Photoshop CS3 is Out

Yay! The long awaited update to Photoshop is now available and this one is a must for digital photographers. According to MacWorld:

"It’s simple, really: if digital imaging is an important part of your creative life, you’ll want Adobe Photoshop CS3. The new version provides so many improvements in so many areas that no serious digital photographer, video artist, or designer should be without it."

Macworld Photoshop CS3 Review.

You'll also want to check out Adobe RAW 4, which offers the ability to do non-destructive editing of JPEGs. Check out John Nack of Adobe who blogs on this topic.

Adobe Lightroom 1.0 Announced

The long Beta period is over as Adobe announced today that it will release Lightroom 1.0 on Feb. 19 for $299 with a $100 discount available until April 30. Imaging-Resource has a full report on Lightroom 1.0 with screenshots.

Rawshooter Essentials Free Download

Adobe recently bought the assets of Pixmantec and their excellent RAW workflow software tool Rawshooter. Rawshooter Essentials is a version that will cease to be developed after Lightroom is released commercially and until then, users can still download the software for FREE. Act quickly though as this opportunity to get a great RAW conversion and processing tool for free (PC ONLY) won't last! More info...