Photoshop CS6 Beta

New UI design & engine, content-aware and includes the new Camera RAW with adaptive wide angle, field blur & tilt-shift capability.

The download size is massive: 984 MB for [Mac](http://labsdownload.adobe.com/pub/labs/photoshopcs6/photoshopcs6_p1_mac_032112.dmg), and…

Conversation with Jim Christian

Aperture was on the brink of the imminent 3.0 release, and Lightroom was edging out its bold next generation version. But there was a moment of long pause before the two made headlines with the the subsequent releases of the photographer’s favorite tool.

Fixing MacBook Pro’s Clicking Noise

I have owned three generations of MacBook Pro Unibody and all three generates a subtle but annoying clicking noise after a long use and increases frequency as I click the touchpad or typing with it on my lap. Luckily I am not the only one with such problem, and if…

Carl Zeiss 50mm f/1.4 Planar v. 55mm f/1.4 Distagon v. Nikon AF-D 50mm f/1.4

Looks like Zeiss is still making great glasses after all this year. Remarkable, knowing how old-school Zeiss as a company is, and still can matter in the digital space.

Branching Sideway

If you keenly observe the movement in the camera industry, you would notice a pattern.

Progressive JPEG

> From usability perspective, progressive is usually good, because the user gets feedback that something is going on. Also if you’re on a slow connection, progressive JPEG is preferable because you don’t need to wait for the whole image to arrive in order to get an idea if it is what you wanted. If…

Meet Photo Ninja

Remember Noise Ninja? The noise reduction app that sort of became the industry standard? The company has launched a new product…

Aperture’s New Boss

Apple News Archive, [Nov 5 1999](http://rickandrandy.com/randy/DEST/DEST.html) ([mirror](http://f.cl.ly/items/1L0x140V0Y370F2p3R3c/apple_dest.webarchive)):

> Apple is proud to announce the promotion of Randy Ubillos to the level of Distinguished Engineer, Scientist or…

Leica Camera, Reimagined

This has been one of the most undying dream in my child-like mind: if Apple makes camera, what would it look like?

The good news — if all goes according to plan — is that Jony Ive seems to be keen on working his magic to design a one-of-a-kind Leica…