6/30/2005 Epson
4000 Diary closed
Alain is now using his new Epsond 4800.
6/30/2005 "Grand
Canyon River Rafting Workshop" by Alain Briot
6/30/2005 Portfolio
Invitation #3: Flowers #1 (14 of 15 entries)
Enjoy also the entries of our previous Portfolio
Invitations:
6/28/2005 "Shoot,
Process & Print" Workshops
These workshops are organized by Uwe Steinmueller,
Jack Flesher and Jim Collum.
6/27/2005 Our
updated list of Tripods, heads and plates
Burzynski Head
We updated our page with all out
tripods, heads and plates.
6/27/2005 Re-posted:
Advanced Dust Healing Technique
Grrr: Dust Spots
We re-post this article as many old and new readers
may not have seen it.
6/25/2005 Picto
Color releases iCorrect Portrait Photoshop plugin
We always liked the iCorrect
plugins. iCorrect Portrait is a variation of the iCorrect Professional
plugin that aims especially at the portrait and wedding photographers.
The key concept are so called memory colors that can be defined
by the user.
6/24/2005 Canon
updates firmware for EOS-1D Mark II, EOS-1Ds Mark II (Source Rob
Galbraith)
6/24/2005 Microsoft
Streets & Trips
Want to plan your trips and workshops. MS Streets
& Trips maybe a solution for you.
6/23/2005 In
case you did not download your free copy: Fotoespresso 1+2/2005
From the content:
- Using Histogram
- HP Designjet 30/130
- Using the Nikon 10.4mm fisheye lens
- Understanding DNG and how to use it
- Book reviews
6/22/2005
Alex
Majoli points and shoots (story at Rob Galbraith)
A good article that shows how the photographer counts and the
camera is just a tool.
6/21/2005
If you order e-books for download or CD
by check include your email address!
We got today the first returned CD sent to a customer in Ottawa,
Canada. Please do the following:
- Write your address well readable
- Include your email address
- If you feel the delivery is late please contact us
Customer
service is very important to us. But in this case we have a
problem to contact the customer. Please contact us. 6/21/2005 ImagePrint V6.0 now also for Designjet 30/90/130
Printers 
6/20/2005 New
Front Page photo
Revisiting some old RAW files from 2003 with RSE we found this one.
6/20/2005 Our
new E-Book: The Art of RAW Conversion 2005
This site is only possible through the sales of
our e-books and filters. All our customers sponsor this site.
6/19/2005 Uwe's
Flash Accessories
6/18/2005 Photographers Becoming Security Concerns (Source
npr.org)
Not only copyright law (e.g. landscape items being copyrighted)
haunts photographers. Industrial photography even from public
places can be seen to be a security issue.
6/18/2005 New
Frontpage Photo
Mission door in San Juan Bautista.
6/17/2005 Kodak
to end production of black & white paper
(Source DPReview)
This is bad news for some. On the other side B&W printing from
inkjet printers gets better by the day. The missing part for
high quality B&W inkjet
prints are now some top papers that do not show the plastic RC
look. Matte papers are very nice too but they lack the gamut
of classic fiber based papers.
6/16/2005 Photoshop
CS2: Where's My Stuff (by Ben Willmore)
With every version of Photoshop some things may get organized
in a different way. This is especially true for PS CS2. Ben provides
a free document that shows where to find your old friends. This
is a section from his latest book "Photoshop
CS2 UpToSpeed".
6/16/2005 Microsoft
post RAW thumbnailer and viewer (Source DPReview) We failed to install as we do not have Service Pack
2 installed. Save your time if you do not have SP2 installed.
6/16/2005 Some
HP data on "Cost per Print" for the Designjet 30/90/130 printers
6/15/2005 If
you not already know the Tonality Tuning Toolkit check
it out
6/15/2005 "Take
control of your black & white inkjet printing with Inkjet
Control" by Alain Briot
Alain tested a software that allows you to get B&W prints from
the Epson printers (no Ultrachrome K3 printer versions yet)
6/13/2005 Surpassed
the 10,000,000 visitor mark today
We feel honored to reach this milestone at Digital
Outback Photo. Thanks to all our readers, customers, friends
and contributors who share our passion for photography.
