Adobe Demos Unblur Feature For PhotoShop

Adobe "sneek" demoed at the company’s MAX 2011 event, drawing gasps of amazement from a crowd that witnessed a blurred photo, retouched and perfected in seconds. Advanced algorithms calculate the movements of the camera at the time the image was taken, enabling the user to ‘fix’ the image by unblurring it – saving what would ordinarily be a disappointing, bad image.

This might give some pause to the Lytro fans out there - I could see Adobe creating a selective focus tool out of this as well.

Steve Is Gone

Steve You Lived an Insanely Great Life.

Love him, despise him or envy him - Steve was a force of nature that cannot be duplicated. We have lost a man whose impact on modern life is felt by everyone on Earth. Today and in the future to come.

Condolences to his family. Regards to all that knew him.

Today, I'm iSad.

iPhone Photo App Beams Image Right to Photoshop

Developer Flying Car Inc. has created the iOS app, Acquire For Photoshop. This little gem allows you to capture an image in the iPhone and immediately edit in Photoshop. The image is beamed to your computer running Photoshop via WiFi, as long as both your iPhone and Computer are on the same WiFi network. Acquire For Photoshop supports multiple device capture, meaning you can have multiple iPhones capturing and sending to Photoshop at once.

Here's how it works: Once you have created the remote connection server in Photoshop (Edit Menu) leave Photoshop open and ready. On Acquire's main menu tap Take A Picture and then compose as normal on your iPhone. After you snap a picture decide if that's the one you want and tap Use. 8-10 seconds later the image will appear on your computer, in Photoshop. Slick.

Photoshop CS5 (v12.0.4) or later required. Currently $1.99 in the App Store.

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More Info About The Photo Below (Woman Leaping out of Burning Building)

Photographer Amy Weston with newspaper front pages showing the picture she took which flashed around the world. Photo: WENN.com"There were six or seven people screaming and crying outside, and they looked like they lived at the flats that were burning. The flats were above small independent shops," said Weston, who works for the London-based Wenn picture agency.

Full article regarding this image. http://www.guardian.co.uk/

Listen to an audio interview with Amy at the Sydney Morning Herald 

Women Jumps From Burning Building - London Riots

Amy Weston/WENN.com via NYMAG.com

Photographer Chase Jarvis asks the question, "When do we shoot? When do we help or decide not to spread the horror?". I've asked myself in many situations the same question. Today I would say "Shoot first. Ask (yourself) later." How about you? Post your answer in comments.

[UPDATE] Amy Weston comments regarding this image.