Company Delivers New Products, Forms New Alliances to Advance Imaging Capabilities for Camera Phones and Digital Cameras

Over the last few months, PhotoshopNews has posted a number of articles regarding Photoshop CS and CS2 ram allocation and performance. Here is a summary of the articles.

Press Release: ConvertToBW Pro is a Photoshop plugin for highly customized color to B&W conversions mimicking conventional photography techniques. This popular plugin has now been updated to version 3.0 for Windows XP.

Press Release: Tokyo (July 19, 2005) – Konica Minolta Photo Imaging, Inc. and Sony Corporation have reached an agreement to jointly develop digital Single Lens Reflex (SLR) cameras.

Source: Microsoft Watch
Written By Mary Jo Foley

Just weeks before the Beta 1 bits are expected to hit, Microsoft has committed to some specific metrics around the kind of fundamental improvements Longhorn will deliver.

Source: Morning News Online
Written By Timothy P. Howsare-Marion Star & Mullins Enterprise

Former Mullins resident David Birkbeck doesn’t write fishy stories, but give him a computer and some stock digital photos and he will create a fishy picture.

This report is a chatty (my style don’t you know) report about the PixelGenius meeting we had in Chicago last week. It has no substantial content of importance other than to document what PG does when we all get together. You might draw some insight into the members of PG. If you know us, the following story will amuse you. But, if you are looking for breaking news about Photoshop, you may wish to skip this story.

Press Release: Phase One A/S, Copenhagen, July 18th, 2005: Phase One, the world leader in digital imaging solutions, has yet again lifted the standards in professional digital photography.

Photoshop World Conference & Expo has announced that Nikon and Canon are both offering pre-conference workshops on Mon., Sept. 6, one-day prior to the conference’s official kick-off on Sept. 7 in Boston.

Press Release: X-Rite Premium ICC Color Profiles, Color Guide and Demo Version of MonacoEZColor Software to be Bundled with Epson’s New Stylus Photo® R1800

Source: PhotographyBlog

Digital Camera Shipments to Set New Record in 2005, according to InfoTrends/CAP Ventures report.

Source: PC World
Written By Melissa J. Perenson

The battle for the successor to DVD continues. The winner will be the format consumers flock to.

Scott Kelby, the world’s best selling Photoshop author and Editor of Photoshop User magazine, is back once again with an entirely new collection of Down and Dirty Tricks for Photoshop CS2. The book, Photoshop CS2 Down & Dirty Tricks is due to ship today.

This new edition includes step-by-step tutorials on how to create the same exact effects you see every day in magazines, on TV, at the movies, and on the Web. It’s even more of those eye-popping, jaw-dropping special effects that made Scott’s previous editions award-winning worldwide smash hits!

How long inkjet-printed photos last depends on who you ask, experts say.
Source: PC World
Written By Tom Spring

How long can you expect your inkjet-printed photos to last? More and more photo inkjet papers are being touted as “fade resistant” and “archival safe,” but experts say these marketing pitches don’t always provide good information on how long it will take for skin tones to turn green and paper to yellow on precious family photos.

Press Release: SAN JOSE, Calif.—July 11, 2005— Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq: ADBE) and Macromedia, Inc. (Nasdaq: MACR) today announced that they have received a Request for Additional Information and Documentary Materials (a “second request”) from the Department of Justice (DOJ) in connection with Adobe’s pending acquisition of Macromedia.

The American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) is deeply concerned at the developing crisis that is threatening continued access to the world’s photographic heritage.

Source: BetaNews
Written By Ed Oswald

Developers with access to Apple’s Intel Mac development systems say they are impressed with the speed that Mac OS X and several associated applications are running at, enthusiast site AppleInsider reported on Wednesday.

Press Release: RALEIGH, N.C.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–July 12, 2005–Alien Skin Software today announced the release of Eye Candy® 5: Impact (Impact), a set of 10 plug-in filters for Adobe® Photoshop® and other compatible host programs.

Impact creates chrome, bevels, glass buttons, perspective shadows, and more. The third of three upgrades to Eye Candy 4000, Impact features three new filters–Backlight, Brushed Metal and Extrude–and seven reincarnated Eye Candy classics. Graphic designers, digital photographers, and Web content creators will appreciate Impact’s versatile and beautifully rendered effects.

Adobe has posted an Adobe Bridge update to bring Bridge to version 1.02. Note: Adobe Bridge 1.0.2 is only available as a download from adobe.com. It will not be available from the Adobe Updater from within your Adobe applications.

The PixelGenius meeting has concluded (more about that later) and PhotoshopNews is live again. We’ll be working to catch up on past stories and look forward to posting news stuff shortly.

PhotoshopNews will be on a one week hiatus due to the annual private PixelGenius Buisness Meeting to be held in Chicago.

Source: Photoshop Support Knowledgebase

Issue
When you start Adobe Help Center, the application appears in the taskbar but the Help window doesn’t appear on the screen.

Source: Photoshop Support Knowledgebase

Issue
When you use the brush tool in Adobe Photoshop CS2, your brush becomes unresponsive and Photoshop freezes.

Error: “…serial number is missing or invalid…” occurs when you start Photoshop (CS2 on Windows)

Source: Photoshop Support Knowledgebase

Issue
When you start Adobe Photoshop, it returns the error, “Your Adobe Photoshop user name, organization, or serial number is missing or invalid. The application cannot continue and must now exit.”

Source: Photoshop Support Knowledgebase UPDATED

What’s covered
How Photoshop allocates RAM
New capabilities with 64-bit processors
Virtual memory and the Photoshop scratch disk
Determining how much scratch disk you need
Out of memory errors
Maximum file, hard disk, and scratch disk size
Adjusted Refresh plug-in
Bigger Tiles plug-in
This document describes how Adobe Photoshop CS2 uses RAM and scratch disk space.