Black Diamond Productions

This will be the first post of many to cover backing up your images and backup in general…. To start Scott Bourne just posted a very good review of his use of the DROBO…. It’s worth a read… Plus they are running a special on them from the site…

That all said it’s not what I am using currently but we can compare and contrast in later posts…

Here is a snip of the article - click the link at the bottom to get the full story and see the online deal they arranged….

It’s simply one of the most important subjects we can talk about. Backup. While photographers often think nothing of spending thousands of dollars on a lens, they’re typically tighter than the bark on a tree when it comes to spending money for backup.

While money is an issue, the other big problem has been ease-of-use. Most backup systems are hard to master or simply don’t work. Photographers often use this as an excuse not to back up their libraries.

That’s got to stop. And here to help is the Drobo, from Data Robotics

FULL STORY - CLICK HERE

May 26, 2008

New Dreamweaver, Fireworks, and Soundbooth Betas Released on Labs

Beta releases of the next versions of Dreamweaver, Fireworks, and Soundbooth are now available for download on Adobe Labs. Anyone can download and try the software for at least two days after installation while existing customers of Dreamweaver CS3 and Fireworks CS3 can request a serial number to activate the respective beta for the duration of the prerelease period. For those interested in the Soundbooth beta, we are allowing any customer with any CS3 product serial number (including but limited to Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, etc.) request and receive a beta serial number and activate the Soundbooth beta.

For more information regarding each release, follow these links:

* Dreamweaver beta
* Fireworks beta
* Soundbooth beta

Photoshop CS 4 Will Use Your Graphics Card to Run at Light Speed, Do Fancy 3D Tricks

from Gizmodo by matt buchanan - FULL ARTICLE

The next version of Photoshop (CS 4) will be juicing up performance by taking advantage of hardware it hasn’t tapped before: graphics cards and physics processors. How much faster is the new 64-bit, GPU-injected Photoshop? At a demo at Nvidia’s HQ, TG Daily watched "the presenter playing with a 2 GB, 442 megapixel image like it was a 5 megapixel image on an 8-core Skulltrail system. Changes made through image zoom and through a new rotate canvas tool were applied almost instantly."

3D effects are spiffier too, with direct 3D model manipulation and rendering, as well as a snappier 3D accelerated panorama. Overall, it sounds like it could be the most important Photoshop update in years when it drops in October. [TGDaily]

http://www.photoshop.com/express

If you have not checked out Photoshop express its worth a look…

2GB of free space and links to most all major online sharing services plus some of the best online editing tools available. It is a pretty impressive move by Adobe to overtake the online services marketplace.