PhotoLine 16.53

Version 16.53 of PhotoLine is now available for download. Improvements versus the previous release include Type3 font support, 32-bit image support when using plug-is, an ability to create a rectangle for the colour picker by holding down the Ctrl/Command key, WIC import under Windows, dcraw 1.444, and more. To download the program, visit the website below.
Website: PhotoLine

DSLR Mega HD for iOS

Independent developer Ken Tidwell has introduced DSLR Mega HD for iOS, another in his series of popular Min-U Guides to Nikon DSLRs. Containing no less than eleven camera guides, DSLR Mega HD is billed as a convenient alternative to carrying bulky printed manuals. The main camera-related menu chapters include: Playback, Shooting, Custom Setting, Setup, Retouch and My Menu/Recent Settings . There is also an additional chapter, [More], containing miscellaneous info like camera specs, buttons and dials diagrams, glossaries, error messages etc. DSLR Mega HD is available now on iTunes for $8.99.
Min-U Guides Press Release
DSLR Mega HD for iOS - Min-U Guide a Complete Reference to Nikon DSLR
Independent developer Ken Tidwell introduced DSLR Mega HD 1.0 for iOS, another in his series of Min-U Guides to Nikon DSLRs. The app provides quick, easy access to information on 11 Nikons by allowing the user to “drill down” through a topic until they find exactly what they need; e.g., from the first page the user may select the topic Custom Setting Menu from among six others, then Timers from five other choices, and finally Self-Timer from four other listings, with details and instructions.
Portland, Oregon - Independent developer Ken Tidwell has introduced DSLR Mega HD v1.0 for iOS, another in his series of popular Min-U Guides to Nikon DSLRs. The app provides quick, easy access to information by allowing the user to “drill down” through a topic until they find exactly what they need. For example, a new photographer may want to find out how to set the camera’s self-timer so he can appear in a group shot.
If you own more than one Nikon DSLR, please be sure to check out his biggest and newest app, ‘DSLR Mega HD’ for iPad, that contains eleven camera guides (D3, D90, D200, D300, D300s, D700, D3000, D3100, D5000, D5100 and D7000) bundled into on.
From the app’s opening screen the user selects a camera, then, as an example, the topic Setup Menu from among from other chapter/camera menu selections, then they pick Self-Timer Delay, where step-by-step instructions are found. A convenient alternative to carrying bulky, printed reference material, the app also includes a handy list of each camera’s Quick Specs, a troubleshooting checklist, error messages, supported standards, digital photography & DSLR lens glossaries, an iPad Camera Kit overview and recent Nikon product previews for 2011.
The opening screen of DSLR Mega HD consists of eleven cameras, leading to the main camera menu titles, each including a replica of the icon used on the camera display for that menu. The main camera related menu chapters include: Playback (modify playback settings and manage photos an movies), Shooting (configure shooting options), Custom Setting (fine-tune camera settings to your liking), Setup (basic camera configuration), Retouch (create trimmed or retouched copies of existing images), and My Menu/Recent Settings (your custom menu and options). There is also an additional chapter, [More], containing miscellaneous info (camera specs, buttons and dials diagrams, glossaries, error messages, etc.).
Touching any chapter activates a push transition, where the next page enters right to left, pushing off the current page. Similarly, touching any topic on the second page activates another push transition. This smooth, visually appealing navigation system makes moving up and down the hierarchically arranged chapters and sub-chapters intuitive and enjoyable, while faithfully representing the actual camera menus.
DSLR Mega HD v1.0 achieves an ideal balance between comprehensiveness and clarity. Most paragraphs are just a single sentence in length. Instructions contain no unnecessary words, and no unnecessary steps, with no ads, no cross-selling and no need for personal information. The goal of the adage “Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler,” has been achieved here with excellent results. Even when dealing with concepts prone to obfuscation (480p vs. 576p vs. 720p vs. 1080i), the Guide is always factual, straightforward, and easily understood.
Topics Include:
* Active D-Lighting - ADL Bracketing
* AF Area Modes - AE Lock
* AF Assist - Available Shutter Speeds with Flash
* AF Focus Area Selection - Control Panel Reference
* AF Focus Modes - Custom Settings
* Auto Low-Pass - Dust Reference Photo
* Filter (Sensor) Cleaning - Exposure Bracketing
* Battery Information - Exposure Compensation
* Color Spaces - Exposure Modes
* File Numbering Options - Flash Exposure Compensation
* Focus Lock - Flash Modes
* High-ISO Noise Reduction - Flash Output (FV) Lock
* Image Quality - Flash Sync Modes
* Image Size - Image Overlays
* LCD Brightness - Image Playback
* Long Exposure Noise Reduction - ISO Equivalency
* Manual Focus - Live View
* Memory Card Formatting - Manual Low-Pass Filter (Sensor) Cleaning
* Menu Reset - Maximum Flash Shooting Distances
* Metering Modes - Multiple Exposures
* Movies - Playback Options
* Picture Control - Scene Modes
* GPS
* Eye-Fi
* Reset to Defaults - Viewfinder Reference
* Self-Timer - White Balance Bracketing
* Shooting Modes - White Balance Options
Independent developer Ken Tidwell, creator of the Min-U Guides series, commented, “Now you can spend your time shooting more amazing digital photos instead of carrying and digging through lengthy reference materials. DSLR Mega HD v1.0 is organized in the same manner as all Nikon DSLR camera control menus, meaning that while you use it you also learn more about using your DSLR.”
Device Requirements:
* Compatible with iPad
* iOS 3.2 or later
* 28.7 MB
Pricing and Availability:
DSLR Mega HD v1.0 is $8.99 (USD) and available worldwide through the App Store in the Photography category. DSLR Mega HD v1.0 is up to date with current Nikon firmwares as of the 9.23.2011 release date. Review copies are available upon request.
DSLR Mega HD 1.0: http://kentidwell.net/wordpress/
Purchase and Download: http://itunes.apple.com/app/id466016766
Located in beautiful Portland, Oregon, the Min-U Guides team is an independent software company founded by Ken Tidwell in February of 2009. With over three decades developing software, Ken’s goal is to provide user guides, manuals, tutorials and iBooks for a broad range of products while leveraging the unique Mac/iOS platforms. Copyright (C) 2011 Ken Tidwell. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, iPod, and iPad are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. Nikon is a registered trademark of Nikon, Inc. All other trademarks may be the property of their respective owners.

