In a sneak peek for Photoshop devotees, Adobe has released Photoshop CS6 Beta. So what's new with the next generation of photo-altering tools? For one, Adobe has added on to the content-aware tool that was debuted with CS5. In CS6, users can modify their selection with the content-aware patch feature, which increases users' ability to select and duplicate an area of content-aware fill. The content-aware move feature allows users to move an object to a new place in the image...

Created exclusively for Adobe InDesign, Blurb has released its bookmaking plugin, which is compatible with CS3, 4 and 5.

With the add-on, users will be able to generate any of Blurb's hundreds of page and cover templates within InDesign. This is the first online book plugin available for Adobe.

Blurb's plugin for InDesign is the second in a suite of applications designed to work in conjunction with Adobe products, following the May launch of its Adobe PhotoShop Lightroom Plugin...

Just a year after releasing Creative Suite 5, Adobe has released a Create Suite 5.5, an upgrade, which introduces advancements in HTML5 authoring and mobile app development.

Other upgrades with this version include workflow improvements for...

Although Adobe jumped on the app bandwagon years ago, a touch-ready software development kit for the photo program was just released this summer.

This release includes three different Photoshop Touch tools: Adobe Color Lava (uses the touch screen to mix custom colors on the iPad and then transfer them back to Photoshop), Adobe Eazel (uses the touch screen to draw pictures with...

The same day that Getty Images announced that it had accepted a $2.4 billion buyout by private-equity firm Hellman & Friedman, shareholders filed a class-action lawsuit claiming that the stock agency had not looked after their interests and had accepted an undervalued bid.

The long-rumored deal, worth $34 per share, was confirmed on Feb. 25 and is expected to close in the second or third quarter of this year. The merger has been approved by Getty's board of directors, it was still subject to shareholder approval at press time.

Securities and Exchange Commission filings for the transaction indicate that Getty had left room for better offers. Bids well over $40 per share had been tendered by other parties, but in settling with Hellman & Friedman, Getty had to take into account...

Adobe Stock Photos, the royalty-free image service provided by Adobe, will discontinue service as of April 1.

On Feb. 4, CS2 and CS3 customers with Adobe Bridge-enabled applications received e-mail with information about the discontinuation. In a statement on its website, Adobe did not comment on the service's appearance in the upcoming versions of Adobe Creative Suite.

Adobe Stock Photos will be fully operational through March 3, after which it will disable the search feature. Customers may still purchase images through March 31, however, and customer support will be available until June 1. Adobe recommends uninstalling Adobe Stock Photos from the Creative Suite applications to ease...

Despite early fears of internet censorship by the Chinese government, professional photographers in Beijing this summer were able to capture and transmit a stunning array of images to the rest of the world during the 2008 Olympic Games.

The Associated Press wired up to 1,000 images per day from the more than 70 photographers they had assigned to cover the Games. Getty, as the official photo agency of the Games, brought more than 40 photographers to Beijing. Reuters photographers also took many photos but did no editing on-site...

The second title of Software Cinema's interactive training line for Adobe Photoshop CS3 has been scheduled. The new interactive series is designed specifically for serious amateur and professional photographers.

Recently inducted into the Photoshop Hall of Fame, digital artist Eddie Tapp teaches the series via broadband connection through Software Cinema's unique Workshops-on-Demand service or a Product-on-Disc DVD. Tapp teaches about the digital process and new effects that have been updated for the new CS3.

The series is a two-disc set titled "Classic Pro Techniques," and focuses on setup palettes for working spaces, and how to work in Adobe Bridge with the processing interface for RAW, JPEGs and more. It also teaches creative and advanced techniques...

YouSendIt has announced a new plug-in for Adobe's Photoshop. The YouSendIt plug-in allows designers to efficiently send files of any size directly from Photoshop. The plug-in is available for Photoshop CS2 and CS3 for Windows.
Eliminating the need for photographers and designers to struggle with FTP transfers, the plug-in lets the user burn a CD to mail to an overnight courier and eliminates e-mail bounce-backs from attachments that are larger than recipient networks usually allow.

Files sent through YouSendIt are secure and can be tracked with assured delivery and a receipt. The plug-in can be conveniently downloaded directly from the YouSendIt web site. Previously, YouSendIt released a direct-delivery plug-in for Apple Aperture. YouSendIt also offers beta versions of plug-ins that allow a user to send files directly from Microsoft Outlook and CorelDRAW.

Adobe Systems is offering an update to the free Photoshop Camera RAW plug-in. The Camera RAW 4.1 update incorporates features such as noise reduction, sharpening tools and RAW file support for 13 additional camera models and camera backs. The update also builds on the RAW file support integrated in the Photoshop products.

The Camera RAW 4.1 plug-in supports the same functionality for TIFF and JPEG files, and lets professionals import and manipulate RAW data. Additionally, the plug-in supports 13 digital cameras, including cameras from Canon, Fuji, Nikon, Olympus, Olympus, Sigma, Phase One H 20, H 25, H 30 and Phase One P 45. Camera RAW 4.1 also adds support to camera backs...