The Daily PetaPixel for 12/07/2023

The top news from the world of photography. [View this email in your browser]( [PetaPixel Homepage]( Presented by ProMaster [Maximize Storage with a ProMaster 1.3TB Velocity Cine Card]( The ProMaster Velocity Cine CFexpress Type B Memory Cards achieve breakneck speeds with a 1,400MB/s minimum sustained sequential write speed that can handle the most rigorous use in professional applications. [Shop Now]( [Meta Launches a Standalone AI Image Generator]( By Matt Growcoot on Dec 06, 2023 03:28 pm [Imagine AI image generator]( Meta has launched a standalone AI image generator to compete with the likes of DALL-E and Midjourney. [[Read More]( [Amazon Says Its New AI Image Generator Won’t Hurt Photography]( By Ted Kritsonis on Dec 06, 2023 03:26 pm [Iguana photo generated by Amazon Titan]( Amazon's recently announced Titan generative AI isn't quite the same as consumer-facing image generators like Dall-E and Midjourney, but the Titan Image Generator may hold implications for professional photographers working with corporate clients. [[Read More]( [Panasonic’s New Lumix G100D Camera Upgrades the EVF and Adds USB-C]( By Jeremy Gray on Dec 06, 2023 03:04 pm [Panasonic Lumix G100D]( Panasonic Japan announced a minor hardware upgrade to the Lumix G100 Micro Four Thirds vlogging camera, adding a USB Type-C port and changing the camera's electronic viewfinder. [[Read More]( [TikTok’s Viral ‘Time Travel’ Filter Lets You See Your Future Self]( By Pesala Bandara on Dec 06, 2023 02:55 pm A new artificial intelligence (AI) powered "Time Travel" filter -- that lets people see how their faces will age in real time -- has gone viral on TikTok. [[Read More]( [Nikon Makes Special Firmware for Astronauts to Block Galactic Cosmic Rays in Photos]( By Matt Growcoot on Dec 06, 2023 01:39 pm Space travel requires instruments made on Earth to be specially adapted to the harsh extra-terrestrial world -- and that includes tweaking a camera's software. [[Read More]( [The PetaPixel Awards: The Best of Photography in 2023]( By Jaron Schneider on Dec 06, 2023 01:38 pm We are proud to announce the results of the third-annual PetaPixel Awards where we give honors to a small list of the best new photography products released in the last year as voted by the PetaPixel staff. [[Read More]( [Photographers Reveal Story Behind Taylor Swift’s TIME Person of the Year Covers]( By Pesala Bandara on Dec 06, 2023 12:15 pm [taylor swift time magazine covers]( Photographer duo Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin have revealed the inspiration behind Taylor Swift's TIME Person of the Year Cover Image. [[Read More]( [Gemini is Google’s ‘Most Capable’ AI Model and Arrives on Pixel 8 Pro Today]( By Jaron Schneider on Dec 06, 2023 11:01 am [Google Gemini]( Gemini is what Google is calling its "most capable" artificial intelligence model and was trained to recognize, understand, and combine different types of information including text, images, audio, video, and code. [[Read More]( [YouTuber Gets Six Months in Jail For Deliberately Crashing His Plane]( By Matt Growcoot on Dec 06, 2023 10:05 am [Trevor Jacob flying a plane]( A YouTuber has been sent to prison for six months after he purposefully crashed his airplane and then hid the wreckage. [[Read More]( [Mountain Lion Soars Through Air and Pounces on Trail Camera]( By Pesala Bandara on Dec 06, 2023 09:08 am [mountain lion soars through air and pounces on trail camera]( This is the incredible moment a mountain lion soared through the air and pounced right on a trail camera. [[Read More]( Earlier Stories: [How a Photographer Captured Aurora, STEVE, and the Milky Way in One Shot]( [The Emotion of Nature: Sandra Bartocha’s Creative Photography]( [10 Photos From the 2023 Northern Lights Photographer of the Year]( [UK May Require Photo IDs or Facial Age-Check Scans to View Porn]( [Rode Acquires Pro Audio Brand Mackie]( [Website]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( Copyright © 2023 PetaPixel, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website. PetaPixel · 2944 N 44th St Ste 100 · Phoenix, AZ 85018-7258 · USA You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](.