FX Photo Studio HD 4.0

MacPhun has released version 4 of FX Photo Studio HD for the Apple iPad. The new version introduces a Masking Studio feature that allows users to apply effects to selected parts of an image, a Colour Splash tool that lets you add colours selecctively, seven new effects including a 3D filter, and brings performance improvements that may result in up to 2x faster processing with certain filters. FX Photo Studio HD 4.0 is available on iTunes for $1.99.

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3.5 & ACR 6.5

Adobe has released final versions of Lightroom 3.5 and Adobe Camera Raw (ACR) 6.5. Previously available as release candidates, these updates add support for a range of new cameras including the Nikon Coolpix P7100, Olympus E-PL3 and Sony SLT-A77 (pictured), among others. Lightroom 3.5 additionally includes a number of bug fixes.
Website: Adobe Lightroom 3.5 for Mac | Adobe Lightroom 3.5 for Windows
Website: Adobe Camera Raw 6.5 for Mac | Adobe Camera Raw 6.5 for Windows

Ritocca le foto delle tue vacanze in modo facile e veloce

COMUNICATO STAMPA

Ecco il nuovo MAGIX Photo & Graphic Designer 7 con la funzione Magic Erase*
Bologna, 5 settembre 2011 – Il nuovo Photo & Graphic Designer 7, il programma per l'elaborazione delle immagini di MAGIX è l'ideale per ritoccare alla perfezione le foto delle tue vacanze. Grazie alla nuova funzione "Magic Erase" sarà possibile eliminare elementi indesiderati dalla foto in un solo click. Oltre 130 nuovi formati RAW delle fotocamere più comuni consentono di ottenere la massima qualità delle istantanee. Il software di grafica completo di MAGIX presenta innovazioni non solo nel campo della fotografia. Le novità infatti riguardano anche Desktop Publishing e illustrazione: la nuova funzione "Magic Snap" ad esempio permette di ordinare e disporre con facilità i vari elementi sulla pagina grazie alla griglia magnetica. Oltre 100 nuove ClipArt fotorealistiche si aggiungono alle novità dell'ambito grafico del programma. MAGIX va oltre anche quando si tratta di immagini animate: il programma consente infatti di creare animazioni da immagini ed esportarle in formato video per poi usarle in slideshow e filmati. MAGIX Photo & Graphic Designer 7 è disponibile da subito a € 69,99 nei negozi e online su www.magix.com/it. La magia in un click: Magic Erase A volte anche nelle foto più belle che hai scattato spuntano alcuni elementi di disturbo: ombre, nuvole o altri soggetti sono solo alcuni esempi. Il nuovo strumento "Magic Erase" ti consente di eliminare gli elementi indesiderati dalle tue foto: basterà selezionare l'oggetto da cancellare e con un click farlo sparire. Il "vuoto" lasciato dall'elemento cancellato sarà colmato in automatico dagli altri pixel prelevati dalle aree circostanti. Tutto in qualità sorprendente a livello professionale. Inoltre sarà possibile eliminare da volti rughe o imperfezioni della pelle e increspature o grinze da vecchie foto scansionate. Inoltre, gli oggetti eliminati dalla foto - come nuvole o macchine ecc. - possono essere reinseriti nella foto in altri punti, dando vita a simpatiche immagini creative. La novità Magic Snap "Magic Snap" è il nuovo e pratico strumento per la disposizione degli elementi nella pagina. Durante la disposizione degli oggetti, alcune linee di "aggancio" dinamiche mostreranno gli angoli degli oggetti già presenti e punti centrali della pagina. Queste linee attirano magicamente l'oggetto, o per meglio dire, lo attraggono proprio come una calamita posizionandolo nel punto esatto della griglia. Anche distanze maggiori non sono un problema quando si proverà a mantenere simmetria e linee rette. Il programma presenta anche tanti altri miglioramenti come ad esempio l'aggiornamento automatico di oggetti identici che si ripetono nelle sotto-pagine, una panoramica ampliata delle pagine o opzioni di elaborazione attivabili tramite il tasto destro del mouse che garantiscono una procedura di lavoro più veloce. Creare foto, grafiche o biglietti di auguri: tutto da un'unica finestra di lavoro MAGIX Photo & Graphic Designer 7 non è un semplice programma di elaborazione grafica. Il software racchiude anche le