Mac photography software news, reviews, and tips, including iPhoto and Photoshop

Photo Essentials 3 plug-in released for Photoshop Elements

Kelly Turner — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:22:00 -0800

The new suite adds easy-to-use tools for correcting images, removing backgrounds, and applying artistic effects to your photos.

Store photos outside of iPhoto's library

Derrick Story — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:00:00 -0800

Hate the way iPhoto takes control of your pictures? You can free them by created a referenced library that other apps can access as well.

More Mac bundles for the masses

Nicholas Bonsack — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:30:00 -0800

TheMacSale 2 and TheMacBundles offer their own respective bundles of Mac software for $50, but at what cost to developers?

Solve inkjet printer problems

Robert Ellis — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:00:00 -0800

Troubled by blurry prints or strange colors? Try these solutions to common printer frustrations.

Add more effects to Photo Booth and iChat

Rob Griffiths — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:31:00 -0800

Learn how to add over 20 additional effects to photos taken in Photo Booth and iChat

Viewfinder aids Flickr searchers

Dan Moren — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:52:00 -0800

Connected Flow's new Flickr browser, Viewfinder, makes finding images of particular license types or sizes a snap.

Flickr plants an App Garden

Ramu Nagappan — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:03:00 -0800

Photo-sharing site Flickr has launched an App Garden to show off all the third-party software that works with its service.

Review: Google Picasa 3.5 photo organizer

Kris Fong — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:30:00 -0800

When it comes to organizing, editing, and sharing photos, most Mac users know iPhoto. But Google offers Picasa, a free photo editing and sharing app that rivals iPhoto ‘09.

Review: Acorn 2.1 image editing software

James Dempsey — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:00:00 -0800

Acorn 2.1 is a great app for digital photography hobbyists, bloggers, or anyone who needs a decent amount of flexibility in editing images but doesn't require the power of a full image editor.

Verizon Media Manager streams photos, music to your FiOS DVR

Nicholas Bonsack — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:02:00 -0700

Verizon has released a Mac version of its Media Manager software, allowing FiOS TV customers to stream music and photos to their DVR set-top boxes.

Restore your old pictures with iPhoto

Derrick Story — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:55:00 -0700

Return your scanned old photos to their former glory with a few easy adjustments in iPhoto.

Four smart tips for managing scanned photos

Derrick Story — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:00:00 -0700

Bring order and security to your scanned printed media with these smart iPhoto management and back up strategies

Outsource your photo scanning projects

Derrick Story — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:00:00 -0700

Scanning all your old photos is a daunting process. Should you use a third-party scanning service can help you migrate old photos from the shoe box to the computer?

Adobe launches Lightroom 3 public beta

Aayush Arya — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:10:00 -0700

The newly unveiled public beta of Adobe Lightroom 3 promises performance improvements, better noise reduction, and other features.

iTunes competitor doubleTwist gains Amazon MP3 store

Dan Moren — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:19:00 -0700

Media software doubleTwist has added access to the Amazon MP3 store in its latest update, allowing you to purchase music from within the app.

Eight amazing Image Capture tricks

Derrick Story — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 05:07:00 -0700

If you're running OS X 10.6, it's time to take a second look at Image Capture. This underappreciated app has some great time-saving tricks up its sleeve, like managing your devices and sharing your iPhone's photos over the network.

CameraBag app jumps from iPhone to Mac

Heather Kelly — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:50:00 -0700

The popular CameraBag app is now available as a desktop program

First Look: Adobe Photoshop Elements 8

Rick LePage — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:01:00 -0700

Adobe has released a new version of its consumer image-editing program, Photoshop Elements 8, which features a reworked interface and powerful new editing tools. Rick LePage gives you a hands-on tour of the changes.

Google releases Picasa 3.5

Heather Kelly — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:00:00 -0700

Google's new Picasa 3.5 software includes face tagging and geotagging features

SneakPeek Photo enhances Quick Look previews

Dan Frakes — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 10:47:00 -0700

SneakPeek Photo enhances OS X's Quick Look feature by providing lots of information about images while previewing them.

Adobe releases Lightroom 2.5, Camera Raw 5.5

Peter Cohen — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 04:26:00 -0700

Adobe Systems has released updates to its photo management software Lightroom and Camera Raw, the software that Photoshop uses to decode raw digital camera file formats.

Mac News Briefs: iStudio Publisher design app updated

Macworld Staff — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:19:00 -0700

iStudio Publisher 1.1 features a new image manipulation tool and an improved image inspector palette that gives users more control over document images. In other news, the SneakPeek Photo plug-in adds image data to Quick Look previews and more developers updated their apps for OS X 10.6.

Aperture 2.1.4 released

Peter Cohen — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:58:00 -0700

Aperture 2.1.4 is a maintenance update for Apple's image editing and organization software.