A quick CS4 housekeeping note

Too early to shed light on Black Silicon say developers

THIS ITEM IS ORIGINALLY FROM: News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com) Creators of the ‘black silicon’ that has been much discussed, following an article in the New York Times, have said it’s too early to discuss what their material’s benefits might be for digital photography. The novel, doped silicon technology holds out the promise of increased [...]

Shortcut changes in PSCS4

THIS ITEM IS ORIGINALLY FROM: John Nack on Adobe By and large, keyboard shortcut changes suck.  Mature tools are like musical instruments, and you don’t go moving the piano keys or cello strings without a great need to do so.  It’s painful.  We know.   Sometimes, though, a little pain enables much better things.  In [...]

Bay Area + Bridge?

THIS ITEM IS ORIGINALLY FROM: John Nack on Adobe We’re planning some customer visits, so if you’re located in the Bay Area and might like to chat face-to-face about Adobe Bridge, drop me a line.  We’d like to learn more about how people use the app across a variety of workflows, and to discuss the [...]

Phase One releases Capture One 4 PRO

THIS ITEM IS ORIGINALLY FROM: News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com) Phase One has released Capture One 4 PRO, a new version of its RAW workflow software. The lastest version features an enhanced Color Editor and Styles palette. A new Skin Tone tool has been added that helps to set and reproduce skin tones without the [...]

PSCS4 extensibility: Flash, 64-bit

THIS ITEM IS ORIGINALLY FROM: John Nack on Adobe Now that Photoshop CS4 is shipping, let’s talk extensibility.   Plug-Ins:   By and large, your existing plug-ins should work just fine with CS4.  Photoshop PM Bryan O’Neil Hughes reports that when it comes to PS on the Mac and PS on Windows running in 32-bit [...]

XD responds to user feedback

THIS ITEM IS ORIGINALLY FROM: John Nack on Adobe A brief note: A number of folks have questioned the XD team’s decision to render their new INSPIRE publication through the Flash Player.  I passed the feedback along to the design team, and now XD manager Ty Lettau has replied. If you enjoyed this post you [...]

16 October, 2008 – Panasonic LX-3 Review

THIS ITEM IS ORIGINALLY FROM: The Luminous Landscape – What’s New A new generation of pocket-sized cameras that can shoot raw have just become available – the Panasonic LX-3, the Nikon P6000, and the Canon G10. My review of the LX-3 is now online, and will be followed within the next two weeks by a [...]

InDesign + Flash goodness

THIS ITEM IS ORIGINALLY FROM: John Nack on Adobe As noted recently, one of my longest-held wishes has been for Flash (the authoring tool) to play better with other apps, enabling much richer exchange of documents.  Now, thanks to the new XFL format introduced in CS4, we’re seeing that vision become more real.  In a [...]

CS4 is out the door!

THIS ITEM IS ORIGINALLY FROM: John Nack on Adobe Happy Ides of October: I’m delighted to say that Adobe Photoshop CS4 and Photoshop CS4 Extended, along with the whole Creative Suite 4, are now shipping.  The product tryouts haven’t yet been posted to Adobe.com, but you can sign up to be notified when they’re available.  [...]