2014年6月19日星期四

Adobe Lightroom 5.5 is Available for Download [feedly]



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Adobe Lightroom 5.5 is Available for Download
// Canon Rumors

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Lightroom 5.5 is now available as a final release on Adobe.com and through the update mechanism in Lightroom 5.  The goal of this release is to provide support for Lightroom mobile, additional camera raw support, lens profile support and address bugs that were introduced in previous releases of Lightroom.

Release Notes

New Camera Support in Lightroom 5.5

  • Canon PowerShot G1 X Mark II

New Lens Profile Support in Lightroom 5.5

Mount Name
Canon   Sigma 50m F1.4 DG HSM A014
Canon   Sigma 18-200mm F3.5-6.3 DC MACRO OS HSM C014
Canon   Tamron 16-300mm F3.5-6.3 Dill VC PZD MACRO B0163

Bugs Corrected in Lightroom5.5

  • Improved responsiveness in Develop module while Lightroom mobile sync is occurring.
  • Custom Develop module default settings were not syncing correctly to Lightroom mobile.
  • Initial rendition in Develop would sometimes appear posterized.
  • Undo function failed and applied a preset instead.
  • Scaling looked inaccurate when scaling to 200% in Windows.
  • Manual slideshows sometimes did not advance to the next slide as expected.
  • Aspect ratio changed when modifying the crop rectangle and when rotating the crop
  • Image flips between portrait and landscape after switching orientation while shooting tethered with Leica S cameras.
  • Fixed issue with Fujifilm X-T1 raw images appearing too bright at high ISO settings when using Dynamic Range 200% and 400%. Unfortunately, this fix may affect the appearance of existing images captured with this combination of settings. It is recommended that you (1) purge the Camera Raw cache via the Preferences dialog, and (2) review images shot at ISO settings higher than 1600 for unexpected brightness changes.
  • Fixed image quality issue (noisy result) when applying spot healing to floating-point (HDR) images.

Download Links:

Lightroom 5.5:

Mac – http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=5791

Win – http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=5792

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Adobe Makes $9.99/mth Photography Plan Permanent [feedly]



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Adobe Makes $9.99/mth Photography Plan Permanent
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New Creative Cloud Technology Connects Latest Photography Tools; New Photoshop Mix Debuts for iPad
 
SAN JOSE, Calif. — June 18, 2014 — Adobe (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced the availability of the new Adobe Creative Cloud Photography plan. Designed for anyone interested in photography, the new plan brings together — for USD$9.99 per month — Photoshop CC and Lightroom 5, two tools that have fundamentally impacted how photographs and imagery shape our visual culture, as well as Lightroom's breakthrough mobile apps on iPad and now iPhone. Also introduced today is the all-new Photoshop Mix, a new iPad app that provides access to powerful Photoshop features normally confined to the desktop, enabling compositing and transformative edits while on the go. Built using the new Adobe Creative SDK (see separate release), Photoshop Mix delivers new levels of Adobe imaging precision and magic to mobile users.
 
"With our Lightroom products alone managing over 100 billion images, we know there's a huge appetite from photography enthusiasts to have powerful, world-class software available on their mobile devices as well as their computers," said Winston Hendrickson, vice president, digital imaging, Adobe. "With Photoshop, Lightroom and new mobile photo apps, we've created the most complete photography solution on the planet, ensuring that anyone interested in photography can be creative with their images, no matter where they are."

Join Creative Cloud Photography Plan $9.99mth


Create and Manage Beautiful Images in Photoshop CC and Lightroom 5
Photoshop CC, part of the Creative Cloud Photography Plan, was updated, with stunning new features — as part of a milestone release of Adobe Creative Cloud. Features for photographers, include:

  • Perspective Warp – The recently introduced capability for fluidly adjusting the perspective of a specific part of your image without affecting the surrounding area.
  • Blur Gallery motion effects – Two new additions, Path Blur and Spin Blur create a sense of motion, even if not originally captured with a camera, enabling photographers to tell their story or express just the right feeling in an image. There's also faster performance when creating blur effects with the Mercury Graphics Engine delivering a performance boost with OpenCL.
  • Focus Mask – Lets Photoshop CC create the first step of a mask by automatically selecting the in-focus areas of an image. The Focus Mask feature works great with headshots and other images that have shallow depth of field.
  • Content-Aware color adaptation improvements – Previously when using Content-Aware features, if a selected area contained smooth gradients, it didn't necessarily appear in the final image. Now retouched images using Content-Aware Fill, Move, and Patch gets more seamless and realistic. Additionally, new technology blends areas containing gradients, like skies, to give exceptional results.
  • Improved stylus support and experimental features for Windows 8.1 – Enjoy smoother brush strokes and a simple out-of-the-box experience with expanded stylus support for Windows 8.1. Turn on experimental features for touch and gesture controls and bigger touch targets on devices like Surface Pro 3.