applicazioni più avanzate per la fotografia digitale, il Desktop Publishing e l'illustrazione. Sarà così possibile integrare foto ritoccate in grafiche o progetti di Desktop Publishing, biglietti di auguri o volantini. Naturalmente sarà possibile creare questi documenti anche indipendentemente dalle foto: il programma infatti comprende un intero workflow per la grafica in un'unica area di lavoro che consente inoltre di visualizzare subito tutte le modifiche. Un'ulteriore spinta creativa proviene dagli oltre 3000 modelli, ideali per tutto ciò che può essere rappresentato visivamente. Il risultato potrà poi essere stampato e salvato in numerosi formati (es. PDF).

http://www.magix.com/it/elaborazione-delle-immagini/

http://magazine.magix.com/it/

http://www.magix.com/it/photo-graphic-designer/detail/

Here is the new MAGIX Photo & Graphic Designer with 7 function * Magic EraseBologna, September 5, 2011 - The new Photo and Graphic Designer 7, the program for image processing MAGIX is ideal for touching up photos to the perfection of your holiday. With the new "Magic Erase" will be possible to eliminate unwanted elements from photos in a single click. Over 130 new camera RAW formats allow you to get the most common top-quality snapshots. The complete graphics software MAGIX presents not only innovations in the field of photography. The fact also concern new desktop publishing and illustration: the new "Magic Snap" for example, allows you to easily sort and arrange the various elements on the page thanks to the magnetic grid. Over 100 new clip art photo-realistic graphics in addition to the new scope of the program. MAGIX beyond when it comes to animated images: the program makes it possible to create animations from images and export them to video format and then use them in slideshows and movies. MAGIX Photo & Graphic Designer 7 is available immediately at € 69.99 in stores and online at www.magix.com / en. The magic in one click: Magic Erase Sometimes even the best pictures you've taken some disturbing elements emerge: shadows, clouds or other parties are just some examples. The new tool "Magic Erase" allows you to remove unwanted elements from your photos: just select the object to delete and make it disappear with a click. The "vacuum" left by the element will be filled automatically deleted from the other pixels taken from the surrounding areas. All in amazing quality at a professional level. Also you can delete the faces of wrinkles or skin blemishes and wrinkles and creases from old photos scanned. In addition, the deleted objects from the picture - like clouds, or cars etc.. - Can be reinserted into the picture elsewhere, creating nice imagery. The new Magic Snap "Magic Snap" is a new and practical tool for the arrangement of the elements on the page. During the arrangement of objects, some lines of "engagement" show the dynamic corners of objects already present and the central points of the page. These lines magically attract the object, or rather, it attracts like a magnet in the exact positioning of the grid. Even longer distances are not a problem when you try to maintain symmetry and straight lines. The program also features many other improvements such as automatic updating of the items that are repeated in sub-pages, an overview of the pages or expanded processing options can be activated using the right mouse button to provide a procedure to work faster. Create photo, graphic or greeting cards: all from a single working window MAGIX Photo & Graphic Designer 7 is not a simple editing program. The software also contains more advanced applications for digital photography, desktop publishing and illustration. This will make it possible to integrate photos retouched graphics or desktop publishing projects, greeting cards or flyers. Of course, these documents can be created independently from the pictures: in fact, the program includes a full workflow for graphics in a single workspace that allows you to view all changes immediately. Another creative drive comes from over 3000 models, ideal for everything that can be represented visually. The result can then be printed and saved in several formats (eg PDF).

