If you are interested in a Microsoft 365 auto-renewing 12-month subscription, Amazon is offering it bundled with a $15 Amazon Gift Card all together for $59… The gift card is only for the first year of a new subscription… The following years there won’t be a bonus gift card… The subscription will auto-renew unless you manually cancel it…
NIK Collection 4 for $100
Adobe may feel like they are the center of the photographic universe but they are not the only ones making imaging software!
If you want to join The Rebel Alliance, one of them Pixel Peeping Jedi is the NIK Collection, version 4, currently on sale for the next three days or so for $100 at the DXO online e-shop. This is for new customers. Existing customers can get an upgrade offer by logging into their account.
Separately, further down the page, on the left hand side, they have a bundle offer. You can get NIK together with dXO Pure RAW as a bundle, $190…
Sunday II: Skylum Luminar 4 (two device) for $49
Imaging software action at the Sunday Best Buy daily deals, for $49 you can get in digital download format a two-device license for Skylum’s Luminar 4. This is compatible with Windows and Macs.
Adobe Photoshop Elements 2020 for $32 [Disc only]
Woot Plus is running another iteration of their Garage Sales, this round good until 2/22/21 at 11:59pm central time, or earlier for items that sell out (and quite a few items do indeed sellout before the expiration; those that don’t, get recycled to future daily deals and garage sales and bargain bins and Woot-OFFs and such)…
Not among the Electronics Garage sales but under the Computer Garage sale we find the return of an old friend from 2020, the Adobe Photoshop Elements 2020 for $32 [Disc only]. Up to three per customer. It comes with a 90-day Woot warranty [whatever that means for software]… Shipping free for Prime members (one-time connection of Woot-Prime accounts needed) or flat shipping for the calendar day purchases for non-members…
PS; you may have noticed the use of a semicolon above; That was just so I could mention this hot off the e-presses article; “The Case for Semicolons”;
Sunday: Adobe Photoshop Elements 2020 for $32 [Disc only]
The Super-Bowl-Sunday Woot daily deals include MSI gaming desktop & laptops, a $730 unlocked Samsung Note 5G (128GB) and of photography interest, hiding in their “PC Software Deals” they have the Adobe Photoshop Elements 2020 for $32. This is a disc delivered by mail, not a digital download. It comes with a 90-day Woot warranty (whatever that means in this case LOL). Up to three per customer…
If you are looking for something to read while everybody else is getting drunk (figuratively and literally) on Super Bowl, here’s a new article at WIRED on a new company coming out of stealth on Optical Metasurface technology that hopes to (re)-revolutionize smartphone lenses…
Monday: Think Tank Photo, MeFoto, APC, IDX, Etc
Never fear, just like clockwork Mundane Monday is here and we start the excitement with a new set of B&H Photo daily deals good until Monday at 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):
+ MeFoto GlobeTrotter S Carbon Fiber Travel Tripod for $166 in two color options
+ with this, you can be a GlobeTrotter, just not a Harlem GlobeTrotter 🙂
+ APC Back-UPS BN900M Battery Backup & Surge Protector for $65
+ IDX power options, $148 to $419
+ Think Tank Photo Video Rig 18 Rolling Case for $250
UPDATE #1: forgot about the Adorama daily deals, this duo is good until Monday at 10am ET:
+ iBower Smartphone LED Video Light for $20
+ Flashpoint Folding Wheeled Base Stand (Black/Chrome-plated, 11′) for $95
Sunday: Photoshop Elements 2020 for $32, Etc
It’s party time at the Woot website, they have a sale under “Electronics” featuring five Contixo drones ranging from $55 to $288, plus assorted Contixo items (robot dog, stunt car, remotes)…
But the headliner of photography interest at Woot is under “Computers”, the Adobe Photoshop Elements 2020 (or Premiere Elements 2020) going for $32 each. This is a PC/Mac disk sent by mail. There is NO digital download or email delivery option. Up to ten per customer. This is NOT eligible for an upgrade discount for the 2021 versions per the “Specs” of the product page…
Meanwhile at the Best Buy dailies it’s the return of the 6-pack of Insignia (house brand) CR-2032 batteries sold for $7… Of iPad interest, there’s a desk-stand type-thing for the 9.7″ (5th and 6th gen) iPads for $47…
DXo Software up to 30% off
Good until 12/24/20, so you have plenty of time to read reviews, comparisons, check samples and such, DxO is running a sale at the company’s official online store with up to 30% off their software titles which include DxO Photo Lab 4, Nik Collection 3, Film Pack 5, and ViewPoint… Upgrade options are also available…
But that’s not all. They have a couple of value meals. No fries with them but you can get PhotoLab + FilmPack as a combo with a combined purchase discount OR PhotoLab + Viewpoint…
After you’re on their site for a few seconds, a splashy thing will surface offering to give you the promo code for discounting…
UPDATE: at the Adorama dailies (change Wedn 10am ET) you can get the Qnap TS-230 2-Bay NAS Enclosure (Realtek RTD1296 ARM Cortex-A53 Quad-Core 1.4 GHz, 2GB RAM) for $130 with free US shipping… There’s also a $249 Lorex security system type thing…
Humble Bundle PWYW includes PhotoLemeur 3, Luminar 4, Etc
If you are a fan of the Humble Bundle way of doing things, they have a bundle on Digital Imaging Software for the next few days.
