Instagram has been accused of "shadowbanning" users and posts starting about a year ago, preventing tagged content from properly appearing in searches for those tags. After photographers and others complained last year, someone made a tool for checking to see if you've been shadowbanned. Now there's a new and improved one: Triberr's Instagram Shadowban Test.
Microsoft has launched a new app called Photos Companion that allows you to easily transfer photos from your smartphone straight to your Windows 10 PC.
DPRSplit is a new utility by LibRaw (the makers of FastRawViewer and RawDigger) that lets you squeeze extra dynamic range out of Canon 5D Mark IV RAW files. It may sound like magic, but the program works by separating the data captured by the DSLR's Dual Pixel sensor.
Cascable, the iOS app that provides software tools for "modern day" photographers, has just added "Recipes" to the app's list of features. These are automation tools for mobile photographers.
Adobe just announced a new wave of updates to the entire Lightroom CC ecosystem, from Lightroom CC and Classic CC on desktop to the mobile apps for iOS and Android.
The popular photo editing software Aurora HDR just reached lofty new heights: Apple has selected Aurora HDR 2018 as the Best Mac App of the Year for 2017.
SnapBridge is Nikon's official app that enables users to "easily and seamlessly" share images and control certain Nikon cameras from a smartphone or tablet. Nikon just released version 2.0 of the app, which brings a number of new features, including full manual control and a revamped user interface.
Fujifilm just announced the official launch of X RAW STUDIO, a new RAW conversion software that aims to speed up the conversion of RAW files by offloading the processing to a connected Fujifilm camera.
Apple's new iOS 11 introduced a big move from JPEG files to HEIF files for photos. The change helps cut storage use in half without hurting quality, but application support for HEIF files has so far been rather lacking. That's beginning to change, though: Zoner announced today that its Photo Studio X just became the first Windows photo editor to support HEIF files.
In its latest effort to stay competitive in the world of photo sharing, Snapchat has quietly released an interesting new feature: photo filters powered by image recognition.
Did you know that hidden within Photoshop CC are a number of "easter eggs" that customize the photo editing app in wacky ways? Three that you can activate in the latest version of Photoshop CC are "Layer Monkey," the "Banana Toolbar," and "Coffee & Toast."
Facebook has just introduced the ability to share high-resolution photos on its Messenger app. This makes for a much better, and less compressed, visual user experience for the countless people who send photos to one another every day through the popular app.
Instagram may soon become a lot more interesting for photographers in search of inspiration. The photo sharing service is apparently testing allowing users to follow hashtags in addition to other users.
VSCO has just introduced Recipes to its popular mobile photo editing app, enabling users to create and share presets that allow for quick applications of certain looks and styles to photos.
Want to take your iPhone 7 Plus or 8 Plus beyond Portrait mode? Focos is an app that takes bokeh to the next level while also giving you the ability to choose your focus point after your shoot your photos.
Want a faster way to add relevant hashtags to your Instagram photos? Photerloo wants to help. The photo management service has launched a new free web tool that uses machine learning to automatically keywords for any photo.
Pika is a new bot friend that "explores the world" with children through the use of a smartphone camera. The concept combines the camera with computer vision and augmented reality.
California-based software developer Macphun (soon to be Skylum) has announced Luminar 2018, a digital photo editor and organizer that's aiming to be a direct competitor to Adobe Lightroom.
A day after Adobe announced the new Lightroom CC and Lightroom Classic CC, Macphun began teasing the fact that it's currently building a competitor to Lightroom. It'll be a photo manager that'll work with both hard drives and the cloud. The short video above is a sneak peek.
Nude is a new app for iOS devices that will automatically identify and hide all of your sensitive photos, protecting them from prying eyes and making your Camera Roll safe to share with family and friends.
Windowed is a simple new app that finally lets you upload to Instagram directly from your Mac or PC desktop.
Control Room is a new app that turns your smartphone or tablet into an external control panel for Lightroom photo editing. This means you can control adjustments through the screen on your phone while watching those adjustments affect the large photo open in Lightroom on your computer.
ON1 just announced a new version of its Photo RAW photo software, which is using crowdsourced ideas to become an ultimate RAW processor. This latest version has a number of new features and improvements, including HDR, panorama stitching, and more.
Blocker is a new augmented reality app that could change the way you plan your next shoot. The app allows you to "shoot" with a variety of over 400 different virtual camera types, introducing objects into the real scene in front of you via your smartphone's camera.
Kodak Moments, the consumer printing arm of Kodak, has launched a new Facebook Messenger chatbot. Its purpose: to try and sell you prints of your old photos.
Google today rolled out the latest version of its Snapseed photo-editing application. Version 2.18, available for Android and iOS users, features a fresh new user interface and new presets.
Obeying local law when flying your drone is paramount, but those laws vary from country to country – with some not allowing drones in at all. To help with planning, blogger and frequent traveler Anil Polat has created a map of the world with the laws of each country.
Back in August 2015, Instagram introduced support for landscape and portrait orientation images. This was great news for photographers, as getting rid of the forced square aspect ratio stopped the need for ugly crops. Earlier this year they introduced the ability to upload multiple photos at once, but this brought the return of the square aspect ratio.
Facebook has updated its mobile app for both iOS and Android with support for capturing and sharing 360° photos without any extra hardware required.
cinnac is a new social network for photographers who want to filter out poor photos, ensuring that they only upload the best of the best, using means-tested ratings from a community.