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Today some informations about Google’s new open source browser called Google Chrome came up. First published as a comic on Blogoscoped.com and confirmed by Kara Swisher, Google Chrome will be a WebKit-based browser with a new JavaScript Virtual Machine called V8 and with Google Gears included.

Google Chrome has a different UI-Design compared to other browsers especially regarding tabs. Google Chrome tabs will be on top of the address bar so every tab has its own address bar. Beside that every tab will run its own process to improve stability.

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LightZone 3.6
This update adds expanded RAW support to the following cameras: Canon EOS 450D, Canon EOS 1000D, Fuji Finepix S100FS, Nikon D60, Nikon D700, Olympus E-420, Olympus E-520, Pentax K20D, Pentax K200D, Samsung GX20 Sony A200, Sony A35

Edit for Aperture 1.35
The 12 module Aperture edit plug-in comes with improved interface and speed.

Aperture Assistant 1.0.62
Aperture Assistant now works with Aperture 2.1.1 and adds numerous optimizations and bugfixes. The thumbnails are now exported up 50-100% faster and the whole Aperture Assistant now launches twice as fast.

Tiffen Dfx Digital Filter Software 2.0
This version features exclusive multiple masking and layering capabilities without having to exit the plug-in, plus more than 1,000 new filters and effects and local language menu. The exclusive EZ Mask feature, one of seven mask types, allows users to easily create precise multiple masks with just a few quick strokes.

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Phase One Capture One 4.1.2
A free update which offers the benefits of Lens+ and Focus+ lens correction support to Phase One digital back owners with Hasselblad H, Hasselblad V and Contax mounts.

Maperture 1.0.1
New plug-in for Aperture which lets you geotag your photos inside Aperture.

VueScan 8.4.82
Adds support for more scanners and improves infrared cleaning.

Aperture to Picasa Web Albums 1.4.2
This update adds support for exporting geotags, viewing album contents by double-clicking on an album cover and adds stability enhancements.

GalleryExport for Aperture 1.0.7b / GalleryExport for iPhoto 1.0.8b
Both new beta versions include stability and performance enhancements.

iMedia Browser 1.1.1
“Version 1.1.1 adds support for iPhoto events, multiple Aperture libraries, and the ability to manage custom folders in the source list. The application is now available in English, Danish, French, German, and Traditional and Simplified Chinese. There are also dozens of performance improvements and bugfixes in the release.”

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Apple Aperture 2.1.1
MobileMe comes to Aperture with this update. As with every Apple software update this one “supports general compatibility issues, improves overall stability, and addresses a number of other minor issues.”

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2
Lightroom is now a native 64-bit app on Mac and Windows. John Nack has some highlights from this update and Tom Hogarty has every new feature and improvement.

Adobe Camera RAW 4.5
Along with Lightroom 2 a new version of Camera RAW was released which providesthe same rendering obtained in Lightroom 2.

Apple iPhoto 7.1.4
“Also addresses general compatibility issues, improves overall stability, and addresses a number of other minor issues”. Beside that this update contains new holiday greeting card and postcard themes for use with Apple print products

Photoshop Automator Actions v3.7
Ben Long updated his Photoshop actions for Automator compatible with Photoshop CS, CS2 and CS3

Pixelmator 1.2.2
New features include a live gradient tools and you can draw a straight or 45° line with shift. Beside that many improvements and bug corrections are included. The release notes with all new features and improvements are available here.

GalleryExport for iPhoto and Aperture 1.0.7b
Both updates for Aperture and iPhoto just include bug fixes.

