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$10 Photo Editor vs $2 Photo Editor: Photographer Tests Two Cheap Retouching Services (VIDEO)
Shutterbug Staff  |  Apr 15, 2019  | 

Should you hire a cheap photo editor to work on your images or will it do more harm than good? That's what photographer Irene Rudnyk decided to find out in her new video, "$10 vs $2 Retouch."

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5 Things I Didn’t Know About Alien Skin Exposure X4: Software Review
Jon Sienkiewicz  |  Jan 24, 2019  | 

What I don’t know would fill a 300TB hard drive, that’s for sure. But I thought I had a pretty good handle on Exposure X4 from Alien Skin. I’ve been using Exposure in its progressive incarnations for a long time, so I was really surprised to learn that it has powers I never knew.

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Here’s How to Get Striking Color in Your Photos Using Photoshop in Under 5 Minutes
Shutterbug Staff  |  Dec 24, 2018  | 

Here’s a quick Photoshop tip from Aaron Nace of Phlearn. Have you ever shot an image and, for whatever reason, you just aren’t satisfied with the color? Maybe it looks too washed out or, by contast, too saturated? Or maybe the color looks just plain off.

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Smartphone Cameras vs Real Cameras: Here’s the Truth According to Photographer Evan Ranft
Dan Havlik  |  Nov 06, 2018  | 

If your eyes have glazed over by the countless videos out there comparing the latest smartphone cameras to real cameras, you’re not alone. The tipping point for photographer Evan Ranft was a video he saw comparing a Google Pixel smarthphone’s camera to a Hasselblad medium format camera.

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DxO Intros DxO PhotoLab 2 Raw Image Processing & Editing Software with New Features
Shutterbug Staff  |  Oct 24, 2018  | 

The Paris, France-based imaging company DxO just announced the release of DxO PhotoLab 2, which is the latest iteration of its Raw image processing and editing software that had once been called DxO OpticsPro. 

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A Real, Legit Adobe Photoshop App Is Finally Coming to the iPad in 2019 (VIDEO)
Dan Havlik  |  Oct 15, 2018  | 

It took them long enough. That’s what some Photoshop/iPad users might be saying after hearing today at the Adobe MAX conference in Los Angeles that Adobe will finally be releasing a real version of Photoshop for the iPad in 2019.

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The Top 5 Best New Features in Photoshop CC 2019, According to Colin Smith from photoshopCAFE (VIDEO)
Shutterbug Staff  |  Oct 15, 2018  | 

Along with previewing a cool new Photoshop on the iPad app that’s coming next year, Adobe also unveiled the new Photoshop CC 2019 image editing software today at the Adobe MAX conference in Los Angeles. One of the Adobe experts who’s already tried out Photoshop CC 2019 is Colin Smith of photoshopCAFE.

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PortraitPro Body 3 Software Is Here to Help Put Your Portrait Subjects on a Virtual Diet (and More)
Shutterbug Staff  |  Oct 09, 2018  | 

One of our favorite photo editing apps for portrait photography is back with a new version. 

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jAlbum 15 Review: Website Photo Portfolio Software Adds Features, Looks & Speed
The Editors  |  Oct 05, 2018  | 

If you want to build an online photo album or digital portfolio of your images to share on the web, there are many ways to do it. But one of our favorite options has been the jAlbum photo gallery software, which we have reviewed several times over the years.

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8 Pieces of Software Every Photographer Should Use, According to Michael Sasser
Shutterbug Staff  |  Jul 25, 2018  | 
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DXO Releases 2018 Nik Collection Image-Editing Plugins for Photoshop & Lightroom
Ron Leach  |  Jun 06, 2018  | 

Ever since DxO acquired the popular Nik Collection of image-editing software from Google last October, photographers have eagerly awaited an update to the powerful free suite of Photoshop and Lightroom plugins. The good news is that Nik Collection 2018 is now available on the DxO website, although the download is no longer free.

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The Soft Touch: The Best Software for Wedding, Portrait, and Boudoir Photos
Joe Farace  |  May 01, 2018  | 

The following is something people tell me when I suggest using a plug-in or specialized software for enhancing or retouching portraits: “But you can do that in Photoshop!” That’s because when it comes to software for wedding, portrait, and boudoir photographs, everyone has an opinion—sometimes a strong one—even if they’re wrong.

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Free Software Alert: Brice Lambson Is Back with Updated Image Resizer for Windows
Jon Sienkiewicz  |  Apr 19, 2018  | 

Wish you could right-click an image—or batch of images—and resize to desired dimensions? You can, and the best image resizing app has just been updated. Best of all, it’s free.

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Capture One Pro Software Review: Phase One’s Raw Image Editor Is Now Easier with More Features
Jack Neubart  |  Feb 15, 2018  | 

Capture One Pro is a top-echelon Raw image processor and editor, courtesy of the people behind Phase One cameras and backs. For this software review, I tried Capture One Pro, which is now on Version 11, on images shot with various cameras, ranging from Nikon to Canon to Phase One.

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Photo Gear of the Year: We Team Up with TIPA to Pick the Best Photo Products of 2017
George Schaub  |  Jan 24, 2018  | 

Shutterbug, a member of the Technical Image Press Association (TIPA), once again joined forces with 30 other member magazines from around the world to choose the winners of the annual TIPA Awards for the best photo/imaging products in 40 different categories. The award process began in early 2017 with an initial selection of a wide range of products conducted by TIPA’s Technical Committee, on which Shutterbug’s Editor-at-Large George Schaub serves. 

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