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PhotoTools Examples from Andy Marcus

by Mike Wong on 11.16.09 in Photography, onOne Products • 0 Comments

One of the great things about my job at onOne Software is that I get to work with some great photographers. A couple of years ago, I met Andy Marcus and his son Brian Marcus at PhotoPlus Expo. Andy and Brian are the principal photographers and run Fred Marcus Photography and Video in New York and are not only amazing photographers but incredibly nice people as well. Whenever I go to New York, I try to stop by their studio. You can visit their website or their blog to see some of their amazing work.

But before you go to their site, here are a few photos that Andy sent me recently where they used PhotoTools 2 Professional Edition to add an artistic touch to their photos. I think the original photos look great on their own, but it’s fun to see how Andy and Brian have used PhotoTools 2 to enhance them a bit more. Roll your mouse over each image for a before/after preview.

All photos this page by Brian Marcus. Copyright Fred Marcus Photography and Video. All rights reserved. Used with permission.

Impressions of FocalPoint 2

by Mike Wong on 10.30.09 in onOne Products • 0 Comments

Even though the recently announced FocalPoint 2 won’t be available until November, professional photographer and Photoshop instructor Scott Stulberg has been playing with it for a little while already. Scott is the co-author of The Digital Photographer’s Guide to Photoshop Plug-ins so he knows a thing or two about plug-ins. I met Scott shortly after we started onOne Software over 4 years ago and he’s been integral in helping us shape our plug-ins giving us feedback early on in the development process.

With FocalPoint 2 we got him some early development builds and he provided us with some great feedback. He’s posted some examples of what he’s done with these early builds of FocalPoint 2 on his blog as well some general comments.

DSLR Camera Remote v1.2 now available

by Mike Wong on 10.27.09 in News, onOne Products • 5 Comments

I was out last week in New York for the PhotoPlus Expo conference when I got the note that version 1.2 of our DSLR Camera Remote application for the iPhone and iPod Touch was approved by the Apple iTunes App Store staff. Many of the benefits in this 1.2 update were rolled out as part of the 1.2 update the DSLR Camera Remote Server that was released earlier this month. But you will still want to get the free update to version 1.2 on your iPhone/iPod Touch as it does address some better handling of error messages as well as some general stability fixes.

To get the update, go to your iTunes store or on your iPhone or iPod Touch, choose the App Store application, click on Updates and find DSLR Camera Remote.

Plug-In Suite 5 and More Announcements

by Mike Wong on 10.27.09 in News, onOne Products • 17 Comments

box-plugin-suite5I am pleased to share with you that today, we have announced a major upgrade to our flagship product, the onOne Plug-In Suite. The new Plug-In Suite 5 is slated for release in November and includes upgrades to FocalPoint, PhotoTune, PhotoFrame and PhotoTools. Additionally, all of the products including Genuine Fractals 6 and Mask Pro 4 will now be Windows 64-bit compatible. If you are using Photoshop CS4, there is also a new onOne Panel that provides quick and easy access to all of the products in the Plug-In Suite 5. You can read the full press release here.

The Plug-In Suite 5 will be shipping in November but can be pre-ordered now at a discount. Continue reading for more information about specific updates to FocalPoint 2, PhotoTune 3, PhotoTools 2.5 and PhotoFrame 4.5 as part of the Plug-In Suite 5.

For more information about Plug-In Suite 5 including a pre-order special offer, visit the Plug-In Suite 5 product page.

New FocalPoint 2

suite5-fp2-boxI think you are really going to like what we’ve done to FocalPoint 2. We’ve taken it way beyond the motion and box blur that was available in version 1. Now in FocalPoint 2, there is an all new blur algorithm that accurately replicates the blur that a real lens would create. This new algorithm, combined with the ability to use up to six FocusBugs and a new FocusBrush that let’s you fine tune exactly where the blur should go is the perfect way to simulate depth-of-field in your photos.

We worked closely with several professional photographers on this release to make sure that the blur we created was true to what you would normally achieve in camera. This new algorithm is going to allow you to shoot at an aperture like f/8 to achieve optimum sharpness, yet get the background blur as if you shot it at a much wider aperture. You’ve got to see it to believe it! FocalPoint 2 will be shipping in November, but check out the new product page.

