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Hands-On with Lightroom’s Powerful New Masking System

October 25, 2021
In a new update, Adobe is greatly increasing the masking capabilities of its Lightroom applications as well as Adobe Camera RAW. While it is not as powerful as what is found in full-fledged Photoshop, you will find yourself wondering how you ever lived without it. The deeper process behind bringing advanced masking in Lightroom to fruition was covered by PetaPixel last month, and I would…
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Where Did Live Photos Go in iOS 15?

October 25, 2021
For years, Apple’s iPhone Live Photos has offered the coolest camera trick. With one click and no tripod, I could easily transform a body of water into a long exposure like dreamy shot, with long flowing water. To me, it looked like one photographed by the masters with a…
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Which Medium Format Mirrorless System Should You Choose?

October 25, 2021
For decades, medium format film was the standard for professional photography work, so it’s no wonder that its bigger-than-full-frame resolution, shallow depth of field, and magic tonality is still sought after by pros and enthusiasts to this day. Previously, we explored whether mirrorless cameras depreciate faster than DSLRs, what Leica-M gear sells the fastest, and which Micro Four Thirds…
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Lawnchair 12 arrives in Alpha with Android 12 support

October 25, 2021
Hot on the heels of the Android 12 release for Pixel devices, Lawnchair 12 has arrived in Alpha with support for the latest OS build. As one of the most popular third-party launchers on Android, Lawnchair Launcher has become a fan favorite, thanks to a clean, almost Pixel…
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Pixel 6 orders have started shipping from the Google Store, Pro is back in stock

October 25, 2021
Following chaos on launch day and some dates in flux, the Google Store has started shipping out PIxel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro orders in the United States and other parts of the globe. This morning, with a couple of days to go ahead of proper availability on October 28, the Google Store has started shipping Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro devices to those who were able to get in early orders. In my case, a…
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How Moveworks’ AI platform broke through the multilingual NLP barrier 

October 25, 2021
Chatbots have a checkered past of often not delivering the performance their providers have promised. This is especially true in the IT service management (ITSM) and multilingual NLP spaces, where service desks found support teams deluged with complaints — yes, about the support chatbots. Just getting English language nuance right and how enterprises communicate often require chatbots to be…
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