February 8, 2006
In merging with Macromedia, the aim was to import its DNA as well as its product
Source: Business Week
A year ago, Stephen A. Elop had just become CEO of Macromedia Inc. and was getting ready for one of the most pivotal — and clandestine — dinner dates of his life.
February 7, 2006
The National Association of Photoshop Professionals Announces Winners of First Annual Worldwide Adobe Photoshop Competition
Press Release: The National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) today announced the winners of the Digital Canvas Awards — its first international competition for users of Adobe Photoshop software.
February 7, 2006
In a post at the Adobe Lighroom Forums, George Jardine, Pro Photography Evangelist fessed up to the fact that his most recent movie tutorial for using the Develop module of Lightroom was done with Adobe Lightroom Beta 2. From the post:
This tutorial movie was not really supposed to hit the streets until B2 was ready…. but some sly character on this forum somehow found the link and posted it. So the cat is out of the bag.
February 7, 2006
Miami Beach Convention Center, March 22-24, 2006
Each year thousands of Photoshop users from around the world come to Photoshop World to learn the latest techniques and the hottest Photoshop tips from a hand-picked team of the industry’s most talented and creative instructors.
February 7, 2006
Press Release: San Diego, CA – February 7, 2006 – Nik Multimedia, Inc. announces today that the company has changed its name to Nik Software, Inc. effective immediately and has unveiled its new corporate identity keeping the familiar “Nik” and replacing “Multimedia” with “Software” to better represent the company’s focus on software development for the digital imaging market.
February 6, 2006
Press Release: February 6, 2006 — Digital Film Tools releases Snap for Adobe Photoshop. Snap is an easy to use interactive image cutout tool. Image cutout is the process of removing or isolating an object in a picture.
February 6, 2006
Release Date: February 2, 2006
Products: Adobe Creative Suite 2, Adobe Photoshop CS2, Adobe Illustrator CS2
Platform: Windows, Mac OS
Vulnerability Identifier: APSB06-01
Overview: Adobe has been made aware that the file and folder permissions for Photoshop CS2, Illustrator CS2, and Adobe Help Center can permit non-privileged users to change key program files. This condition presents a risk for shared, multi-user systems. Adobe is providing update utilities which correct these access permission issues and prevent manipulation of the program files by non-privileged users. Adobe recommends that customers using CS2 products on shared systems apply these updates.
February 3, 2006
Camera Bits, the developer of Photo Mechanic has shipped version 4.4.1 which includes a Universal Binary version of the application optimized to run on both PPC and Mac-Intel based CPUs. Photo Mechanic is optimized for Mac OS X and Windows XP/2000.
February 3, 2006
Source: RobGalbraith.com
Written by Rob Galbraith
Like us, you may be considering the purchase of an Apple MacBook Pro as a way to bring deadline-friendly processing speed to a Mac-based field workflow. For several years, certain models of Apple’s Powerbook line have represented a superb blend of features, screen quality and portability; in fact, the overall design of the company’s mobile machines has far eclipsed computers we’ve used from mainstream PC vendors in all key areas, except one: speed. A PowerPC G4-equipped Mac laptop simply can’t keep up to a Windows laptop powered by an Intel or AMD processor.
February 3, 2006
Source: ZDNet
Written by Munir Kotadia
The Kama Sutra worm, designed to begin deleting files on infected computers this morning, has caused virtually no damage, according to antivirus firms.