![]() ![]() On the surface, ColorBender looks minimal, using a region-based approach to editing images. Round-up ), and a new company, 4G, which was demoing a new application calledĬolorBender that takes a very simplified approach to image editing.ĤG’s ColorBender has a streamlined interface, with a few choice adjustment toolsĪnd a 9-sector grid used to apply effects to your images. LightZone (which I wrote about in my Photo Plus East At the show, Light Crafts was showing Version 2.0 of Nevertheless, there are companies out there trying to offer an alternative to the Adobe monolith, and their primary emphasis is simplicity. Like me, you might be sick of the phrase, “Photoshop killer” it’s a useless term, as I’ve noted before. Photo Marketing Association exposition coming up in early March, expect to see the gloves come off as these three printer companies vie for mindshare and retail floor space among photo resellers. As I noted when I wrote about the Aperture-Lightroom battle, competition between companies that offer great products is a great thing that benefits all of us. ![]() Of course, Epson’s long history here will help them, but it will be challenging for them to keep their market share as high as it has been in the past. The quality difference between the 3800 and Epson’s previous pro printer, the Stylus Professional 4800, is subtle, and nowhere near as stunning as the leaps in quality made by HP and Canon. I received my 3800 shortly after I set up the Z3100, and I’ve only been able to run about 30 or 40 prints through it, but they’ve all been exemplary. Initial impressions of the 12-ink Z3100, HP has really thought through the whole system surrounding photo printing-printer, ink and media-now they just need to get the word out, and last week’s show was a good start for them. The crowds around the Z-series printers were quite big, and many attendees I spoke with felt that HP had finally shed its image as an also-ran in the pro photo space. HP is turning up the heat with the large-format Z2100 and Z3100 printers, as well as the affordable As many imaging geeks (including myself) have discovered over the past few months, things have changed, and you could see the results on the show floor in black and white (and in color). Pigment-based, pro-level photo printers, and, if you spent time in each booth, you could clearly see that there has been a seismic shift in this market: Epson, long the acknowledged king of the premium photo printer market, now has some true pretenders to its throne. All three companies were showcasing their latest On the printing front, Epson, Canon and Hewlett-Packard were all lined up in close proximity to each other, and their booths were full of interested photographers, fine-art printers, and print professionals. Leveling the pro photo-printer playing field ![]()
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