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June 14, 2004 |
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
PhotoRecovery saves lost photos
This week's news |
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PRODUCT REVIEW
PhotoRecovery can save your lost photos
By David Gewirtz
While I often enjoy doing product reviews (after all, who doesn't groove on playing with new toys?), of late we've been getting in a pile of photo suites and, frankly, I've been avoiding reviewing them. The problem with the suites, as a sweeping generalization, is that they're shovelware; a whole pile of software dumped around a single core, in the hopes of boosting the perceived value of the entire set. There's no way to truly report on a photo suite in 1,200 words -- the feature lists often take more space!
So, it was with a bit of relief that I decided to pull JASC's Paint Shop Photo Album 5 Deluxe Edition off the review shelf to look at. Finally, here was a single program that I could review on its own. I popped the CD into my computer and was faced with...a mini suite. Not only did the product come with the photo album software, but it also came with a library of images, a pile of templates, and ... wait for it ... a photo recovery program.
Huh? A photo recovery program?
See, now, I've never really been excited by photo album software. This class of product always seems to assume certain things about how I use images that are never right. As a result, while I was more interested in looking at the photo album product than a full photo suite, I still wasn't jazzed.
But, now, a photo recovery program is useful. OK, sure, organizing your pictures is useful. But I can do that with the file system. But a program that will help recover lost photos could be priceless, especially if it's that once in a lifetime photo you've lost.
Find buried gold in that suite. Tap here for the rest of the article.
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CONNECTED PHOTOGRAPHER NEWS CENTER
This week's news
Want to get the very latest photography news? The Connected Photographer News Center is updated every day with news of product releases, industry info, tips, techniques, and pointers to great photography resources on the Web. Here's this week's news:
WhiBal white balance system
WhiBal has been created by software developer and RAW file format proponent Michael Tapes to provide what he believes will be a more usable and effective method of setting a white balance in RAW conversion software.
FotoAparat joins DIWA
FotoAparat, the leading digital imaging website for Czech and Slovak languages, has become the 11th member of the DIWA organization. DIWA (Digital Imaging Websites Association), is an association of expert Web-based publications specializing in digital imaging product reviews.
26 Things
26 Things is a fun photographic game, no winners list, no prizes handed out. On a given date, 26 items are posted on the website and participants set out to photograph each item in their own interpretation.
DiMAGE A2 firmware 1.12
Konica Minolta has released new firmware for its DiMAGE A2 digital camera. Version 1.12 applies several improvements including LCD brightness while using Flex Digital Magnifier, focusing at a specific zoom range and with Flex Focus Point, improved flash metering, EVF timing functionality, improved support for add-on lenses.
Digital Picture eFrame
The new Pacific Digital WiFi MemoryFrame features a bright, high-quality 10.4-inch, TFT, active-matrix, flat-screen LCD with 800x600 resolution. It comes bundled with a wireless 802.11 receiver and a USB interface. In addition, it has stereo sound, which allows users to add voice and/or music to their slideshows and text overlay, which allows users to add captions to slideshow photos.
Nero Photoshow Elite
Ahead Software announced the latest addition to their Nero product family, Nero PhotoShow Elite. This photo management application provides digital camera users with a comprehensive set of photo editing and creation tools combined with ease of use. This .pdf press release contains complete details.
Nikon, TiVo digital photography
Nikon announced a partnership with TiVo to deliver professional photography images from world-renowned artists to all TiVo Series2 subscribers connected to a home network. TiVo Series2 subscribers can view images from Nikon's "Legends behind the Lens" through the home media features.
Lastolite Collapsible Background
Lastolite has introduced a new collapsible background to their range of photographic accessories. Fully collapsible and with a choice of two detachable trains this new design is a revolutionary development in portable background solutions.
PhotoFirst updated to v1.1
PhotoFirst is a fully integrated application for organizing, annotating, RAW converting, comparing, enhancing, and creating professional quality, client-ready output from digital photographs. Updated to version 1.1, PhotoFirst enables you to create client-ready deliverables from your digital photos.
KODAK PocketWizard upgrade
Eastman Kodak announced a PocketWizard upgrade for several of its digital SLR cameras. The upgrade, available only as a service upgrade in the US and Canada, direct from Kodak, is compatible with the KODAK PROFESSIONAL DCS Pro 14n, DCS 14nx and DCS Pro SLR/n digital cameras.
I3A Common Picture Exchange Environment
The International Imaging Industry Association (I3A) announced open enrollment for the Initiative to create Version 2.0 of its cutting-edge suite of specifications, CPXe. Based on an open-standard Web Services framework, CPXe enables the global transmission of digital pictures, order and commerce information between any and all digital cameras, PCs, desktop software, Internet services, photo kiosks, digital minilabs and photofinishers.
Seagate 5 GB HDD CF
This piece on Digital Photography Review says that Seagate has announced it will produce a 5 GB HDD in the CF Type II form factor.
BT Digital Photo Kiosks
BT and Fujifilm have developed the kiosks to offer digital camera users a more convenient way of processing their pictures. The kiosks are the first to use high speed BT Broadband for customers to transfer their photos and send them for processing.
Photo Steno PRO-II 100X CF card
Recognizing the ever-increasing requirements of digital photography, the Apacer Photo Steno Pro II CompactFlash Card offers an outstanding access rate up to 15MB/sec. The Apacer Photo Steno Pro II has a capacity of up to 4GB to satisfy the high-capacity storage requirement of professional photographers.
Foto Balloon
eSoft Imaging has released Foto Balloon 1.0, a Windows application that lets you add distinctive cartoon-style information balloons to your photographs and images.
PTLens plug-in
PTLens is an add-on for Panorama Tools that automatically corrects for lens pincushion and barrel distortion. Available as a standalone program or Photoshop plugin (Windows only), PTLens and Panorama Tools are distributed free of charge.
Cronkhite ZeboPhoto 1.5
Bobby Cronkhite Software announced the release of ZeboPhoto 1.5, an update to its image viewing and editing solution for the Mac. A Quick Capture menu item has been added to the Edit menu, and ZeboPhoto now can save screen captures in multiple formats.
Express Digital Days 2004
Express Digital, provider of digital imaging software, e-commerce and lab solutions to professional photography businesses, announced that it is kicking off the Summer of 2004 with an educational and promotional event demonstrating the power of a complete digital workflow using Express Digital software. Participation in Express Digital Days Summer Tour is free and includes live demonstrations of complete digital workflows powered by Express Digital software.
Sony 12x DVD burner
Sony Electronics is taking the wraps off of a new Dual RW DVD burner that can write to DVD+R discs at speeds up to 12X on certified 8X DVD+R media, allowing for a full write-once disc to be recorded in approximately six minutes.
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