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Adobe adds impressive new AI technology to its Lightroom ecosystem

 
 

Adobe has announced significant updates to its entire Lightroom ecosystem, including the popular Lightroom on desktop, Lightroom Classic, and Adobe Camera Raw applications.

Many new features rely upon improved...

Leica announces M11 Monochrom, a 60-megapixel camera built for black and white photography

 
 

It's a glorious time for black-and-white photography enthusiasts. Hot on the heels of Ricoh announcing the Pentax K-3 Mark III MonochromeLeica has announced a new monochrome camera, the Leica M11 Monochrom.

The...

PolarPro joins with Peter McKinnon for new variable neutral density filters & we have gone hands-on

 
 

I recently had the opportunity to use a pair of PolarPro's QuartzLine filters, a circular polarizer and a solid ND16 neutral density filter. These represented my first foray into PolarPro's extensive line of products and their offerings have expanded today with the release of two new Variable Neutral Density (VND)...

Skylum announces Luminar Flex: Versatile, AI-driven plug-in featuring the power of Luminar

 
 

Skylum Software has announced Luminar Flex, a brand-new plugin for Photoshop, Lightroom Classic, Photoshop Elements and Photos for macOS. The Luminar Flex plugin allows even more photographers to utilize the AI-powered technologies featured in Luminar to improve their photo editing while saving time.

Of Luminar...

Adobe announces video-centric new tools, including Content Aware Fill in After Effects

 
 

Adobe has updated a host of their video products ahead of the NAB show in Las Vegas this week. Premiere, After Effects, and Audition are all seeing brand new features added today, with the most standout being Content-Aware Fill for video inside After Effects. Adobe is billing that update as "ground-breaking"...

Skylum’s Luminar 3 lauded as the best image editing software in 2019 TIPA awards

 
 

Following numerous meaningful updates to the popular photo editing software Luminar 3, Skylum has won the 2019 Best Imaging Software award by the Technical Image Press Association (TIPA).

Granting the all-in-one photo editor and management software its award, TIPA stated, "Simplicity in an image editor need not...

Mastin Labs brings its popular Kodak film emulations to Capture One

 
 

Mastin Labs is known for their authentic film emulations for Lightroom, Adobe Camera Raw and iPhone and they are now bringing their film know-how to Capture One via their new Kodak Everyday Original Styles Pack.

Of the new Styles pack and his collaboration with Capture One, Kirk Mastin says, "I'm so happy to...

Alien Skin announces Exposure X4.5, a major update to their raw photo editor and organization software

 
 

Alien Skin Software has announced a major update to their Exposure X4 Raw Photo Editor, Exposure X4.5. The new update adds numerous new features to the award-winning, non-destructive raw photo editing and organizing software, including LUT support, new organizational tools, improved workflow options and more.

The...

Firmware Friday: Sony A9 reinvented by major update; news from Blackmagic, Canon and Panasonic too

 
 

Our weekly Firmware Friday roundup returns with the arrival of another weekend, and this time around it's a story that's dominated by Sony and its flagship A9 mirrorless camera. The Sony A9 v5.0 firmware update is clearly this week's showstopper news, and so we'll be covering it first of all in this week's article....

Mount Wars: Guess what? Z-mount really DOES help lens design… and AF! (Nikon technical Q&A)


 
 

I had a chance to sit down with a group of top Nikon executives and engineering managers last month, as part of my yearly pilgrimage to Yokohama, Japan for the annual CP+ trade show. We talked about lens design and how it's impacted by the new Z-mount -- we're frankly amazed by their new 14-30mm f/4 lens,...

Olympus E-M1X Field Test Part I: Shooting landscapes & wildlife with Olympus’ new flagship OM-D camera


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Olympus E-M1X Field Test Part I

 
 

Although both my colleague Dave Pardue and myself have had some hands-on shooting time with the big, beefy and pricey Olympus E-M1X, we thought it would be a great idea to have our resident landscape and wildlife photographer, Jeremy Gray, take...

