(How To) From shooting great video with your HD camcorder to playing the footage back on your HDTV, here's how to turn your own home videos into high-def Blu-ray masterpieces.
(How To) Create eye-catching mosaics by tiling dozens or even hundreds of your photos automatically.
(How To) With the lasso tool in your photo editor, you can change the backdrop in any family snapshot and make it look like you've traveled the world.
(News) The free service, which pairs blogging and scrapbooking, added effects and new capabilities to its presentation tools.
(Reviews) VideoSpin is useful for free video editing software, but watch out for the ads.
(How To) Save cash by using these free but effective photo editors, organizers, photo sharing, and printing tools and services.
(Reviews) Adobe's video editor is now YouTube-friendly, but its simpler interface is also dumber.
(Reviews) Updated photo management app offers more organizing features and added flexibility with RAW files, but you'll need a powerful PC.
(Reviews) Best Video Editor for VHS?
(Reviews) This sophisticated image editing application adds editing modes that will appeal to beginners, but it doesn't have much new for people upgrading from previous versions.
(News) At this week's Web 2.0 Conference, Adobe CEO Bruce Chizen talks about why Photoshop won't be a hosted application, what he thinks of Microsoft's Silverlight, and Google's Gears.
(Reviews) Powerful image editor is overstuffed and cluttered.
(News) Fans of American football who are too busy to watch every game may enjoy the latest edition of Cyberlink Corp.'s MagicSports software.
(Reviews) Outstanding online photo editing for casual photographers who live online.
(Reviews) Now Vista and Mac compatible, Premiere Pro includes a high-end DVD authoring application but lacks AVCHD support.
(How To) Getting colors into balance, finding an HDR app, taking concert photos, and more.
(Reviews) New versions of Corel and Pinnacle video editing apps let you edit AVCHD footage--but only if your PC is powerful enough.
(News) Adobe has announced Visual Communicator 3, which enables teachers, lecturers and students to easily create scripted, television-quality broadcasts. Designed for those new to video, the company says that the software is ideal for project-based learning, distance learning courses and campus-wide newscasts.
(News) Adobe has released its online video editing software for users of YouTube and MTV.com. Adobe Premiere Express is a free, Web-based video remix and editing technology that is designed to be easy and fun to use.
(News) Microsoft Corp. has discontinued a line of digital photo software, saying that the functions can now be found in Windows Vista and other Microsoft software.
(News) Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM) will let developers create applications for BlackBerry phones using Microsoft Corp.'s .Net programming environment, continuing its efforts to broaden the capabilities of the devices.
(News) Microsoft Corp. this week will reveal new technology to deliver rich media applications on the Web, part of a broader strategy to go head to head with Web and design tools powerhouse Adobe Systems Inc.
(News) Apple has introduced Final Cut Server. The new server application provides media asset management and workflow automation. The scalable server application supports workgroups of any size, according to Apple. It also includes a cross-platform client that enables content browsing, review and approval from within a studio or over the Internet.
(Reviews) This app is an excellent tool for professional photographers, but some people may balk at paying extra for it.
(News) Photo organizing, editing tool emerges from beta test.
(News) Twelve months after its auspicious [<a href="http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/01/08/lightroom/index.php">debut as a public beta</a>] , Adobe is ready to take the training wheels off [<a href="http://www.macworld.com/news/2007/01/28/lightroom/index.php">Photoshop Lightroom</a>] and let its new baby ride into the world. With Lightroom's ship date just two weeks away, Adobe isn't planning on putting out another public beta, but the company gave Macworld a copy of the latest beta to us to play with, so we could get a sense of what the final product will look like when it ships on February 19.
(Reviews) ProShow's complex interface lets you control the creative minutiae of your image and video slide shows.
(Reviews) Better brushes and photo tools make for a winning upgrade.
(Reviews) Disc-authoring package offers creative versatility; but it's pricey for the average user, and underpowered for pros.
(How To) Rename files from your digital camera in batches, rotate shots easily, view photo files as thumbnails, and more.
(Reviews) Adobe Photoshop Elements 5 and Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo XI help ease your surfeit of photos.
(reviews) Apps Turn Your Computer Into a Powerful DVR
(news) Picasa Adds Web Albums
(howto) Copying Video to a Handheld
(reviews) Burning Alternative: Ulead DVD MovieFactory 5
(news) Mactel Version of Photoshop Coming Next Year
(reviews) First Look: Adobe Audition 2
(reviews) First Look: Adobe After Effects 7
(reviews) First Look: Adobe Encore DVD 2
(reviews) First Look: Adobe Premiere Pro 2
(reviews) New Software Makes Video Blogging Easy
(reviews) Pinnacle's Video Editor Handles HD
(reviews) PhotoImpact 11: Cool but Unpolished Tools
(reviews) Aperture Takes Digital Photography Back to the Future
(reviews) Adobe's New Moviemaking Powerhouse
(reviews) Worthy Update for Photographer Fave ACDSee
(reviews) Cheap Photo Fixers
(tech_tuesday) The Cutting Room
(howto) Print Your Own Photo Album
(news) Another Way to Master Your Digital Video
(reviews) New Picasa Beats Original
(reviews) First Look: Roxio Revs Easy Media Creator
(reviews) Adobe's Creative Evolution
(news) First Look: Picasa 2 Improves Upon Original
(news) Slide-Show Software Adds Life to Still Digital Images
(reviews) Do More With Digital Photos
(reviews) First Look: $100 Video Editing Apps Square Off
(reviews) Cool but pricey Portable Media Center devices now available.
