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onOne Software and Photoshop CS3

by Mike Wong on 12.19.06 in News, onOne Products • 0 Comments

Another day, another announcement. Earlier today, we announced our plans for updating Mask Pro 4, Intellihance Pro 4 and PhotoFrame Pro 3 to be compatible with Photoshop CS3. Yesterday, we talked about our plans for Genuine Fractals.

If you’re using Photoshop CS3 in it’s public beta form on Mac OS X and want/need to use any of our plug-ins you’ll have to run Photoshop CS3 under Rosetta (which pretty much defeats the purpose of the CS3 public beta) for the time being. Rest assured we’re hard at work on making the Mac versions of our plug-ins Universal Binaries and plan to share more on that in the coming weeks, so stay tuned.

Genuine Fractals 5.0

by Mike Wong on 12.18.06 in News • 0 Comments

As you may have already seen, today, we announced a new version of Genuine Fractals 5.0 which will be available in the spring of 2007 right around the time that Photoshop CS3 will be commercially (not in beta form) available.

Be sure to check back in the coming weeks as we’ll post some screenshots and will have much more to talk about with this new version. For now, here’s a quick recap of the new features you can expect to see in Genuine Fractals 5.0.

  • New User Interface & Photoshop CS3 Compatibility – In addition to being compatible with Photoshop CS3, Genuine Fractals 5 has been rewritten as a Universal Binary to be fully compatible with both PowerPC and Intel-based Macintosh computers. Genuine Fractals 5.0 will also have a brand-new user interface that streamlines the image scaling process.
  • Improved Scaling Algorithm – The patented scaling algorithm in Genuine Fractals has been improved to deliver even better results than before.
  • Improved Scaling Performance – Genuine Fractals 5.0 will fully support multi-processor computers such as dual processor and dual core computers as well as AltiVec and SSE acceleration to deliver superior scaling results faster than ever before.
  • Built-In Sharpening Controls – Genuine Fractals 5.0 will give users the option to add sharpening to a file during the scaling process. Users will have control over the amount of sharpening that is applied and get a preview of the sharpening results before the one step scaling and sharpening process.
  • Built-In Film Grain Controls – Genuine Fractals 5.0 will give users the option to add simulated film grain after a file has been scaled. Users will have control over the amount of film grain that is applied and get a preview of the results; and it can be combined with the new sharpening controls if desired.
  • Additional file format support – Genuine Fractals 5.0 will support 8-bit and 16-bit RGB and Grayscale images. Genuine Fractals Print Pro 5.0 will offer additional support for CMYK and LAB color modes.
  • Improved Batch Processing Support – Genuine Fractals 5.0 will offer improved batch processing support for scaling multiple files in one step.

Mt. Hood

by Mike Wong on 12.14.06 in Photography, Photoshop • 0 Comments

Another inspired shot from Julianne Kost’s book, Window Seat. I shot this one with my compact Canon SD550 on the way from PDX to ATL. After a bit of Photoshop work, here’s what I ended up with. The frame you see on the picture is from the Jack Davis Collection of add-on frames for PhotoFrame Pro.

I’ll post a short tutorial on how I ended up with this final picture in the next few days.

Before PhotoFrame Pro:

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After PhotoFrame Pro:

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Images copyright Mike Wong

Software Cinema San Fransciso Event

by Mike Wong on 12.08.06 in Education • 0 Comments

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Another day, another event. Seems like these shows never end! Which is great, because that means you’ve always got a chance to learn something new! Today I’m down in South San Francisco for the Adobe Photoshop Training Camp and Conference Expo put on by Software Cinema. Some big names are going to be here today and it should be a great show! I’ll try to post some pictures throughout the day.

I’ve got a friend who…

by Mike Wong on 12.07.06 in Uncategorized • 0 Comments

I’ve been hearing this a lot lately. Someone says something like this where they say “I’ve got a friend who is a professional photographer who is a beta tester for Adobe’s Lightroom“. What a coincidence, so do I. In fact, I’ve got non-professional photographer friends who are beta testers for Lightoom. For that matter, I AM A BETA TESTER FOR LIGHTROOM.

When a company makes a beta program public, anybody can be a beta tester. This kind of stuff just cracks me up. Sure, being a beta tester for some kinds of software still has some “I’m on the inside track” excitement for those who care about that kind of stuff. But when a program like Lightroom is a public beta and all you have to do to qualify to be a “beta tester” is fill out a form and give Adobe your email address, well, it’s not that big of a deal.

If someone was a true beta tester for a non-announced, non-public program, they would be under Non-Disclosure Agreements and couldn’t (or shouldn’t) be talking to friends who aren’t on the beta program under a similar (or the same) NDA.

I don’t mean to single the above referenced blog post out, it just made me realize that I hear and read this all the time now and I think it’s silly.

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