Year: 2010

Adobe has released final versions of Lightroom 2.7, Photoshop Camera Raw 5.7 and DNG Converter 5.7, available for immediate download on Adobe.com. The updates add raw file support for nine new popular camera models, including the Canon EOS 550D, Sony A450 and Olympus E-PL1.

Red Giant Software has announced Guru Presets, a new product line that offers access to pre-designed templates and effects presets that work with plug-ins from Red Giant. These presets and templates are ready to go as-is, but can also be modified by the user.

Each package offers preset animations, graphical elements, or design templates ready for use in After Effects and film looks that work in the hosts supported by Magic Bullet Looks and Magic Bullet Quick Looks. Guru Presets currently include seven preset packs, with additions planned for the near future.

Flash Networks (http://www.flashnetworks.com), a provider of mobile Internet solutions, has enhancements to its Harmony Web & Media Optimization solution to support HTML5, the standard used by iPad for the delivery of rich media content.

The enhanced Harmony solution optimizes video delivered via the HTML5 framework to provide smoother and faster mobile browsing for iPad users while performing data reduction to enable operators to cost-effectively manage the huge increase in data traffic, according to Merav Bahat, vice president of Marketing and Business Development at Flash Networks.