Industry notes for the week of Oct. 11
Rumours and interesting items from around the internet
- Investment in Benny Landa‘s latest printing venture, Landa Digital Printing, reaches $800 million, according to PrintWeek.
- Vivid-Pix Restore, featuring its new metadata tagging feature, is the subject of the latest Photo Detective podcast.
- Homegrown S.F. print-on-demand startup, Printify, looks to shift operations to the Baltics, via BizJournals
- Canon celebrates production of 100 million EOS-Series interchangeable-lens cameras
App and software updates
- Mimeo Photos was updated to its desktop photobook maker version 3.8 this morning, ensuring compatibility with MacOS Catalina. DPS readers can get a 15% discount until Oct. 31 by using code, “CATALINA”.
- Adobe introduces Adobe Photoshop Elements 2020 & Premiere Elements 2020
- Capture One partners with LOOKSLIKEFILM for signature looks
- Digital memory-keeping service Forever has added 10×10 photobooks to its output offerings.
- Lightricks updates FaceTune2 to include cosmetic filters from BoxyCharm, via Next Reality.
- The Pixelmator Team released Pixelmator Pro 1.5 Avalon, adding support for macOS Catalina, machine-learning powered noise removal powered by Core ML, and brings significant performance improvements.
- DuetCam 1.1 update brings front-and-back video recording to newer iPhones
- Facebook launched Threads from Instagram, a new camera-first messaging app.
- Ricoh Imaging released the third firmware update, v1.30, for the GR III. This update adds cross-processing functionality, similar to what is available in Pentax DSLRs, and additional button customization options.
Tech developments to watch
- Shutterfly says Illinois biometric law doesn’t cover online photos, via Law360
- Samsung ends mobile phone production in China, via Reuters
People on the Move
- Ryan Polk named chairman of the board at Generation Next, parent company of Print Mates photo kiosk company. Outgoing chair Nick Yates stepped down as CEO to focus on sales, marketing, and business development.