Software

Apple's iOS 17 will feature a new safeguard feature that will help adults avoid seeing unsolicited nude photos and videos.

Apple's reveal of iOS 17 during the WWDC 2023 keynote shows a clear focus on enhanced communication for iPhone users with several impressive new features for the Phone, FaceTime, and Messages apps, as well as several new quality of life updates. These include improved contact cards, live voicemails, stickers, better autocorrect and dictation, and even a nightstand mode.

Apple has announced a new Stickers system coming in iOS 17 that will allow iPhone and iPad users to effortlessly create sharable digital stickers using photos (and Live Photos).

Hasselblad has released firmware update 2.0.0 for the X2D medium format mirrorless camera that adds a ton of new features and usability enhancements that significantly upgrade its capabilities.

Estonia based software company Retouch4Me has announced two new Adobe Photoshop tools designed to help save time by automating retouching tasks: the Frequency Separation and Mattifier Plugins.

This month, Apple announced ProRes RAW plug-ins that lets camera makers provide their own ProRes RAW processing pipeline to take advantage of the unique properties of their cameras, sensors, lenses, and more.

Pixend is a new startup that claims its facial recognition technology can send photos to the people featured in them automatically, removing the manual step of distributing photos to the right people entirely.

Adobe is adding its Firefly generative artificial intelligence (AI) directly into Photoshop, allowing for a new Generative Fill function that can extend images or remove objects and giving the AI access to Photoshop's power and precision.

Google has announced a series of new features that are designed to support users with disabilities, including an expansion to Lookout which can now describe the contents of a photo and answer questions about it to support those who are blind or have low-vision.

Profoto is expanding its software solutions with Assetflow, a new workflow management tool designed to support e-commerce studios and streamline collaboration through an entire creative process.

Lux Camera, has announced a new app, Skylight Forecast, designed to predict evening light, helping photographers capture better sunset shots more consistently.

The Pixelmator Team has announced Photomator for Mac, a powerful new photo editor designed to "supercharge photo editing workflows" on macOS.

German startup Neurapix has created an artificial intelligence-based software that promises to significantly reduce the time photographers spend editing their photos in Lightroom.

DxO has released version 6 of the Nik Collection photo editing suite of plug-ins for Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom Classic.

Picsart -- one of the most popular mobile photo editors and graphic design tools -- has announced Spaces, a new in-app community designed to encourage creative connection and collaboration.

As a photographer, you know that streamlining your photography workflow is the best way to save valuable time.

Capture One has announced the 16.2 "spring" update that adds new features and artificial intelligence (AI) powered tools designed to speed up users' workflows.

Saturation is a new production management platform designed specifically for film and photo professionals that can act as a hub for financial management and production planning for everything from simple photo shoots to television shows.

Google is adding generative artificial intelligence (AI) into its Photos app in a feature called Magic Editor. In short, it allows users to completely change the content of their photos.

Pixotope, a leading software platform for end-to-end real-time virtual production, has announced Pixotope Pocket, a mobile app that "puts the power of a virtual production studio in the palm of your hand."

Apple has brought Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro to iPad to allow both video and music creators to edit their content without needing a full-size computer.

Panasonic has announced updated information concerning the Panasonic Lumix S5 IIX full-frame mirrorless camera's video features and announced a firmware update for the Lumix S5 II.

Microsoft is testing new features in its Photos app for Windows 11. Beta testers can now access a Spot Fix tool to remove blemishes and dust spots in photos and a new slideshow function.

Mylio, the company that first appeared back in 2014 as a photo organization and editing tool, is relaunching the Mylio Photos app as free-to-use for most users with the option to upgrade to a premium paid tier.

ON1 has announced a new version of Photo RAW that will include all of the improvements to Resize AI it announced last month as well as other enhanced features and an improved user experience.

Google is experimenting with ways to make Google Photos' search function significantly more powerful.

Fujifilm recently announced a new version of its Instax Share app for Android smartphones that removes essential features, including the ability for users to shoot with camera, utilize real-time templates, save photos, and access "my templates."

Digital photo editing has come a long way in the past two decades, and two software programs that have impacted the field are RawShooter and Lightroom.

Artificial intelligence (AI) company Runway has added support for 15-second videos generated by AI into an iOS app, allowing users to transform videos shot on iPhone into anything they can imagine.

Imagen AI has added the ability to manually adjust an editor's "Personal AI Profile," the company's name for the unique way that its artificial intelligence (AI) edits their photos using data from previously edited projects.

Insta360 has published a firmware update for its flagship action camera the X3 that adds the ability to use it as a webcam, improves the PureShot mode to allow for better and clearer photos, and makes it possible to import framing edits to a computer.

Skylum has released update 1.9 update Luminar Neo that brings a heavily-requested Undo/Redo functionally to the artificial intelligence-powered photo editing application.

The artificial intelligence-powered (AI) photo editor Neurapix has unveiled a new service that is able to deliver edited photos in real-time by eliminating the upload and download to and from the cloud steps entirely.

Stability.AI, the company behind Stable Diffusion, has announced a new artificial intelligence-powered upscaler that is capable of quadrupling the resolution of an image.

Picsart is launching its official Discord server, which will be free to access while offering an additional three paid tiers.

Peakto, an artificial intelligence-powered (AI) app for Mac that provides photographers a centralized view of all their images across numerous popular photo editing apps, has announced new compatibility with DxO PhotoLab and DxO PureRAW.

ProGrade Digital has updated its Refresh Pro computer software -- a tool for maximizing the performance of a card and monitoring product health -- with the ability to update the firmware of its memory cards.