Macworld has an article on the HighPoint Rocket U Quad USB 3.0 PCI Express Card for Mac. Sounds pretty fast, now if only BlackMagic’s USB3 video in and out devices had Mac Drivers… Here it is on HighPoint’s web site.
The ProVideo Coalition has an excellent 2 part article on Autodesk Smoke by Brian Mulligan.Part 1 is here.Part 2 is here.Hopefully there will be more. I would love to run and learn smoke, but just don’t have the money.
Ten One Design has released info on it’s upcoming pressure sensative bluetooth pen for the iPad. Right now it is code named Blue Tiger.No info on price, and it will just work like a normal iPad pen for apps that don’t use there already released SDK, but from this video this is going to awesome!I totally want one, as I have always thought that the iPad sorely needed a stylus to make it a really powerful art tool. I can’t wait for this, and the LED color button is so very cool.
Adobe has upgraded Lightroom to version 4.0 and dropped the price to $149 for the full software or $79 for an upgrade. Of course this will also now be part of the Adobe Creative Cloud released later this year, so many might be waiting for that to come out even though from the beta it is a vast improvement over the previous version. This is worth the upgrade for the superior image technology alone which we saw a beta of recently that blows the old versions out of the water.New Features Include:Highlight and shadow recoveryBring out all the important detail that your camera can capture. New technology brings in more image detail from dark shadows and bright highlights than ever before. Now you've got more power to create great images in challenging lighting conditions.Photo book creationCreate beautiful photo books from your images with a variety of easy-to-use templates included in Lightroom. Upload your book for printing with just a few clicks. Receive 20% off from Blurb on your first book created using Lightroom 4 software.*Location-based organizationFind and group images by location, easily assign locations to images, or plot a photo journey. Automatically display location data from GPS-enabled cameras and camera phones.White balance brushGet more consistent color across your image in scenes with mixed lighting sources. A flexible brush lets you refine and adjust white balance in targeted areas of your shot.Additional editing brushesExpand your creative control by targeting particular areas of your images using new local editing brushes for noise reduction and moiré removal.Extended video supportOrganize, view, and make adjustments to video clips. Play and trim clips, extract still images from them, or adjust clips with the Quick Develop tool.Video publishingEasily share video clips in HD format on Facebook and Flickr. Or save HD clips formatted for phones, tablets, TV, and more.1Soft-proofingSave time and ink and ensure your prints meet your expectations. Soft-proofing lets you preview how an image will look when printed with color-managed printers.Enhanced online sharing integrationEasily post images to social media and photo sharing sites like Facebook and Flickr®. With selected sites, online comments about your images are visible within Lightroom.1Emailing within LightroomEmail images directly from Lightroom using the email account of your choice.Import of other librariesBring the power and elegance of Lightroom to all your images, new and old. Easily import photos from other applications.
TUAW is reporting that AT&T has officially set it’s data throttling at 3G a month for their legacy unlimited data plans.This is obviously in response to them losing at small claims for throttling an unlimited customer, but I bet there is still a class action law suite here as we all signed up for unlimited not throttled 3GB for 3GB or 5GB for 4G.
Macworld has the announcement of the new Intuos5 Pen tablets which now support multiouch and gestures. They are $229, $359 and $469 and can be made wireless with a $39 accessory kit.Hmm, I wonder how well this will work. Isn’t it going to read your hand which can rest on the tablet area? Wonder if this can be switched off?
FCP X has a video from the LA Final Cut Pro User Group on bringing FCP 7 projects to FCP X with 7tox.
MacTech has the press release, that Revision Fx has released a FCP X compatible version of Twixtor. It is $329.95, and is not the full pro version.
DIY Photography has the article on this new Kickstarter Case for a GoPro camera to really give it some serious protection.It is a bit expensive at $328, but is solid aluminum and features a self tightening door, that can tell when it is thrown.They also have the less expensive Headgear case which wraps around the gopro.Pretty interesting, though a bit more than the actual camera. Still pretty cool idea.A
CanonRumors has the news on Canon’s new 600EX-RT Speedlite with wireless transmitter built in! Very very cool! They should have done this ages ago, but it is brilliant to have this built in.