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Software Add-On Delivers Direct Access to Google’s Free 3D Content
Press Release: SAN JOSE, Calif. — May 31, 2007 — Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) and Google Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOG) today announced the Photoshop® CS3 Extended plug-in for the Google 3D Warehouse, enabling Adobe® Photoshop CS3 Extended users to take further advantage of the software’s powerful compositing, painting and image-editing toolset for editing 3D content. With the plug-in, users will be able to query and download free 3D content from the Google 3D Warehouse, Google’s free online repository for 3D models and content, directly within Photoshop CS3 Extended. 3D Content then can be placed, manipulated and used in composites with the new 3D tools in Photoshop CS3 Extended.
The plug-in is available for free download from the Adobe Labs Web site at http://labs.adobe.com .
“We were happy to collaborate with Adobe on the Photoshop Extended plug-in for the Google 3D Warehouse. With this plug-in, […]

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Source: Associated Press via Forbes
Shares of Adobe Systems Inc. rose in trading Thursday after several analysts reiterated ratings for the stock after concluding that healthy demand for the company’s latest products will continue.
The stock added $1.07 to $44.29 in afternoon trading. Earlier, the stock peaked at a new high of $44.92.
In a note to clients late Wednesday, Wachovia analyst Philip Rueppel reiterated his “Outperform” rating for the stock, saying he got good feedback regarding sales of the company’s Creative Suite 3 and Acrobat 8 software, along with possibilities for strong growth in the near and distant future.
“We feel comfortable that 2008 can see double digit revenue growth, even off of a Creative Suite 3 product-cyle induced strong 2007,” he wrote.
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Adobe has released Camera Raw 4.1, and rather than a small update just for new cameras, this one is major. New features and new functionality are showing up in a long awaited upgrade of Camera Raw’s sharpening controls, a new control called Clarity, enhanced noise reduction and two new defringing controls in lens correction. All told, there is a surprising amount of “new” in Camera Raw 4.1.

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[Editor’s note: it should be noted that Jeff Schewe was personally involved in the development of Camera Raw 4.1. This article is not an independent review of Camera Raw 4.1 but an explanation of the new tools. Jeff explains at the end of the article how he came to be personally involved. It should also be noted that all the figures contained in the article are available at full size by clicking on the image. You don’t […]

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The Camera Raw 4.1 update announced earlier this week is now available for downloading from the Camera Raw product page. This release brings a host of advancements-which PhotoshopNews will be writting about shortly. As part of the download DNG Converter 4.1 is also available which along with Camera Raw 4.1 adds the following new cameras:

Canon EOS-1D Mark III
Fuji FinePix S5 Pro
Nikon D40x
Olympus E-410
Olympus E-510
Olympus SP-550 UZ
Sigma SD14
Phase One H 20
Phase One H 25
Phase One P 20
Phase One P 21
Phase One P 25
Phase One P 30
Phase One P 45

From the Camera Raw 4.1 Read Me
Important Notes Regarding Camera Raw 4.1
There are several significant changes to Camera Raw 4.1 described below:
Clarity
New Control available in the Basic panel. Clarity adds depth to an image by increasing local contrast. When using this setting, it is best to zoom in to 100% or greater. To maximize the effect, increase the setting until you see halos […]

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Is it a humongous hog, a monster mistake, or a huge hoax?
Source: Fox News
That’s the question being asked Tuesday about a stunning photo distributed last Friday by the Associated Press that purports to show an 11-year-old Alabama boy standing behind a half-ton wild hog his father said he bagged with a pistol.
The boy, Jamison Stone, looks tiny in the photo as he stands behind his prize pig, which his father claims measures 9 feet 4 inches, and weighs 1,051 pounds.
“It feels really good,” Jamison said last week in a telephone interview with The Associated Press. “It’s a good accomplishment. I probably won’t ever kill anything else that big.”
Jamison’s father, Mike Stone, said the prize porker was hauled off on a truck to the Clay County Farmers Exchange in Lineville, where Jeff Kinder said they used his scale, recently calibrated, to weigh the hog, according to the Associated Press and a […]

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On Friday, May 18th, 2007 I attended the opening of Michael Reichmann’s Luminous Landscape Photography Gallery & Print Studio in Toronto, Ontario. I had ridden my motorcycle over to Toronto to work with Michael to tape a new video tutorial about fine art printing as well as an update to our Lightroom Video Tutorial.

