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The Dead Pixels Society podcast: Photo moonshot with Makaila Nichols, the Blatantly Honest Foundation Events Feature Podcasts Promotions 

The Dead Pixels Society podcast: Photo moonshot with Makaila Nichols, the Blatantly Honest Foundation

Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talks with Makaila Nichols, author and founder of the Blatantly Honest Foundation. At 18, Nichols wrote “Blatantly Honest,” a best-selling book about her battle with body issues, bullying, and sexual assault. From there, she started the Blatantly Honest Foundation to “change the stigma behind bullying and other social issues by educating the public,... Read More
Industry Notes for the week of July 11 Earnings reports New Products People on the Move Updates 

Industry Notes for the week of July 11

App news and website updates   Dotphoton has renamed its flagship software to “Rawsie“ Swiss image-compression company Dotphoton has renamed its flagship product from Dotphoton Raw to Rawsie. New features include a Lightroom catalog compression feature. Also, a Windows edition is on the way. RTRO by Moment adds slow-mo feature RTRO by Moment, the popular “retro photography” app for iPhone, has added... Read More
Editorial: The photo/imaging industry responds to COVID-19 News Opinion 

Editorial: The photo/imaging industry responds to COVID-19

The 24-hour, non-stop coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic is inescapable. While we here at the Dead Pixels Society try to be apolitical and to focus on business-related issues and topics, it’s clear the pandemic is going to have wide-ranging effects and ramifications for the global industry. The mass cancelations and postponements of important photo and printing industry events, like photokina... Read More
UPGRD is a new service for automatically enhancing photo designs Events Feature SDKs and APIs 

UPGRD is a new service for automatically enhancing photo designs

Sometimes big ideas come from small companies. As volume photography market service providers to make products more personalized to improve customer satisfaction, there comes the natural dilemma of maintaining productivity. UPGRD is a company providing a new way of offering automated photo enrichment. The company started in 2012 as a school photography company in Finland, Oma Design, but by 2015,... Read More
Top six trends affecting the professional photography industry Feature 

Top six trends affecting the professional photography industry

In the intro segment of the Capturelife Pulse! 2019 virtual users conference, Gary Pageau from the Dead Pixels Society presented “Top 6 Trends Affecting Professional Photography,” in a give-and-take session hosted by TW Woodward. Below is an embedded video of the nearly half-hour discussion. Download the presentation here. If you are interested in watching the individual sessions at the Capturelife Pulse!... Read More
GFCrew adds media credentials to boost member access Feature News 

GFCrew adds media credentials to boost member access

A major challenge for many independent sports photographers is getting access to sidelines. Understandably, high-school athletic directors and youth sports leagues are careful who is on-field during games. At the very least, there are liability concerns. With everything else going before a sporting event, providing access passes to photographers is not a priority. That’s one reason why GFCrew, the new... Read More
App updates, rumors, financial news for the week of Aug. 30 News People on the Move Tips and tricks 

App updates, rumors, financial news for the week of Aug. 30

New apps and updates Shutterfly app updates adds printing to retail 64BitApps releases Image Plus v.1.3 for macOS Nikon Z Series adds dedicated 3D LUT for N-Log Google Photos adds OCR recognition to iOS and Android apps, via BGR Rumours and items from around the internet ‘Polaroid’ film: A Near Deal With Netflix Becomes a Legal Horror, via Hollywood Reporter Long-lost family photo album finds its way back... Read More
Industry notes, app updates and more for the week of Aug. 2 News 

Industry notes, app updates and more for the week of Aug. 2

  New apps and updates Pixellu updates SmartAlbums 2019 photo album design software Topaz Labs introduced Topaz Studio 2, a non-destructive photo editor with hundreds of layers and effects. MAGIX Photostory now up to 3x faster and with more creative possibilities for custom slideshows di Support releases version 3.6.0 of the Rossmann Photo World app, via website. New features include paying with PayPal and large-format printing. JPEGmini introduced a Capture... Read More
Industry notes, app updates and people on the move for the week of July 19 People on the Move Tips and tricks Updates 

Industry notes, app updates and people on the move for the week of July 19

New apps and updates Roxio launches Roxio Toast 18 with digital art module, Roxio Akrilic 64BitApps releases Color Ray v.1.0 for Mac for adding color effects to photos Ohanaware updates HDR imaging software for macOS, HDRtist NX2 Fotomerchant HV v1.32 has been released, featuring improved reports Microsoft releases free RAW Image Viewer extension for Windows 10, via Microsoft Store Rumours... Read More
Industry notes, app updates and more for the week of June 12 News 

Industry notes, app updates and more for the week of June 12

New apps and updates Mediaclip releases v8.0 of renowned product personalization software Vivid-Pix announces adding metadata zoom/transcribe feature to its RESTORE software at Allen County Public Library Google Camera 6.3 preps ‘McFly mode,’ selfie tips, and Pixel 4 support , via 9to5Google Luminar FLEX plugin update includes interface and workflow enhancements Fotomerchant HV v1.31 has been released, introducing of Session Categories, as... Read More
Industry notes for the week of July 5 New Products Press releases Tips and tricks Updates 

Industry notes for the week of July 5

New apps and updates Google Photos product lead confirms manual face tags, timestamp edits on Android, and other features in the works, via Android Police Panasonic announces firmware updates for LUMIX mirrorless cameras HoudahGeo 5.3: Photo geotagging solution adds Apple HEIC support, via press release Rumours and reports from around the Internet: Fujifilm to launch new software for wedding albums in Japan, via Nippon.com Post-Jet.com acquisition, Walmart is on track... Read More
App updates, financial updates, industry notes and more New Products News People on the Move Press releases Tips and tricks Updates 

App updates, financial updates, industry notes and more

New apps and updates Fotomerchant HV v1.30 was released, including many updates to the Shopping Cart to further improve the user experience of ordering photos.  Phase One launches Capture One CH for Windows Phase One advances IQ4 Infinity Platform with more photographer controls Painter 2020 from Corel features new streamlined workflow, GPU-based brushing, and convenient color selection Sony introduces live streaming for HXR-NX80 and PXW-Z90 camcorders with... Read More
Apps, rumors and financial news for the week of June 14 New Products People on the Move Updates 

Apps, rumors and financial news for the week of June 14

New apps and updates Sigma issues product advisory for its 60-600mm F4.5-6.3 and 70-200mm F2.8 Sports lenses, via DPReview Photo organizing device maker Monument released Monument 2.0, offering improved facial recognition, enhanced scene recognition, shared albums and more. Skylum has updated photo editing and organizing software Luminar 3 to 3.1.1 with a bevy of speed improvements and improved navigation. Capture One launches Capture One Studio Serif Software has updated Affinity... Read More
Industry Notes News Updates 

Industry Notes

Notable apps and updates Fujifilm announces firmware updates for “FUJIFILM X-T30” Zoner announces spring update Zoner Photo Studio X mixi releases a monthly subscription service for the photo and video sharing app FamilyAlbum Next evolution of Accent AI filter introduced in Luminar 3.1.0 Rumours and reports Here are some interesting items from around the internet: Shutterfly shares spike on rumors Apollo and Cerberus... Read More