The Creative Cloud Photography plan includes Lightroom 5 desktop software, a staple for all photographers, making digital photography easier, faster, and more amazing. Photographers can experiment without limits in a nondestructive editing environment and perfect shots with advanced controls for tone, contrast, color, and more. Efficient organizing tools help sort thousands of photos and make it simple to share them almost anywhere.

Mobile Solutions Takes Serious Photography Work Anywhere
Following its April 2014 release on iPad, Lightroom mobile is now available for iPhone. Lightroom mobile for iPhone and iPad provide the most efficient way to manage and edit images across desktops, mobile devices and the Web. The apps can automatically import images from the iPhone camera roll and sync back to a Lightroom catalog on the desktop. Lightroom mobile provides photography essentials, including non-destructive processing of files using Smart Preview technologies to enable professional class photo editing from the confines of the desktop. Quickly apply star ratings, flag or reject images and edit them on iPhone and iPad. Edits and metadata changes automatically sync back to the Lightroom catalog on the desktop and are also viewable from any Web browser at lightroom.adobe.com. Lightroom mobile photo collections are also accessible for users of Adobe Voice, the recently introduced free animated video storytelling app.

Photoshop Mix, provides a connected mobile workflow to Creative Cloud, aimed at anyone who wants access to powerful editing tools on their mobile device. Open Adobe Photoshop documents, individual layers from PSDs, and images from Lightroom mobile. Easily apply looks, create advanced selections and masks, and access advanced Photoshop features like Upright, Content-Aware Fill, and Camera Shake Reduction to take creativity on the go. Then export your layered and masked composition to Photoshop CC for further refinement on the desktop. Share work, or even save it to a Photoshop document for a mobile workflow that works seamlessly with Photoshop CC.

Technology Optimized for Mobile Photography
The Creative Cloud Photography plan's desktop and mobile apps are connected by a powerful technology designed to enable users to edit and sync photos non-destructively from anywhere. By combining the same non-destructive editing pipeline found in Lightroom and Adobe Camera Raw, with Adobe's renowned Smart Preview technologies, the amount of information being moved between apps is minimized, without compromising the end result. This gives users confidence that edits will be saved while being able to access their images with unprecedented speed, no matter what device.

Pricing and Availability
Creative Cloud Photography plan is available at $USD9.99 per month. For additional details, please visit: Creative Cloud Photography Plan $9.99mth.

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Adobe发布正式版Lightroom 5.5和ACR 8.5 [feedly]



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Adobe发布正式版Lightroom 5.5和ACR 8.5
// nPhoto新摄影在线杂志

adobe发布正式版lightroom 5.5和adobe camera raw 8.5,新版软件增加对佳能g1 x mark ii、索尼a7s/rx100 iii/a77 ii、宾得645z、奥巴e-m10、松下gh4等新机型的支持。

此外,新版软件还增加了一些新镜头数据文件,并修复部分bug。

新增加支持机型


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iPhone版Lightroom mobile开放下载 [feedly]



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iPhone版Lightroom mobile开放下载
// nPhoto新摄影在线杂志

adobe公司正式开放下载iphone版lightroom mobile,通过该app不仅可以编辑管理手机、ipod touch中的照片,利用creative cloud云服务还可实现手机、平板、电脑等多平台之间的文件、编辑同步功能,这意味着用户对照片的操作都可同步到所有设备当中。

相对于前段时间公布的ipad版本,iphone版进行了多处改进,以适应单手操作。同样的,这款app本身免费,但需要开通adobe creative cloud创意云服务(最低订阅价格9.99美元/月),最低硬件要求为运行ios 7系统的iphone 4s。

点此前往app store下载iphone版lightroom mobile


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解決黑夜未能成功對焦的4個方法 [feedly]



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解決黑夜未能成功對焦的4個方法
// 攝影入門Photography Tips for Beginners - 攝影技巧教學

若果你有拍攝夜景,你也許有試過按下快門時未能成功拍攝,其中一個原因便是因為相機未能對焦,所以便鎖定拍攝功能,使相機不能拍攝,那麼遇到這個情況時有甚麼解決方法呢?一起來看看!

