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HDRSoft has released version 4 of Photomatix Pro. It is a free upgrade for version 3 users. Main new features in v4.0: Selective deghosting tool: enables users to select ghosted regions with a lasso tool, and change the preferred image taken for each selected region. Preset thumbnails...

Contest Dates: October 1, 2010 - December 31, 2010 Info here: Fall Into Winter 2010 Photo Contest; Win a Tamron Camera Lens

News from Google regarding a new image format that they have created with the intent to speed up browsers and reduce storage requirements. According to Google, WebP achieves an average 39% more compression than JPEG and JPEG 2000 while maintaining image quality. Should be interesting to see if...

If you are a Microsoft Windows Vista or 7 user, you might want to look at the updated Windows Live Essentials released yesterday. The Photo Gallery app includes quite a few updates and improvements that are getting pretty good reviews across the web. Best of all it is free for just the price of...

This Q&A is used with kind permission of Tim Grey. If you aren't familiar with him, he has a mostly daily newsletter related to the digital darkroom. The basic newsletter is free and a great way to learn. I personally highly recommend it. Regarding the Q&A for September 27th, would you please...

Adobe released a new version of Photoshop Elements today. Press release: 092110AdobePEPE9 New features: edit photos | Adobe Photoshop Elements 9: features

I'd love a little help here. I've been fussing with an image that I took a week or so ago while walking around at night in St. Michaels, Maryland. I came across this old garage under a funky tungsten streetlight. I finally got the color accurate but still feel it is missing something. I also...

You may have filled out your profile (PLEASE DO!) and uploaded a profile image but wondered why your image isn't showing in forum messages. The reason is that the forum messages display your avatar - which may be different than your profile image. The partial screenshoot below shows where to set...

Nice round-up of free plugins from Macworld (but should also work in PC-land). Link: http://bit.ly/93xWLb

Adorama has the Nikon 35mm f/1.8G refurb on sale. I don't know how long the sale is but I've never seen a better price.

So you have this spiffy new computer running 64-bit Windows, right? As most Nikonites probably would do, you copy your image library over to the hard drive. Open Windows Explorer and see the folders but not the thumbnail images. Oh, right! You forgot to load the NEF Codec!! Then you read that...

J&R.com is having a labor day sale. The price is $179.99; use the code "geico10" for an additional $10 off. I'm not sure when the deal ends.

Article: Buy direct from Nikon? New site alert! You can view the page at http://nikonites.com/content.php?r=154-Buy-direct-from-Nikon-New-site-alert!

There hasn't been any sort of announcement or press release, but Nikon has quietly created a Nikon Store website. Personally I'll be watching to see if they stick with list prices or try to compete with the B&H's and Adorama's of the world. Will they have stock when others don't? One notable...

Article: Lightroom 3.2 & Camera Raw 6.2 Now Available - Additional Nikon Lens Profile You can view the page at http://nikonites.com/content.php?r=153-Lightroom-3.2-Camera-Raw-6.2-Now-Available-Additional-Nikon-Lens-Profiles

Adobe announced updates to Lightroom and the corresponding Camera Raw plugin for Photoshop CS5. Big news for Nikon mount Lightroom users is the addition of many new lens profiles. I distilled the list from Adobe's Lightroom Journal to be Nikon specific and it is shown below. Adobe also added...

If you are considering purchasing plugins (e.g. Nik Viveza, Topaz Adjust, Alien Skin Bokeh, etc.) for your post processing, check here first. The list is constantly updated with time based codes and offers.

Nikon Rumors is reporting a rumor that a new flash announcement may be imminent from Nikon. Both the SB-600 and SB-400 are around 6 years old and seem to be targeted.

The main purpose of this update is to add support for the D3100. Official support for Mac OS 10.6.4 is also added. Still no love for native 64-bit versions of Windows. Updates available at your country's Nikon site. U.S. link: http://bit.ly/9Xa52H

GREAT video tutorial and demo on a Donationware product called Enfuse which can create HDR images without leaving Lightroom. I haven't tried it - yet. Here is the link: http://bit.ly/g9RmV