http://www.magix.com/it/elaborazione-delle-immagini/

http://magazine.magix.com/it/

http://www.magix.com/it/photo-graphic-designer/detail/

Come per rilevare difetti fisici in una Camera Lens Usato

Se un obiettivo della fotocamera è stato abusato, maltrattato, o è semplicemente logoro, non ci sono segni rivelatori che un acquirente informato può cercare di contribuire a valutare il valore o la loro mancanza di un obiettivo fotografico usato.

Vetro

Il vetro di una lente può avere numerosi problemi. Più facilmente rilevati sono graffi sugli elementi in vetro a vista. A volte, più leggeri graffi causati dalla tecnica di pulizia poveri possono essere presenti e sono più difficili da rilevare. Brillante luce riflessa è generalmente sufficiente per vedere "segni di pulizia". Esaminare l'obiettivo con la luce riflessa dalle superfici ad angoli diversi e si dovrebbe essere in grado di dire se eventuali graffi di luce sono presenti.
Macchie
Lenti sono in genere "multistrato" con strati di materiale non riflettente ottico. Questa riflessione della luce e riduce al minimo il lens flare e le immagini fantasma risultante associati alla più superfici riflettenti di questi dispositivi ottici complessi. "Macchie", le aree in multistrato dove si è macchiato o rimosso da un urto al difetto di vetro, la fabbricazione o una spruzzata di solventi sono difetti meno critiche a patto che siano molto piccole (<1mm di diametro) e pochi di numero. Un piccolo difetto non dovrebbe influire sulla riproduzione delle immagini.
Fungo

Un obiettivo che è stata conservata in un oscuro e umido (e / o ambiente umido) o memorizzati dopo aver bagnato può avere una fioritura fungo all'interno dell'obiettivo. Macchie confuse e filamenti miceliari sono entrambe cattive notizie. Il fungo può secernere un acido che incide il multistrato degli elementi lente, quindi, anche se si può smontare e pulire le lenti, tale danno permanente e in qualche misura, incidere sulla nitidezza della riproduzione dell'immagine della lente '.
Esaminare la lente di peering attraverso di essa dal lato monte lente e guardare una superficie brillante come un ombra luce opaca (non il sole!). Aprire il diaframma per essere sicuri di ottenere un buon sguardo. Se c'è qualcosa visibile all'interno della lente, questa non è una buona notizia. Il percorso della luce all'interno della lente dovrebbe essere completamente chiaro di qualsiasi opacità.
Polvere

A volte, poche particelle di polvere minuscole può essere notato quando si cerca in una lente. Soprattutto negli anziani, obiettivi zoom più grande, questo è normale e non influisce sulle prestazioni dell'obiettivo. Si consideri che la polvere impediranno circa 1 / 1000% della luce totale che viaggiano attraverso il vostro obiettivo, e che il punto focale della lente è ovunque da 12 pollici a 6 metri di distanza dall'obiettivo. L'effetto netto di queste minuscole particelle è trascurabile sulla riproduzione delle immagini.
Guardando nella parte anteriore della lente in pieno sole esporrà la presenza di eventuali particelle di polvere. (Non guardare attraverso l'obiettivo verso il sole, ma piuttosto, utilizzare la luce del sole - o di una brillante luce alogena da scrivania -. Per illuminare l'interno lente come si usa una lampada per leggere un libro) Se ritieni che un paio di particelle di polvere influisce sulle prestazioni dell'obiettivo, posto a destra stuzzicadenti di fronte a un obiettivo mentre si sta cercando attraverso il vostro mirino - non sarà nemmeno notare una differenza nella immagine nel mirino, in modo da poter vedere come un paio di granelli di polvere non influisce niente!

