Texas-based MJH Apps has launched Watch Me Change, an iPhone app that allows people to capture facial changes over an extended period of time. “Watch Me Change Face is an entertaining app to chart the way a person’s face changes over several weeks, months or a year. From growing a beard or aging with grace – may we all be forever young, or at least feel youthful – Watch Me Change Face is a fun video memory for cataloguing our lives,” said Mike Hall, Founder and CEO of MJH Apps. “For parents, this app is a perfect means of archiving a child’s progress from newborn to infant and beyond.” Watch Me Change is available for $0.99 on iTunes.

Alien Skin Software today announced Blow Up 3, a new version of its photo enlargement plug-in for Adobe Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, and Photoshop Lightroom. “Blow Up 3 keeps edges sharp and smooth, even more so than in version 2,” the company claims. In addition to improvements to the upsampling algorithm, the new version also introduces a simpler, easier-to-use interface and benefits from faster batch processing.  Blow Up 3 will be available in November 2011 for $199.

Adobe Photoshop Elements 10 is the newest version of the best-selling consumer photo-editing software. Photoshop Elements 10 features enhanced content-intelligent tools powered by the same engine that fuels Photoshop, including Guided Edits like Depth of Field and Picture Stack. Photoshop Elements 10 Windows and Mac is available for a suggested retail price of $99.99 / £79.99. Adobe Photoshop Elements 10 and Adobe Premiere Elements 10 are available as a bundle, priced at $149.99 / £119.99.

Adobe Premiere Elements 10 provides amazing tools that help make the most out of every video. Enhancing visual clarity is even easier with Adobe Photoshop’s color correction technology for video, including new one-click tools and pro-style corrections for perfect color throughout each movie. New InstantMovie themes automatically create compelling videos in seconds. Adobe Premiere Elements 10 for Windows and Mac is available for a suggested retail price of $99.99 / £79.99. Adobe Photoshop Elements 10 and Adobe Premiere Elements 10 are available as a bundle, priced at $149.99 / £119.99.

Tiffen has released version three of the Tiffen Dfx digital filter suite. The new Tiffen Dfx 3.0 boasts enhanced multi-processor acceleration for faster interaction and rendering of images, brand new filters for optical effects, updated host support, interface improvements and more. The Tiffen Dfx 3.0 Video/Film plug-in is available today for $599.95. One Tiffen Dfx Video/Film plug-in licence will allow it to run in Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro, Apple Final Cut Pro 6/7 and Avid Editing Systems if installed on the same machine. The Tiffen Dfx 3.0 Photo plug-in is available at an introductory price of $199.95. One Tiffen Dfx Photo plug-in licence will allow it to run in Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Photoshop Elements, Adobe Photoshop Lightroom and Apple Aperture if installed on the same machine. Finally, the standalone version of Tiffen Dfx 3.0 is available for $169.95.

Software developer Evgeny Zubkov (iDevelopersLab) has announced the release of Camera Retro, a new photography app for the Apple iPad 2 and iPhone 4. Sporting a graphical user interface that mimics the look of a retro camera, this application allows users to capture photos using the devices’ built-in camera and apply up to 5 different retro effects to them. Camera Retro for iPad 2 and iPhone 4 is available on iTunes for $5.99.

Paragon Backup & Recovery 11 Home is the strongest recovery software available on the market. The 11th edition allows PC users to recover their systems from four different emergency environments, such as WinPE 3.0, Linux, DOS or native Windows. Paragon Backup & Recovery 11 Home is available now for £29.95.

The Sun and Moon Calculator is a Solar and Lunar database for Windows. Designed for photographers and anyone who needs to know the position of the Sun and Moon from any location at any time, the Sun and Moon Calculator includes unique features such as lunar phase and the ability to see the sun and moon as they are currently in the sky. The Sun and Moon Calculator costs £26.03.

Western Digital has introduced two mobile apps for its My Book Live personal cloud storage solution. The WD My Book Live personal cloud storage allows users to keep media and files safe at home on their own physical drive and yet access them over the Internet with any PC or Mac computer or on tablets and smartphones through WD’s new mobile apps. In addition to all of the features currently available in the free WD 2go app, the WD 2go Pro app includes several advanced features, including photo and video clipping, automatic syncing, content sharing and an optional 4-digit pass code. WD 2go is free, while WD 2go Pro is available for $2.99.

Magix has released Movie Edit Pro MX, a movie editing application for Windows. Available in two versions – Classic for beginners and Plus for more ambitious users –, Magix Movie Edit Pro MX enables you to transfer video to your computer, edit and dub the footage and add effects, titles and transitions. With the program, you can also upload your videos to YouTube or create interactive menus and burn to DVDs or Blu-ray disks. Magix Movie Edit Pro MX Classic and Movie Edit Pro MX Plus are available now for SRP £59.99 and £79.99, respectively.

