Adobe Systems, Inc announced on Friday that they are making Photoshop.com Mobile for Android 1.1 editor available to third-party application developers.  In addition, users of Google Mobile will  have the capabilities of quick and easy photo-editing and sharing.  The editor can be used for new editing effects on your camera phone. 

20 years ago, Thomas and John Knoll licensed their pixel-imaging program that was originally called Display, with Adobe to create Photoshop.  The original software only displayed grayscale images on a black-and-white monitor and was given processing capabilities.    The original Photoshop 1.0 was for the Mac, and there were few key features, such as curves, levels, and a clone tool.  On February 19, 1990 the first version of Photoshop was shipped to customers.

This is part 2 of the 3 part interview series with Photographer William Clayton. We have been browsing the digital archives of William's work on his website and we are truly amazed by the beautifully photographed landscapes, by the unique compositions and the vivid colors. His photographs depict the story of his travels. It's almost like flipping through a classic English novel. They show us the intricacy and detail in places like St. Peter's.  After being totally mesmerized by his photographs we asked William what equipment he used.

Every year the UK National History Museum organizes the National History Museum Wild Life Photographer of the Year award every year. The winner of the Contest is awarded 10,000 GBP approximately $16,600. This years contest had 43,000 entries and the photograph of the wolf jumping over the fence won!!! No doubt the photograph is incredible. I mean it's not everyday that one sees a wolf jumping over the fence.  Recently, the judges found out the photograph is a fake and want to revoke the award from Photographer Jose Luis Rodriguez.

The BBC revealed an error made by the FBI. We all know about the FBI's obsession with Osama bin Laden, recently the FBI revealed a picture of what Osama bin Laden might look like now. What's amusing is that the picture is a very sharp resemblance to the Spanish politician Gaspar Llamazares.

This coming monday, January 11th 2010, the submission period for the SIGGRAPH 2010Computer Animation Festival will begin.  This five day event has been going on for the past 36 years, and it showcases the latest and greatest in everything computer generated.  From animation to special effects, to digital rendering; they've got it all, and they're looking for digital animation professionals to showcase their best work. If you've got a knack for digital animation, and can make it to the Los Angeles area this coming July, this competition might be worth looking into.

After the release of OS 2 for Android and Droid earlier this year, came Adobe's Photoshop version for Android phones. Photoshop.com released it's Mobile application for Android this month.  This new App competes with Photoshop's Mobile App for Iphone. This new App gives  users the ability to batch edit their photos, to color correct them and to enjoy many other photoshop features on the Android phone.

Photoshop is great, but not everyone can afford to hand over a few hundred bucks to Adobe for the software.  Now, there's an online alternative for all the budding digital artists among us. It's called Aviary, and they have big plans.

Hear ye! Hear ye! Adobe now offers a free Photoshop app for the iPhone! Grab your cell phone and get to downloading!

It is always cool to see different mediums inspire each other. In a new series called Project Song,  the folks at NPR challenge musicians to take a photograph and record a song about it in two days. Talk about a time crunch!

 After Microsoft's Photoshop snafu this week, everyone is abuzz about altered images. The New York Times took a look at a bunch of photos throughout history that have had severe editing done, and lets just say there are a lot more than you'd think.

The dramatic altercation of images in Photoshop has gotten people in trouble in the past. But Microsoft has crossed a line. The company was caught today, running  an ad in which the race of one model had been changed in photoshop.

Andre Gunther is taking a dramatic approach to pro-photography. He has given up art shows and mixers in favor of a completely online business. Best of all, his site is a great resource for tips on both taking pictures and mastering the business.

So back at the end of June, Adobe announced that it would no longer offer the Photshop Album Starter Edition, a free stripped down version of the popular editing software. Instead they launched Photoshop.com, an online digital imaging hub.

Simple things you can do to take decent looking landscape pictures: