ON1’s Sky Swap AI is Now Available as Standalone App
ON1's impressive sky swap technology is now available as a standalone app.
ON1 Makes Good on Promise, Adds Plugin Support for Capture One
ON1 has announced that its Effects, Portrait AI, Resize, and HDR plugins are now compatible with Capture One. The latest versions of these plugins were announced last year with the promise for Capture One support "soon." That promise has been fulfilled.
ON1 Launches New Versions of its Four Professional Plugins
ON1 Software has announced the 2021 Professional Plugin Series which features new versions of ON1 HDR, ON1 Effects, ON1 Resize, and ON1 Portrait AI. The plugins are compatible with a host of popular editing applications, with the promise of more support coming.
Loupedeck and Adobe Team Up on Bespoke Photoshop Plugin
Part of Adobe's big Photoshop update today was the announcement of a new "plugin experience," including a bespoke Plugin Marketplace and special Plugin Launchpad. And one of the first photography companies to take advantage of the new experience is editing console maker Loupedeck.
Remove.bg Brings 1-Click Background Removal to Photoshop
Remove.bg is a popular web app that can cut subjects out of backgrounds in photos in just seconds without any input from the user. After receiving quite a bit of press coverage in late 2018, the app just announced a new free Photoshop plugin that provides one-click background removal.
The Nik Collection is No Longer Free, But It’s Alive
The Nik Collection is finally getting its long-awaited update. DxO has just announced Nik Collection 2018, the first major new version of the popular software suite under the ownership of DxO.
Shutterstock’s New Photoshop Plugin Steps All Over Adobe Stock’s Toes
In a feat of creative "appropriation" on-par with the whole Instagram/Snapchat Stories release, Shutterstock is stepping all over Adobe Stock's toes by releasing a powerful Photoshop plugin that does the exact same thing.
Piccure Plugin Magically Reduces Camera Shake, Beats Adobe to the Punch
A couple of weeks ago, we shared a sneak peek of Adobe's upcoming Shake Reduction Tool for Photoshop that has been dropping jaws ever since an advanced preview was debuted all the way back in October of 2011. The tool selects a section of the image, uses some complicated calculations to determine how the camera was moving when the photo was taken, and then remove the blur -- pretty incredible stuff.
But it looks like Adobe has been beaten to this magical release by the small startup Intelligent Imaging Solutions and their newly announced Photoshop plugin Piccure.
ElementsXXL Plug-In Makes Photoshop Elements Much More Photoshop-Like
Amateurs just getting into post-processing sometimes opt to purchase the much cheaper Photoshop Elements over spending the hundreds more it would cost to get the industry standard pro version. Unfortunately, the gap in features between Elements and the upgrade leaves a lot to be desired, which is why the ElementsXXL plug-in came to be.
ElementsXXL is a Windows-only plug-in that brings a massive list of features previously reserved for the full-featured Photoshop to Elements -- all for only $50.
Artist Defends Photoshop Plug-In After Lawsuit Threat by Famous Photog
Young artist Scott Blake's article about his altercation with photographer and painter Chuck Close starts with a simple question: "When one of the world’s richest living artists orders you to stop making art, you do it. Or do you?" It's been two years since Close, who is referred to in the article as "the wealthy bully," put a stop to Blake's Chuck Close Photoshop plug-in by threatening a lawsuit, and Blake still hasn't managed to put what he sees as the injustice of the whole situation behind him. Hence, his article.