Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 19th Feb 2008 23:57 UTC, submitted by Jeff Moore
Google is funding work to ensure the Windows version of Adobe Systems' Photoshop and other Creative Suite software can run on Linux computers. "We hired CodeWeavers to make Photoshop CS and CS2 work better under Wine," Dan Kegel, of Google's software engineering team and the Wine 1.0 release manager, said on Google's open-source blog. "Photoshop is one of those applications that desktop Linux users are constantly clamoring for, and we're happy to say they work pretty well now... We look forward to further improvements in this area."
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Member since:2006-11-28
Parties are one of the places where DSLRs are most useful. Mostly because they can shoot in low-light : a typical party is indoor, with relatively low light, so the capability of DSLRs to produce noise free pictures are up to ISO800 or even ISO1600 is paramount. Also DSLRs can be fitted with wide-angle, low minimum aperture ratio primes. You like wide-angle because in a party you're among the people you shoot and you don't want to have to backup too much to get your frame. You like the low minimum aperture ratio for the same low light reason.
Member since:2005-07-06
Parties are one of the places where DSLRs are most useful.
That depends on if your goal is to get the best possible pictures or if your goal is to socialise, have fun and perhaps take a couple of snapshots.
Most party snapshots aren't destined for 8x10 prints, but 640x480 jpgs that you email to some or put on a webpage, and quality is irrelevant as long as you can make out who's on the picture and what (or who) they're doing.
Edited 2008-02-20 22:01 UTC
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2008-01-20
I agree with the sharpening thing. In fact, I don't touch the sharpening, because it always makes photos look dodgier somehow..
However, whilst most your point and click cameras don't support raw (canon's at least because they wont to upsell people to a DSLR), the Panasonic Lumix LX2 http://www2.panasonic.com/consumer-electronics/shop/Cameras-Camcord... does.
I have one myself as I see so many dorks with massive DSLR's around their necks at party's, and you know that they aren't really the party type instantly. Its 10.2 megapixels (widescreen) too (so 7mpixel 4:3). It fits in my pocket perfectly, so its for your normal crowd who need to be flexible (even many photographer buffs own both a SLR and a normal camera).
But either way, you are right mostly, but I'm personally hoping the Lumix's take off, because they are a great camera, and whilst the IXUS's are undoubtably the most popular camera at the moment, they only store stuff as jpg, making them mostly useless. And Canon's older models used to support RAW too. But now, they are just using it as an excuse to upsell..
Anyway, where were we? ^_^