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Adobe Lightroom 3 Beta 2: Noise Reduction Adobe Lightroom 3 Beta 2: Noise Reduction

With the new release of Lightroom 3 beta 2 there are a number of new and enhanced features available and I will be trying to dig into them and show you the things that I …

Lightroom 3 beta 2 Now Available Lightroom 3 beta 2 Now Available

Tonight Adobe has released the second public beta for the upcoming Lightroom 3.0. This is a significant improvement over Lightroom 2.0 with features such as tethered shooting for some Nikon and Canon DSLR …

Lightroom Update for Leica M9 Customers

The Lightroom 2.6 update included a bug that could cause Lightroom to crash unexpectedly when encountering certain raw files from the Leica M9 camera. This bug is an unfortunate consequence of …

Lightroom 2.6 and Camera Raw 5.6 Now Available

Lightroom 2.6 and Camera Raw 5.6 are now available as final releases on Adobe.com and through the update mechanisms available in Photoshop CS4 and Lightroom 2. These updates include camera support for the following models:

Podcast #70 – Conversation with Ed Kriziak – Talking about Photo Plus Expo 2009 Podcast #70 – Conversation with Ed Kriziak – Talking about Photo Plus Expo 2009

Ed Kriziak was the Camera Dojo roving reporter at the recent Photo Plus Expo in New York.
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Canon 1D Mk IV
Lightroom 3 Beta 1
Photek (http://www.photekusa.com/Digitala.html)
Nations Photo Lab (http://www.nationsphotolab.com/)
Bibble 5 (http://bibblelabs.com/products/bibble5/)
Lens Pro To Go (www.lensprotogo.com)
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LR2/Mogrify Plugin has been Updated

Timothy Armes has just released a new version of his wonderful LR2/Mogrify export plugin. I did a writeup on using LR2/Mogrify to do advanced watermarking in Lightroom some time ago, so I am really excited …

Adobe Releases Lightroom 2.5 and Camera Raw 5.5

Lightroom 2.5 and Camera Raw 5.5 are now available as final releases on Adobe.com and through the update mechanisms available in Photoshop CS4 and Lightroom 2. These updates include camera support for the following models:

Organizing Images From Multiple Cameras/Shooters with Lightroom Organizing Images From Multiple Cameras/Shooters with Lightroom

Have you ever shot with a second camera or used a second shooter and then when you imported the images into Lightroom only to find out that the time on the different cameras was way …

Digium Card Photo Shoot Walkthru Digium Card Photo Shoot Walkthru

Every once in a while a shoot comes up with specific requirements and your job is to figure out how to get the shot that they want. Today I needed to shoot some Digium interface cards for 888VoipStore.com. The challenge was that I wanted to get a vertical shot with a reflection underneath.

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Import Workflow Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Import Workflow

Mileta Nikoletic (@Mileta on twitter) from Stockholm wrote in to ask how I optimize my import process when using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. Basically I do a pretty simple import process using a preset I created to apply the Camera Standard Camera Calibration setting to all images. This gives me a good starting point for working with my images. In this video I show how to create the Camera Standard preset and then apply it to images during import.

DSLR Remote Pro – Revisiting an old friend DSLR Remote Pro – Revisiting an old friend

If you have been a fan of Camera Dojo for a while you will have seen mentions of Breeze Systems’ DSLR Remote Pro. DSLR Remote Pro at its basics is a tool for doing tethered shooting, so what right? The Canon EOS Utility can do that, so why would we want to spend close to $100 for software that comes free with your camera? Let’s take a fresh look at what all DSLR Remote Pro can do for you.

Video: Walking through a typical product shoot Video: Walking through a typical product shoot

In this video Kerry walks through the process of doing a typical product shoot. This tutorial uses the Westcott Spiderlite TD-5 constant lights. Constant lights are great for product shots because you can easily get your lighting setup and see exactly in the viewfinder what you will get when you press the shutter.