(reviews) Solid package may not suit advanced users.
(news) New Premiere Elements, updated Photoshop Elements coming soon.
(reviews) Hardware-software combo ensures color-correct prints.
(reviews) Image editing application is best for newbies.
(news) Here's an overview of three new programs that promise easier image management.
(reviews) Album software for digital photos does the job.
(reviews) Latest packages from Adobe and Sony offer long feature lists and steep learning curves.
(howto) You can make your videos on DVD look more professional by adding a handsome menu.
(news) Triscape offers introduction to its photo-editing and management applications.
(reviews) The latest version of Pinnacle's video editing software suffers from a number of glitches.
(reviews) Application formerly known as Personal Video Station brings television recording features to your PC.
(news) Ulead's VideoStudio 8 adds editing wizard and new manual post-production tools.
(news) New versions of Premiere Pro, After Effect, Encore DVD integrate video tools more tightly.
(reviews) Digital photography has made taking pictures easier, but how do you organize hundreds of image files?
(news) Jasc updates Paint Shop Album and Extensis revamps Porfolio.
(reviews) We round up powerful, affordable image editors that'll give your snapshots professional polish.
(news) Picasa's Hello enables instant, narrated image-sharing.
(reviews) The top video editing program for PCs gets even better.
(yahoo) Fix your photos with software.
(news) Clear out the closet, toss aside old shoe boxes, and put all your photos--digital and paper--into your computer.
(news) Lifetime Photo Organizer supports advanced functions.
(news) Same-day shipping and print-picking programs debut.
(news) Ahead packs CD, DVD burning, data backup, and more into Nero 6.0 Ultra Edition.
(reviews) Paint Shop Pro 8 and PhotoSuite 5 aim to help you fix your pics.
(reviews) Very basic edition of panorama software lets you quickly assemble wide images.
(reviews) ACDSee 5, Adobe Photoshop Album, and Picasa 1.5 provide a range of photo-management features.
(news) Update offers sophisticated tools through a simple interface for Spielberg wannabes.
(news) Company releases generic version of digital image album creator, already used on several sites.
(reviews) Pared-down video-editing DVD applications frustrate both novice and experienced users.
(news) Intervideo's upgraded tools help you store video and enjoy emerging high-quality audio.
(news) Software giant expands file support, functions for Windows XP's video-editing program.
(reviews) Image editor will appeal to beginners but suffocate everyone else.
(news) TechXNY showcases amateur video editing tools for DVD and CD from Adaptec, BHA, MedioStream, Pinnacle Systems, and Roxio.
(news) ArcSoft unveils new packaging for multimedia editing programs, bundling free upgrades and support for annual fees.
(reviews) Latest release gets new painting tools, but isn't a critical upgrade unless your operating system is new.
(reviews) Pop your home movies into Video Toaster 2.
(news) Updated image-editing program adds Painting Engine and easy file-management tool.
(news) Visual Communicator provides backdrops, animation, and even a teleprompter.
(news) $150 screen-capture program lets you make self-running screen-capture videos with voice narration.
(reviews) Version 7 of the Paint Shop Pro image-editing software comes bundled with Animation Shop and Media Center Plus.
(news) Tool makes it easier to find pictures, illustrations, and other visual files.
(howto) Photo fixing made easy, buying used cameras, and our latest photo contest winner.
(howto) Viewing and creating images can be a hassle. Here's how to avoid problems.
(howto) Free those snapshots from your digital camera. We show you the simplest and best ways to transfer the pictures to your PC, edit them, share the photos online, and order prints.
(downloads) Instead of watching a summer blockbuster, create your own.
(reviews) New image editor boasts tools not found in Photoshop.
(news) Update to Shockwave.com's PhotoJam lets turn your images into a media show and share them online.
(news) Macromedia program renews battle with Illustrator and adds beefier drawing, productivity tools, and Flash support.
(reviews) Video editing made easy.
(howto) System utilities, image viewers, search and replace tools--you name it, we got it.
(reviews) Adobe Premiere 6.0 improves its tool set for experienced video editors and is now more accessible for editing neophytes, too.
(downloads) Watch a plane land on a freeway, see George Lucas fight writer's block, and more.
(news) Adobe's Elements puts a friendlier face on Photoshop, but it faces strong competition.
(news) Premiere 6.0 adds editing options, Web video formats in package designed for broad audience.
(news) Advanced 3D techniques let you picture yourself in Toon Town, and distribute the images online.
(reviews) Two inexpensive applications take very different approaches to desktop video editing.
(news) CreativeAnywhere and e-Too offer graphics tools for Web-based e-mail.
(news) Public preview of Apple's popular media player promises smoother playback, downloads, and more realistic 3D.
(reviews) Powerful screen-capture software provides a host of options for saving, printing, and editing images.
(reviews) Image editors for everyday use.
(reviews) Photoshop gets a substantial upgrade.
(reviews) MGI's new version of PhotoSuite adds Web features to a competent image editor.
