4/30/2005 Canon USA Endorses Wilhelm Imaging Research (WIR) Permanence Testing

Now Epson, HP, Canon and Lexmark will provide longevity tests by WIR.

4/29/2005 "Where are my Photoshop actions?"

Ever lost your Photoshop actions? Even if not read our short tip.

4/29/2005 We have a new Logo

Thanks to all our readers that participated in the contest. The logo we now use is closely based on a design by our reader Herman Teeuwen from the Netherlands. Thanks again!

4/29/2005 Alain reports about the Epson 7600/9600 firmware update & Possible Maintenance Tank Reset problems

If you plan to reset your maintenance tank them check this note first to avoid trouble. To play safe it is always better to follow manufacturers instructions.

4/28/2005 Just released: Alain Briot's Composition CD-1

4/28/2005 "Is Photoshop CS2 Worth It?" by Brad Hinkel

Brad shares his thoughts on the new Photoshop CS2 from a photographer's perspective.

4/28/2005 "RAW storm in a teacup? Dave Coffin interviewed" (Source DPReview)

We have for a long time an article by David Coffin about his dcraw on our site.

4/27/2005 "Thoughts on the Evolution of Color Printing" by Charles Cramer

A reader has posted a comment about Charlie's excellent article in View Camera.

4/27/2005 RAW and Fun (via PhotoshopNews)

4/27/2005 RSE Review nun auch in deutscher Sprache (now also in German)

Thanks to a German reader we have now the RSE article also in German. We have for quite some time also a German news group here.

4/26/2005 Nik Multimedia announced Nik Sharpener Pro 2.0 (Pressrelease)

4/26/2005 OpenRAW.org Press Release

Digital Outback Photo has been promoting RAW for over four years and helped to influence quite a few third party raw tools (we also published the first books on RAW processing worldwide). We fully support OpenRAW because this initiative is driven by photographers (including ourselves) who are worried about the long term archiving of their RAW files and improved image quality from raw converters. We want to thank Juergen Specht to get this initiative out of the ground (we know Juergen now for over 5 years from his legendary D1 mailing list).

4/25/2005 "MacPaint Evolution" (source folklore.org)

We stumbled on this info via "Where is Ben" and hope you find it interesting. Bill Atkinson (the creator of MacPaint) is today a highly regarded fine art photographer and color management expert.

4/25/2005 Firmware update for the 7600/9600 printers

Thanks to Jack Flesher who posted in our forum about the latest Epson 7600/9600 firmware updates.

4/25/2005 This site is financed from the sales of our e-books and Photoshop tools

You help this site by buying our digital photography workflow products:

• Our e-books
• Our Photoshop filters (EasyS Sharpening Toolkit, Tonality Tuning)

Thanks for all your support. Use our forums for your direct dialog with us and other readers.

4/24/2005 Website OpenRAW.org is live

OpenRAW's website will lobby open raw file documention for all camera raw formats. "This site was created to give photographers and everybody interested in an open documentation of proprietary RAW formats a place to voice their opinion and to encourage camera makers to openly document their proprietary RAW formats." Read more about the RAW Problem here.

4/24/2005 DOF Calculator (source dofmaster.com)

This is a great resource for calculating DOF and also learn all about DOF.

4/23/2005 Nikon respond to RAW WB concerns (Source DPReview)

4/23/2005 Sea Otter Fun

Bettina & Uwe photographed a sea otter mother with its cub in Monterey. Probably not great photo art but a lot of fun.

4/23/2005 DOP Logo Contest

When we started Digital Outback Photo we created the above simple logo. Now it is time for a new one. We are sure that we have many talented designers among our readers. We offer the winner of this contest the e-books DOP2000/DOP2101 and the filters DOPF001/002 and also all new e-books and DOPF (our own design) in 2005 for free. Here are some things to think about:

• Different sizes possible (height 52, 46, 20 pixels)

• Can be changed to different color scheme for logos like:  
• The master logo needs to be in Photshop PSD format
• You grant Digital Outback Photo the unrestricted use rights

The contest ends when we have found a new logo (we then will announce the winner). We hope you have some fun. Send the logo submission to: uwe@outbackphoto.com

4/23/2005 New Epson Drivers and Profiles for the R1800

A reader made us aware of this recent change. We are always thankful for any interesting news.

4/23/2005 "Realviz Stitcher 4.x for flat stitching" by Jim Collum

We repost this news as Realviz offers Stitcher 4.x till end of June on Digital Outback Photo for a very substantial discount.

4/21/2005 "Improving Macro Depth of Field with a Digital Composite" by John Hollenberg

Macro photos are tricky as you have to fight the very shallow depth of field. John reviews two tools that help to create composite images to extend DOF.

4/21/2005 Nikon D50 and D70s officially announced (Source Rob Galbraith)

Nikon is introducing the D50 (as Canon Rebel contender) and the D70s (Canon 20D competition). We expect both to be very interesting cameras. Both cameras have the same 6MP resolution as the D70.

