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PhotoGIMP for Linux tries to turn GIMP into a more Photoshop-like experience

24 Jun

For Linux users, Adobe doesn’t offer any of their Creative Cloud software, including Adobe Photoshop. Linux users have long had GIMP, which is a capable photo editing alternative to Photoshop. Although similar in functionality to Photoshop, GIMP’s default appearance is quite a bit different. With a new patch for GIMP 2.10, called PhotoGIMP, users can achieve a much more similar user interface to Photoshop.

PhotoGIMP’s major contributors are Diolinux and yevklim, and the PhotoGIMP Patch has been designed for people with experience with Photoshop. As pointed out by John Aldred at DIY Photography, more users have been turning to Linux for their operating system needs. The result is that there are photographers used to Photoshop who are now needing to learn the ropes with GIMP instead. When you boot up the standard version of GIMP, you immediately see that the layout of tools is very different from Photoshop. Not only this, but the keyboard shortcuts users have committed to memory often work differently in GIMP. This is where PhotoGIMP comes in. By making GIMP look and act more like Photoshop, it should dramatically reduce the learning curve.

As you can see in this screenshot, PhotoGIMP looks quite similar to Adobe Photoshop in terms of organization, tool location and the overall user interface. Image credit: PhotoGIMP on Github

The primary features of the PhotoGIMP patch for GIMP are as follows:

  • Similar tool organization and layout to Adobe Photoshop
  • Hundreds of new fonts that mimic those available in Photoshop
  • New Python-based filters, such as ‘heal selection’
  • Default settings maximize the space on the canvas
  • New splash screen
  • Following Adobe documentation, in-app shortcuts are set similarly
  • New icon and name using a custom .desktop file

YouTube channel Novaspirit Tech recently published a video overview of PhotoGIMP, including a quick comparison showing the differences in user interface between the standard version of GIMP and PhotoGIMP.

While PhotoGIMP does not include all the same tools and features of Photoshop, it appears to look the part. For installation instructions, refer to the PhotoGIMP github page.

Articles: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

 
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Capture One Film Styles Pack tries to capture the ‘old analog feeling’ with 15 new presets

24 Oct

Phase One just released a new ‘Film Styles Pack’ for those Capture One users who, in the company’s words, “long to create the feel and texture from the days of analog photography.” Translation: you can now get several sought after ‘film looks’ within Capture One thanks to a fancy new preset pack.

The Film Styles Pack was launched this morning, and seeks to recreate the ‘colors, contrast and grain’ of analog photography through 15 different ‘looks’, each of which is available in three strengths for a total of 45 presets—33 in color and 12 in black & white.

This intro video gives you a good overview of the Pack and how these presets work:

And here is a before-and-after sample gallery for your perusing pleasure:

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The Film Styles Pack is available today for $ 70 USD (70 Euro) from the Phase One e-store. To learn more about the presets or pick it up for yourself, click here.

Press Release

New Capture One Film Styles Pack Captures that Old Analog Feeling

COPENHAGEN, October 23, 2017 – Phase One today released The Film Styles Pack. This newest Styles Pack is designed for photographers who long to create the feel and texture from the days of analog photography. For artistic visions attracted to the colors, contrast and grain of these analog images, Capture One Film Styles help photographers get one step closer to creating this special atmosphere in their images.

This latest release delivers 15 different “looks,” each in three different strengths, from subtle to regular to strong, for a total of 45 different Styles. The pack includes 33 in color and 12 in black and white. The Capture One Film Styles may be the most versatile pack so far, given the wide variety of available options.

Capture One Film Styles give photographers a head start in the editing process, providing a solid foundation of adjustments for a faster workflow. Styles function as inspiration, providing a quick view of images, with a variety of editing options. The three-split-variation of each Film Style makes the pack easily applicable across various types of images and helps the photographer maintain full control of the editing process.

For Styles examples and usage guidelines, please see: phaseone.com/styles

View promotion video: https://youtu.be/s3p5xz9c0UU

Pricing and Availability

The Capture One Film Pack is available now for 69 USD / 69 EUR from the Phase One e-store: phaseone.com/styles-store. The pack contains 15 different “looks” in three different strengths (normal, plus and minus) for Windows and Mac operating systems.

