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XPPen's new Magic Drawing Pad is what the company calls the industry's first professional and mobile standalone drawing tablet, described as "a magic studio on the go."

Excire Foto has announced Excire Foto 2024 which brings five separate artificial intelligence (AI) engines and two new features: Prompt-Search AI and X-Tetics AI.

Nitecore has been iterating on its BlowerBaby electronic camera sensor blower since it first came to market last spring and the new BlowerBaby 21 is designed to keep the same blowing power but make it easier and faster to use.

Riverside is a browser-based virtual studio that makes recording and editing at the highest quality possible easily accessible. Its latest update builds on that premise and allows creators to quickly and easily turn podcasts into shareable clips.

Color Grading in Lightroom is a lot of fun, but for beginners, it can be a bit overwhelming. This often leads to people thinking you need to adjust all the sliders there are, but often this just leads to a strange-looking photo.

There are a lot of tools available that can help a filmmaker produce a better finished product, but these nine are particularly helpful.

Being an accomplished photographer means developing a range of complementary skills all of which combine in an agreeable process that, hopefully, results in good photographs.

Nitecore, the company known for making unique rechargeable batteries and camera accessories, has released the second generation of its rechargeable air duster and camera sensor cleaner. It's called the BlowerBaby 2.

Panaluxe has announced the Panaluxe Smart Color Target (Type 1) that it claims can instantly generate Direct Scene-Referred (DSRTM) color profiles regardless of camera or location.

The Nitecore BlowerBaby is the world's first electronic, rechargeable air duster designed specifically for cameras and delicate tech.

Format, a website-building platform that competes with the likes of Squarespace, has announced Workflow: a new suite of tools designed to help professional photographers run their businesses. Additionally, in support of the struggling industry due to COVID-19, a Pro account is free for the first year.

Youtuber Kevin Raposo believes that many photographers use the Clarity, Texture, and Dehaze sliders in Lightroom without fully understanding what each is doing. To help, he's uploaded this quick 4-minute video that teaches you the differences between each, and when best to use them.

If you're looking for the right tools and training to take your photography skills and/or business to the next level, today's your lucky day. You can get a huge bundle of top photography products for a whopping 96% off.

Lensbaby took its business in a new direction earlier this year with the unveiling of the OMNI Creative Filter System, which uses shoot-through crystal wands to add creative effects to your photos. Today it announced a new Color Expansion Pack that brings new color tools to add a new dimension of creativity.

The biggest annual sale of photography tools and resources is here. 5DayDeal just launched its 5-day sale of the 2019 Complete Photography Bundle, and the exclusive collection of digital products valued at over $2,900 can be yours for just $89.

Hello, photographers. Here's a giant list of 194 photo editing tools and photography apps you can use in your photography.

Mastery of the pen tool enables complex vector shapes and selections that can be used for masking or extracting elements from an image. There is a bit of a learning curve to the tool, but this 30-minute video from Unmesh Dinda of PiXimperfect will teach you everything from the fundamentals to real-world use.

Canon cameras are notoriously difficult to get accurate shutter actuation values from. A couple of years ago, the popular application ShutterCount was able to do this, but an internal change made by Canon HQ rendered it useless on newer cameras. But fear not, ShutterCount 3.0 has arrived with a fix.

Affinity Photo version 1.5 has just been released. It's the single biggest app update to the Photoshop competitor since it was released for Mac in 2015. And in addition to a host of new features, the app is also officially launching for Windows today as well.

Instagram has officially announced a set of new tools for business users, called Instagram Business Tools, that will help the platform be even more powerful for marketers. As was leaked over the past weeks, there will be new business profiles, analytics, and promoted posts.

As a product photographer, I've always had a problem with finding what to use as a background. Even more so when I need to go to my client to shoot their products.

Before, I was limited to shooting on a black granite tile. Then I added some do-it-yourself wood planks into my props collection, but carrying the wood planks was a big problem, as they were too heavy and I could only limit myself to about 2 wood planks per shoot.

This article is about how this time slice shot of a lunar eclipse was made. Its focus is mainly on the planning that went into it, even before the first shutter click. Hopefully by sharing what I did, I can prepare you for creating your own lunar eclipse photo.

What do you get when you turn Photoshop tools into weapons for a computer game? "Shotophop" is one attempt at this concept. Like the "Selfie Assault!" game we featured a few days ago, this is another concept game that's strangely relevant to photographers.