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FanArtReview.com Photo Contest

FanArtReview.com has a great photo contest going on right now! The theme is "Summertime". Grand prize is $100 pre-paid VISA Gift Card!

"Take a picture that somehow captures this time of the year. It can be poolside fun or a shot of the beauty that you find nearby. The contest judges will be looking for pictures that inclorporate the theme in some way."

Deadline: 30 July 2006. One entry per person. Submit your entry!

Adobe Project: Lightroom (beta)

Below is what Adobe Labs has to say about their new product Lightroom (beta). I think it's worth a try. Check it out!

Adobe Lightroom beta is a new, exciting product built from the ground up for professional photographers. It is an efficient, powerful way to import, select, develop and showcase large volumes of digital images. It allows you to spend less time sorting and organizing images, so you have more time to actually shoot and perfect them. Project Lightroom aims to get direct product feedback from the photography community, via our new Adobe Labs web site, so that photographers will have a huge say in what Adobe actually ships.

Project: Lightroom™ is Adobe’s effort to engage the professional photography community in a new way, giving you the opportunity to kick the tires and shape the feature set of a new tool being created just for you. Ultimately, we want Lightroom™ to be truly built from the ground up by photographers, for photographers, helping solve your unique workflow challenges.

We’re releasing a preview build now so that you have plenty of time to give us feedback on what’s working for you, and what isn’t. Your participation is important. Download now and send us your feedback before the Lightroom™ Beta 3 build expires January 30, 2007.

To learn more, check out the Lightroom Beta Overview and Getting Started with the Develop Module video below which will help get you up and running on Lightroom.
Note: Although initially available as a beta for Macintosh, Lightroom will later support both the Windows and Macintosh platforms. Sign-up to be notified when the Windows version becomes available.

Get Lightroom Beta for Macintosh Now or Discuss Lightroom in the Labs Forums

Information provided by Adobe Labs

O'Reilly's Photoshop Contest 2006

Win some great prizes (and learn new tricks) in the 2006 O'Reilly Photoshop Cook-Off!

"This contest is open to anyone and everyone in the United States* who shoots photographs and manipulates them with Photoshop. Not only can you win Adobe Creative Suite 2, an Epson Stylus Photo printer, and other cool prizes, but you'll also quickly expand your knowledge of Photoshop with easy-to-follow recipes from the O'Reilly Photoshop Cookbooks. And we've lined up judges from the industry's A-list — here's a chance to get your work in front of experts like Mikkel Aaland, Bert Monroy, Deke McClelland, Katrin Eismann, Vincent Versace, Eddie Tapp, John Beardsworth, and the glitterguru, among others."

The contest ends August 15, so grab a few recipes, fire up Photoshop, and start cooking!

Enter Contest at O'Reilly Digital Media

Nikon Capture NX trial available

Last week, Nikon has made available a trial version of its all new image workflow, editing and conversion software Capture NX. Announced back in February this year NX is a result of collaboration between Nik software and Nikon, and is widely anticipated by Nikon owners (as its speciality will be Nikon raw, NEF, conversion). Capture NX will cost $149.95 for the full package or $89.95 as an upgrade when it goes on sale later this month. The 30-day trial is availlable for download at the nikonusa.com website. Read full report on dpreview.com