On the $1+ tier, you get the Photolemur 3…
If you meet or beat the average price, you also get training, textures and cinematic LUTs.
But the price is currently close enough to the highest tier (around $25) that gets you the Luminar 4 and Aurora HDR software, and three collections of Looks.
The aforementioned Skylum software is available for Windows and Mac OS. Check the listing above for details and compatibility and restrictions and such…
Capture One PRO 20 for Nikon or Fuji or Sony for $90 with $25 bonus Gift Card
If you are interested in the brand-centric Capture One PRO 20, good until Friday 12/4/20 at 4:15pm ET, B&H Photo is offering the brand-centric Capture One PRO 20 (download) for $90 with a FREE $25 B&H Photo gift card included. This is available in three flavors, Nikon, Fuji X and Sony… You will also receive a free upgrade to version 21 when it comes out…
Mon: Adobe Elements 2020 (both Photoshop/Premiere) for $60
Adobe is back at the Woot dailies, they are having Adobe Elements 2020 as one of their Cyber Monday deals of the day (expires Monday at 11:59pm central or earlier if sold out).
The price is this: $50 each package BUT if you add both to the shopping cart, you get a $40 off combined purchase discount [automatically happening in the shopping cart when both are present], making both of them be $60.
Black Friday arrives at DXO: PhotoLAB4 ($120, $60 upgrade), NiK 3 ($75, $40 upgrade)
Black Friday has arrived at the DXO Online Store, good until 11/30/20, so you have plenty of time to research the software and read reviews and comparisons and such since these are digital downloads. The BF pricing is:
+ DXO PhotoLAB 4 for $120
+ Upgrade price is $60
+ NiK Collection 3 for $75
+ Upgrade price is $40
+ Dxo Filmpack 5 Elite for $65
+ Upgrade price is $35
+ DXo ViewPoint 3 for $40
+ Upgrade price is $25
+ see them all at the DXO Online Store…
Capture ONE PRO 20 (FREE upgrade to 21) download with $25 B&H Gift Card for $199
Adobe is not the only game in town! Capture One is around too! Good until Saturday at 11:59pm ET, B&H Photo is offer in digital download format the Capture ONE PRO 20 software for $199 with a $25 B&H Photo gift card bonus. With this purchase, you are eligible to receive for free Version 21 which come out in December 2020.
You can check out at B&H until 4:30pm ET on Friday. After that, you have to wait until Saturday 5:45pm ET, so plan your purchases accordingly. These are the rest of their Black Friday offerings…
NIK Collection 3 (25th Anniversary edition) with 15% off
DXo is the current custodian of the NiK collection and they have rolled out the 25th anniversary edition of the NiK Collection 3 for $150 or 150 euro depending on location at the DXo online store. But wait, there’s …less! While you are visiting that page, a promotion will appear that gives you a 15% off code! This is a digital delivery that includes eight plug-ins. It can be used on up to three computers. Minor software updates are included. Upgrade discount when a major version comes out. Works on Windows and MacOS. Check their website for minimum requirements and such…
The 25th anniversary edition added [wait for it] 25 new presets 🙂 Note that this is a plug-in collection that works with Dxo PhotoLab, Serif Affinity and Adobe’s Lightroom Classic, Photoshop, and Elements. Minimum versions are also mentioned at the “System requirements” link over there…
Saturday: 12-month Adobe Creative Cloud for $40/mo [with $10 one time bonus gift card]
Saturday at the Amazon USA Gold Box has a couple of potentially interesting offers:
+ 12-month Adobe Creative Cloud subscription (all the software, not just the photographer) for $40 per month with a bonus $10 Amazon gift card
+ gift card is one time only, not every month!
+ you agree to a 12-month term, but you pay monthly, you don’t prepay the full year right away
+ $50 Applebees gift card for $40
+ given the COVID siutation, of interest if you live in a state where gift card balances never expire (eg California)
+ per the reviews, a number of buyers in 2018 were receiving gift cards un-activated or without balance
+ personally I never had a problem with gift cards purchased from Amazon (I did not buy Applebees gift cards as far as I can recall)
+ speaking of Amazon reviews, there’s always the Smart Alec review 🙂
DxO PhotoLab 4 for $100 [ends Thur PM]
Good until the end of day on 11/19/20, the official DXO online store is offering their Dxo PhotoLab 4 software (full version) for $100. This is a digital download. They also have the Elite version for slightly more.
