Split image: Left side shows a woman in a green shirt standing in a dimly lit tunnel, looking at the camera. Right side shows the same woman leaning on a railing under a bridge, gazing thoughtfully to the side. RED’s New Cinematic Imaging Recipes for Nikon Cameras Look Awesome
A man in a suit and hat appears to be riding a large moose through a body of water, with trees visible in the background. The image is in black and white. 113 Years Ago, the US Tried to Outlaw Fake Photographs
A black and white image split in two: on the left, the Christ the Redeemer statue atop Corcovado Mountain in Rio de Janeiro; on the right, a vintage airplane flies above a historic city with a large castle. This Daredevil Aerial Photographer From the 1920s Was Also a Photoshop Pioneer

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Aiarty
A promotional graphic for AI-powered image matting shows three examples: a woman in a veil, a woman with curly hair, and a dandelion, highlighting alpha matting for transparent objects, hair, fur, and complex details.

One-Click AI for Precise Photo Background Removal With Aiarty Image Matting

Every professional photographer understands the frustration of a complex mask. When you’re dealing with fine hair against a busy background, the sheer fabric of a wedding dress, or even highly detailed product shots, traditional selection tools quickly become a time-sinking ordeal. Hours spent painstakingly refining edges in post-production translate directly into lost studio time and increased labor costs. It’s a tedious, manual bottleneck that hinders the creative flow.

Kate Garibaldi
A software box for ACDSee Photo Studio for Mac 8 features a photo of a man taking a picture with a camera, and a dog in the background, on a red and white geometric design.

ACDSee Photo Studio for Mac 26 Takes Aim at Lightroom and Capture One with Faster, Smarter, Fully Local AI

ACDSee Photo Studio for Mac 26 has launched, offering a fully local, pay-once post-processing and digital asset management (DAM) tool with integrated AI capabilities, entering a space long dominated by subscription-based software. The release positions the software as an alternative for photographers seeking a different approach to organizing and editing their images.

Jeremy Gray
Split image: Left side shows a woman in a green shirt standing in a dimly lit tunnel, looking at the camera. Right side shows the same woman leaning on a railing under a bridge, gazing thoughtfully to the side.

RED’s New Cinematic Imaging Recipes for Nikon Cameras Look Awesome

As promised, Nikon and RED have launched their new Imaging Recipes for compatible Nikon Z Series cameras, including the Z6 III, Z5 II, Z50 II, Zf, and the most recent Nikon Z camera, the video-oriented ZR. There are nine new RED-developed Imaging Recipes, plus a trio of new ones from professional creators.

Pesala Bandara
A man in a suit and hat appears to be riding a large moose through a body of water, with trees visible in the background. The image is in black and white.

113 Years Ago, the US Tried to Outlaw Fake Photographs

It’s easy to imagine that anxiety over manipulated images began with Photoshop or AI, but photographers have been wrestling with the problem almost since the birth of the medium. More than a century ago (113 years back to be exact), the U.S. faced a scandal over doctored images of the president, and the outrage nearly led to a national ban on fake photos.

Jeremy Gray
A split image shows a woman in a flowing white dress spinning sparklers on a beach at sunset, beside a close-up of a Nikon Z-series camera against a black background.

Nikon and RED Are Launching Imaging Recipes Soon

Nikon and RED are working together on a new set of Imaging Recipes for Nikon cameras, slated to arrive on December 10. Although details are scarce on these hyped new recipes, there's still a lot to say about Nikon Imaging Cloud's Imaging Recipes.

Jeremy Gray
A split image: on the left, a brown bear stands in a rushing river; on the right, a man in outdoor gear holds a fishing rod, appearing to fish in similar waters.

Fujifilm’s New F-Log2 and F-Log2C Film Simulation LUTs Look Fantastic

With surprising lack of fanfare, Fujifilm has released its promised GFX Eterna 55 Look-Up Tables (LUTs) based on 10 different Film Simulations. These 3D LUTs work with F-Log2 and F-Log2C, meaning that filmmakers using any recent Fujifilm camera with high-end video features, including X- and GFX-series models beyond the GFX Eterna 55, can take advantage and give their log footage a classic Film Simulation appearance.

Jeremy Gray
A person in a black hat stands behind a horse covered with a colorful blanket. An abstract app icon with red and orange layers is overlaid in the center of the image, partially covering the person's face.

