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Apple’s All-New Image Playground Promises More Than Cartoons

8 June 2026 at 19:00

A collage with four photos: a yellow house on a hill, a person in white near snowy mountains, two orange calla lilies with water droplets, and a whale breaching from the ocean.

Today at WWDC 2026, Apple unveiled a wide range of new software for its product ecosystem, including macOS 27 Golden Gate, iOS 27, and iPadOS 27. A significant part of all the new software updates is an upgraded Apple Intelligence system, which includes a revamped Image Playground, Apple's generative AI for images.

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Apple’s Photos App is Getting Three New AI-Powered Editing Tools

8 June 2026 at 18:26

Three smartphone screens display photo editing tools: removing a pool float from a poolside scene, extending a portrait background, and reframing a portrait of a person in a pink shirt against a colorful wall.

Apple is enhancing the photo editing tools available in the Photos App with the next version of iOS. Three new features are coming: enhanced Cleanup, Extend, and Reframe.

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XPPen’s First Creative Editing Console Looks Like a Winner for Photo and Video Editing

18 May 2026 at 18:43

Person sitting at a desk editing video on a computer monitor, using a keyboard and a specialized editing controller. Colorful Pac-Man ghost figures are displayed on the desk in the background.

XPPen has announced its first-ever creative editing console, the Pilot Pro, and the company says it sets a new benchmark for professional editing workflows.

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Mixbook β€˜Story Mode’ Lets You Describe How You Want a Photo Book to Look

11 June 2026 at 12:00

Logo for Mixbook featuring a purple heart outline above the word "mixbook" in bold, lowercase purple letters, all on a white background.

Mixbook has announced what it calls Story Mode, a new prompt-based photo book creation tool that is built on "patent-pending AI technology" designed to allow users to describe what they want in a photo book. The company says it speeds up creation by 3.5x and cuts time to order in half.

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  • VSCO Terms of Use Explained: Why It Says It Isn’t Stealing Your Photos Jeremy Gray
    Many photographers will remember the massive controversy Adobe found itself embroiled in nearly two years ago when photographers noticed just how invasive and overreaching the company's updated Terms of Use were. The company quickly reacted. VSCO is now finding itself in a similar position, as users are taking notice of some concerning language in the platform's Terms of Use. [Read More]
     

VSCO Terms of Use Explained: Why It Says It Isn’t Stealing Your Photos

26 May 2026 at 21:55

Black and white circular geometric logo with grid lines next to the bold text "VSCO" on a plain white background.

Many photographers will remember the massive controversy Adobe found itself embroiled in nearly two years ago when photographers noticed just how invasive and overreaching the company's updated Terms of Use were. The company quickly reacted. VSCO is now finding itself in a similar position, as users are taking notice of some concerning language in the platform's Terms of Use.

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New Chrome Extension Brings Batch Editing to Google Photos

8 June 2026 at 16:27

A laptop on a desk displays a photo management app. A menu on the right lists batch editing options: Auto Enhance, Apply Filter, Auto Crop, Rotate, Add Description, and Revert to Original.

Google Photos has become one of the most popular photo platforms in the world, serving more than 1.5 billion monthly users and providing everything from cloud backups to AI-powered editing tools. Yet despite its extensive feature set, one capability has remained notably absent for years: batch editing.

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Capture One to Increase All Product Prices By 6%

27 May 2026 at 17:59

A white circular logo on the left, with several digital photo editing tool panels and windowsβ€”showing adjustments, color wheels, and close-ups of facesβ€”overlaid on a blurred red and black background.

Capture One has announced an upcoming price increase that will affect its entire suite of products, including Pro, All-in-One, and Studio, for monthly and annual subscriptions, plus perpetual licenses.

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f8 Develop is an HDR Film Negative Inversion App Built for Apple Silicon

8 June 2026 at 16:51

A large film camera app icon labeled "f8" is centered on a faded background showing rows of film rolls with thumbnails, dates, and roll numbers.

f8 Develop is a new film negative inversion app made specifically for macOS and is meant to support photographers who scan with a mirrorless or DSLR camera at home.

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  • Imagen Is Offering Full AI Editing Access for $10, Just In Time for Peak Season Imagen
    Post-processing has long been the most time-consuming part of a photographer's workflow, and the numbers back that up. According to the 2026 Zenfolio State of the Photography Industry report, about 70% of photographers spend between 26% and 75% of their working time on editing. Only 5% of photographers surveyed feel they are managing the stress of running their business well. [Read More]
     

Imagen Is Offering Full AI Editing Access for $10, Just In Time for Peak Season

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26 May 2026 at 18:09

Banner advertisement for Imagen features a bride in a white dress, sunflowers, and text promoting "Unlimited Imagen" at a limited-time price of $10 for the first month, down from $165. "Peak Season Sale" is noted at the bottom.

Post-processing has long been the most time-consuming part of a photographer's workflow, and the numbers back that up. According to the 2026 Zenfolio State of the Photography Industry report, about 70% of photographers spend between 26% and 75% of their working time on editing. Only 5% of photographers surveyed feel they are managing the stress of running their business well.

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Facebook and Instagram Were Down for Nearly Three Hours Today

12 June 2026 at 14:16

A hand holds a smartphone displaying the white Instagram logo on a screen with a vibrant pink, orange, and yellow gradient background.

Meta's social media platforms, including Facebook and Instagram, are experiencing widespread issues today, with users reporting login failures, unexpected account logouts, and problems accessing both websites and mobile apps. The Meta Business Suite is also down as of the time of writing.

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Capture One’s Private Equity Owner Is Trying to Sell It: Report

28 May 2026 at 19:59

A bold white copyright symbol centered on a soft, abstract background in shades of teal, green, and gray.

Reports suggest that Axcel, the Nordic private equity firm that has owned Capture One since 2019, is working to sell the photography software company via auction.

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  • Wine (originally an acronym for "Wine Is Not an Emulator") is a compatibili…
    Wine (originally an acronym for "Wine Is Not an Emulator") is a compatibility layer capable of running Windows applications on several POSIX-compliant operating systems, such as Linux, macOS, & BSD. Instead of simulating internal Windows logic like a virtual machine or emulator, https://www.winehq.orgIn Opensuse with KDE Plasma install wine and winetricks.Keep the portable windows apps in a pen drive. right click desktop, create new link to application .....desktop shortcut !#linux #windows
     

Wine (originally an acronym for "Wine Is Not an Emulator") is a compatibili…

25 April 2026 at 11:24

Wine (originally an acronym for "Wine Is Not an Emulator") is a compatibility layer capable of running Windows applications on several POSIX-compliant operating systems, such as Linux, macOS, & BSD. Instead of simulating internal Windows logic like a virtual machine or emulator,

https://www.winehq.org

In Opensuse with KDE Plasma install wine and winetricks.

Keep the portable windows apps in a pen drive. right click desktop, create new link to application .....desktop shortcut !

#linux #windows #software

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