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Capture One’s eponymous photo-editing software suite is ending the free Express tier, effective on January 30. The popular will be fully pay-to-play, with a number of Pro tiers to choose from. The company says ending the free tier was necessary to “focus on our main products.”Once January 30 hits, you won’t be able to download or use Express from the website and license keys will expire. Additionally, any saved images and edits will go the way of the dodo, so get in there and finish up before next month. You can,…

Google's Pixel 8 series was launched earlier this year in October at the company's Made by Google 2023 event. The Pixel 8 and 8 Pro already launched with the ability to shoot RAW photos. Adobe RAW compatibility has now been incorporated into Google's Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro, improving the photographic experience. Compared to JPEGs, RAW image files are richer in data, allowing users greater editing options. The new Adobe RAW support is set to be helpful for heavy image editing.A support page, first spotted by 9to5Google,…

Last updated: April 24th, 2023 at 06:53 UTC+02:00 Samsung partnered with Adobe to make the Lightroom app the default editing app for RAW DNG images from the Galaxy S21 Ultra (and newer phones). Although it was launched exclusively for the Galaxy S21, it was later expanded to more Galaxy devices, such as the Galaxy S22 Ultra and the Galaxy S23 Ultra, via the Galaxy Store. After installing the Adobe Lightroom app from the Galaxy Store, users can use the app directly from the Expert RAW camera app. In a recent report,…

Those of you who use Adobe Lightroom and Google’s mid-range Pixel phones will be happy to hear this. Adobe has added support for RAW photos from the Pixel 4a, 5a, and 6a to its Lightroom software.Adobe Lightroom now supports RAW photos from Google’s Pixel 4a, 5a, and 6a handsetsThe vast majority of you probably never shoot in RAW, but some of you do. To put it simply, if you tend to edit images frequently, and want to do the best job of it, shooting in RAW is the way to go.Adobe Lightroom is one of the best and…

Portrait photographers can spend hours perfecting a single headshot in Adobe’s apps—everything from erasing skin imperfections to making the subject look much younger than they really are. Some of those advanced photo-retouching techniques just got a lot easier, as today Adobe announced several AI-powered Lightroom upgrades, including automatic beard darkening.Gif: AdobeAI-Powered Beard Darkening (And More)First introduced last year, Adobe’s Adaptive Presets are AI-guided filters designed for portrait photography where…

Last updated: April 17th, 2023 at 15:24 UTC+02:00 Samsung is rolling out a new update to Expert RAW as we speak. The latest April 2023 firmware update is required for this new Expert RAW version to work. The update brings further improvements to the Galaxy S23 camera experience. The changelog says the update is meant for the latest (April) firmware and mentions two big changes, as follows: Image quality improvement Fixed the loading error of astrophoto to Lightroom with high Efficiency RAW There’s no mention of the…

Last updated: February 1st, 2023 at 22:16 UTC+01:00 With the launch of the Galaxy S23, Expert RAW has become a more integral part of the mobile photography experience. And Adobe Lightroom is adding to that experience for Galaxy S23 and Book 3 buyers. In case you missed the news, Samsung announced a new series of laptops at Unpacked alongside the latest Galaxy S23 flagship phones. They’re all available for pre-order, and Samsung made some efforts to enrich the user experience of mobile phones and ultrabooks users. For…

If you’re serious about mobile photography or are serious about learning how to professionally edit RAW photos, then you may want to consider the Galaxy S23 Ultra as your next smartphone. Not just because of the 200-megapixel camera, but also because Samsung and Adobe have struck a deal to integrate Lightroom as the default image editor for photos taken with the Samsung Expert RAW app, giving you incredible control over the final result. Lightroom is already part of the Expert RAW app, but only as a prompt to…

Adobe Max 2022 took place from Oct 18 - Oct 20 in Los Angeles this year bringing with it a host of update announcements for the creative software company's programs. These product innovations include AI-powered abilities as well as new tools that will help make the creating and editing process far more convenient when using Adobe's flagship programs like Photoshop, Illustrator, Lightroom, InDesign, Premiere Pro, and more. You can watch the full Adobe Max Keynote here. We'll dive into all of the big announcements and…

I’ve never been a Photoshop person. Some of my Verge colleagues — particularly on our excellent photo and art team — have often used Photoshop in combination with Lightroom when working on images for the site. But I’ve always done my best to stick with Lightroom all by itself. At least among Adobe apps. Other tools have become part of my workflow as I’ve done my best to avoid the all-powerful Photoshop.There are a couple reasons for this: for one, Lightroom is available directly from the Mac App Store. It’s an easy, clean…