Software

When shooting on a digital camera, it’s considered fairly standard practice to shoot in a raw format or raw + JPEG. The reasoning for this is simple: shooting in a raw format like Nikon’s .NEF, Canon’s .CR3, or Sony’s .ARW will record the full, unprocessed, unadulterated data from your camera’s sensor, preserving as much dynamic range and detail as possible allowing you maximum flexibility in post to push and pull the image before exporting it as a JPEG or PNG.

Amaran, known for its diverse lighting solutions, has announced a new app for mobile and desktop platforms that wireless controls lights. While targeted at content creators, the app also controls Aputure lights, which are heavily used by photographers and filmmakers.

Frame.io Version 4 now allows photographers to send photos directly from a compatible camera to Adobe Lightroom, the software of choice for many working pros.

Captured is a new photography platform built to "revolutionize the event photography industry" through advanced facial recognition technology.

The parent company of TikTok, ByteDance, has debuted a new text-to-video AI app, Jimeng AI, in China, paving the way for a future where TikTok features a bevy of AI-generated videos.

Skylum has announced the next major update to its photo editing software, Luminar Neo. This October, the update will introduce several "cutting-edge" enhancements driven by improvements in generative AI technology.

A huge Insta360 app update has arrived, promising smarter artificial intelligence (AI) and significantly easier 360-degree video editing.

Blackmagic Design released a new update for its Blackmagic Camera app, bringing new remote control and monitoring features to iPhone filmmakers.

According to an unredacted Federal Trade Commission (FTC) complaint against Adobe, one company executive said that the early termination fees were "a bit like heroin for Adobe" and that removing them would be a "big business hit."

Cyme, creator of the AI-powered photo management software, Peakto, has released Peakto 2.0, a significant update with many powerful new features.

Adobe has released a new Photoshop update, adding new selection and adjustment brushes, leveling up Firefly's text-to-image from beta to public release, and improving Photoshop's type tool.

Topaz Labs, known for its AI-powered photo editing tools, like Photo AI 3 and Gigapixel 7, has launched Video AI Pro, what it calls "the first commercially available AI video enhancement tool for enterprise creative teams."

Back in March 2021, Apple began letting its users easily move their photos from iCloud to Google Photos. More than three years later, Google is allowing people to do the reverse and transfer their images from Google Photos to Apple iCloud.

Nikon has launched Nikon Imaging Cloud, a free cloud service that offers camera-to-cloud (C2C) transfer and image storage, plus over-the-air camera firmware updates.

Serif Affinity, recently acquired by Canva, is giving away access to its entire suite of creative apps for six months. While free trials for software like this isn't unusual, the length of this one means photographers will be able to give the Adobe alternative a solid try without feeling rushed.

In an interview with The Verge, Canva's CEO Melanie Perkins says that the design world needs more alternatives to Adobe, which is part of why her company purchased Serif Affinity earlier this year.

While Adobe has emphatically responded to the backlash surrounding its terms of use, and done so in a reasonably effective way, that hasn't stopped some other companies from taking swings at Adobe.

Every photographer encounters image quality issues at some point. Blurry or out-of-focus photos from shaky hands, grainy or noisy images caused by high ISO settings, too dark pictures due to low-light conditions, or low-quality or pixelated lacking details when zooming in – these are all common frustrations.

Wondershare's Filmora is a handy video editor powered by artificial intelligence (AI), and it just got a big upgrade.

Digital asset platform Artlist just added a new artificial intelligence-power voiceover tool for creators, representing another player in the latest wave of video editing.

If you have seen video clips from AI video generators such as OpenAI's Sora, you will notice that there is no sound attached to them but Google's DeepMind research laboratory may have come up with a solution.

The updates to Final Cut Pro for iPad and Mac that were announced earlier this year as well as the video capture app Final Cut Camera are available today.

Tech privacy company Proton announced new photo and video backup capabilities on iPhones Thursday, giving users a new way to save their memories.

Consider this scenario: as a professional photographer, you were all set for an exciting photoshoot with your client. But despite your best efforts, it didn’t go as planned.

Neurapix is AI-powered software designed to help professional photographers save time and energy when processing and editing photos. While there's a lot of great discussion about AI in photography, many users feel comfortable with AI that reduces friction in their workflow.

Less than two weeks after significant outrage concerning Adobe's Terms of Use, fueled in part by poor communication, a lack of trust, and good old-fashioned misinformation, Adobe has delivered its promised revised Terms of Use, complete with new explainer text and assurances.