The Ohanaware Weblog

While we’re still working hard on Fun Photo 2.0 we’ve also been working hard on a Professional version of our ever popular HDRtist. For a vast majority of people, HDRtist has been their first step into the world of HDR, providing people with an easy way to get great results. However there’s a huge gap, if you want more than HDRtist. HDR software with more control and flexibility can cost as much as $150!

Enter HDRtist Pro, which aims to provide you with more control, features and flexibility than HDRtist, wrapped up in an Ohanaware easy to use interface, all without the heft of a huge price sticker.
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It’s been a while since I last posted about Fun Photos 2.0, so I’d like to start today by talking a bit about our new non-destructive photo editor. It’s taking a lot longer than we anticipated and right now it’s almost been completely re-written. In fact huge chunks of the program were pulled out and tossed into a virtual garbage can, while we custom designed and developed new slicker, more flexible and faster parts.
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It comes to that time of year when camera manufactures like to parade their new products in front us, enticing us to release our hard earned cash in return for a box with a hole in it.

If not all, but most of my photos come from chance, so I like to have a pocketable camera with me at all times. I used to tote a much larger super zoom camera, but I would think about it before I went out for a walk. Many times I missed what I thought were photo opportunities, so last year I researched into pro-sumer pocket cameras.
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This week the HTML5 (Apple) v.s. Flash (Adobe) battle took an interesting turn, when Google announced that they had created a new Open Source video format that they’ll be using for their HTML5 video.

This is bad news for Apple for a variety of reasons.
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Just a quick update in the Flash v.s. The World death match. Adobe has publicly responded to Apple, with an advertising campaign saying Adobe Loves Apple.
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