Review: Helicon Focus Pro x64
Helicon Focus is an application that allows you to create a completely focused image from several partially focused images by combining the areas in focus. Its main use is for macro photography and microscopic photography, but it does wonders to beat the diffraction problem on landscape photography as well.
Review: Corel AfterShot Pro
Corel has released its first professional photo catalogue and RAW editing software, AfterShot Pro. It’s based on a number of technologies that are widely known and respected in the photography world, such as Noise Ninja, Perfectly Clear, and Bibble Pro, and it’s available for Windows, Mac, and Linux users.
Review: New features in DxO Optics Pro 7
DxO Labs released DxO Optics Pro 7 some weeks ago. It now boasts dramatically improved performance, a couple of new features, and an even bigger database of bodies and lenses than ever before. DxO Optics Pro 7 remains one of the top Camera RAW editors, and much better than Adobe Lightroom in my opinion.
Uncompressed video via HDMI becomes popular again
A year ago, the Atomos Ninja and the Cinedeck Extreme field recorders were about the two only ones that could record video directly to a high-quality codec using a video camera’s HDMI output. Today, Black Magic has at least three devices that are capable of recording to Uncompressed the same way.
GoPro CineForm Studio product line for 2D and 3D post production workflows strengthened
GoPro announced the release of a new version of its professional family of 2D and 3D production software GoPro CineForm Studio Premium and GoPro CineForm Studio Professional. The company recently released a new version of its free software, GoPro CineForm Studio, which adds powerful new features appealing to consumers and professionals alike.
Cinedeck RX delivers tapeless record, monitoring and playback workflow to broadcasters and mobile OB
Cinedeck has shipped Cinedeck RX, the latest addition to the Cinedeck product family. Cinedeck RX is a new, rack-mountable, solid-state recording, monitoring and playback system, that delivers tapeless workflow to studios, post-production facilities and broadcasters covering the wide range of cinema production, sporting, music, theatrical and entertainment events in both 2D and 3D stereoscopic formats.
Why a photo scanner doesn’t need white balance
Your digital camera needs to be white balanced — actually, grey balanced would be more accurate. The reason is that the camera’s whites, greys and blacks, should all be calibrated to a known neutral value. From there, the camera’s electronics can figure out how other colors should be rendered. Scanners don’t have that problem.
Scanning service for photos: what to look for
Scanning services — services that will scan your photos for you — are not as popular as they used to be. We’re all digital these days. Many people still have shoeboxes full of photo prints, slides and negatives. And art photographers who are old enough to have learned about film emulsions usually have a library [...]
What’s a scanner good for these days?
Scanners are so “passé”. We all shoot digital, so what should you keep a scanner for anyway? Have you considered throwing out your trusted Epson V700, HP, or whatever photo scanner? You might want to reconsider, because with a good scanner you can “shoot” 3D objects.
