Just What Are Adobe Credits and How Do They Work?
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Adobe has introduced a credit system to pay for their generative tools. Read to learn how it works and what you can do with these credits
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Have a Look at Adobe Express
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Once upon a time, there was this thing called Adobe Express. Then it vanished to be replaced by something else. Which got replaced by something else. See a pattern? Then there was Adobe Spark. Then Spark was gone, and replaced by the reincarnation of Adobe Express. In classic Adobe style, it’s naming is confusing and so is its purpose. I’d like to try to help with that.
Read MoreAdobe Makes Another Customer Unfriendly Change
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Remember when they said that one of the benefits was that you would always be able to access older versions of the software if you needed to do so?
Bull!
Read MoreThe Death of Aperture (the product not the lens function)
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It’s been a number of years since Apple pushed their professional grade photo editing solution onto an ice floe to die quietly out of sight and out of mind. Many customers still lament the decision because Aperture was a really great product and Apple shill marketing notwithstanding, Photos is such a pale replacement as to be nearly transparent.
Read MoreTime for a Screed - Product Availability
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Help me understand something. Retailers are complaining that retail revenue is down. This is a fact, phoney sales notwithstanding. On hand inventory in brick and mortar stores is at an all time low. Many B&M retailers are moving to, or have moved to online sales as their primary mode of transaction, and we can look at B&H Photo Video as an example of a company that has been successful in the industry, and Amazon as a general example.
Read MoreIs a Black Friday Deal Really a Deal?
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I awoke today to find over 100 emails in my inbox advertising Black Friday. This goes with the over 100 I have received over the course of the week preceding the day. I deleted most all of them without opening them, and had a look at a couple, which ended up being deleted. This raises the question about whether these deals really are deals?
Read MoreCanon Announces the EOS R
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Building on their position as a leader in digital imaging for both photography and video, the long-rumoured Canon full frame mirrorless camera has been announced. The Canon EOS R is the first in a series of brand-new full frame mirrorless bodies to come from Canon. It is joined on release by four brand new lenses using Canon’s new RF mount.
Read MoreFujifilm Announces the X-T3
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Summer is over and it's new camera season! Fujifilm today (September 6th) announced the next generation X-T3 with availability set for September 20th, 2018.
Read More2017 : The Photo Video Year in Review. By Me. Plus 2018 Predictions!!!!
/It's pretty common for writers to do a year in review type of thing, so here we go.
Read Morethe Nikon D850 Non-Announcement
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On July 25th, Nikon announced the development of the replacement for the D810. It will be called the D850. Just as has been predicted for months. In fact the development hasn't even been a question. Too bad the announcement is utterly content free.
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RIP Lexar Cards
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In a blog post yesterday, Micron, owner of Lexar made the announcement that Lexar as a provider of memory cards, thumb drives, card readers etc. is done.
Read MoreThoughts on the Nikon Financial Announcements
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Based on the panic induced drop in stock price following Nikon's recent announcement of financials for the third quarter ending December 31st, 2016, there's an enormous amount of noise that Nikon is done, that the company is over, yadda, yadda, yadda. I don't think so.
Read MoreNikon Kills the DL Lineup Before They Are Born - Ramblings
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Nikon kills the DL lineup and some general ramblings on the future for Nikon
Read More25 New Year's Resolutions for Creatives - Have a More Powerful 2017
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Every New Year, folks make resolutions. A lot of them never get started, some get accomplished, and by the 3rd of January, life has often gotten in the way. To save you time, gentle reader, I have provided a lengthy list of resolutions for creatives to make your list building quicker. Heck, you might even do some of them!
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Wedding Photographers BEWARE - Brides Magazine Hates You
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Brides Magazine has done it again, slamming photographers in an article.
Read MoreCamera Evolution - The Coming Industry Sea Change
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I've been watching the photographic industry for a long time, and I confess to being opinionated about it. I've been agreed with and hated simultaneously for positions that I have taken, and rightly or wrongly, I've been proven correct more than not. My topic for this article is Camera Evolution.
Read MoreSTOP shooting for FREE or below market - you're screwing the industry
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What the hell were these people thinking? At at time when things are not getting easier for professional creatives, we are increasingly inundated by people without skill or capability lowering the market price for services by charging very little for what they allege is professional grade work. A surprising number of these idiots work for free thinking that this is actually a smart decision.
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Photo Video News Update - October 9, 2106
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I'm back to the standard news update. After the drenching from Photokina week and the follow on, we are back to mostly regular news releases.
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