Posts Tagged ‘history’

March 27, 2010 0

Are photo retouchers doomed to become obsolete? Content-Aware Fill and the future of retouching

By Heather in Photoshop

Recently, Adobe previewed an upcoming feature called Content-Aware Fill. It was so immediately obvious how cool this feature was that it received coverage all over the internet, even on sites that don’t make a point of talking about Photoshop. If you somehow missed it, take a look now:

For an even freakier peek into Photoshop’s possible [...]

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February 19, 2010 0

20 years of Photoshop

By Heather in Photoshop

Adobe’s celebrating 20 years of Photoshop with this cheerful anniversary video reuniting the original Photoshop team. It’s a breezy, knowing little piece that’s packed with surprising historical tidbits, Photoshop geek humor, and allusions to the scale of Photoshop’s influence on photography, art, design (including web design: can you imagine how different the internet would be [...]

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February 3, 2010 0

the discovery of Vivian Maier

By Heather in photography

Here’s two cynical questions I have about Vivian Maier: firstly, is her story just too good to be true, and secondly, will she be judged by history as a major talent?
The story of Vivian Maier, if you haven’t heard it yet, is a simple and fantastic one. A few years ago, Chicagoan John Maloof went [...]

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