AKVIS Decorator V.1.2 is a plug-in that allows the user to paint a new texture and color to an object while preserving its volume. This means that your pretty model may be able to wear a skirt of bricks and still appear genuine, but that’s taking it to the extreme.

A more believable application might be a car with the skin of a snake, or a chair with a different texture. Akvis Decorator follows the underlying features of the object, the texture that already exists, and makes the new color or ... Read entire article

onOne Software has unveiled updates to their plug-ins to make them work seamlessly with Photoshop CS3. The updates involve five key plug-ins that are used by professionals to enhance their Photoshop capabilities.

The updated CS3 plug-ins can be downloaded for free as soon as Photoshop CS3 is commercially available.

onOne makes PhotoFrame Pro 3, which creates unlimited borders and edge effects; Intellihance Pro, which is claimed to streamline image optimization; Genuine Fractals and Genuine Fractals Print Pro, which up sizes images for large prints; and MaskPro 4, an image masking tool.

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Photoshop CS2 introduced the application's first support for 32-bit high dynamic range (HDR) imaging.  The support was pretty limited, consisting of the Merge to HDR command (for combining bracketed shots into a single image) and some basic imaging functions (cropping, cloning, conversing from 32 to 8 or 16 bits per channel).  Even so, about a year ago examples started popping up of HDR experiments (not solely connected to Photoshop, of course, but helped along by CS2).  In the time since then more good resources on the subject have emerged.

The Photoshop CS3 beta includes some improvements ... Read entire article

This is one of the first shots that I have had a chance to fully process in Photoshop CS3. I gotta say that I am loving the changes!

You may recognize this place. I shot this image last summer in the same location. This was taken in Dryden, Washington area in a very remote area. I stood out in the cold (14-F degrees) for a couple of hours. It was so cold that I went through two batteries while I was out! This image took about 12 minutes to fully expose. The only ... Read entire article

After a long wait, Adobe has finally released a beta version of Photoshop CS3. There are numbers of changes and new features. CS3 is now available as a Universal Binary for Intel-based Mac computers and Windows computers. ... Read entire article

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Comparison of HDR defaults between Photomatix, Photoshop CS2 and Photoshop CS3 Beta

Here is a slice from a set of bracketed photos that I took Monday morning. The intent was to capture the rain drops and perform an HDR merge and tone mapping.

I merged the three pictures three different times; in CS2 using merge to HDR, in CS3 Beta using merge to HDR and in Photomatix.

Next, I loaded the default Radiance file each merge created into Photomatix and applied ... Read entire article

I downloaded the Photoshop CS3 Beta last Thursday (overnight, because it's a huge download) and have been playing with it. ... Photoshop CS3 (Couldn't they just call it Photoshop 10.0?) feels like a new program in many ways. ... Read entire article

William Trent submits: We recently took profits on our Adobe (ADBE) position because we have noticed the stock tends to trade down following the release of a major new upgrade on the theory that there will be no more good news for a while.

Of course, this is not the typical upgrade and things could be different this time. For one thing, the switch to Intel-based Mac support should be a significant demand driver for the company’s creative professional ... Read entire article

On December 15 Adobe released a free beta version of Photoshop CS3. Because I’m a Photoshop geek, I was one of the first to down load and install... are working with the Lightroom beta process. Just today I discovered two great new features in CS3 that will help those of us that do panoramas and multiple ... Read entire article

In each version of Photoshop, Adobe releases features that are of use to different types of users. Some features are tailor-made for photographers, for example, while others are better suited for designers. Let’s take a look at who will benefit from some of the new features in Photoshop CS3. r... Read entire article