A free sample pack composed of five Styles is also available, containing three versions of FL-07, one color style of FL-02, and one black and white style of FL-12. Download sample pack: https://go.phaseone.com/C1-EN-2017-10-04-FilmStylesSamplePack_EN01LP.html

Capture One version 10.2 or newer is recommended for the best user experience. Version 10.1.2 is necessary for Capture One Express (for Sony) users. The packs are simply installed with a double-click, importing via the new and improved Styles and Presets tool, or by dragging-and-dropping the Pack to the Capture One menu icon.

Articles: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

 
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This Kodak Moments chatbot digs through your old photos and tries to sell you prints

23 Sep

Kodak has created a new Facebook Messenger chatbot called ‘Kodak Moments’ that tries to get users to buy physical products by digging through and resurfacing their old photos.

The AI algorithm works by searching through the mass of images a user has uploaded to Facebook and suggesting ones that may have been forgotten in hopes the user, when suddenly presented with this fond old memory (or Kodak moment… if you will), will order it as a physical print or photo product like a coffee mug.

Facebook users are given the option of either dismissing the chatbot’s suggested image, requesting other images that contain the same people as the first image, or requesting a print or product containing the selected image. All you have to do to join this ‘fun’ game that tries to sell you things is search for Kodak Moments in the Messenger app.

Unfortunately, the chatbot—at least in its current iteration—doesn’t support any sort of filtering options, making it impossible to prevent the bot from digging up photos of old memories better left forgotten. Consider yourself warned.

Joining this Messenger chatbot is a new Kodak Moments app (Android | iOS) that goes a bit further. After being given permission, the app will search through a Facebook or Google account and camera roll to find images it thinks users may want to turn into physical products.

The goal behind the new Kodak Moments technology is (obviously) to increase the company’s print sales while reviving the idea of a ‘Kodak Moment’ and helping customers sort through their possibly massive photo albums. We’ll let you decide if the concept is fun, annoying, or maybe a bit traumatizing.

Articles: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

 
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Humor: Sports reporter tries to pass off iPhone calculator as ‘light meter’

30 Aug

You can’t make this stuff up… the website Deadspin stumbled across this on-field report from a cricket commentator, who tries to pass off his iPhone calculator as a “light meter.”

The question he’s trying to answer is whether or not it’s getting too dark to continue the test match between New Zealand and South Africa. According to his “light meter” there’s only 6.5 EV of light left to work with, which in his words is, “getting a little dodgy.”

Don’t worry though, the refs will take their own reading before they stop the match…

Articles: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

 
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Hy6 rises again as DW Photo tries to break from tangled history

24 May

Some ideas are apparently too good to let die. DW Photo of Braunschweig, Germany, has become the latest company to attempt to produce the Hy6 645 medium format camera. This follows the collapse of DHW Fototechnik, which itself took over responsibility from the defunct Franke & Heidecke, which grew from the remains of Rollei.

The company will produce the Hy6 mod2 version of the camera, originally released in 2012 and use manufacturing facilities at the former Rollei factory. The camera will cost €5950.

German photo site Photoscala also has a fascinating look at how the camera, once sold under the Leaf, Sinar and Rolleiflex brands, came into being and how its collaborative development following the fall of Rollei has created a legal tangle for anyone trying to bring the camera back to market. Even in Google Translated form, it’s well worth a read.

Articles: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

 
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BBC tries out Raspberry Pi’s ‘nightmarishly complex’ camera add-on

16 May

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The BBC’s Technology Correspondant, Rory Cellan-Jones, has been getting to grips with the new camera module for Raspberry Pi – the low-cost DIY computer. The camera board was announced earlier this year, and opens up enormous potential for applications including robotics and high risk aerial/underwater use. Cellan-Jones got hold of one of the new camera boards and has written a short article in which he details the ‘nightmarish complexity’ of making it work. Click through for a link to the full article.

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