Software

Tech manufacturer Nvidia and video editing software DaVinci Resolve 20 partner to amplify pro video workflows with hardware acceleration and 4:2:2 color support.

Popular online design and publishing tool Canva launched Visual Suite 2.0, a new all-in-one AI design partner for teams and individuals.

At this point, nearly everyone is aware of artificial intelligence (AI). AI technology is everywhere, heavily featured in the latest smartphones and apps. Photographers are well aware of AI thanks to AI-powered photo editing tools and in-camera AI-based autofocus tech. But what about "agentic AI?" This refers to conversational AI that can help users solve problems, and Adobe is all-in on it.

The annual Zoner Photo Studio X spring update is here, adding robust new AI-powered masking tools to the Windows-based photo editing application.

Imagen, the innovative post-processing app, has now added a smart artificial intelligence culling feature to save photographers precious time.

iPhone and iPad camera app Mavis is updated to version seven, adding significant new features to the app, including an improved user experience, a direct connection with Frame.io, and more.

Kind, caring, and generous. These adjectives describe two important parts of my life; my late grandmother Anna, and my wife's late dog Buckeye. These are where the similarities end, but not according to Apple's Photos app.

Ahead of the NAB 2025 show in Las Vegas, Blackmagic Design hosted a lengthy livestream during which it unveiled a bevy of new products and solutions for video professional and filmmakers, including the next version of its popular video editor, DaVinci Resolve 20.

Yesterday, an email sent out by DxO regarding its PureRAW 5 DeepPrime XD3 beta for Fujifilm X-Trans sensors quietly revealed that the most recent 40-megapixel sensor wouldn't be supported -- a fact that wasn't made clear in the initial pre-order announcement in February. DxO today acknowledges that its messaging was "unclear or misleading."

Words play a significant role in photography in many ways as we talk and write about them. I created the above image many years ago using an online app, Wordle, which used text content and analyzed the significant words. The larger the word, the greater the frequency of use.

Alongside the new Nikon Z5 II camera, Nikon announced that Adobe will introduce support for Nikon's efficient 12-bit N-RAW video format in an upcoming version of Premiere Pro later this year.

The newest version of Adobe Premiere Pro brings new AI-powered features, workflow improvements, and more tools to help video editors work smarter, better, and faster.

A photographer who lost all their Lightroom presets following a catalog corruption built a super helpful tool to recover their precious editing presets, which were built over a decade-plus of careful photo editing.

Video Assist is an iPad app that turns Apple's popular tablet into a professional-oriented HDMI and SDI video monitor. Version 2.0 of Video Assist is now available, adding many significant features to the app.

Skylum announced the latest major update for its new AI-powered portrait editing software Aperty. The 1.3.0 update adds three new AI-powered retouching tools as well as several workflow and UI/UX improvements, plus expanded language support.

Cyme released Peakto 2.3 today, adding significant new features to its AI-powered photo and video management platform. With Peakto 2.3, photographers can access all their media from anywhere, even when those files are stored locally on a computer hard drive.

Dutch startup LiveDrop is increasing the size of offline file transfers enabled by its app on mobile devices via special QR codes that don’t require the two devices to connect to each other.

Pattern Recognition Company announced the new Excire Foto Office Edition, an AI-driven digital asset management tool for businesses and teams with shared databases.

In photography, background removal is a key technique. Whether for commercial photography, e-commerce, or personal use, a clean, distraction-free background is essential. On platforms like Amazon, product images must have a pure white background to enhance product visibility. For personal photography, background removal is often used to create professional profile pictures or for artistic designs.

DxO will release DxO PureRAW 5 in April, promising a big jump from previous versions courtesy of a more refined interface, local adjustments, and AI-powered denoising via DxO's DeepPrime 3 technology.

LumaTouch announced that their mobile post-processing app, LumaFusion, will receive a big update with new Version 5.2.

Annapurna Interactive’s upcoming landscape photography video game Lushfoil Photography Sim has a new trailer, and, finally, a release date: April 15, 2025.

Today, Adobe has announced Photoshop Mobile and Web plans with apps to bring professional-level post-processing to smartphones and the web.

Photographer and app developer Drew Mylrea released Range Camera, a new iPhone camera app that promises more natural-looking photos and streamlined RAW image editing.

Happy birthday, Adobe Photoshop. The world's most famous photo editing software turns 35 years old today, and Adobe is marking the occasion by looking back at landmark moments in Photoshop's illustrious history.

Adobe's Firefly Video Model officially launched last week, albeit in an underwhelming public beta form, alongside new Firefly premium plans. Photographers and hybrid creators may wonder if they need a Firefly plan in their workflow. The answer? Probably not, at least not yet.

Today at Adobe MAX Japan, the software giant announced updates to Adobe Lightroom and Adobe Camera Raw, bringing new features and improvements across the entire Lightroom ecosystem, from desktop to mobile.

The Adobe Firefly Video Model is now available in public beta. Firefly is the only IP-friendly and commercially safe generative AI model available right now.

Capture One will shut down its community forum on Friday, February 14. While the "Notice Board" and "Known Bugs" sections will remain, the company is moving all general communications out of the forum and into support requests and social media.