Apertura

Quando si collega una lente per un corpo della fotocamera, l'obiettivo è aperto alla sua massima apertura. Questo ti dà un mirino luminoso, mentre si compone la tua foto. Quando l'otturatore viene rilasciato, la fotocamera consente l'obiettivo di fermare fino al diaframma appropriato per l'esposizione e quindi apre l'apertura posteriore in modo che il mirino rimangono positive, il tutto in un batter d'occhio. Mentre la fotocamera permette attivamente l'apertura di chiudere alla dimensione richiesta durante l'esposizione, l'azione del diaframma è passivo nel senso che il movimento di apertura è "a molla" all'interno della lente di chiudere alle dimensioni richieste.
Quando l'olio è presente sul lamelle del diaframma, non c'è attrito dalla viscosità dell'olio e questo impedisce la rapida azione di chiusura durante l'esposizione. (Normalmente si potrebbe pensare di petrolio è un bene per la lubrificazione, ma in questo caso, lame secco muoversi più velocemente.) Nel momento in cui l'apertura si è fermato durante l'esposizione verso il basso (se ancora possibile, a seconda della quantità di olio presente), l'azione di scatto ha da tempo completato, e ogni foto è sovraesposta dalla troppa luce entra piano di posa.
Il tuo lamelle del diaframma sono olio su loro se il seguente aspetto:

Un obiettivo che è stata soggetta a calore eccessivo possono sviluppare un'apertura oleosa. Grasso dagli attrezzi di messa a fuoco liquifies dal fuoco e si sta facendo strada centrale nel corso del tempo nella zona di apertura dove si seminano il terrore. Questo è un moderatamente costoso negozio di riparazione macchina fotografica che richiede lo smontaggio completo e pulizia, e possono raddoppiare (o più) il costo di occasioni lente. Non lasciare mai la tua fotocamera attrezzi in auto sotto il sole estivo, in quanto questa è la causa più comune di questa riparazione!

Montare

Il supporto deve essere pulito e integro, ed i contatti d'oro dovrebbe essere pulita e mai indossato.

Messa a fuoco e zoom Anelli

La ghiera di messa dovrebbe girare senza problemi, (non significativo "dossi" o suoni rettifica) con un movimento leggermente inumidito per non girare troppo facilmente e "strisciare" quando non è toccato. L'azione messa a fuoco delle lenti AF design non è molto smorzato per minimizzare lo stress carico sul motore AF.
Lo zoom invece, dovrebbe avere un relativamente inumidito sentire. Lenti di età superiore o molto utilizzato sarà un po 'più libera a causa di usura, e più anziani, più pesante push-pull zoom probabilmente insinuarsi dentro o fuori quando si ha verso l'alto o verso il basso. Essi non devono scivolare via come una pietra caduta, comunque. Una perdita lieve azione di ammortizzazione è accettabile ed è previsto nei vecchi obiettivi, proprio come lo sterzo della vostra auto è un po 'impreciso dopo alcuni anni di utilizzo, ma non si desidera che il collare zoom scivolare nel fosso!

Siate consapevoli del background quando si riprende un ritratto

Three Tips by Scott Kelby from Manfrotto on Vimeo.
Here’s a quick and easy tip from Scott Kelby for portraiture: reduce the number of distracting elements in the shot by positioning yourself with the background in mind. Sure it’s a simple and obvious tip, but those are usually the kind that come in handy most often.

Ecco un consiglio rapido e facile da Scott Kelby per la ritrattistica: ridurre il numero di elementi di disturbo nella ripresa da posizionandoti con lo sfondo in mente. Certo, è un consiglio semplice e ovvio, ma questi sono di solito del tipo che tornare utile più spesso.

