Topaz ReStyle

Topaz ReStyle: New Photoshop/Lightroom Plug-in

Topaz Labs has released a new application,

Topaz Clarity Plug-in Released

Topaz Clarity is the latest addition to the Topaz plug-in suite. If you are a fan of Lightroom and Camera Raw’s ‘Clarity’ slider, then Topaz Clarity just might be your favorite new plug-in.
I’ve been tinkering with Topaz Clarity for a week or so now and my initial impressions are that it’s like the Lightroom Clarity slider on steroids. While Lightroom lets you push one slider, Topaz Clarity lets you fine tune mico, mid-tone and overall contrast with separate sliders. Additionally, you can use a very smart masking brush with edge awareness to fine tune your clarity and saturation selections.

Topaz Clarity Screenshot (Note the edge aware mask view in the top-right corner.)

Topaz Clarity is fast and effective at adding an additional

mocha AE and mocha Pro v3.2 Public Beta Announcement

Today Imagineer Systems released a public beta version of mocha Pro and mocha AE v3.2. This new point release includes significant features and fixes for all users.

• Global character & keyboard support: Unicode-enabled, supporting project, footage, layer names and file paths in any language.
• Fixes licensing deactivation issues related to OS X Mountain Lion
• Fixes tracking export issues with interlaced projects for AE and FCP.
• Fixes in stabilized and inverted tracking export
• 3D Camera exporter now exports nulls with names and accuracy identifiers to both AE and FBX/Nuke.
• Many more improvements in all areas of the software.

This release will work with existing mocha Pro v3.x and mocha AE 3.x licenses.
Customers running mocha AE CS6 from Adobe would need to purchase upgrade or request trial to run beta.
The 3D importer for After Effects plug-in does not need a license, but the new naming functionality will only work with the pre-release mocha Pro/AE v3.2 and mocha 3d importer 1.1.
Disclaimer: This is pre-release beta software for testing purposes and may not be suitable for use in a production environment.
To participate in the public beta program, you must log-in to the company’s user forums.
http://www.imagineersystems.com/

Adobe Creative Cloud and the Death of Boxed Software

by Eric Reagan on May 9, 2013

in Adobe

What a week it has been.
Many pro and amateur photographers, along with many other creative pros and enthusiasts, woke up Monday morning looking forward to what might come out of the Adobe MAX conference as the latest Adobe products were set to be unveiled.
Adobe teased us for several weeks leading up to Adobe MAX, including an impressive showing of new video products at NAB 2013. Many of us were nearly on pins and needles with anticipation based on what we had seen thus far.
I mean, this stuff just keeps better and better.

And Then… The Hammer Dropped.

Wacom releases Cintiq 13HD 13-inch compact pen display

Wacom today boosts its lineup of Cintiq interactive pen displays with the addition of the Cintiq 13HD. Aimed at creative professionals working in areas such as design, art and image editing, it combines a 13” HD screen, slim and compact design, simple setup, an adjustable stand and an improved pen for creating directly on the screen. Easily integrated into any environment, the Cintiq 13HD is the ideal tool to support creativity and enhance productivity, offering a natural and immersive experience.

MAXON Announces Strategic Alliance with Adobe

MAXON, the developer of CINEMA 4D, a leading 3D animation software for film, broadcast and motion graphics professionals, today announced it has entered into a strategic alliance with Adobe Systems Incorporated to further

 

Adobe Brings the Power of Photoshop to Mobile Phones

Adobe Systems Incorporated announced the immediate availability of a new version of Adobe® Photoshop® Touch, optimized for iPhone, iPod touch, and Android smart phones. Inspired by the highly successful Photoshop Touch for tablets, the phone app brings core features of Photoshop desktop software to mobile devices and offers similar intuitive, touch-based gestures and features.

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4: This Image Management Software Will Also Please Video Producers

By: Oliver Peters For the fourth iteration of Lightroom, Adobe has enhanced the processing capabilities and added features to aid photographers with handling modern photographic challenges, such as the integration of video. Although Lightroom is primarily a photographer’s tool, it is also indispensible for video producers and editors who have to deal with a large volume of photographs, such as when producing documentaries that are based on archival images. Lightroom is the ideal application to store, organize, adjust, crop and prepare stills for video editing.

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4 offers enhanced image processing, such as improved highlight recovery.

Photoshop CS6 (Free) Beta Now Available

Adobe has announced and launched a free beta release of Photoshop CS6. Check out some of the newest features from Russell Brown in the video below. The video editing looks to be a massive improvement from CS5 Extended. And, the content aware tools have to be a mix of dark magic and alien science. I’m off to play now. More details and download instructions on Adobe Labs. Enjoy.