New PhotoTune 3

suite5-ptune3-boxAlso new on it’s own or as part of the Plug-In Suite 5 is PhotoTune 3. PhotoTune 3 has a brand new auto-correction algorithm that we licensed from im-sense that was originally developed to solve the problem of dynamic range correction in standard and HDR images. In PhotoTune 3, this technology works on standard images captured in a single image. It ensures that detail is revealed while maintaining color balance and integrity.

Also new in PhotoTune 3 is an updated SkinTune module which automatically color corrects skin color in one step with a new option to target the color correction to just the skin rather than the entire image. It is perfect for both indoor and outdoor portraits where you pick up a surrounding color cast on your subject’s skin. PhotoTune 3 will be available in November.

For more information about PhotoTune 3, visit the product detail page.

Updates to PhotoTools 2.5 and PhotoFrame 4.5

Both PhotoTools and PhotoFrame also get updates as part of this big Plug-In Suite 5 launch. In PhotoTools 2.5 (both Standard and Professional Editions), we have included several new effects for portrait retouching and lighting effects. Also, the FocusBug control from FocalPoint is now integrated into PhotoTools 2.5 allowing you to apply any of the effects selectively with that intuitive control.

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In PhotoFrame 4.5 (both Standard and Professional Editions) you can now move frames and textures below the image layer. If you are creating album layouts with PhotoFrame, this is going to save you a ton of time. Also, you can now export frame layers as a clipping mask back to Photoshop giving you additional creative control. If you get the Professional Edition of PhotoFrame 4.5, you get some great new content from our newest PhotoFrame guru contributor Kersti Malvre which all by itself will raise the quality of the work you can create with PhotoFrame 4.5.

Both PhotoTools 2.5 and PhotoFrame 4.5 will be available in December.

For more information, visit the PhotoTools 2.5 product page or the PhotoFrame 4.5 product page.

Again, these updates won’t be available until November. You can pre-order the Plug-In Suite 5. If you order any of the other individual products, we will ship you the current version of that product now when you place an order and then we will send you a copy of the newest version for free when it is available.

Spam Emails from Flickr?

by Mike Wong on 10.21.09 in Support • 11 Comments

Update: 10/27/09

I need to clarify my comment below about “the flickr/yahoo servers were breached in some fashion”. I received an email from a Flickr employee today to let me know that the flickr systems WERE NOT breached. The spam is occurring due to an abuse in the share this feature of the flickr website. No systems were breached. My apologies for my earlier inaccurate statement below. There are two posts about this here and here.

We are still investigating what could have happened on our end for an email that was registered only ever with us to have gotten out. When we find out what happened, we’ll post something on the blog here. In the meantime, if you have received one of these emails using an address you only ever submitted to onOne, I would appreciate it if you could contact me so we can ask a couple of questions to help narrow down where and how this could have occurred.

Specifically, we’re looking to see (1) when you submitted that email address; (2) what kind of form did  you submit  your email on? Was it a trial download request? product registration? product purchase? tech support or customer service request? forum sign up? blog sign up? photo contest entry?

Thank you in advance for your assistance and patience.

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I received a couple of emails from some onOne customers today because they received some spam emails from what appears to be the flickr domain. Apparently the email address that they received the spam email to was only ever used at onOne Software to register for a demo or purchase. We take this very seriously as we do not, have not, nor ever intend to sell, share or otherwise provide any information you provide to onOne to a third-party.

We have had our IT engineers examine our systems and there is no evidence that any of our systems, or customer databases were breached. Further, there is no evidence that our customer databases were exposed to anyone outside of onOne. Additionally, there is no evidence that any of our email service provider databases have been breached either. From what we have read online, it appears that the Flickr/Yahoo servers were breached in some fashion and allowed the spam to occur, likely sending to a large number of email addresses that may or may not have been associated with Flickr accounts.

I have received two of these “flickr” spam emails to two of my personal email addresses that I know for a fact, are not in any of the onOne customer databases. Neither of those email addresses are associated with Flickr either, so I’m not sure what is going on, but I can assure you that we at onOne Software have not sold or otherwise made available any email addresses that have been registered with onOne Software via our web site.

Here is a link on the Flickr help forum about this topic as well: http://www.flickr.com/help/forum/110000/?search=spam

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