Canon EOS Adventure

Canon Europe has launched a campaign to educate and inspire entry level DSLR users about photography. The Canon ‘EOS Adventure’ campaign aims to encourage amateur photographers to take their photography adventure to the next level and hone their photography skills by providing inspiration, education and an opportunity to showcase their work on Yahoo! and Flickr. A competition is also part of the campaign, offering users the chance to win their very own EOS Adventure; an exclusive photography adventure in Kenya’s Masai Mara National Reserve with Canon’s wildlife photography experts, Jonathan and Angela Scott. Visitors to the EOS Adventure website will be encouraged to use their new photography skills and enter the resulting shots into the competition via the dedicated EOS Adventure page of the Yahoo! site. The Canon EOS Adventure competition will run in eight European countries (UK, Germany, France, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, Poland) until Sunday 20th November 2011.
Website: Canon EOS Adventure
Canon Press Release
Canon launches pan-European campaign to educate and inspire budding photographers
London, UK, 26th September 2011 – Canon Europe today launches a pan-European campaign to educate and inspire entry level DSLR users about photography. The Canon ‘EOS Adventure’ campaign combines a series of educational features, including video tutorials from leading professional photographers, together with a pan-European photography competition and media partnership.
Created to support the current pan-European EOS ATL campaign, the programme has been developed in collaboration with Yahoo! and includes a dedicated Canon EOS Adventure branded area on the Yahoo! website and Flickr gallery.
The EOS Adventure campaign aims to encourage amateur photographers to take their photography adventure to the next level and hone their photography skills by providing inspiration, education and an opportunity to showcase their work to the Yahoo! and Flickr communities.
The Canon branded area on Yahoo! contains a series of photography tutorials from four influential European photographers including commercial and brand photographer Adam Swords, wildlife photographer Jamie Crawford, creator of popular German photo magazine KWERFELDEIN Martin Gommel, and botanical photographer Rachel Warne. Each professional photographer will provide expert advice on developing photography skills, exploring different photography techniques including aperture and depth of field, exposure, movement and light.
A pan-European competition will run alongside the online assets and offer users the chance to win their very own EOS Adventure; an exclusive photography adventure in Kenya’s Masai Mara National Reserve with Canon’s wildlife photography experts, Jonathan and Angela Scott, ‘The Big Cat People’. Visitors to the EOS Adventure website will be encouraged to use their new photography skills and enter the resulting shots into the competition via the dedicated EOS Adventure page of the Yahoo! site. Canon’s judging panel will assess the entrants and pick the grand prize winner after the competition closes.
Users are encouraged to submit as many photos as possible under each different category to be in with a chance to win exclusive Canon products. For hints on tips on their photography skills, users can also upload their images to the Flickr gallery where Canon’s experts will be providing regular feedback.
Nigel Taylor, Marketing Communications Director at Canon Europe comments: “Our aim is to empower and inspire photographers of all levels to take their photography to the next level and explore just how much they can achieve with their DSLR. The EOS Adventure gives consumers the tools and knowledge they need to understand just how the Canon EOS System can kick start their photography adventure.”
James Tipple, VP Marketing, Yahoo! EMEA, comments: “The partnership between Canon and Yahoo! was a natural fit due to the huge community of passionate photography enthusiasts active on Yahoo! and Flickr. This is a fantastic example of how collaborating with brands such as Canon, Yahoo!, the premier digital media company, can create relevant and interactive digital media campaigns that truly engage with their target audience – with the power of the Science, Art and Scale.”
The Canon EOS Adventure competition will run in eight European countries (UK, Germany, France, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, Poland) from Monday 26th September 2011 until Sunday 20th November 2011.
Visit
UK: uk.news.yahoo.net/essentials-of-photography
FRANCE: fr.news.yahoo.net/les-essentiels-de-la-photo
GERMANY: de.news.yahoo.net/secrets-of-photography
ITALY: it.news.yahoo.net/i-segreti-della-fotografia
SPAIN: es.news.yahoo.net/secretos-de-la-fotografia
POLAND: pl.yahoo.net/tajniki-fotografii
NETHERLANDS nl.yahoo.net/geheimen-van-de-fotografie
SWITZERLAND German: ch.yahoo.net/secrets-of-photography
SWITZERLAND French: ch.yahoo.net/les-essentiels-de-la-photo
SWITZERLAND Italian: ch.yahoo.net/i-segreti-della-fotografia
or http://www.canon.co.uk/eosadventure for more information. 

