http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/20/also.incorporates.stroke.direction.tool/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/akvtemp.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />AKVIS has introduced a new version of one of its photo effects apps, Sketch 10. The software converts photos into simulated watercolors and pencil drawings. The upgrade provides a new effects tool called Stroke Direction, which offers control over hatch direction and enhances realism. Three new presets have also been added, along with support for Snow Leopard and Windows 7.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/20/also.incorporates.stroke.direction.tool/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/10/some.crash.dock.issues.eliminated/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/gallery/sep2009/photoshopcs4.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Yesterday's Mac OS X 10.6.2 update has also solved some problems related to Photoshop, says Adobe product manager John Nack. The fixes are noted to have been tested with help from Apple, and target problems such as application crashes when opening or saving files. Similarly, crashes and program errors should no longer occur when using the Menlo font, in Premiere as well as in Photoshop.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/10/some.crash.dock.issues.eliminated/ Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:05:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/30/noise.buster.now.works.with.adobe.elements.cs4/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0910/akvtemp.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />AKVIS has announced a new version of its photo enhancement tool, Noise Buster 7.0. The application is designed to remove noise in the color and luminance layers of images, both separately and together. The upgrade delivers a series of new features including support for Adobe Photoshop Elements 8, 64-bit Adobe Photoshop CS4, and Snow Leopard, as well as improvements to both the noise reduction algo... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/30/noise.buster.now.works.with.adobe.elements.cs4/ Sat, 31 Oct 2009 03:50:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/23/kit.adds.layers.masking.more.tools.to.elements.8/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0910/elements%2B1.0-story-23.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Andrei Doubrovski has released an enhancement patch, Elements+ 1.0, for Adobe's Photoshop Elements 8.0 software. The patch unlocks a number of advanced functions and makes them available in dedicated dialog boxes. The kit adds eight dialog boxes, including color and tone, selections, layers, masks, smart filters, paths, test and scripts. The scripts dialog box provides many features of the actions... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/23/kit.adds.layers.masking.more.tools.to.elements.8/ Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:05:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/19/useful.app.still.limited/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0910/Ppsmobile-topstory-09.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />MacNN has reviewed Photoshop.com Mobile, a free Adobe application for the iPhone and iPod touch. The app ties into the company's Photoshop.com website, but lets users make a variety of offline edits. These include the addition of filters, and adjustments to elements like hue, exposure and saturation.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/19/useful.app.still.limited/ Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:30:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/16/could.arrive.in.photoshop.cs5/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/gallery/sep2009/photoshopcs4.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Adobe is experimenting with several new technologies which could appear in Photoshop CS5, a new video suggests. Among these is the concept of "wet" paint, which can be smeared across a surface like its real-world counterpart. The paint dries and tapers off after a certain distance, and can also be blended with other paint in order to create new colors.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/16/could.arrive.in.photoshop.cs5/ Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:05:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/09/new.app.crops.adjusts.exposure.adds.effects/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0910/Ppsmobile-topstory-09.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Adobe has launched Photoshop.com Mobile for iPhone, bringing a simplified version of its flagship software to the iPhone and iPod touch. The new app can crop, flip and rotate photos, or adjust exposure, saturation and tint, with option of converting to black-and-white. Two filters are included: Sketch renders a photo as a drawing, while Soft Focus simulates its namesake lens effect. Exposure and f... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/09/new.app.crops.adjusts.exposure.adds.effects/ Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:15:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/24/wacom.bamboo.touch.more.launch/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0909/wacombamboofun2009.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Wacom on Thursday morning put out multiple tablets that signal a gradual break away from the company's pen-only approach. The Bamboo Touch, Bamboo Pen & Touch, Bamboo Fun and Bamboo Craft all have a multi-touch surface used for navigation, ranging from basic moves like a basic tap select or mouse-like input to two-finger pinching for zoom and twisting to rotate images. Users don't have to toggle... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/24/wacom.bamboo.touch.more.launch/ Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:25:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/23/new.management.photo.editing.tools.due.in.october/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0909/23-adobe-elements-8.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Adobe on Wednesday morning announced Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 (Mac and Windows versions), offering automated and "intelligent" photo-editing software for consumers. Billed by the company as "the perfect" complement to iPhoto, the Mac version of the software offers new options for media management, including all the features in Adobe Bridge CS4 software -- for quick organization with a custom vie... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/23/new.management.photo.editing.tools.due.in.october/ Wed, 23 Sep 2009 04:55:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/22/fraction.of.lightrooms.audience.says.adobe/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0909/aperture.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple's Aperture workflow software is losing significant traction with professional photographers, claims Adobe. Citing data gathered by the research firm InfoTrends, Adobe notes that in a 2009 survey, only 12.5 percent of photographers with Macs reported using Aperture for RAW files; by contrast, Adobe's Lightroom software was nearly four times as popular, at 44.4 percent. The figures represent... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/22/fraction.of.lightrooms.audience.says.adobe/ Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:10:00 GMT