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Lightroom Product manager Sharad Mangalick has announced the availability of Lightroom 4.4. This is available via the update mechanism in Lightroom or from Adobe.com. Mac Version; PC Version. A lot of the functionality was available in the Release Candidate for testing prior to final release. The big news is the improved rendering for the Fuji […]

Google have announced that the Nik Collection is now $149. This is a massive reduction on the previous price of $500. The full collection includes the Lightroom and Aperture plugins, and is more than a steal at that price. The apps that make up this collection are: HDR Efex Pro 2, Color Efex Pro 4, […]

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Focus on Imaging in Birminghams NEC is an annual pilgrimage for me. For the last few years it's been on the other side of the fence as it were, speaking on a stand. There's a bizarre comradery that comes from this with those on other stands. Still I know I'll be a punter again in […]

Lightroom 4.4 Release Candidate is now available at Adobe Labs. This is a production realy version of Lightroom that’s been prereleased for testing in a wider field. There’s a test version of Camera Raw 7.4 to go with it If you're a Fuji X-Trans users (such as the Fujifilm X-Pro1, Fujifilm X-E1, Fujifilm X100S or […]

Occasionally I get asked about right click disable in my galleries. There is one in LRB Portfolio, but none in Showcase or Exhibition. Why not? The honest answer is that it's a fallcy to believe that disabling right click download will protect your photos online. Anyone can get any photo, from any site, at any […]

Being a Craft and Vision Author, I love seeing new things coming out. The sophmore release of Photograph, Craft and Vision's quarterly release is now out. Building on the success of the first issue, the content of this is equally as strong. I thouroughly enjoyed the whole magazine and find no fault with it. I […]

Fellow Pixiq blogger Michael Clark’s Winter 2013 newsletter is out now. This 38 page pdf is amazing considering the content is from one person, and is a quality read. Speaking of content, it range from starry skies to wind turbines, along with interviews and equipment reviews. Michael is also a well known Lightroom author, and […]

NAPP (National Association of Photoshop Professionals) have just brought out the first paid issue of their new iPad based Lightroom Magazine. There is a free demo issue to look at. As with all NAPP product, it's very well produced and informative. Why am I telling you this? Well before I'd even heard about the product, […]

I’m definitely obsessed with lighting. I love it. A lot. So I play all the time and try to do new things every time. So that means I end up with quite a lot of bits to change my lights. So I’ve decided as a random post to list the modifiers that live in and […]