Samsung’s Galaxy S23 Smartphones Use Lightroom for RAW Photo Editing
Samsung's new Galaxy S23 series smartphones now integrate Adobe Lightroom for RAW photo processing in the company's Expert RAW app as the default photo editor.
Adobe Says it isn’t Using Your Photos to Train AI Image Generators
In early January, Adobe came under fire for language used in its terms and conditions that seemed to indicate that it could use photographers' photos to train generative artificial intelligence systems. The company has reiterated that this is not the case.
Adobe May Be Using Your Photos to Train its AI
Adobe has added a "Content Analysis" section to its privacy and personal data collection permissions that, unless opted out of, opens photographers' images to being used to train the company's artificial intelligence and machine learning models.
Adobe Made $17.61 Billion in 2022, $10.46 Billion on Creative Cloud Alone
Adobe's Fiscal Year 2022 earnings have been released and the company achieved a record revenue of $17.61 billion, which represents a 15% year-over-year (YoY) growth. Creative Cloud revenue grew to 10.46 billion on its own.
Adobe’s Frame.io ‘Camera to Cloud’ Beta is Now Live on RED V-Raptors
Frame.io has made good on the promise to bring its camera-to-cloud functionality to RED cameras with the launch of V-Raptor and V-Raptor XL public beta today.
Canva Adds a Free and Unlimited AI Text-to-Image Generator
Canva, perhaps Adobe's greatest competition, has added a text-to-image generator powered by artificial intelligence (AI) to its app, giving its 100 million monthly active users access to the technology for free.
How Canon, Adobe, and Fujifilm’s Video Ads Reveal Business Strategies
Seeing television ads for cameras and camera products is not nearly as common as it used to be, but that is starting to change as companies realize they need more general consumer support to survive at a time when the market is shrinking.
Camera-to-Cloud RAW is the Start of the Computational Revolution
Adobe recently announced new Camera to Cloud integrations, following its recent acquisition of Frame.io. The Fuji X-H2S will become the first stills camera to natively shoot "to the cloud". This might seem like a niche feature, however look beyond the headlines and this could be a generational step change. Not only because of the ability save to the cloud (like Google Photos) but because of what this then enables.
NBP CMX2 Photoshop Plugin Updated, Now Faster and Works on Apple Silicon
NBP Retouch Tools has released a long-awaited update for the Color Map X Panel for Adobe Photoshop that brings full functionality to Apple Silicon (M1/M2), new Windows, and is fully compliant with the new Adobe UXP.
You Have to Pay a Subscription to Use Pantone Colors in Photoshop Now
Last year, Adobe announced that it would be dropping the Pantone color system from its software, including Photoshop. While the two companies said that the change would be minimally invasive to workflows, that doesn't appear to be the case.
Kwiketta Helps Mac Users Run Intel Photoshop on Apple Silicon
Kwiketta is a new free application that can launch Photoshop directly under Rosetta (the Intel Processor Emulation on Apple Silicon M1 and M2 Macs) and hands all files opened with it to Photoshop, letting creatives continue using legacy plugins and add-ons.
Adobe Can Use AI to Extend Photos Well Beyond Their Original Boundaries
Adobe has previewed a couple of examples of powerful artificial intelligence (AI) tools that make it possible to push a photo well beyond its original boundaries, both literally and from the perspective of its continued usability.
Adobe Teases AI That Can Create Impressive Composite Photos
Adobe is working on an artificially intelligent (AI) feature that will automatically blend different photos into one convincing composite with a single button press.
Nikon and Leica are Leading the Defense of Photojournalism
Discussion on the topic of "fake news" has become exhausting. Overall, it has lost its meaning. It has gone from referring to actually made-up stories to now just being thrown around for whatever topic someone doesn’t want to hear about.
Leica and Nikon Adding Content Authenticity Tech into Their Cameras
Adobe has announced a partnership between the Content Authenticity Initiative (CAI) and both Leica and Nikon which will allow the two camera companies to implement image provenance technology into two cameras: the M11 and the Z9.
RED and Fujifilm Users Can Now Send Video from the Camera to the Cloud
Adobe's Frame.io team has announced new Camera to Cloud (C2C) integrations with Red and Fujifilm, allowing for immediate and real-time uploading to Frame.io, where the footage may be edited, annotated, and approved remotely.
Adobe Lightroom Update Enhances AI Masks and Adaptive Presets
Adobe has announced new additions to the Lightroom suite, including AI-powered masking and better Adaptive Presets, which the company says will be rolling out to users this week.
Adobe Photoshop Update Improves Selections, Sharing, ACR, and More
Adobe has released what it calls a “major” update to Photoshop on desktop, Photoshop for iPad, and Photoshop for web. Adobe also announced “transformative new features in Adobe Camera Raw.
Canva Passes 100 Million Monthly Active Users, Nearly 4x That of Adobe
Canva, a super-simple creative software solution, has more than 100 million monthly active users, an explosion of growth that sees nearly four times as many users on the platform as rival Adobe has Creative Cloud subscribers.
Photoshop and Premiere Elements Get New AI-Powered Updates
Adobe has announced the 2023 updates to both Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements with a focus on making the apps -- which have historically been designed to be dead simple -- even faster to use and easier to understand.