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Get Photographed by Me @ Adobe MAX

Anonymous — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 13:41:33 GMT

Adobe MAX The Creativity Conference There are so many great Adobe MAX sessions this year. Check out the full roster: http://adobe.ly/ZjK8LU You can save $400 on registration by using promotional code COM300 http://adobe.ly/XnIP7Q and get a 1-Year of Creative Cloud – Free! My team will be at Adobe MAX in Los Angeles this May. Stop [...]

Lightroom 5–The Public Beta Is Here!

Anonymous — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 19:35:00 GMT

A Complete Recap of Cropping-specific features is available at Holy Crop! Read it for more detail on the Crop Enhancements. Rikk’s Top 10 New Features in Lightroom 5 in Fast Fly-by Mode Smart Previews – Lightweight images that take the place of your Raw files throughout the LR application. Very useful for traveling and working [...]

Lightroom 4.4 Released

Anonymous — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Adobe announces the release of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom version 4.4 (as well as Adobe Camera Raw 7.4). The update includes: Raw File Camera Support for 25 New Cameras Lens Profiles for 18 lenses Improved Raw File support for Fuji Cameras with the X-Trans Sensor Bug Fixes For more information click here. Rikk Flohr © 2013

Is Downloaded or Boxed Software Better?

Anonymous — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 15:00:00 GMT

I hear from customers on a fairly regular basis. If they are asking about a product that is downloadable, they want a disc. Of course if the call is about a product shipped on a disc, the caller wants to be able to download it. There isn't a definitive right or wrong answer to which is better as I think the best answer depends on the size of the software (or artwork).

A recent caller asked us about SimpleSeps Raster and couldn't understand that it was a downloadable product because there was a "box" on the page. Many "electronic" products from us (and lots of other companies) are shown with a rendered box shot or a 3D rendering of a book. When the product is electronic, it helps to show the representation of a physical product. Often I use a product named True BoxShot (read True BoxShot Makes 3D Product Renderings for more details) to create these renderings.

In the case of SimpleSeps Raster, we made sure to include a note near the top of the page explaining that it was a download only product. Unfortunately many of us (me too) overlook an obvious answer in front of us. We only see what we want to see.

Now back to why this product is a download. Quite simply it is around a 10 MB file to download. Even on poor connections, most users can download it in less than a minute. If it were provided on a disc, it would have to be shipped (more money) and would take a minimum of a day (most likely longer) to arrive. Once you have downloaded the product, you are free to back it up on a disc if you so desire.

Alternatively we have products like CorelDRAW X6 Unleashed that take more than 4 GB of space. That is unreasonably large for a download. For that reason, it is provided on a DVD and shipped. While some of you would have no problem downloading a large file, it would create problems for many users and we have to select what we believe is the best answer for the vast majority of users.

As times passes, the size of files to reasonably download gets larger and larger. Connections get faster, server space is more plentiful and server bandwidth is increased. There may be a day in the future when we only offer products as a download. I just don't see that happening for at least a few years. What you will see is an increasing percentage that are downloads.

Some of the products we offer are made by other companies. While we can suggest to them a method of delivery, it is their decision on what to offer. There are some products that we really feel should be downloads and we just haven't been able to convince the manufacturer that it will help increase their sales due to decrease in price (no shipping costs) and faster delivery.

As I said in the beginning, there is no definitive right or wrong answer. I would love to hear your opinion, so please leave a comment with your thoughts.

Introductory Offer for Adobe’s Creative Cloud™ Ends August 31, 2012

Anonymous — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 13:24:29 GMT

The promotional pricing for current CS users who upgrade to Adobe® Creative Cloud™ ends August 31. If you’ve been on the fence waiting for a deal, this is it. Gain access to all the software Adobe is offering through the Creative Cloud program for a low-introductory price. Photoshop, Lightroom, Acrobat and a host of others [...]

Adobe Announces Lightroom 4.1 RC2

Anonymous — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:14:04 GMT

Adobe released a second release candidate for Adobe Photoshop Lightroom version 4.1 today. In addition to some performance tweaks designed to help that segment of the user base experiencing some speed issues, there are some additional changes. Notably is an exciting new tool for dealing with axial/longitudinal chromatic aberration. New Tool! The Lens Corrections panel now [...]

I Hope You Kept That Marginal Image

Anonymous — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:01:11 GMT

Today I shoot a 5DMKII at a whopping 21.1 Megapixels. Right after I switched from film to Digital, I bought a Canon 20D with (a whopping at that time) 8.2 MP. Now this newest camera has much better image quality and dynamic range than than older camera. But do you know what? I can’t just [...]

The Lightroom 4 Public Beta – Top Ten Features

Anonymous — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 05:01:00 GMT

Greetings Lightroom enthusiasts, On Monday, January 9th, 2012 at 9:00 PM Pacific Time, Adobe announced a public beta for the next major upgrade in its industry-leading photographic asset management software, Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. Here is a brief summary of what is new and what I find exciting about the new release. My Ten Biggies Some [...]

Retouching Action Hero

Anonymous — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 12:00:00 GMT

This little [F2] saves me time again and again and again… Actions, scripts, macros, are all means by which you can execute complex or repetitive tasks quickly and easily for repeated recall. I have recorded, saved, and amassed these time savers for a variety of software packages including Photoshop, Lightroom, Corel Photopaint and others. Often [...]

Behind the Shot: White Sands Blustery Morning

Anonymous — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 13:45:00 GMT

A shot like this doesn’t come along without some post processing help. Even with the best slide film of the day and ideal conditions a shot like this straight out of camera is difficult if not impossible to achieve. I thought for this edition of Behind the Shot, I would show some steps along the [...]