Our new E-Book: The Art of Digital Fine Art printing     
"....I am very impressed with the book you are about to read. It’s information like this that has helped to raise the quality of digital output and reduce the traditional art world’s resistance to the use of digital tools in art. It is a book written by someone who KNOWS fine art digital printmaking. Uwe’s style is concise and to the point. This comprehensive and complete guide to fine art digital printmaking should be included in the library of anyone who is serious about making fine art digital prints...."
from the foreword by Mac Holbert (Nash Editions) 4/17/2006

5/18/2006 Major Update 1.5 of RAW Developer for Mac released

Read the RAW Developer Version History to see the major new changes. Besides being a Universal binary the new sharpening and also the Chroma Curves seem to very interesting.

5/18/2006 "The Challenge Of Digital Black And White: Part 1: The Camera" by George Barr

B&W is no less fascination for photography since we entered the digital age. Film and digital maybe different but both are valid tools to express your photographic vision. George Barr takes a stand and shows how to face the B&W challenge in the all digital world. This is the first part of a three part article. Please discuss the subject in more detail in our new groups.

5/17/2006 The 2006 O'Reilly Photoshop Cook-Off Contest

5/17/2006 Apple introduces MacBook with Intel Core Duo processor (source Rob Galbraith)

5/17/2006 Adobe posts update to Photoshop CS2 (Source Rob Galbraith)

We installed the update on our Mac and did not see any problems.

5/17/2006 Measuring Megabytes (source Luminous Landscape)

The Great Luminous Landscape 2006 State-of-The-Art Shootout. Check your bank account before you read :-).

5/16/2006 From our forums: Image exposure

We also recommend to read this article.

5/16/2006 Extending Photoshop

This article helps you to better understand what Photoshop filter plugins, auotmation plugins and scripts are.

5/15/2006 Did you miss this?: Dust Spot Healing revisited

This is only one of hundreds of articles on this site. Use also our search to explore Digital Outback Photo.

5/14/2006 New updated version DOP3002-6 "The Art of RAW Conversion 2006"

The new release also includes introductions to: Lightroom, Aperture, RSP and RAW Developer.

For customers of DOP3002 there is an update available at only $12.95.

5/14//2006 Being an Artist in Business Part 1 (Alain Briot at Luminous Landscape)

Remember you can meet Alain (and Joe Holmes and Uwe Steinmueller) yourself at our summit (some seats still available).

5/14//2006 VisibleDust updates Arctic Butterfly, adds new swabs, liquid to lineup (source Rob Galbraith)

Right now the products by VisibleDust are considered the best sensor cleaning solutions by quite a few experts.

5/13//2006 Contest May 2006: Downsampling #1 (1 of max 8 entries)

Making good web presentations of your images is not trivial at all. We want to tap into the vast experience of all DOP readers. This time you have to create a downsampling action for Photoshop.

Note: We fixed the broken link to the sample image. Our second server for larger images is in maintenance right now.

5/12//2006 Lightroom Podcast Episode 5 posted

This Podcast Lightroom #5 features Mac Holbert and Graham Nash of Nash Editions. Highly recommended!

5/12//2006 Ever tried the DOP Photoshop plugins?

• DOP EasyS Plus Sharpening Toolkit : Very good and flexible sharpening at a reasonable price
• DOP Tonality Tuning Kit : Creation of masks for highlights, shadows and midtones made easy
• DOP Variations : Unique and powerful kit to view and process your images in different variations
• DOP Filter Bundle : Save money and get them all.

All filters come as free trial versions. Try before you buy.

5/12//2006 Articles on digital vs. traditional B&W (source The Online Photographer)

Interesting opinions.

5/12//2006 "Watch the Background!"

We launch a new series "Open your eyes, express your vision". We try not to teach hard composition rules but talk about some of the issues to be considered instead.

5/11//2006 In our forums: Read what our readers think of Akvis Enhancer and HDRSoft Photomatix/Tone Mapping

You find our reviews of both products here:

• Akvis Enhancer
• HDRSoft Tone Mapping

5/11//2006 Camera Bits releases Photo Mechanic 4.4.3 (source Rob Galbraith)

5/10//2006 White Sands and Bosque del Apache Workshop with Alain and Natalie Briot

"Alain Briot has about 5 openings left in his White Sands workshop in December. Attending a workshop and studying with a master photographer is one of the best ways to become a better photographer."

5/10/2006 The Camera Muzzle (source Rob Galbraith)

If you need to dampen the noise of your camera then check this article out.

5/9/2006 Adobe releases Camera Raw 3.4

5/8/2006 Dust Spot Healing revisited

5/7/2006 Reminder: Coffee with Uwe at the Great Bear Coffee shop in Los Gatos 5/9/2006 11am PST?

Good news: Brian Griffith the architect of the RAW Developer RAW converter will join us.

5/6/2006 Photo Workflow Session 2006-03

We have changed our workflow quite a bit over the last few weeks. That is why we revisited one of our best dune photos.

5/6/2006 Apple releases Aperture 1.1.1

This release fixes the gray balancing bug.

5/6/2006 Rumours of Aperture's demise "totally false," says Apple (Source Rob Galbraith)

5/5/2006 LightZone Retouch Edition (RT) 1.0 ships

LightZone RT allows a nice integration with other editors and raw converters while supporting all LightZone editing functions.

5/5/2006 Important Update to our article: The P45 39 Megapixel back–It’s even better than we thought

The original article by Charles Cramer showed a major flaw in Capture One for the P45. We can now report mission accomplished: The bug is fixed in Capture One 3.7.4!

5/4/2006 Seeking realistic film grain with Photoshop

5/2/2006 Photo Workflow Session 2006-02 (using Tone Mapping and Enhancer together)

Over the last few weeks we introduced two new major plugins Photomatix Tone Mapping and Akvis Enhancer. This session shows how they work together.

5/2/2006 Portfolio Invitation #13: Urban Abstracts Color (voting closed and results diplayed)

5/1/2006 Coffee with Uwe at the Great Bear Coffee shop in Los Gatos 5/9/2006 11am PST?

Many know this picture from our reviews. Why did we use this scene? Because we like the look and the coffee shop. I will be there 5/9/2006 at about 11am. You are welcome to join us if you have time. The Bear Coffee shop is at 19 N. Santa Cruz Avenue, Los Gatos. Please drop me a note if you plan to come. We have no agenda except to meet and chat. In case you want to buy a signed copy of our book ($42 including sales tax) also send me a note.