting simple objects onto new backgrounds as well as dropping the white backdrop from scanned line-art.
Scott Kelby
Tuesday News Update
Registration for Photoshop World Las Vegas (coming to the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Sept. 4-6, 2007) is now open. If you’re coming to Vegas, get on board, baby!! (click here for details).
Tutorial Blog
Links for Web Designers : May
As the end of the month approaches lets take a look at the usefull articles and resources for web designers that have been popular over the month of May.
O'Reilly Digital Media Blog
Photographing Water Drops
Why am I so interested in photographing water drops? What are the special challenges and techniques associated with photographing water drops? Do different water drops have different characteristics (in other words, is there a taxonomy of water drops from a photographer’s perspective)?
Leaving the technicalities of water drop photography aside for a second, water drops interest me because they are, as poet William Blake put it, a world in a grain of sand. Each water drop seems like a complete world, or universe, to me with its unique colors, reflections, and refractions. These worlds are ethereal and ephemeral, meaning they are fragile, ghostly, almost like magical parallel universes.
InformIT
New and Improved Curves in Photoshop CS3
The Curves tool has been such a big part of Photoshop's editing process for so long that no one really expected it to change with Photoshop CS3. But Adobe has proven that change can be good. While it's still a powerful tool for enhancing your photos, the Curves tool is now much easier to use.
Better Black and Whites in CS3
One of the things that you’ll find makes Photoshop CS3's new Black and White adjustment even better is that it can be used as an adjustment layer. That means the effects are never permanent and you can always revert back to the original if you don't like what you did. It really takes the new adjustment a step above the rest of the choices we used to have in Photoshop.
Jennifer Farley's Digital Design Cottage
Photoshop Brushes : High Resolution Celtic Designs
Here’s another set of brushes I’ve made for your photoshopping pleasure... These are high resolution (close to 2000 pixels wide) celtic design images. There are some celtic circles, birds and a few other bits and pieces - 6 brushes in all.
PhotoshopNews
Photoshop CS3 VM Buffering Optional Extensions-MAC Only
Adobe has released optional plug-in extensions for the purpose of altering Photoshop CS3 and Photoshop CS3 Extended’s method of caching when a Macintosh computer has over 4 gigs of ram installed.
As always, a special Batgirl thank you to James Jean
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Photoshop Tutorial - Working With CD & DVD Label Templates
May 28, 2007
Ready to create a stunningly beautiful CD label that you can print at home on your inkjet, but are feeling a little confused by PDF templates and printer settings? Well we've got relief in the form of a wonderful Photoshop tutorial by Pariah S. Burke — Photoshop CD Label Templates & Label Printing Tips — that walks you through all the steps needed to get that vision out into the world. From the intro:
"Do you want all your labels bland, text-on-white that, at most, have a clichéd clipart icon or jagged-edge version of your logo shoved into the corner? Or, would you prefer unfettered labeling that fully communicates and reinforces your brand by using your exact corporate colors, signature typeface, creative imagery, and a sharp, high-resolution version of your logo?
"In the old days (the 90s) of desktop labeling, a would-be label creator had two options: Microsoft Word or proprietary labeling software produced by the makers of ready-to-print label paper. Nowadays, however, choices are much more open.
"On the rise are label templates based on Adobe’s agile and ubiquitous Portable Document Format (PDF). Any creative application in the professional or “prosumer” (effectively, serious hobbyist) class can either or both read and create PDF files. More importantly, PDF files can be viewed and printed by anyone with a copy of the Adobe Reader — which is to say, by just about every computer user on planet Earth. PDF-based labels can be printed on any inkjet or laser printer, or even sent to a printing shop."
Read Photoshop CD Label Templates & Label Printing Tips by Pariah S. Burke.