Arri Film Lab Brings Film’s Look and Feel to Digital Cinema

Arri, one of the biggest brands in all of digital cinema, launched a new tool that aims to make digital video look more analog. Arri Film Lab is an OpenFX plugin that integrates into industry-standard color grading workflows and gives filmmakers and editors creative tools to make their digital videos, regardless of what camera they used, look like they were shot on film.

Kate Garibaldi
Close-up of buttons on a vintage audio device showing a “MONO” label, with dark, rectangular buttons set against a wooden and metal surface.

Retouch4me’s New Plugin Removes Dust and Distracting Particles From Videos

Retouch4me, known for its AI-powered photo and video editing tools, has introduced Dust OFX, a new plugin that automatically removes dust and small particles from video footage. Built for DaVinci Resolve and compatible with other OFX-based editors, the plugin uses advanced neural networks to streamline one of the most time-consuming aspects of video retouching.

Kate Garibaldi
A video editing software interface shows a preview of hot air balloons over rocky hills, timeline with video and audio tracks, and labeled sections for Harrison, Simon, and Sarah. Editing tools and settings are visible on the right panel.

Elevate.io Turns Video Editing Into a Collaborative Experience

Elevate.io introduces a new era of video creation with its browser-based platform, uniting real-time editing, AI-powered tools, asset management, and live collaboration into a single workspace. This all-in-one approach promises to transform how teams create, review, and deliver content via the cloud.

Matt Growcoot
Split image: On the left, two astronauts in space suits perform an EVA tethered outside a spacecraft above Earth. On the right, a close-up of an astronaut inside a helmet with reflections on his visor.

Some of the First-Ever Photos Taken in Space Have Been Lovingly Restored

After the Soviet Union launched the first satellite into orbit and followed it up by sending the first person into space, the U.S government responded by forming NASA, and later President John F. Kennedy declared, "We choose to go to the Moon." The Apollo missions are famous, but they were preceded by Mercury and Gemini.

Jeremy Gray
A lively, lantern-lit street in Japan at night with people walking. Overlayed is a chat window titled "Sharespace," showing a conversation about photo compositions and nighttime photos. The number "2.5" appears at the bottom.

Photo Management App Peakto Now Has Secure Online Collaboration

Photography software developer Cyme has announced Peakto 2.5, the latest version of its AI-powered media management app for macOS. Peakto 2.5 turns the user's Mac into a secure server, enabling photographers to share their content for collaboration online via an encrypted network connection.

Jeremy Gray
A digital illustration of a human head silhouette with glowing numbers and circuitry, flanked by two identical photos of a bluebird perched on a branch on either side.

AI Can Craft You a Photo Preset, if That’s Really What You Want

Artificial intelligence (AI) is seemingly everywhere these days, and photography is no exception. There are numerous AI-powered image editing features available, as well as AI-driven autofocus in many cameras. Developer Polychrome's new LR Preset Generator instead puts AI to work as a text-to-Lightroom preset web tool. If, for some reason, photographers aren't keen to utilize their own creativity when editing their images, ChatGPT can do the heavy artistic lifting.

Jeremy Gray
A desktop computer displays a photo of a person holding a yellow umbrella in the rain. Surrounding the monitor are film cameras, photo film rolls, photography books, and a shelf with film boxes, all set on a wooden desk.

DxO FilmPack 8 Takes Your Favorite Photos Back Through Time

French photography software company DxO has announced FilmPack 8, the latest version of its premier film emulation software. The updated app introduces Time Warp mode, an interactive way to explore the rich history of photography, along with new film rendering options.

Kate Garibaldi
Yellow geometric background with the black Evoto logo and text centered. The logo consists of an abstract geometric shape, and the name “Evoto” is written in bold, modern font to the right of the logo.

Evoto Believes it Can Beat Adobe at Its Own Game

At its first-ever brand event, Evoto One, Evoto announced a sweeping expansion of its platform with new desktop, mobile, and video tools. Evoto has lofty goals and some powerful, entrenched competition, but it likes its odds.

Alexander Gusev
Split image: On the left, tortoiseshell sunglasses with blue lenses on a dark background; on the right, three metallic necklaces with unique geometric pendants on a green background.

How to Photograph Challenging Products Like Eyewear and Jewelry

In e-commerce, photography isn’t just a picture—it’s the customer’s only connection to the product. A shopper can’t hold the glasses, feel the texture of the frame, or judge the true glossiness of the metal. When the image doesn’t reflect reality, the result is disappointment, higher return rates, and ultimately, a loss of trust in the brand.