Wacom Launches New Bamboo Tablets with Wireless Capabilities

Wacom has launched a new generation of its Bamboo tablets. The range of colourful interactive tablets includes the Bamboo Fun Pen & Touch (small/medium), the Bamboo Pen & Touch (small) and the Bamboo Pen (small). The lightweight Pen & Touch and Fun models now boast wireless capabilities, an improved design and a combination of multi-touch and pen-on-paper-feel technology. The Bamboo Pen & Touch is priced at £74.99, the Bamboo Fun Pen & Touch costs £89.99 (small) / £169.99 (medium), the Bamboo Pen retails for £49.99, while the new plug ‘n’ play wireless accessory kit can be had for £34.99.
Wacom Press Release
Enjoy computing with a boost of Bamboo
27/09/2011
Creating, editing and sharing images and documents is now made easier with the new wireless, interactive Bamboo pen tablet from Wacom
To meet the needs of the increasing number of social and creative computer users, Wacom today launches an all-new line-up of its market-leading Bamboo tablets. The multi-touch and pen tablets now boast wireless capability, allowing users more flexibility to bring ideas and creativity to life through an intuitive, versatile and fun computing experience.
Ideal for everyone that wants to create personalised digital content and use a more intuitive input device, Bamboo enables anyone to express their creativity. The range of colourful interactive tablets includes the Bamboo Fun Pen & Touch (small/medium), the Bamboo Pen & Touch (small) and the Bamboo Pen (small). The lightweight Pen & Touch and Fun models are now wireless capable and ideal for working while relaxing on the sofa or taking out and about. Users can benefit from hours of cable-less freedom. In addition, the improved design and combination of multi-touch and pen-on-paper-feel technology delivers a more connected, inspiring and fun way to use a computer.
Precise Pen & Multi-Touch Experience
For fast, easy navigation of PCs or Macs, all Bamboo tablets combine the pressure-sensitive, battery-free and cordless pen experience with multi-touch functionality that Wacom is renowned for. The pen’s design has been improved. Now offering a more aesthetic shape due a new soft touch grip area, improved pen buttons and new eraser shape, it still maintains the impressive 1024 pressure levels and enables users to make accurate cursor movements and handwritten notes. The multi-touch experience is enhanced and more intuitive, so sweeping with fingers over the tablet to scroll through documents, surf the web, rotate images or flick through photo galleries is quick and easy.
In addition, with Bamboo Paper, a seriously fun new Bamboo app, Wacom provides users with the ability to create virtual notebooks for their computers, letting them share their ideas visually with handwritten notes, sketches or doodles. Bamboo Paper is available as a free app in Bamboo Dock (which sits on a computer’s desktop). This ever-growing library of apps includes games and tools for creating and sharing.
An interactive tablet that is instinctive to use
“Consumers are becoming significantly more expressive and creative in their everyday digital life. With the new Bamboo generation, we offer the perfect tool to personalise content and to navigate, write, draw, paint and sketch in an enjoyable way,” says Rüdiger Spohrer, Vice President Marketing, Wacom Europe. “And this applies to office users wanting to add handwritten notes and scroll through documents quickly, to teenagers wanting to scrawl messages on their friends’ online photos. Bamboo interactive pen tablets deliver a new experience of working with a PC or Mac. We wanted to combine the best aspects of user interfaces into one interactive pen tablet that is second nature to use. With Bamboo, inspiration and expression become one, allowing our customers to explore computer input in ways they have not yet thought possible.”
Bamboo Pen & Touch
The new, effortless design of the Bamboo Pen & Touch is certainly eye-catching and sure to be a hit on anyone’s desk. The black tablet is framed with striking contrast colors of black and lime and includes a bay for the wireless accessory kit that is available separately. Four customizable express keys assist with easy navigation of computers, while the pen provides precision when creating. It’s the tactile connection with content through drawing, annotating, scribbling, painting and navigating that makes the Bamboo Pen & Touch so great to use. Bamboo Pen & Touch is priced at £74.99.
Bamboo Fun Pen & Touch
This is a silver tablet that makes a stylish impression and screams premium design. But underneath its luxurious, MacBook-esque exterior is a fun tablet that is instinctive and easy to use. Taking the features of the Bamboo Pen & Touch, it also comes with an outstanding software bundle: Adobe® Photoshop® Elements 8 (for the small) and 9 (for the medium) and ArtRage 3. The medium-sized tablet also comes with Corel Painter Essentials 4, which turns any computer into a digital canvas and the Bamboo pen into a multi-purpose paintbrush. The Bamboo Fun is ideal for creative work, whether retouching and editing or creating from scratch. Bamboo Fun Pen & Touch is priced at £89.99 (small) or £169.99 (medium).
Bamboo wireless accessory kit
Both Bamboo Fun Pen & Touch and Bamboo Pen & Touch tablets can now be used wirelessly to make the tablet more portable and easier to use remotely. The plug’n’play accessory kit includes a wireless dongle to connect the tablet wirelessly and simply to PCs, Macs and laptops. It is priced at £34.99.
The range is completed by Bamboo Pen (pen input only) which costs £49.99. All prices include VAT.
About Wacom
Wacom Europe GmbH is a subsidiary of Wacom Company, Ltd. (Tokyo Stock Exchange 6727). Founded in 1983, Wacom is a global company based in Japan with subsidiaries and affiliate offices around the world to support marketing and distribution in over 150 countries. Wacom′s vision to bring people and technology closer together through natural interface technologies has made it the world′s leading manufacturer of pen tablets, interactive pen displays, and digital interface solutions. The advanced technology of Wacom′s intuitive input devices has been used to create some of the most exciting digital art, films, special effects, fashion and designs around the world and provides business and home users with their leading interface technology to express their personality. Millions of customers are using its cordless, battery-free, pressure-sensitive pen technology.
The company also offers its products as OEM solutions to leading manufacturers serving incremental markets. Wacom′s interface technology, called Wacom Feel IT Technologies, is also offered as an integrated solution to strategic partners. Most Tablet PC manufacturers count on the advanced features and reliability of the brand to deliver a superior user interface experience.