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(一) 尋找發光物體來自動對焦

只要有光便可以成功對焦,雖然有時發光的物件(如街燈、月亮等)不會正正落在對焦點上,這時我們可以藉著移相機的對焦點來對焦在發光的物體,但一定要留意該發光的物件需要跟原本要對焦的距離一樣,例如原本是想對焦在山頂上(無限遠),但因為太暗而對焦不了,這時可以對焦在有月亮的天空上(發光物),結果一樣是無限遠,這時便可以成功拍攝了!

(二) 利用外來光源來協助自動對焦

有時若果要對焦的物件是在前景,例如晚上的涼亭,但因為現場沒有足夠光線,所以自動對焦失效,這時我們可以先保持自動對焦,然後打開手電筒照亮物件,半按成功對焦後,然後把相機設定為手動對焦。完成後便可以免卻對焦的步驟,專心構圖和設定光圈快門便可。但使用這個方法時務必要留意設定好手動對焦後相機的位置不要移動和避免移動到鏡頭上的對焦尺(如果有),否則便要從新對焦。

(三)直接改用手動對焦

最簡單的方法(但對新手為最困難的)便是完全使用手動對焦了,對於擁有電子觀景器(EVF)或是可以用實時顯示的相機會比較方便,有些甚至可以放大景像來對焦,增加成功的機會。

(四) 使用預設對焦點

這個方法在拍攝「無限遠」時的景物特別有用,像是拍攝星空相片等。原理便是預先做了第二點提及到的步驟,但可以於光線充足時完成,把鏡頭對焦在無限遠,然後在鏡頭上標示「對焦在無限遠」的位罝(可以用貼紙),到使用時便可以直接調到手動對焦並把對焦環調到標示上,非常方便快捷!

在黑夜中對焦其實當熟習了後便會很容易,若果對拍攝夜景有興趣,可以參考這篇教學文章

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2014年6月18日星期三

Apple 推出低價款 iMac,售價 HK$8,388 / NT35,900 [feedly]



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Apple 推出低價款 iMac,售價 HK$8,388 / NT35,900
// Engadget 中文版

21-inch iMac

如果一直以來售價都是你購買 iMac 的唯一障礙,那在今天,我們有一個好消息要告訴你了。就在剛才,Apple 推出了一款低價版的 21.5 吋 iMac,其售價為 HK$8,388 / NT35,900,搭載了 1.4GHz Core i5 處理器(和 MacBook Air 用的一樣)、8GB 記憶體、500GB HDD(也可選配 1TB HDD 或 256GB SSD)和 Intel HD Graphics 5000 顯示卡。對那些在等 Broadwell 版新 iMac 的人來說,這款產品想必還不夠吸引。但若是入門級用戶或初次投奔 Mac 陣營的話,或許可以考慮一下。

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Apple Launches New Cheaper 21.5-Inch iMac Starting at $1,099 [feedly]



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Apple Launches New Cheaper 21.5-Inch iMac Starting at $1,099
// MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors - All Stories

While rumors last week indicated that Apple would be launching minor updates to its iMac line, Apple today unveiled a new lower-cost iMac at $1,099.

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The new entry-level 21.5-inch iMac comes with a 1.4GHZ dual-core Intel i5 processor, a 500GB hard drive, 8GB of memory, and an Intel HD 500 Graphics chip for $1,099. All of Apple's other 21.5-inch and 27-inch iMacs are still available as well.

Apple is also rumored to be working on Retina Display-equipped iMacs, as recent evidence in the OS X Yosemite developer preview suggested such models were in the works. While there is no specific release date for a Retina iMac, Apple could launch the new desktop computer later this year.

Apple's new entry-level iMac is available today through Apple's various retail locations and online store, and shows an availability of "within 24 hours."







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