4/20/2005 "Photoshop Hue/Saturation" (source "Where is Ben?" BLOG)

When we dod color corrections we use Hue/Saturation most of the time. One of Ben's best articles in the past was on selective saturation.

4/19/2005 Nikon D2X white balance encryption

We know from different sources that the WB information for the Nikon D2X is encrypted. It seems that Nikon wants to make the life of 3rd party raw converter developers more complicated.

Here is our take:

• The D2X is an extremely competitive high end camera. Why does Nikon not support all its users to get the best out of these wonderful machines?
• We think we users own the data of our images (this includes the WB information).

We hope Nikon will soon disclose the WB settings and help its customer to gain the best from their D2X.

Actually many other manufaturers are also not disclosing their RAW formats. Nikon just made it more complicated than most of the others.

4/19/2005 Adobe acquires Macromedia

Macromedia Flash and the Dreamweaver suit will strengthen Adobe's portfolio.

4/18/2005 Seminar "Managing the Digital Workflow" 6/8/2005

Uwe Steinmueller presents a 6 hour seminar 6/8/2005, 10am - 4pm at Keeble & Shuchat in Palo Alto. The price is $99 and you can sign up directly at Keeble & Shuchat: 650.327.8515. Ken and Jim at Keeble can be reached Mon-Fri during the hours of 9am-5:30pm. This time we will also show Photoshop CS2.

4/17/2005 Peter iNova Rebel (300D) e-book now ships

Readers of DOP receive save $6.50 off the shipping.

4/17/2005 Improved Actions for EasyS Sharpening Toolkit

We improved the integration of the edge mask with the sharpening actions to reduce the sharpening of noise. Read the EasyS news how to update (free) or to test a demo of the EasyS Sharpening Toolkit.

4/16/2005 Discussion on ProPhoto RGB in our news groups

Check out the discussions in our news group. The topic whether to use AdobeRGB or ProPhoto RGB seems quite complex with no single right answer.

4/16/2005 Downtime at Digital Outback Photo

On 4/15 we had about 7 hours downtime due to server issues at our ISP. We had to restore 1 day older backup data. This also means that some newer news group data got lost. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

If you had problems downloading your payed e-books please contact us.

4/14/2005 California Central Valley and Gold Country

Jack Flesher and Uwe spent a fun day in the California Central Valley and Gold Country. This portfolio shows once again how two photographers capture the same scenes.

4/13/2005 Contax brand comes to an end (Source DPReview)

Maybe the brand gets sold?

4/11/2005 "Depth of field--the shorter focal length advantage" by Lloyd Chambers

Read this interesting article about the merits of full frame sensors in 2005.

4/9/2005 MacWorld Curves Article by Ben Willmore

We check out the "Where is Ben?" BLOG nearly every day. Watch out for Ben's Photoshop articles and tips. They are always worth reading.

4/9/2005 "Realviz Stitcher 4.x for flat stitching" by Jim Collum

Our friend Jim Collum nearly stitches every single shot and produces large gallery prints from the stitched images. You can imagine that he is quite picky in terms of quality.

4/8/2005 RawShooter 1.1.2 released

This is mainly a bug fix release but also a few new features added (e.g. you now can select the color of the background).

4/8/2005 Phil Askey's Canon 350D review

4/7/2005 Nikon D2X Diary started

With the help of a reader we could start our Nikon D2X diary.

4/6/2005 Pre-announcement list for the 2006 Fine Art Digital Summit

We now have a pre-announcement list for the 2006 Fine Art Digital Summit. List members will be notified by email when the 2006 Summit is announced and will be able to sign up ahead of everyone else. There are no obligations attached with being on the list.

To have your name added to the list send an email to alain@beautiful-landscape.com with Summit 2006 in the subject line . While we do not have a completed schedule yet we do plan to make the 2006 Summit as exciting as this year's Summit!

4/4/2005 Peter iNova announces the latest Rebel (300D) e-book

Get the most out of your Digital Rebel. Peter helps you explore the 300D way beyond the manual and Uwe adds his well proved digital RAW workflow.

4/4/2005 Photoshop CS2 (aka PS 9) announced

About every 18 months we get a new version of Photoshop. This update has a lot of new features that Photographers need. We present a brief preview.

4/4/2005 Summit 2005 is now sold out

We plan to start a waiting list for the summit 2006 soon.

4/2/2005 Qimage 2005.200 released

For more details on the latest version please read here.

4/2/2005 This site is financed from the sales of our e-books and Photoshop tools

You help this site by buying our digital photography workflow products:

• Our e-books
• Our Photoshop filters (EasyS Sharpening Toolkit, Tonality Tuning)

Thanks for all your support. Use our forums for your direct dialog with us and other readers.

4/1/2005 Press Release: Pixel Genius LLC announces the launch of PhotoshopNews.com

4/1/2005 "BreezeBrowser Pro Image Browser" by Paul Caldwell

Why use a different image browser if you already own Photoshop CS? Paul answers this and other questions.