Green Hills Software Supports Development of Phase One Digital Cameras

Green Hills Software, an independent vendor of embedded software solutions, has announced that its compilers, Green Hills Probe and MULTI integrated development environment (IDE) have been used by Phase One in the development of the Phase One IQ series digital cameras. “An 80-megapixel sensor generates a vast amount of photographic data—the typical image size is almost 500 Mbytes—and Phase One needed its new digital camera to process and stream the data through multiple channels at the same time,” the company said. According to Søren Ilsøe, software architect, Phase One, “Green Hills Software was able to support the processors faster than any other vendor and made their compiler and MULTI IDE available to us at an early stage… Green Hills is a very professional partner and its technical team supported us in a smooth and efficient manner, allowing us to concentrate on delivering our application on schedule.”
Green Hills Software Press Release
Green Hills Software Supports Development of Groundbreaking Phase One Digital Camera
Compilers, Green Hills Probe and MULTI IDE Used for 80MP Digital Camera
BOSTON, MA—(Marketwire - Sep 27, 2011) - Embedded Systems Conference 2011, Booth #409—Green Hills Software, the largest independent vendor of embedded software solutions, has announced that its compilers, Green Hills Probe and MULTI® integrated development environment (IDE) have been used by Phase One (http://www.phaseone.com/), a world-leading maker of professional digital photography equipment, in the development of the Phase One IQ series digital cameras. The IQ series, which features image resolutions of up to 80 megapixels, sets new standards for medium format camera system handling and performance.
Medium format cameras, which are commonly used by professional photographers, feature larger image sensors than consumer DSLR cameras enabling them to record images at much higher levels of definition. The IQ180, IQ160, and IQ140 cameras offer 80, 60.5, and 40 megapixels (MP) resolutions, respectively, allowing users to capture images of extremely high quality and detail reproduction.
An 80 MP sensor generates a vast amount of photographic data—the typical image size is almost 500 Mbytes—and Phase One needed its new digital camera to process and stream the data through multiple channels at the same time. The company implemented a number of high-speed serial interfaces on the main board that enabled the captured image data to be sent to the main processor, Compact Flash memory card, USB 3.0 or IEEE1394 (FireWire) ports simultaneously. This means, for example, that images can be viewed immediately after shooting on a tethered computer, allowing the photographer or client to quickly evaluate success and instigate any changes necessary.
Phase One evaluated a number of processors before embarking on the IQ series development and chose an ARM Cortex-A8 core as its main system processor. In conjunction with this, other ARM and dedicated slave processors are used to handle, for example, camera timing functions, the touch screen display and sensor data unloading.
According to Søren Ilsøe, software architect, Phase One, “Green Hills Software was able to support the processors faster than any other vendor and made their compiler and MULTI IDE available to us at an early stage. This allowed us to conduct a real evaluation of the hardware and simplified our selection process.” He continued, “Once the project started, our experience was that the MULTI toolchain and interconnect via the Green Hills Probe performed exactly as described. Green Hills is a very professional partner and its technical team supported us in a smooth and efficient manner, allowing us to concentrate on delivering our application on schedule.”
Christopher Smith, vice president marketing, Green Hills Software, commented, “The creativity shown by Phase One’s customers is mirrored in its own products, achieving exceptional quality and performance matched with groundbreaking ergonomics. Green Hills Software supports companies that need security, reliability and performance in their applications and we are pleased to have contributed in bringing a product as impressive as the IQ series digital camera to market.”
About Green Hills Software
Founded in 1982, Green Hills Software is the largest independent vendor of embedded development solutions. In 2008, the Green Hills INTEGRITY®-178B RTOS was the first and only operating system to be certified by NIAP (National Information Assurance Partnership comprised of NSA & NIST) to EAL6+, High Robustness, the highest level of security ever achieved for any software product. Our open architecture integrated development solutions address deeply embedded, absolute security and high reliability applications for the military/avionics, medical, industrial, automotive, networking, consumer and other markets that demand industry-certified solutions. Green Hills Software is headquartered in Santa Barbara, CA, with European headquarters in the United Kingdom. Visit Green Hills Software at http://www.ghs.com.
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