PetaPixel Tuesday May 21, 2024
Capture One has replaced its Multi User license system with what it calls Capture One Studio for Teams, and, notes PetaPixel, while it has some improved features—including AI Crop, a faster AI, and what it calls “Tethering Boost”—it also costs upwards of 344 percent more per year: A 10-seat Multi-User annual subscription that formerly cost $1,598 now costs $5,500. It’s all part of Capture One’s move away from perpetual software licenses, adds PP.
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GDT Nature Photographer of the Year Tuesday May 21, 2024
“Winter is my favorite time of year and one of my [favorite] motifs is the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Elbe River Landscape,” notes photographer Dieter Damschen, whose image of an icily tranquil forest in one of the last remaining near-natural rivers in Central Europe is the overall winner of the 2024 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year competition. The competition, organized by the Germany Society for Nature Photographers to highlight the talent of its members, drew 8,000 entries from 13 countries, notes My Modern Met.
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THE ART NEWSPAPER Tuesday May 21, 2024
In one of the latest protests stemming from the Israel-Hamas war, artists are boycotting Toronto’s Contact Photography Festival, reports The Art Newspaper. The annual, month-long event takes place throughout the city in May, with more than 130 exhibitions and 250 artists participating this year. A grassroots campaign has been encouraging people to withdraw from the festival due to its longtime sponsor Scotiabank’s ties to the Israeli weapons manufacturer Elbit Systems.
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David Schonauer Tuesday May 21, 2024
A year and a half has passed since generative AI captured the public imagination. But, as writer Ian Bogost noted recently in The Atlantic, it's already feeling passe. And that, he adds, is how you
know it's really taking over: What once seemed a "tool to supercharge your imagination" has become another work tool, he notes. Meanwhile, PetaPixel described how AI is ruining the … Read the full Story >>
