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Expression Media licenses arrive

Beware of Geeks baring gifts. Microsoft Expression Media licenses are hitting mailboxes now. Hold off using Expression Media for now. Microsoft have a  hotfix in the pipeline with a service pack to follow.

Beware of Geeks Baring Gifts

Microsoft has begun rolling out free licenses for Expression Media to registered users of iView MediaPro. Some things broke in the transition so for now it’s best to stick with MediaPro. At this stage hold off using Expression Media especially on Windows. There is a hotfix coming soon for Mac and Windows with a service pack to … Read more

Photo Mechanic 4.5 beta

Camera Bits announce a public beta of  Photo Mechanic 4.5. This will be a major update to the world’s fastest image browser.

iView discount ending

You have until 16 May 2007 to  purchase iView MediaPro through DAMsimple and receive a 15% discount.

Testing Loyalties (or, DAM, Politics, Religion and Sex)

Around the middle of 2007 iView will be no more and the much-loved MediaPro will become Microsoft Expression Media. Microsoft purchased iView Multimedia in June 2006. Recently Microsoft has been quietly informing us that the first version of Expression Media will essentially be the same as the current MediaPro 3. In other words, don’t expect … Read more

Aperture or Lightroom = Neither!

Apple’s Aperture and Adobe’s Photoshop Lightroom introduce a new workflow for photographers. Rather than use two or three separate applications Aperture and Lightroom promise a one-stop-shop. So which one is best? Well, neither. This goes against current trends where most experts are suggesting one of these apps will be the dominant software for photographers in … Read more