They have a linked-to pop-up comparison of the two versions at the aforelinked page. The Elite has extra features and includes three activations (instead of two for the standard version).
As you can see, there are many options aside from DRM-loving Adobe, it’s just that Adobe is suffocating the air, drinking almost all of the oxygen from the imaging software room 😉
PS: and while we be dissing Adobe, let’s not forget how much they are whining with one side of their mouth, but if you look at their quarterly financials [which they can’t hide as a public company] they have been raking in the billions, more so since they went to the software-as-a-subscription [aka Creative Cloud] business model.
FREE Skylum Luminar 4 with Fuji Camera or Lens purchase [Time Travelling Offer]
If you have already purchased or if you purchase in the future a Fuji camera or lens in the USA, you can get the Skylum Luminar 4 software for FREE. All you have to do is enter your product’s serial number, your name and email and zipcode and follow the instructions on the page…
The promotional period is November 15 in 2019 until December 31st in 2020. So even if you didn’t know of this promotion when you purchased your Fuji gear, you can still get the software.
1-Year Adobe Creative Cloud Student & Teacher for $192 [with Auto-Renewal]
This looks like a Fry’s Monday e-newsletter custom-promo-code price-match, but as of the time of writing Amazon is offering a 1-Year Adobe Creative Cloud (Student & Teacher) full version for $192. Validation of student/teacher status is required. US customers only. You can buy up to ten licenses through this sale.
NOTE: this is an AUTO-RENEWAL offer! You can cancel at any time by finding the subscription in your Amazon account. You can cancel by clicking, you don’t have to call anyone to cancel it.
Monday: Elements 2020 for $50 individually (or both for $75)
Adobe arrives as the headliner of the Woot daily deals it is an Adobe Elements 2020 offer. Individually you can get Premiere or Photoshop for $50 each, or you can buy both of them as a bundle for $75. Here we are talking about the Elements 2020 versions…
Other Woot daily deals include a budget HP Windows 10 crawlbook (oops, notebook) and Pioneer speakers. More time at home or the office during COVID 2020, more need for music and audiobooks and podcasts and such…
Then we go to Big Yellow, aka Best Buy’s dailies where you can haz [it’s so annoying when you use formerly-trending phrases years later!] a 500GB WD USB-C portabale SSD for $85, standing desk options, a $50 Case Logic Viso camera bag, a couple of very affordable WesthingHouse Roku TVs [hooray for Roku, it still managed to survive despite the Giants Battling Over Streaming Devices], and the headliner is a $70 Keurig K50 K-Cup coffee machine…
Nik Collection 3 discount up to 30% off
To sale-a-brate their EISA 2020 “Best Photo Editing Software” award, DXO is offering UP TO 30% off on their recently-blinged Nik Collection 3 software at the official DXO online store. A pop-banner shows up after you visit the site and it gives you a unique promo code that you can use it to get up to 30% off. If there’s some trouble with their checkout system, you may want to also try coupon code EISA-SPECIAL-OFFER-NIK-30.
HB includes Ashampoo Image and Video software options
Currently running for the next 15 days and change [as of the time of writing], Humble Bundle is running their Software Bundle III which includes some photo-related titles among the offerings. These are for Windows…
At the $1+ tier, you can get the Ashampoo Snap [screen recorder, great for Photoshop and image editing and Lightroom tutorials], Backup PRO 14, and Uninstaller 0.
At the $11+ tier, you also get Photo Optimizer 7 promoted as “Compact and fuss-free image editing for anyone unwilling to spend hours on their PCs”. You also get PDF PRO 2, and WinOptimizer 18.
