Adobe Releases Photoshop Version For Android

San Jose, California-headquartered Adobe Systems has announced the release of its popular Photoshop software for the Android developer community. The software is now available on Android 1.1. Additionally, Photoshop.com Mobile for Android 1.1 is available now, which means that Android users can edit and share their photos with greater convenience.

The Photoshop.com editor can now be embedded into any application that requires image touch-up and editing capabilities. So users can with a click fix their photos on any image-rich sites such as fashion galleries, social media sites, jewelry designs, modeling, and the like.

The product has features such as “Vibrant”, which can boost photo colors, and “Pop” which brings a pop-art style to the images. Tools such as “Soft Black and White” and “Warm Vintage” can add a classic and gracefully-aged look to photos. There are other similar tools which are equally effective in their own ways, such as Vignette Blur, White Glow and Rainbow. Like in any other standard software, changes made to a file can be undone at any point of time, so the original photo remains safe.

Further details of the product are available at: http://mobile.photoshop.com/android/developers.html.

Read more about yet another integration happening between mobile phones and traditional desktop softwares, here.

Aperture 3 From Apple Has Powerful Features

The latest release of Apple’s photo editing and management software, Aperture, is packed with over 200 new features.

The product is proving to be a boon for professionals who need to edit massive libraries of photos. It has several features that were available in erstwhile versions of iPhoto 09 such as Faces and Places; so iPhoto users can easily migrate to and adopt Aperture 3 with a zero learning curve.

“Faces” uses the technology of face-detection and recognition; and users can now index their photos by the people in the photos, to create a great album. The feature allows users to view faces across the entire photo collection, as well as to restrict the view to specific selected projects. Faces that have been detected but haven’t been tagged / named too appear separately.

“Places” uses the technology of geocode GPS to tag photos location-wise. Locations can be assigned by dragging and dropping the photos on the underlying map. At the same time, location information from GPS-enabled cameras, tracking devices etc can be captured by Aperture 3.

The “Brushes” feature enables users to professionally touch their photos by painting the effects onto the image.

Read more about the latest software gizmo released by Apple for photo editing, here.

A New ATI Firepro Graphics Driver From AMD

A new version of the ATI Firepro graphics driver, version 8.702, has been offered for download by Sunnyvale, California-headquartered AMD Inc. This download is available here: http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/index.aspx.

Here are some apps where the new version has been tested:

- Version 8.702 has been found to have more than 25% better performance for users such as those operating in Dassault Systems CATIA, Autodesk 3DS Max and PTC Pro/Engineer environments.
- This version has enabled rendering of images with 10-bit per component color for Adobe Photoshop CS4 users. An enhanced end-to-end 10-bit color workflow has become possible. (This requires 10-bit monitor for true 10-bit color display.)
- In line with the surge in 3D technology, blue-line stereo for synchronizing 3D glasses has been supported in the new version. Previously, stereoscopic displays did not have this level of support. Blue-line stereo support is available on all the latest versions of Windows OS.
- The new version now enables DisplayPort audio, with support for 5.1 Dolby Digital and 5.1 DTS surround sound. 8-channel and 2-channel uncompressed audio is now supported on ATI Firepro V3750, V5700 and V7750.

Read more about a faster and more efficient driver download from AMD, here.

Lotus Notes Traveler On Mobile Devices

Armonk, New York-headquartered IBM Corporation has announced the launch of a new facility in a forthcoming version of Lotus Notes Traveler which will enable two-way, over-the-air synchronization of information between Lotus Domino data and mobile devices. The Lotus Notes Traveler is free software.

IBM is going all out to connect with as many mobile device manufacturers and mobile OS developers as it can. Lotus Notes Traveler, version 8.5.1, is already available for the iPhone, in the form of a plug-in that users can download from the App Store to synchronize their mail, calendar, contacts and Domino mail. The information is encrypted on iPhone to prevent data theft.

IBM already has a suite of software products for Nokia’s machines. These include Lotus Mobile Connect, Lotus Sametime and WebSphere Portal, besides the Lotus Notes Traveler. The Lotus Connections software on Symbian (the OS for Nokia) has the capability to connect users to social networks as well as access shared files.

Windows Mobile devices too have Lotus Notes Traveler facility available to users. In a forthcoming version, the company is integrating Google’s Android operating system also into Lotus Notes Traveler.

Read about the latest software that synchronizes mobile devices with information, here.

Microsoft Releases New Version Of Mediaroom

Redmond, Washington-headquartered Microsoft Corporation has unveiled a new version, Version 2.0, of its Mediaroom software that is aimed at the Television platform.

The new version makes it possible for the client software to hook up to services in the cloud. With this new facility, users will be able to find, discover and experience greater variety of content to watch and engage in on their TV sets. This includes all the software that has been loaded on a given web. The software makes it possible for operators to remove redundant systems from their infrastructure, lowering their costs. Further, it expands the options in the menu that they can in turn offer to their customers.

Version 1.0 of Mediaroom had made it possible for consumers to watch operator-hosted content and internet TV on their TV screen, besides providing the facility to view content on demand as well record it. Subscribers can now build a queue of videos on smartphone that they wish to watch one after another. This queue can be moved later to a TV or PC and the balance content can be watched there.

Read more about the latest version that is out to change TV viewing experience the way we know it, here.

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