Following a recent comment in the Leeds Flickr Group about the cost of things like Photoshop, Lightroom and other photo software, I thought I’d post a small article about some of the free alternatives that are available on the net.
First up, how about a Photoshop alternative?
GIMP
GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Project) is a very well known [...]
Which format do you prefer to shoot in? RAW or JPEG? I ask as there’s an interesting discussion going on over on the Digital Photography School forums.
Raw image files are sometimes called digital negatives, as they fulfil the same role as negatives in film photography: that is, the negative is not directly usable as an [...]
For those of you using SlideShowPro for Lightroom, a new version is out. Version 1.1.4, which is likely to be the last upgrade before version 1.2 hits, doesn’t contain any major new features but fixes some bugs and brings the core product in line with the Flash version.
SlideShowPro for Lightroom
The SlideShowPro tool is now available as a plugin for the web module of Adobe Lightroom.
The tool allows you to create Flash slideshows from your photo collections using just the familar Lightroom interface. Its all self contained and you don’t need Flash installed on your machine to use it.
For more information check out the SlideShowPro [...]
With version 1.3 of Lightroom, the export dialog has changed to allow plugins to be developed. There are now three plugins that allow you to automatically export to:
Flickr
Smugmug
Zenfolio
(Follow the links above to download them)
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