At the $18.50+ tier, you get six more titles, including Ashampoo Photo Commander 16 promoted as “the complete solution to view, present, edit and organize your photos. Over 200 features cover all common image processing tasks”. Also included is “Video Optimizer PRO”, Cinemagraph [created animated pictures], Burning Studio 21, SoundStage PRO, and Driver Updater…
A portion of your purchase price goes to charity. You can select which charity from a list of options, or if you don’t select, it will go to the default featured charity of that particular promotion…
For the speed-readers out there, this is Windows only. And no, a shampoo is not included with the A-Shampoo software 😉
Serif Affinity Photo for $25 [download]
If you like to use imaging software from non-monopolistic Cash Cow Cloud companies, the digital download of the Serif Affinity Photo software is on sale for a limited time for $25 at B&H Photo…
Speaking of B&H, they are offering the new condition Atomos Shogun 7 HDR Pro/Cinema Monitor-Recorder-Switcher for $999 with free US shipping…
Adobe Premiere Elements 2020 for $60
Software time at the Adorama daily deals, good until Tuesday at 10am ET you can get the Adobe Premiere Elements 2020 for $60 with free US shipping. This is the “DVD & Download” software box delivered by mail…
Tuesday: Adobe Photoshop Elements 2020 for $60
The headliner Amazon Gold Box deal of the day for Tuesday 3/24/20 is the Adobe Photoshop Elements 2020 going for $60 in your choice of digital download or Disc delivered by mail…
In other daily action, the Adorama daily deal (changes Wedn 10am ET) is the new condition Polar Pro Mavic 2 Pro Cinema Series Gradient Filter Collection (with ND8GR, ND164 & ND328) going for $50 with free US shipping…
Tue: Corel software, refurbished Google Pixels
There is a software sale among the Tuesday 12/10/19 daily deals at the Best Buy website and among the offers are the following potentially interesting titles:
+ Corel Video Studio Ultimate 2019 for $35
+ Corel Draw Home and Student Suite 2019 for $60
+ and you can party like it’s the previous century with the Wordperfect WordPress Office Suite for $40
+ daily reminder: George R. R. Martin is writing the A Song of Ice and Fire book series using Wordstar on MS-DOS
+ CORRECTION: Wordperfect, not WordPress; Thanks to SA for the correction email!
Meanwhile at Woot there is a refurbished Google Pixels sale featuring Pixel 2 and 3 models at both sizes (regular and XL) with prices ranging from $150 to $390. They come with a 90-day Woot warranty…
Tue: Adobe Photoshop Elements 2020 + $10 Gift Card for $55
One of the Amazon Gold Box deals of the day for Tuesday 12/3/19 is the Adobe Photoshop Elements 2020 offered for $55 but you also receive a $10 Amazon gift card. From the looks of it, Elements you can get a Disc in the mail or a digital download for Mac or PC. However the $10 Amazon gift card will arrive as a plastic gift card by mail in a greeting card. On the plus side, you can repurpose the greeting card 🙂
1-Year Prepaid Adobe Creative Cloud (all of it) for $360
If you are all in on Adobe’s Creative Cloud’s subscription, the whole Creative Cloud, not just the Photographer edition, for a limited time B&H Photo is offering it for $360 total for the 12 months. This is a digital download and cannot be cancelled and cannot be refunded. USA only ~ it needs a US billing address in order to activate…
For more action, check the latest B&H Cyber Monday offerings…
50% off all software by DXO
Good until 12/2/19, the official DXo online store is offering 50% off all their software. The price you see is the price you pay, there’s no coupon code to enter. The sale includes the recently acquired NIK Collection… Each software option proudly states with smaller type “No Subscription”, a not-so-subtle swipe at Adobe’s $$$greed$$$…
Friday (EU): Panasonic GX880, G70, TZ71, Sandisk Storage, 1-YR Lightroom CC
For the Europeanly inclined, Amazon Germany has began their Black Friday Week of deals and among today’s offerings they have of camera and photo direct interest:
+ Panasonic TZ71 compact zoom for 179 euro (silver color scheme) or 186 (black)
+ Panasonic G70 with 14-42 for 388 euro, with kit extras for 399
+ Panasonic GX880 with 12-32 for 340
+ the M43rs cameras also get a 25 euro promotional credit from Amazon that will be added to your account 30 days after purchase but no earlier than January 2nd in (Happy New Year already) 2020
+ 1-year 1TB Adobe Lightroom CC plan for 80 euro
+ Sandisk Storage sale including:
+ 64GB Extreme PRO SDXC for 15
+ 64GB Extreme microSDXC for 10
+ 256GB Ultra Fit USB 3.1 flash drive for 26
+ 128GB flash drive USB 3.0 for 15
+ Ultra microSD for 23~ (200GB), 33 (256GB), 50 euro (400GB)
+ the 200GB wins bang for the buck euro
+ Eastpak bag sale, many options, no camera-dedicated bags but various backpacks, travelers, messengers, etc
In-Stock alert: Photoshop for iPad (with 30-day free trial)
UPDATE: thanks to one of our readers for the alert ~ there’s a limited time Creative Cloud promotion that includes the Photoshop for iPad. Link coming later as I don’t have the email account on this device.
We have an in-stock alert of the iTunes App store kind! Apple has officially released Photoshop for iPad on iTunes with a 30-day free trial. After that they offer a $10/month subscription. This only includes the iPad iOS app, not the desktop versions of Photoshop. Otherwise it would have been major cannibilization of Adobe’s $$$profits$$$. A lot of the iTunes reviewers don’t appear to be very happy with the current version.
Note that only select iPads are supported, namely various PRO models, the Air 2, 5th generation iPad and the Mini 4. Also supported are the first two versions of the Apple Pencil. Looking at the compatibility list, the iPad line-up has become spaghetti without sauce 😉
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