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Adobe tweaks Creative Residency program to launch $1M support fund for visual creatives

01 May

Adobe has announced the latest iteration of its Adobe Creative Resident program, one that has changed substantially in light of the coronavirus pandemic. This year, Adobe says that it will only select two Creative Residents, but that it will also launch a $ 1 million Creative Residency Community Fund intended to support creators during the economic downturn.

Adobe explains that this fund will be open globally and will be used to hire creatives for projects commissioned by Adobe over the next year, as well as personal projects. Creatives who get support from Adobe for personal and commissioned projects will also receive career guidance workshops, Creative Cloud memberships and other unspecified support.

Visual creatives interested in the fund will need to apply on Adobe’s website here. Applicants have the choice of applying for a creative project grant, which will range from $ 500 to $ 5,000, or for Adobe project commissions, which will also be valued at $ 500 to $ 5,000. Applicants aren’t required to propose a project when applying for commissioned work.

Adobe plans to run its fund for 12 months from May 1, 2020, to April 30, 2021. Recipients will be notified about their inclusion in the program 30 to 60 days after submitting their application; the grants are issued on a monthly basis.

Adobe says that creatives can apply for the Community Fund even if they already applied for the Creative Residency this year but weren’t selected. The company is accepting applications from a variety of visual creatives, including professionals who work with 3D, graphic design, short-form online videos, photography, digital painting and drawing, motion design and UX/UI/VX/XD design.

As far as commissioned work goes, professionals who are selected for projects will receive work based on their portfolio, skills and what Adobe happens to need at the time. This could include artwork for social media or use in applications, or something like creating a video, writing an article or developing a tutorial, according to the company.

Beyond this, Adobe announced that Christina Poku and Maddy Beard are its two Creative Residents for the 2020-2021 year. It’s yet to be seen whether the coronavirus pandemic is over by the start of Adobe’s next residency period and what kind of impact that may have on the company’s future plans for its program.

Articles: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

 
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Dubble Film teams with film producer Revelog, renames products, tweaks price, and more

07 Mar

Film company Dubble Film has ended its partnership with KONO!, the German pre-exposed film producer, and instead teamed up with Revelog, the company has announced. Under the new partnership, Dubble Film has changed some of its product names, increased the number of exposures per film roll, lowered the cost per photo, and more.

Going forward, Dubble Film will sell its Moonstruck film under the new name Apollo, Monsoon under the name Pacific and Sunstroke under the name Solar. The company’s Jelly and Bubblegum film names remain unchanged, however. The new product names decrease confusion between the ‘Monsoon’ and ‘Moonstruck’ options and eliminate the negative association that comes with ‘Sunstroke.’

Below are a few sample images from Dubble Film’s various film stocks:

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Additionally, each film roll now features 36 exposures instead of 24, and though prices have increased, the overall cost-per-photo is lower than before. The new 36-exposure rolls are priced at £12 / $ 15.35 per roll compared to the previous £10.50 / $ 13.87, which works out to a per-photo price of £0.33 / $ 0.43 versus the previous approx. £0.42 / $ 0.55 cost.

According to Dubble Film founder Adam Scott, via Kosmo Foto, the new film products have better tint under the Revelog partnership. The previous Dubble Film from KONO! inventory is currently being sold at a discounted £8 / $ 10.53 rate by Analogue Wonderland.

Articles: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

 
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Leica tweaks handling of its new M10 with firmware 1.3.4.0

16 Feb

Leica has introduced new firmware for its latest M series digital rangefinder that aims to improve a number of aspects of the camera’s handling and operation. Firmware version 1.3.4.0 is said to reduce the duration of the black-out time between frames when using the M10 in Live View mode so the camera is ready to shoot again more quickly.

The new firmware also makes scrolling through the menu system quicker as users can now press the Menu button again to shift from page to page. The Favourites Menu has been expanded by one item to allow up to 15 oft-used features to sit there, and this menu will now divided into two pages when more than seven items are consigned to it.

Photographers making use of the optional Visoflex EVF can now have the camera automatically preview just-captured images there instead of only on the rear screen, and the battery and SD card status bars are now color-coded – from green to yellow to red – to give users an idea of remaining capacity.

For more information see the Leica website and the support download section.

Press release

Firmware update now available for the Leica M10

Leica Camera has released a firmware update for the Leica M10, downloadable from the Leica web site from today.

Firmware version 1.3.4.0 adds numerous improvements to the camera’s handling. These include optimised colour-coding of the status bar for SD memory cards and battery level, which now change from green to yellow to red as the battery charge level reduces or the card becomes full.

The ‘Favourites Menu’ has also been revised: up to 15 menu entries can now be created and a second Favourites page opens after adding more than seven entries. Furthermore, with this update, M10 owners have even faster access to the main menu – it can now be opened by pressing the Menu button in the Favourites Menu. The same button can also be used for page-by-page scrolling.

An additional new feature enables the selection of the target display for automatic review on the monitor screen. The menu entry now offers the alternatives ‘Auto’, ‘EVF’ or ‘Display’ as target options, while ‘Edit Favourites’ allows the activation of direct access to ‘M-ISO’ as a Favourites Menu item. The firmware update also brings a further significant reduction in the lag (dark screen) between exposure and display when taking pictures in Live View mode.

Articles: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

 
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