On this episode of Photo Geek Weekly, Don is joined by both Steve Brazill and Jordan Drake to discuss the latest software update (and persistent bugs) from Adobe, new camera and lens announcements from Panasonic, a photograph of cheese that resulted in a 13.5 year jail sentence and the most horrible way to comply with high school dress codes by editing images. All this and more, thanks as always for listening!
Story 1: Adobe’s May Photoshop update adds new save feature, improves Neural Filters and more (via DPReview)
Related: ON1 NoNoise AI announced: Promises fastest and best noise reduction on the market (via DPReview)
Story 2: Panasonic Lumix DC-GH5 II initial review (via DPReview)
Related: DPReview TV: What Panasonic’s GH6 announcement tells us (via DPReview)
Related: Panasonic Leica DG 25-50mm F1.7 on the way for Micro Four Thirds (via DPReview)
Story 3: This Drug Dealer Got Caught Because He Photographed Some Cheese (via fstoppers)
Story 4: High School Edits Yearbook Photos to Hide Girls’ Chests (via PetaPixel)
Picks of the Week:
Don: Friesen Press – they printed my new book and did a phenomenal job.
Steve: NoiseAssist Plugin
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Not surprisingly, you covered the recent scandal involving our local high school. As a parent who had three kids graduate there, most recently my twin daughters in 2019, I can say that the school has a reputation, known by both students and parents, of enforcing the dress code quite heavy-handedly. The school and (especially) the county school board deserve this bit of public shaming and I hope it ends up with changes made to the code of conduct that reflect more modern styles of modest dress. This is otherwise an excellent school and one of the top public high schools in the state. That the administration has time to police clothing so ruthlessly just underscores the fact that the they don’t have to spend much time policing more serious issues. (Perhaps their time would be better spent teaching the faculty Photoshop?)
I refuse to use Adobe for anything. There are so many other good products for editing. I put together entire magazines in Corel Draw. To continue to pay for Adobe garbage. If more people dropped them they might get the hint. I see so many other professional photographers have dropped them. I am now writing a book and have put it together in CD. I have taught friends how do do the same thing and they too have published with great success. I did love the conversation this week.