Serif has released PhotoPlus X5 featuring a new PhotoPlus Organiser, Vibrance Adjustment and Clarity Filter. New “sub-features” include Image Stacks, which intelligently group similar pictures, and Smart Albums, which automatically update to include new images added to a collection. It also offers extensive EXIF support to ensure all camera settings information is recorded for future reference and is easily viewable alongside images in the new Metadata tab. PhotoPlus X5 is compatible with Windows 7/Vista/XP and retails at £71.48 including VAT.

Adobe has announced Adobe Carousel, a set of photo viewing, browsing and editing applications and cloud-based storage service for MacOS and iOS. “Setting up Adobe Carousel is easy,” Adobe says. “Customers will just download the apps, set up a subscription plan on their iPhone and iPad, and they are ready to go.” When users import their photo library into Adobe Carousel, or take new photos using Carousel on an iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch, those photos become automatically accessible on any supported device through Adobe’s cloud-based smart mesh technology. Once imported, any edits, deletions or additions to the library made on one device are automatically updated across all devices linked with the account. The Adobe Carousel apps will be available later this month. Through 31 January 2012, Adobe plans to offer Carousel for a special introductory price of US$59.99/year or US$5.99/month. Anyone subscribing at that price will be able to renew at that same price for an additional two years. At the conclusion of the introductory offer, Adobe Carousel will be US$99.99/year or US$9.99/month.

Nik Software has just announced its Color Efex Pro 4 filter suite offering up to 55 different filter effects, stackable filter combinations and visual presets. New effects include Detail Extractor, Vintage Film Efex, and Image Borders. The release also includes a new History Browser, improvements to imaging algorithms, greater performance, and enhanced usability. Color Efex Pro 4 will be available directly from Nik Software in October 2011. The Color Efex Pro 4 Complete Edition contains all 55 filters with a suggested retail price of $199.95. The Color Efex Pro 4 Select Edition contains 26 filters with an SRP of $99.95.

Corel has released PaintShop Pro X4, the latest version of its award-winning photo editing software. Claimed to deliver “dramatic improvements in speed and performance”, Corel PaintShop Pro X4 includes over 75 new and enhanced features - such as a completely redesigned HDR engine -, enhancements to the user interface and convenient ways to share through social media. PaintShop Pro X4 is available now in English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Dutch and Polish for £59.99 including VAT.

Iridient Digital has released RAW developer 1.9.2 for MacOS X. This update adds support for a number of new digital cameras including the Nikon D5100, Olympus E-P3 / E-PL3, Panasonic G3 / GF3, Pentax Q, Sasmung NX11, Sigma DP2x, Sony NEX-C3 / NEX-5N / SLT-A35 / SLT-A65 / SLT-A77, plus the Leaf Aptus-II 12 medium-format digital back and the Ricoh GXR Leica Mount Module. Non-raw DNG format images, including DNG files from many scanners, are also supported in the new version.

The British Journal of Photography (BJP) is now available free as a quarterly app, created bespoke for the Apple iPad. “The BJP app gives readers the highlight features of our print editions together with extra features, photos and a raft of new multimedia and video content, including a moving image cover created by New York-based artists Reed+Rader,” BJP says. The first issue, available now on iTunes, includes exclusive interviews, a special report on the role of photojournalism since 9/11, a trend report on the new fashion for “character culture”, a Q&A with legendary South African photographer David Goldblatt, and more.

Reallusion has just released Visualize; an iPad app that “combines the power of free-hand cutouts, visual templates and layered compositing”. The program creates instant PNG cutouts by importing and editing images directly from the iPad camera or the Internet. Cutouts may then be saved in the onboard gallery folders, to expand the current collection, or be retouched for further layering and compositing. Visualize sells for $2.99 on iTunes, with a trial version available for free.

DxO Labs have just released DxO Film Pack 3, a collection of photo effects designed to simulate the look of various film emulsions. The company says it has “worked with world class film processing facilities, Picto in Paris and Duggal in New York, to develop a unique film profiling process that ensures the most precise film simulation available on the market today”. Version 3 adds ten new film looks, additional colour filters and black-and-white conversion controls, a completely revamped user-friendly interface and multiple plug-ins for better workflow integration. Compatible with Mac and Windows, DxO FilmPack 3 is available in two editions, Essential and Expert, which differ in terms of available film renderings and features. A free 31-day trial version of DxO FilmPack 3 is available on DxO Labs’ website.

Camera PRO Real is a new camera app for the Apple iPad 2. Featuring a graphical user interface (GUI) that resembles the control layout of an SLR camera, Camera PRO Real allows you take photos directly from within the app and comes with five different effects for your photos that can be applied separately or combined. The app is available on iTunes for $5.99.

Karen Sperling, a well-known Corel Painter Master and author of several Painter manuals and books, has recently released Painting for Photographers Vol. 2: Landscapes, a DVD featuring art lessons and Corel Painter steps for turning landscape photos into paintings. Compatible with Corel Painter versions X, 11 and 12, the DVD includes over ninety minutes of video plus two bonus tutorials and three sets of bonus brushes that simplify the painting process and provide exquisitely rendered oil and watercolour style brush-strokes master crafted by Karen Sperling herself. The Painting for Photographers DVD Volume 2: Landscapes is available at the Artistry website fro $139.95.