Join Adam Gibbs as he photographs in China and processes a landscape image in Lightroom

 
 

Photographer Adam Gibbs recently traveled to China. One of the areas he visited is the mountainous Huangshan region. In the pair of videos below, we first go behind the scenes with Gibbs as he searches for images on a snowy morning in China, sharing a variety of selected images with their accompanying settings. In...

How to dodge and burn in Adobe Lightroom using filters and the adjustment brush

 
 

While dodging and burning is often considered within the context of editing in Adobe Photoshop, you can also dodge and burn inside of Adobe Lightroom. As photographer and educator Serge Ramelli showcases in his latest tutorial video below, by mastering dodging and burning techniques in Lightroom, you will be able...

Desert landscape photography guide: Tips for capturing compelling shots in deserts

 
 

Here at Imaging Resource, we have featured numerous photography guides from photographer Anton Gorlin, including tips for better sunrise photography, a guide to seascape photography and a lengthy guide covering composition. Gorlin's latest photography guide is centered around desert landscape photography. Of desert...

The optional video firmware upgrade for the full-frame Panasonic S1 will arrive in July 2019

 
 

Though they are not yet revealing the price, Panasonic has announced a time frame for the highly-anticipated video-centric firmware upgrade that will be available for the Panasonic Lumix S1 full frame camera. When Panasonic's latest camera comes to market in early April, it will come loaded with many video features...

Sony announces new RX0 II, an ultra-compact waterproof photo/video camera now with a flip screen

 
 

Sony has announced the RX0 II, what they are billing as the "smallest and lightest premium ultra-compact camera." A waterproof, dustproof, shockproof, crushproof and extremely small "premium" camera, the RX0 II is capable of internal 4K recording and now includes a flip-up screen that tilts upwards 180 degrees and...

Nigel Danson’s tips for reviewing your photos in Lightroom after a photography trip

 
 

When returning from a successful photo adventure, be it a day trip or an extended period of time, you may find yourself needing to go through hundreds or even thousands of images. After a productive trip to the Faroe Islands, photographer Nigel Danson had a ton of photos to process in Lightroom. In the video below,...

LEE Filters announces new LEE 100 system filter holder with improved functionality and design

 
 

LEE Filters has introduced a revised version of the filter holder at the foundation of their popular LEE 100 filter system. For the unfamiliar, the LEE 100 filter system allows for the use of compatible 100mm filters by attaching a filter holder to an adapter ring on your lens. For example, you can attach a ring to...

Olympus 12-200mm f/3.5-6.3 First Impressions: The all-in-one vacation zoom for MFT stretches its legs

 
 

It's been quite some time since our friends at Olympus last brought us a new piece of glass. In fact, it's safe to say it's been well over a year! That's a long time waiting, but then again the new Olympus 12-200mm f/3.5-6.3 covers quite a bit of range! As expected, this latest offering has drawn quite a bit of...

PolarPro QuartzLine Filter Review: High-quality filters with excellent attention to detail

 
 

PolarPro is an American filter company offering products for many different types of cameras, including high-end still cameras, video-centric cameras, action cameras and drones. They also make other accessories, such as mounts and cases. I recently had the chance to shoot with two products from the company's...

Dragonflies in flight: Behind the scenes with Ghislain Simard and his custom Hasselblad H6D-100c setup

 
 

Nature macro photographer Ghislain Simard has been photographing insects since he was 10 years old. As an accomplished photographer, his childhood love of photographing agile flying insects has remained. Simard has become well-known for high-speed photography and has even designed his own tools to freeze bugs such...

Sony Q&A @ CP+ 2019: The future of AI autofocus; what else is next. Plus, expect more APS-C bodies!


 
 

I had a chance to sit down with Kenji Tanaka from Sony, as part of my usual round of interviews at this year's CP+ 2019 trade show in Yokohama. Tanaka-san is the Senior General Manager of Business Unit 1 of Sony Imaging Products and Solutions Inc's Digital Imaging Group. That's a typically...