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Photoshop Plugin Fluid Mask 3 Beta Released - Get Fluid Mask 3 For $189
May 24, 2007
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May 23, 2007
More high-res Photoshop brushes from BittBox, John Nack points you to a new and improved Adobe Exchange, Layers Magazine serves up 10 great Lightoom tips, PhotoshopNews provides links to free PDFs from Martin Evening, George Jardine posts 2 new Lightroom podcasts, and CreativeTech offers a useful Pen Tool cheatsheet that's ready to print. Not a bad catch... Read this edition.
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Photoshop Your Stamps With PhotoStamps
May 22, 2007
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Photoshop & Lightroom Monitor Calibration Tool - Pantone hueyPRO - Now Shipping
May 21, 2007
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Photoshop Action Pack 3.5 Now Available For Download
May 21, 2007
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New Photoshop Brush Set 'Paranormal' From Kirsty
May 21, 2007
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Free Photoshop Brush Sets From Janita - May Flowers
May 18, 2007
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Photoshop Plugin AKVIS Enhancer Now At Version 6
May 17, 2007
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May 16, 2007
John Nack presents Photoshop to Robert Scoble for close to an hour, Bert Monroy offers secret shadow effect techniques, and Deke McClelland shares some of his Photoshop wisdom. In the brush department Stephanie posts some nice "tech" brushes, Enrique gives us progressive rock logos and album cover brushes, and Jennifer offers a set of hi-res brushes made up of skulls. Read this edition.
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Adobe Photoshop Plug-in Suite 3 Released From onOne Software - Plus 10% Discount Code
May 15, 2007
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Adobe Flash CS3 Pro Free Trial - Download Flash CS3 For A 30 Day Free Tryout
May 14 2007
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Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 Free Trial - Download Dreamweaver CS3 For A 30 Day Free Tryout
May 14 2007
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Photoshop How-To: Take a Filter Beyond the Basics - Create An Organic Texture
May 14, 2007
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Photoshop Plugin Filter Forge Released In 3 New Editions
May 12, 2007
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Canon PowerShot S5 IS, PowerShot SD850 IS Digital ELPH
May 11, 2007
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e frontier Announces Poser Exporter and Content for CS3 - Plus Exclusive 20% Discount On Poser 7
May 10, 2007
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Adobe Color Management Module (CMM) Released
May 09, 2007
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Photoshop CS3 Free Trial - Download Photoshop Extended For A 30 Day Free Tryout
May 09 2007
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May 08, 2007
Wondering if you qualify for a free upgrade to CS3? John Nack has the inside scoop. Unfocused Brain shows you how to use the Match Color tool to create the look of famous paintings, and Wired has a story on an ophthalmologist who used the Gaussian Filter to simulate how Degas and Monet, who had eye problems, saw the world in their later years. Stay focused, go mobile, and drink your coffee in the sun. Read the whole post.
As always, a special Batgirl thank you to James Jean
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SpaceNavigator For Photoshop CS3 - 3D Object Mouse Companion
May 08, 2007
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Photoshop CS3 Extended For 3D And Video - Online Training Series From lynda.com
May 07 2007
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Photoshop Photography Book 'Welcome To Oz' By Vincent Versace - Free Sample Chapter
May 07 2007
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Photoshop CS3 Book - Adobe Photoshop CS3 Classroom In A Book
May 05 2007
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Printing From Photoshop Lightroom - Add Edge Effects
May 05 2007
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Free Adobe Photssoshop CS3 Tutorial From Mark Galer - Adjusting Exposure In Adobe Camera Raw CS3
May 03, 2007
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May 02, 2007
Download the free hi-rez watercolor and splatter brushes from the fabulous people at BittbBox. PhotoshopNews supplies a long list of links to Adobe documents that deal with Photoshop installation issues and performance optimization tips. And Darren Hester has launched yet another freebie site that gives away masked PSD photo objects. Why is everyone being so nice...? Read the post.
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Photoshop Plugins Genuine Fractals 5 & Genuine Fractals Print Pro 5 - Plus Exclusive 10% Discount Coupon Code
May 01, 2007
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