The folks at Skylum kindly granted me access to a beta version of Luminar 4. The release date is November 18th, so this is near to being the pre-release version. It certainly felt stable and fully featured. Even better, it supports Canon’s CR3 files! Luminar 4 – What’s New? Readers of this blog will know […]
Topaz Studio 2 Flash Sale – 30% off this weekend
This is a great image editing suite which features a great set of enhancements and filters: The AI Clear filter is worth the price alone… You can download a trial version from Topaz Labs…
Topaz Denoise AI – Worthwhile or just noise?
Topaz Labs have just issued a fascinating blog post comparing the Denoise AI product to other class leading noise reduction programs. Is this just a carefully chosen image, well suited to Denoise AI’s processing or are they onto something here? So I took my own, noisy, photo. Unlike Topaz’s it was in daylight, and taken […]
Luminar – a fresh look. Is it time to upgrade?
It’s been a while since I reviewed Luminar and there is an update due to be released on November 18th. Given that it is on pre-sale at a much reduced price, including a free SmugMug subscription, I thought I’d revisit it and see what the current version can do. What is Skylum Luminar? Luminar is […]
Exposure X5 Update – Review
Exposure software (previously Alien Skin software) have recently released an upgrade to their Exposure program. They’ve kept the name, but now its Exposure X5. What is Exposure X5? Exposure X5 is Exposure Software’s flagship product. It is a Digital Asset Manager product for photographers. But it is so much more than that. It is a […]
More Topaz Magic-Mask AI Released
Topaz Mask AI As I stated in yesterday’s post, Topaz Labs seem to be the most innovative photo software company at the moment. They’ve restructured their software into two groups: Topaz Studio, which contains all their ‘regular’ plugins and enhancement tools. The AI range, their specialist tools. And now they’ve added AI Mask. I’ve played […]
Upgrading to Windows 10
Windows 10 Upgrade is Still Free. I recently upgraded one of my computers to Windows 10. I know, I’m a late adopter. But Windows 7 was working fine for me and I didn’t feel inclined to update it without good reason. I had to update it to test the new DXO PhotoLab 3, which won’t […]
Is this the End for Photo Software Companies?
I recently reviewed DXO Photo Lab 3. DXO has been my equal favourite piece of photo software for some time now. Readers of this blog will know that DXO and Photo Ninja are my go to programs. If they can’t do it then Affinity Photo, anything by Topaz Labs and a bit of Nik Viveza […]
DXO Photo Lab 3 Review
It’s becoming a tradition. Photo software companies offer upgrades around this time of year. DXO are no exception and I’ve been playing with their new release of DXO Photo Lab 3. Disclaimer DXO did not pay me to write this review, neither did they supply me with the software. NOTE for Windows 7 users DXO […]
An aid for blogging
ProWritingAid – a tool for bloggers and writers I’ve been writing this blog for over a year now and it’s a very different discipline to taking and editing photographs. I find it harder. Until yesterday, my method was to write the post and then use Yoast’s features to check my writing. That worked for shorter posts […]