Evoto 8.0 Brings Portrait Retouching Into DaVinci Resolve and Launches a $500K Creator Marketplace
Evoto 8.0 adds video portrait retouching as a DaVinci Resolve plugin, story-based culling, and an Asset Hub where approved creators keep 60%. Everything new.
Imagen's Intelligent Studio Doesn't Just Add AI Editing — It Abandons the Linear Workflow
Imagen's Intelligent Studio adds manual RAW editing and a plain-language assistant, and drops the cull-then-edit order. What that means for pro photographers.
Evoto 8.0 Brings AI Retouching to Video and Intelligent Culling — Here's What Changes for Portrait Photographers
Evoto 8.0 brings AI portrait retouching to video, story-based culling, and mobile tethering, collapsing three portrait workflow stages into one.
Aphera: The RAW Editor Built by Photographers Who Stopped Using Lightroom
Ex-VSCO engineers launched a native Apple Silicon RAW editor that handles 100MP files in real time. At $99 through August 31, it's the alternative the Lightroom-fatigued have been waiting for.
Capture One Mobile Gets Heal/Clone, Color Balance, and Two More Long-Overdue Features
Capture One's mobile app adds four user-requested features including the number one ask: Heal/Clone. What this means for photographers who edit on the go.
Lightroom's August 2026 Update: Generative Expand, Better Masking, iPad AI Denoise
Adobe Lightroom 15.5 adds feather/edge masking sliders to Classic; Lightroom 9.5 brings Generative Expand to desktop and iPhone; M-Series iPad users finally get AI Denoise.
10 Ways to Speed Up Lightroom Classic (The Catalog Size Matters Less Than You Think)
GPU acceleration, drive configuration, and preview strategy matter more than catalog size for Lightroom Classic performance. An Apple Silicon finding changes the platform calculus.
Capture One Multi-User Sessions: Studio Teams Can Finally Edit Simultaneously
Capture One's new beta feature lets multiple studio team members edit within a single session at the same time — eliminating the handoff workflow that has defined studio photography for a decade.
PhotoCuller: The $39 Fix for Lightroom's Worst Culling Problem
PhotoCuller eliminates Lightroom's lag-heavy culling workflow with instant navigation, auto-burst grouping, and XMP compatibility—all for a one-time $39 fee.
Aftershoot Is Now a Full Photography Workflow Platform
Aftershoot has expanded from an AI culling tool into a unified platform covering culling, editing, retouching, and client galleries — eliminating the app-switching that fragments most professional photography workflows.
Lightroom AI Culling for Sports: Incredible Results, One Thermal Warning
Adobe's Assisted Culling in Lightroom Classic handles 500-image sports bursts with strong accuracy — but running 2,600 frames spiked an M1 Mac Mini to 165°F. Here's what you need to know.
AI in Photography: Why 84% Use It for Tedious Work — and Stop There
A survey of 363 working photographers found 84% use AI to save time on repetitive tasks — and only 24% are willing to let AI take full creative control. The line they're drawing matters.
Claude Computer Use: Automating Photoshop Without Scripts, Plugins, or Actions
Anthropic's Claude can now operate Photoshop directly — batch resizing, watermarking, layer work — using screen-level computer use. What this means for photographers with repetitive production workflows.