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27 January 2023
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Truth in Photography, blurring a background, the Nikon SB-500, QuickLook Preview, Light It, Shoot It, Retouch It and a PureRaw deal.
- The free Winter Edition of Truth in Photography has been published online with features on Japanese Women Photographers, Rohingya, Relizane youth, Ambiguous Truth, Lua Ribeira and Olivia Arthur.
- Dahlia Ambrose explains How to Blur a Photo Background on iphone or Android both in the camera and in post processing.
- Nikon has announced the end of its production of the Speed Light SB-500 "due to lack of prospects for future parts supply."
- Howard Oakley details How QuickLook Preview Doesn't Tell Apple About Images. "Any connection to Apple's servers during Live Text analysis is performed before the image has been analyzed and before the extraction of any text," he writes. "It cannot, therefore, send Apple any image identifiers or extracted text."
- Rocky Nook has released the second edition of Scott Kelby's Light It, Shoot It, Retouch It with a percent discount when you use the code RETOUCH40 at checkout.
- DxO is offering a $30 coupon for downloading the free trial of its $129 PureRaw preprocessor until Feb. 12.
More to come! Meanwhile, here's a look back. And please support our efforts...