Skylum Luminar 2018 and Aurora HDR 2018 get updated, get faster, and still have an exclusive discount

Luminar

Skylum (former Macphun) released updates for their Luminar 2018 and Aurora HDR 2018 software (both Mac & Win).

Updates to Skylum Luminar 2018 and Aurora HDR 2018 are triggered from inside the application. After the break you can see what’s new and what changed.

We are still offering exclusive discounts on Luminar and Aurora HDR:

For more information about the Luminar 2018 update see here, for Aurora HDR 2018 see here. It’s also listed after the break.

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Canon Digital Photo Professional 4.7.21 available for download

Digital Photo Professional Video Tutorials

Canon released Digital Photo Professional 4.7.21. No added cameras, just two bug fixes.

Changes for Digital Photo Professional 4.7.21:

  • Fixes a phenomenon in which Dual Pixel RAW Optimizer may not be started
  • WINDOWS ONLY: Fixes a phenomenon in which Filter/Sort pane may have malfunctions in displaying when the high-resolution monitor is being used

Download Canon Digital Photo Professional 4.7.21.

Macphun Luminar 2018 update released, support for Canon EOS M100 & PowerShot G1 X Mark III added

Luminar 2018

Macphun releases an update for Luminar 2018.  New camera models have been added (among them the Canon EOS M100 and PowerShot G1 X Mark III), and new features and improvements have been introduced.

You can purchase Luminar 2018 and get a $10 discount using code WATCH (so you pay $59 instead of $69). 

This is how you update (more info here):

  • Mac – launch Luminar 2018, on the Top Menu Bar choose Luminar 2018 > Check for updates.
  • Windows  – launch Luminar 2018, on the Top Tool Bar choose Help > Check for updates.

Features and improvements after the break.

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Adobe Camera RAW 10 and DNG Converter 10 released and available for download

 

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Adobe released Camera RAW 10 and DNG Converter 10. How to install/download:

  • Camera Raw 10 – Please use the Adobe Creative Cloud app to download and install Camera Raw 10.
  • DNG Converter 10:  Mac | Win

Support for the Canon EOS M100 is introduced, as well as Range Mask, the video below shows what Range Mask is and how it works.

Range Mask

Range Mask works within the structure of the existing local adjustment tools to give you more precision with your local adjustments. One way to think of it is that Range Mask is a modifier that can be applied to a local adjustment, allowing you to create more precise selections with less hassle.  Range Mask is designed to be easy to use, and the resulting mask can be further refined by nudging the sliders.

Range Mask has two different modes to address two different types of color/tone-based masks: Color Range Mask and Luminance Range Mask.

Usage Instructions:

  1. Open an image into the Camera Raw plugin

  2. Select one of the local adjustment tools (Local Adjustment Brush, Graduated Filter, Radial Filter) and make an initial mask of your intended selection area.

  3. From the Range Mask option, select either Color or Luminance.

    • Color: Use the Eyedropper to select the colors you’d like to include in your selection.  You can select up to 5 different colors using the Shift + click method with the eyedropper.  Alternatively, you can sample a range of colors, even completely different colors, by dragging out an area with the eyedropper. Once selected, you can further refine your selection using the Amount slider.
    • Luminance: Use the Range and Smoothness sliders to adjust your mask and fine tune.
  4. Use the local adjustment sliders to make the desired edits to your images.

 

Canon updates Digital Photo Professional & Picture Style Editor (PowerShot G1 X III & EF85mm f/1.4L IS support, and more)

Canon Digital Photo Professional

Canon updated Digital Photo Professional (now ver. 4.7.20) and Picture Style Editor (now 1.19.10). You can download the new software here.

Changes for Digital Photo Professional 4.7.20:

  • Supports PowerShot G1 X Mark III, PowerShot G12, PowerShot G11, PowerShot G10, PowerShot G9, PowerShot S95, PowerShot S90, PowerShot SX50 HS, PowerShot SX1 IS.
  • Supports EF85mm f/1.4L IS USM, EF-S35mm f/2.8 Macro IS STM.
  • Supports Chromatic aberration correction, Peripheral illumination correction, Distortion correction, and Digital Lens Optimizer for images captures with a combination of EOS 6D Mark II and TS-E50mm f/2.8L Macro, TS-E90mm f/2.8L Macro, TS-E135mm f/4L Macro, TS-E17mm f/4L, or TS-E24mm f/3.5L II.
  • Enhances operability of the Filter/Sort function.
  • Supports customization on the Preview Properties Display.

Changes for Picture Style Editor 1.19.10:

  • Supports PowerShot G1 X Mark III.

Digital Photo Professional is powerful (and free) raw conversion and editing software that comes with all Canon DSLRs, mirrorless cameras, and some PowerShot. As such as it is powerful it is not easy to get into it at the beginning. You may be interested in a free Digital Photo Professional video tutorial series by Canon.

MacPhun Aurora HDR 2018 Pre-Order Available (Mac and Windows)

MacPhun’s upcomig Aurora HDR 2018 software (Mac & Windows) can be pre-ordered.

There is a special $10 pre-order discount. Current users of Aurora HDR may upgrade at a special pre-order price of $49 ($59 MSRP), while new users can purchase Aurora HDR 2018 at a special pre-order price of $89 ($99 MSRP). A free trail is also available. 

What’s new in Aurora HDR 2018:

Next-generation Tone Mapping – A new smart Tone Mapping algorithm automatically reduces noise, and produces more realistic and natural initial results.

Mac and Windows versions – Aurora HDR 2018 is available both for Mac and PC users, enabling mixed-computer households to share the same product key.

Lens Correction Tool* – The new Lens Correction filter easily fixes all kinds of lens distortion, from barrel and pincushion to chromatic aberration and vignetting.

Transform Tool* – Easily scale, rotate and shift your image to better fit your vision.

Dodge & Burn Filter – Selectively lighten or darken specific areas of an image to artfully direct your viewer’s eye towards the key subject of your image, similar to a traditional darkroom technique.

HDR Enhance Filter – Adds details and clarity to an image, adjusting colors, details and contrast without creating artificial halos or other problems.

User Interface – A new, modern and responsive user interface brings a powerful, yet joyful experience to HDR photo editing.

History Panel – An easy-to-reference list of edits made to your image, the History panel allows you to click on any editing step to revert the photo to an earlier stage of editing.

Touch Bar support for Mac – Aurora HDR 2018 adds Touch Bar support to give new MacBook Pro users fast access to key editing features and speed up their workflow.

Image Flip and Rotate* – Perfect for correcting photos with incorrect horizons or making creative compositions or other stylistic changes to an image.

IMPROVED: New Structure Algorithm – The re-developed Structure tool allows you to adjust detail and clarity of an image to get a classic HDR effect with great detail or a smoother effect with less details.

IMPROVED: RAW handling – An improved RAW conversion brings out more details in shadows/highlights, displays colors more accurately and reduces noise in RAW files.

IMPROVED: Crop tool update – Now specify custom crop sizes for even more versatility.

IMPROVED: Speed – Faster merging and masking performance, improvement in RAW image processing.