6/13/2005 Helicon
Focus 3.1 released
6/13/2005 PhotoRescue
2.1.676 released
New with Nikon D2X and Canon
350D support.
6/11/2005 Dr.
Brown's Services 1.0 updated
Russell Brown updated his new Dr. Brown's Services 1.0 for Photoshop
CS2. Check out his tutorial videos.
6/11/2005 German
help for RSE users
A German RSE user made some help screen shot to make the use
of RSE easier for German users.
6/11/2005 Fotoespresso
1-2/2005 also in German released
6/10/2005 Lenses
that make a difference: Canon EF 135mm f/2L USM
We will also talk in the future about lenses we
find most important for our work.
6/10/2005 Ben
Willmore's new book "Photoshop CS2 uptospeed" now shipping
We just received
our copy of "uptospeed". If you know Photoshop CS quite well
there is no question that this book gets you into Photoshop CS2
in no time (also very useful as a reference of changes from CS).
6/8/2005 Further
details on Microsoft's RAW File Support! (Source Imaging Resource)
If we do not miss anything here we cannot get that much excited
about the Windows RAW support. We feel it maybe kind of nice
but of no major consequences for a high-end RAW workflow.
6/7/2005 Ben's
PS Tips #2: RAW Files embedded in Photoshop Smart Objects
Smart Objects are new in Photoshop CS2. They allow
you to embed RAW files into your layer stack and even change
the settings for Camera Raw 3.x later.
6/6/2005 Realviz
Stitcher 4.x special offer expires end of June
Realviz offers Stitcher
4.x till end of June on Digital Outback Photo for a very substantial
discount.
6/6/2005 Portfolio
Invitation #002: Water #1 closed with 15 entries
We want to thank all our readers for their participation. Stay
tuned for the next invitation.
6/5/2005 Portfolio
Invitation #002: Water #1 (15 of max 15 entries)
Merced Reflections
Again inspired by a discussion in our news group
we start the "Portfolio Invitation #2".
Up to 15 entries will be published. This time it is about water.
6/4/2005 Some
Pictures from our "Shoot, Process & Print" workshop locations
by B&U Steinmueller
More info on the workshops can be found here. 6/4/2005 Market
Your Images Part 3: Pricing: Don’t Sell Yourself
Short
Byron Jorjorian covers the problematic subject
of pricing for your stock photos.
6/3/2005 PTLens
5.7 released
Includes international support for the following languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, and Polish.
6/3/2005 New "Shoot,
Process & Print" Workshops
We are very pleased
to bring you a new series of workshops. These workshops are
organized by Uwe Steinmueller, Jack Flesher and Jim Collum.
These workshops are 100%
supported by Digital Outback Photo as we work closely as a
team with Jack and Jim all the time.
We will help participants learn:
-
Raw image processing
-
Image fine tuning in
Photoshop
-
Color management for
printing and processing
-
Printing of draft & final
photos on leading fine art photo printers (we use current
models)
-
Flat stitching with
shift lenses
-
Printing using manufacturer's
drivers
-
Printing color and
B&W with ImagePrint RIP
For
more information and sign-up check here. Limited seats available.
6/2/2005 Fotoespresso
1+2/2005
From the content:
- Using Histogram
- HP Designjet 30/130
- Using the Nikon 10.4mm fisheye lens
- Understanding DNG and how to use it
- Book reviews
6/2/2005 Nikon
D2X review by Phil Askey (DPReview)
From Phil's conclusion: "...It's fair to say that with the D2X
Nikon are well and truly 'back', a killer combination of the
superb D2 body, a high resolution CMOS sensor and the added bonus
of high speed shooting when you need it. What can I say? The
ratio of Pros to Cons really sums up my whole feeling for the
D2X, it's exactly what we expect Nikon to produce, a solid robust
high performance digital SLR with superb image quality, build
quality and a confidence inspiring sense of presence. ..". From
our own tests with the D2X we are not surprised by Phils's excpetional
rating.
If now Nikon would also stop encrypting their WB settings (read
Michael Reichmann's article "The
RAW Flaw").
6/2/2005 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.
This is the last seminar for the spring and summer.
6/2/2005 FocalBlade
1.04 released
6/2/2005 Microsoft
to add RAW support (DPReview)
6/1/2005 Kodak
confirm SLR/n and SLR/c discontinued (DPReview)
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