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AI Arrives for Serious Photo Editing, Not Just Smartphone Snapshots

Software maker Skylum released on Thursday a new version of its Luminar Neo photo editing tool that uses artificial intelligence to handle what used to be mundane but time-consuming tasks. Luminar Neo can automatically remove power lines in backgrounds or erase dark blotches caused by dust on your camera’s image sensor. It can also create …

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These Galaxy S22 Ultra camera features mean better pictures of your dog

The Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra’s appealing display and sneaky hidden S-Pen stylus is exciting, but as a professional photographer, it’s the camera setup I’m most keen to dive into.  The S22 Ultra, launched at today’s Unpacked event alongside the Galaxy S22, S22 Plus and Galaxy Tab S8, is already starting from a good place. Its predecessor, the S21 Ultra, had …

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These 5 phone camera tricks will add some flair to your Instagram

When it comes to taking photos for social media, you can never go wrong with a nice selfie or a quirky group portrait. But why not spice things up with some artistic phone photography from time to time? You don’t need to be a professional photographer to get the creative juices flowing. You can work wonders with your phone alone. …

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Amp up your creative skills with this $30 Adobe Creative Cloud training bundle

Ready to jump into the world of editing and design? Look no further. Adobe Creative Cloud is a collection of applications and software used for graphic design, video editing, web development, photography and much more. Unlock your creative potential when you grab over 93 hours of educational content on Adobe Premiere Pro, Photoshop, Illustrator, Lightroom and more with the 2022 …

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The quickest way to sign your important documents on a Mac

The easiest way to sign your documents is on your computer. All you have to do is download the right document, sign with your finger and then send the document via email or print it out. It’s a streamlined process, but if you’re a Mac owner, you may be signing your documents the wrong way. You might be using third-party …

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What happened when my M1 Max MacBook Pro met a $60,000 camera

When Apple launched its latest line of MacBook Pros with the new M1 Max chips, I was excited, as a professional photographer, by the upgrades and what that could mean for working creatives. The 16-inch model with an M1 Max CPU impressed CNET’s Dan Ackerman so much it earned a coveted Editors’ Choice award. So when I got one in …

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The Leica M11 is the most beautiful camera I will never buy

The Leica M11 is the iconic photography company’s latest full-frame digital rangefinder camera, packing a 60-megapixel image sensor into an all-metal body, along with a range of refinements over the previous M10. It also will also cost an eye-watering but Leica-typical $8,995 (without a lens) when it goes on sale later this month, yet it shuns features like image stabilization, …

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CES 2022: New contactless shopping services are coming

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. Marketing company Merkle introduced two contactless shopping services that don’t require apps at CES 2022 this week. Scan & Know and UnboxIt are additions to Merkle’s ShopNXT products designed to streamline shopping and build customer loyalty. The COVID-19 pandemic has spurred the popularity of contactless shopping. …

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Nvidia wants Omniverse to be metaverse builders’ glue

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. The word metaverse has infiltrated every conversation on VR, AR, virtual communities and the future of 3D graphics. It’s exhausting. One key promise in most metaverse pitches, though, is some sort of universal interoperability with other platforms and tools. Nvidia sees …

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Best iPad drawing apps for every skill level

Drawing digitally once felt like an unattainable skill for me, but after using the Procreate app on my iPad for almost two years, it’s become one of my favorite hobbies. Trying out digital art on my iPad let me experiment with different artistic figures and forms, without having to haul out all the supplies for a more traditional medium. I …

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