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Why Imagen is the Smart Choice for Real Estate Photographers — Meet A Pro Who Knows
Shutterbug Staff  |  Jan 07, 2025  | 

Real estate photographers face challenges unique to their industry, but the potential for high volume and revenue growth is outstanding. What are the obstacles and, more importantly, how can modern AI technology—plus hard work and talent—overcome these barriers and lead to greater success and much less stress?

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Adobe Photoshop Elements 25 — Top New Features & My 7 Favorite "Old" Features
Jon Sienkiewicz  |  Dec 06, 2024  | 

Exciting AI-powered features added to Adobe Photoshop Elements make version 25 more powerful, more fun and even easier to use. Here's a recap of the top 5 new features, with before/after examples, plus the 7 preexisting features I find most compelling.

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You Gotta Try This! Remix AI & Magic Camera
Jon Sienkiewicz  |  Jul 26, 2024  | 

Remix is an AI engine that generates images you can do something with immediately. The gateway enticement is Magic Camera, a snappy app that lets you shoot a selfie, add a text prompt, and simply be amazed. Even if you've become weary from reading about AI this and AI that, go to Magic Camera (it's 100% free) and give it a shot. Link in story below.

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Fix Converging Verticals in Landscape & Cityscape Photos (VIDEO)
Ron Leach  |  Jun 05, 2024  | 

Converging vertical lines can spoil all sorts of photos, whether you're shooting in the city or out in the field. The problem occurs when it's necessary to point the camera upward to include the top of tall objects in the frame.

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Try Adobe Firefly for Free & Grasp the Power of AI
Jon Sienkiewicz  |  Jan 19, 2024  | 

There's a lot of noise about AI right now, and most of it AIn't good. That's understandable. Even so, don't let the naysayers detour you from experiencing the most powerful photo editing tools in the universe.

If you want to discover what you've been missing, or if you're just AI-curious, here's enough to get started enjoying Adobe Firefly, the future of graphics, in its various guises.

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Adobe Adds Exciting Generative Expand Feature to Photoshop (beta)
Jon Sienkiewicz  |  Jul 30, 2023  | 

Think of Generative Expand as Cropping in reverse gear.  It's mind-blowing. Instead of making the image smaller and deleting pixels, the new feature allows you to expand image content beyond its original borders by using the Adobe Firefly-powered Generative Fill function to create additional content that never existed but blends naturally with the original image. The new content can be an extension of the original data or based on the Command Prompt you type. This description is an oversimplification—read on for some real-world examples you haven't seen anywhere else.

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Photoshop (Beta) Generative Fill Lets You Change Everything
Jon Sienkiewicz  |  May 26, 2023  | 

Adobe just added several exciting new features to the beta version of Photoshop. The most significant is Firefly-powered Generative Fill, the ability to select any item in an image and replace it with a different object based on the prompt you type into a dialog box.

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REVIEW: Radiant Photo Image Improvement Software Delivers One-Click Optimization that Actually Works
Jon Sienkiewicz  |  Mar 31, 2023  | 

Many image editing applications claim to provide “one click optimization.” Most of the time, the juice isn’t worth the squeeze. This software is different; it delivers. Radiant Photo from Radiant Imaging Labs analyzes your image and suggests a preset as a starting edit. Accept their judgement or change to the preset of your choice. From there, proceed using your own presets, perform a Quick Edit, or progress into a Detailed Edit and Color Grading. But the story is not what Radiant Photo does, it’s about how Radiant does it. Which is pretty cool.

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DALL·E 2 Turns Your Imagination Into Images Via AI
Jon Sienkiewicz  |  Feb 26, 2023  | 

DALL·E 2 from OpenAI (the folks who gave us ChatGPT) uses AI to convert plain language text strings into realistic images and art. We typed in “Digital camera that looks like a red pepper” and DALL·E 2 generated the image you see here (we added the Shutterbug nameplate). For lovers of imaging, DALL·E 2 is addictive. Read more to view a few other things DALL·E 2 generated for us, and learn how to begin turning your words in pictures.

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ZONERAMA is Ideal for Sharing Holiday Pics & Video
Jon Sienkiewicz  |  Dec 02, 2022  | 

Share your holiday photos and videos with family and friends. Zonerama is a free online platform that provides users unlimited space and encourages them to upload photos and videos where they’re securely stored and shared. You do not have to be a user of Zoner Photo Studio X photo/video editing software. There is no charge and it’s simple and easy to use.

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Editing Nature & Travel Photos is Fast & Easy with New Lightroom Tools (VIDEO)
Ron Leach  |  Aug 01, 2022  | 
Adobe has been really busy lately with updates that make Lightroom more powerful than we could have imagined just a few years ago. While artificial intelligence capabilities and sophisticated masking tools have grabbed much of attention, there are plenty of other enhanced features that make adjusting images faster and easier than ever before.
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What To Buy For Your New Camera: Buyer's Guide for DSLR & Mirrorless Photography Accessories
Jon Sienkiewicz  |  Dec 24, 2021  | 

Got a new camera? Great feeling, no? Here are 10 camera accessories to enhance your photography pleasure. A few of them are downright necessities.

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FREE Photo Editing Software: Olympus Workspace has Amazing Features and All Olympus Art Filters
Jon Sienkiewicz  |  Sep 17, 2021  | 

Free to all Olympus users, Olympus Workspace has SECRET super powers starting with the ability to apply ANY Olympus Art Filter to ANY image file captured by ANY camera, scanner or screen grabber.

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Topaz Studio 2 AI Clear Turns “Almost Good” Shots Into Awesome Images
Jon Sienkiewicz  |  Aug 12, 2021  | 

Every time I use Studio 2, the $99 photo editor from Topaz Labs, I find another reason to like it.

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Unique Looks for Your Photos: Build Custom Creative Effect Plug-in Filters With Topaz Studio 2
Jon Sienkiewicz  |  Jun 11, 2021  | 

Topaz Studio 2 provides the most creative fun you can have editing digital images for under $100, hands down. Experiment, build, adjust, edit and create your own personalized “Looks” for your photos, and save them for future use. Each Look functions as a customized filter for Photoshop within the Studio 2 plug-in. Topaz Studio 2 offers so many possibilities, you’ll never run out of creative options. And it’s soooo EASY. Here are the step-by-step instructions.

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