The gallery, located in the up and coming East side of Toronto will house fine art print shows as well as serving as a teaching space for both Michael’s as well as others’ workshops. Click to read more about the The Luminous Landscape Photography Gallery & Print Studio.

The show that kicked off the gallery was a combination of image from Antarctica & Amazonia-two photographic expeditions completed in early 2007. I was fortunate to be along for the Antarctica expedition.

Here’s Michael (with white wine-I gotta get him converted to the red stuff) at the gallery’s front door.

The crowd […]

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Adobe has released optional plug-in extensions for the purpose of altering Photoshop CS3 and Photoshop CS3 Extended’s method of caching when a Macintosh computer has over 4 gigs of ram installed.
From the Read Me:
(note, the Read Me is not included in the download and is available only from the download location)
VM BUFFERING IN PHOTOSHOP CS3
On Macintosh computers, Photoshop can directly access up to about 3.5GB. When there is more than 3.5GB of document data, Photoshop writes data to its scratch files as necessary. On a computer with 4GB or less of RAM, the data is transferred directly between the scratch files on disk and the Photoshop RAM. On a computer with more than 4GB of RAM, Photoshop tells the operating system to use the extra RAM as a buffer for the Photoshop scratch file. In this case, when document data no longer fits in the 3.5GB of Photoshop RAM […]

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Registration for the upcoming Photoshop World to be held September 6-8, 2007 at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Vegas, baby! is now open.
Welcome to Photoshop World
Home of the largest Photoshop training event in the world…
In today’s market, efficiency, productivity, and creativity are in very high demand, and that’s why each year thousands of Photoshop users from around the world come to Photoshop World. It’s where you’ll learn the latest cutting-edge techniques, the fastest and most effective ways to work in Adobe Photoshop, and the hottest and most amazing new Photoshop tips from a hand-picked team of the industry’s most talented and creative instructors.
This conference brings together photographers, designers, artists, educators, motion graphics designers, and Photoshop users of every kind for a three-day Photoshop love fest of training, learning, and fun.
You can tell everything about a conference from its keynote address and Photoshop World is no exception. Our conference […]

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Source: Softpedia News
Written by Marius Oiaga, Technology News Editor
A crack designed to activate Adobe Photoshop Creative Suite 3 Extended brings to the table a tad more than the users have bargained for. When it comes to pirated materials, there is no such thing as free. This truism is reinforced by the Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended keygen authored by “macROSS.” The Key generator is being offered as a free method to circumvent the activation mechanism of Photoshop CS3 Extended.
While the genuine products from Adobe come with consistent price tags, Photoshop CS3 is available for $649 and Photoshop CS3 Extended for no less than $999, the key generator is completely free. Well, the fact of the matter is that free is more of a concept, and it applies strictly to financial transactions. Because the Photoshop CS3 crack from “macROSS” is anything but free, and it will end up costing users more than […]

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Available as Online Courses or Instructional DVD Featuring Dave Cross, Matt Kloskowski, and Corey Barker
Press Release: TAMPA, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–As the foremost training and educational authority on Adobe® Photoshop®, the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) is proud to announce the release of three new Photoshop® CS3 training classes: Adobe® Photoshop® CS3 for Beginners, Adobe® Photoshop® CS3 Power Session and Adobe® Photoshop® CS3 Channels.
Created by NAPP education and curriculum developers Dave Cross, Matt Kloskowski, and Corey Barker, these new courses are available in either DVD format at www.photoshopvideos.com or as a 21-day online course at www.photoshoptraining.com, giving Photoshop users of all skill levels the opportunity to customize their Photoshop CS3 curriculum, as well as the freedom to choose the most convenient and effective method to learn to master the newest Photoshop.
Adobe Photoshop CS3 for Beginners a perfect jumping-on point for new and relatively inexperienced Photoshop users. Dave Cross goes over a […]

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