PetaPixel Tuesday February 6, 2024
Adobe Stock has announced the addition 4K videos to its library, bringing a massive influx of assets to the service, notes PetaPixel. The updated collection adds 15 million videos to the existing library; all are available for Adobe Stock subscribers at no additional charge. “Gone are the days when 4K was a luxury reserved for high-end projects. In our visually driven world, 4K has become the new standard, offering unmatched clarity and detail that makes HD start to look blurry in comparison,” Adobe noted.
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The New York Times Tuesday February 6, 2024
When the acclaimed New York street photographer Arlene Gottfried died in 2017 at age 66, her archive was left in limbo and disarray in boxes piled on cabinets and shelves in a storage unit the size of a bathroom. Last year, however, Gottfried’s sister in law, Dara Gottfried, began having the photo collection digitized and organized, with the help of Eryn DuChene, a young photographer. Once complete, she said, she will determine whether it will go to a museum or a buyer willing to keep the work accessible to the public, notes The New York Times.
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DP Review Tuesday February 6, 2024
OM Systems has announced its new flagship, the Olympus OM-1 Mark II—a 20 MP (5184 x 3888) camera with a stacked BSI Live MOS sensor and TruePic X processor. The new camera does not change much over the original OM-1, which was introduced two years ago, instead featuring an incremental improvement of the body and the software, notes DIY Photography, citing the camera’s enhanced AI subject detection for humans, live graduated neutral density filters, updated menu configuration, 14-bit raw output, rubberized dials and rugged construction. DP Review has more.
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David Schonauer Tuesday February 6, 2024
Artificial intelligence was scary enough for many people, and then along came Loab. The creation of musician and AI pioneer Steph Maj Swanson, aka Supercomposite, Loab was a demon-like character who
seemed to personify all the accumulated fears of what's going on inside our machines: She reportedly appeared by accident during an experiment. She then went on to haunt the internet, as Forbes put … Read the full Story >>
