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Microsoft releases free RAW Image Viewer extension for Windows 10

Microsoft releases free RAW Image Viewer extension for Windows 10

| Michelle Peeters | 14,140 views | 1 comment

For Windows users, Microsoft makes things a little easier by releasing a useful new RAW Image Extension for Windows 10. The free extension lets you view RAW files in Windows File Explorer and open them in the built-in Photos app.

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Photoshop Elements 2020 with AI-powered photo effects

Photoshop Elements 2020 with AI-powered photo effects

| Michelle Peeters | 5,405 views | 1 comment

Adobe has unveiled the latest version of Photoshop Elements. Thanks to the power of Adobe's Sensei AI, Photoshop Elements 2020 adds a whole range of photo effects and photo-editing tools for enthusiasts, including automatic colourisation.

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Olympus sells off its camera division

Olympus sells off its camera division

| Michelle Peeters | 5,184 views | 2 comments

Olympus is selling its camera division to Japan Industrial Partners, an investment firm. Olympus's Imaging division has been making a loss for years, and they now hope it can operate more efficiently as an independent company.

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Luminar is changing in 2024

Luminar is changing in 2024

| Nando Harmsen | 4,989 views | 1 comment

There are a number of changes planned for Luminar in 2024. This could affect the way you use Luminar. If you use the AI tools, you may have to take out a subscription.

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Helena van der Kraan dies on her 80th birthday

Helena van der Kraan dies on her 80th birthday

| Michelle Peeters | 4,824 views | 1 comment

Artist-photographer Helena van der Kraan (1940-2020) died on Sunday 14 June, on the morning of her eightieth birthday and in the presence of her beloved Axel, after a short illness at Franciscus Gasthuis in Rotterdam as a result of cancer. The Netherlands has lost a great figure in photography

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Sony cameras can be used as webcams with new software

Sony cameras can be used as webcams with new software

| Antonette de Groot | 4,780 views | 1 comment

Do you have a Sony camera? Good news, quite a few of them can now be used as a webcam with a USB cable. Find out how it works here.

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Milestone: 30 years of Photoshop!

Milestone: 30 years of Photoshop!

| Michelle Peeters | 4,749 views | 0 comments

The world's best-known photo-editing programme recently celebrated its 30th birthday. Photoshop is not only an icon in the creative world, photo-shopping has even become an official verb in the Dutch language.

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Canon launches a new cloud platform for managing and sharing photos

Canon launches a new cloud platform for managing and sharing photos

| Michelle Peeters | 4,533 views | 2 comments

Canon launches image.canon, a new cloud platform for managing and sharing images. With the new service, which is designed for selected Canon device owners, photographers can automatically forward images from their camera to their computer, mobile device and supported third-party services.

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