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Apple has updated its latest operating system to version 10.5.4. As alway Apple recommends the update to all Mac OS X Leopard users. According to Apple this update adds support for more RAW formats to the whole system meaning you can use these new RAW formats in all Mac OS X applications based on Core Image (iPhoto, Aperture, Preview etc.). But at the moment it’s unclear which new RAW formats were added. Apple hasn’t updated the general RAW format compatibility list yet. According to Apple’s general RAW format compatibility list the Mac OS X 10.5.4 update incorporates the Digital Camera RAW Compatibility update 2.1 released in May. The cameras fully supported by this update and now also by the 10.5.4 update are: Canon EOS Digital Rebel XSi/Kiss Digital x2/450D, Epson R-D1, Leaf AFi 7, Leaf AFi 6, Leaf AFi 5, Pentax K200D, Pentax K20D. Just the Epson R-D1s seem to be new to the list of supported cameras in OS X 10.5.4.

This update also addresses the issue with saving and reopening Adobe Creative Suite 3 files on a remote server which could lead to data loss in previous versions of Leopard. Performance issues when using the Final Cut Studio applications with AirPort networks were addressed too.

The other changes include fixes for X11, L2TP VPN, AirPort, iCal, Safari, Spaces and Exposé. For a complete list of changes you can have a look at the corresponding Apple support article.

The update is available via Software Update for all Leopard users. Alternatively you can grab the update package from the Apple website (88MB) or the whole Combo update (561MB). The Leopard Server update is available too as standalane package (133MB) or as Combo update (677MB).

If you’re on Tiger and don’t want to update to Leopard you can grab the Security Update 2008-004 for Intel (128MB) or PowerPC (80MB) to just take advantage of the security related fixes.

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Beside the Mac OS X 10.5.3 update Apple has posted another update which adds RAW decoding support for seven more cameras.

The seven cameras now fully supported in Mac OS X are: Canon EOS Digital Rebel XSi/Kiss Digital x2/450D, Epson R-D1, Leaf AFi 7, Leaf AFi 6, Leaf AFi 5, Pentax K200D, Pentax K20D. The RAW decoding on MAC OS X works across the whole system, so you can use these cameras and their RAW images now with Aperture and iPhoto too.

You can get the update via Software Update or you can download the standalone installer (2.4MB) from Apple’s website.

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Today Apple released an update to it’s newest operating system Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard which updates it to 10.5.3. As always Apple recommends all users to update to the newest version.

Among the photography and Aperture related fixes are an improved compatibility between Time Machine and Aperture 2 and the availability of additional RAW image formats for several cameras.

You can fire up Software Update to update to 10.5.3. The update is 420 MB in size and a restart is required. Alternatively you can download the combo update (536MB) from Apple’s download page which includes all fixes and improvements since the first version 10.5.

You can read about all fixes and improvements in this Apple Support article.

Update: According to another Apple Support article Mac OS X 10.5.3 adds RAW decoding support for the following cameras: Hasselblad CFV-16, Hasselblad H3D-31, Hasselblad H3D-31II, Leaf Aptus 54S, Leaf Aptus 65S, Nikon D60, Olympus E-3, Pentax *ist DL2, Pentax *ist DS2, Pentax K100D Super, Sony DSLR-A200, Sony DSLR-A350

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Canon has posted some updates for their photographic software on the Canon USA website:

EOS Utility 2.4
According to the release notes EOS Utility now fully supports Mac OS X 10.5 so every Canon user with Leopard should grab this download. It now supports the EOS Kiss X2/EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi/EOS DIGITAL 450D and it fixes a Remote Shooting problem too.

Digital Photo Professional 3.4.1
Digital Photo Professional now fully supports Mac OS X 10.5 too. DPP now incorporates a new luminance noise reduction function for TIFF/JPEG image and it adds support for the aberration correction function on sixteen more lenses and also some extenders.

Picture Style Editor 1.3
Was updated for compatibility to Mac OS X 10.5 too and now supports the EOS Kiss X2/EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi/EOS DIGITAL 450D

You can find some more improvements and fixes in the release notes on the download pages of every file. To download these updates you can follow this link which will bring you to the driver downloads page of the Digital Rebel XT. You can grab the files from there regardless if you have a different EOS DSLR. Just select your OS from the dropdown menu and click on the updates.

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