Hello, photographers. Here’s a giant list of 194 photo editing tools and apps you can use in your photography. I started this research for my project
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2017/09/28/194-photo-editing-tools-apps-know/
Hello, photographers. Here’s a giant list of 194 photo editing tools and apps you can use in your photography.
Consumers have no idea which of their photos are stored where, for how long, at what resolution, and what would happen if their house was indeed destroyed, or their phone stolen.
It’s a given: we are all overwhelmed by the sheer number of photos we take, or that are being shared with us. With some of these, it’s no big deal if you accidentally missed viewing them, or if you can’t locate them again after you’ve first enjoyed them. With others, it does matter: According to our recent survey, 58% of photos on average are considered to be “long life” keepers.
Intel isn’t the only one working on sci-fi-style virtual camera systems for things like sporting events. Canon just announced that it’s developing a new
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2017/09/23/canons-new-virtual-camera-system-something-straight-sci-fi/
Intel isn’t the only one working on sci-fi-style virtual camera systems for things like sporting events. Canon just announced that it’s developing a new “Free Viewpoint” virtual camera system that will let you virtually move around inside a recorded event.
There’s a feature tucked away in the new iPhones that doesn’t seem to be getting a lot of traction, but it represents a massive sea change in photography.
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2017/09/20/iphone-x-digital-lighting-will-change-photography-yet/
There’s a feature tucked away in the new iPhones that doesn’t seem to be getting a lot of traction, but it represents a massive sea change in photography. It’s the “Portrait Lighting” mode, and it’s the second shot across the bows of traditional photography from the world of computational photography.
What if your camera could professionally retouch your photos… before you even shoot them? That’s what researchers at Google and MIT are currently
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2017/08/02/new-ai-can-retouch-photos-snap/
What if your camera could professionally retouch your photos… before you even shoot them? That’s what researchers at Google and MIT are currently working on.
Adobe last year teased a new Mac and Windows photo editor, with the project known as Nimbus. The app appeared to borrow heavily from the simplified iPad version of Lightroom, with a key feature being that both images and edits are stored in the cloud. The
via 9to5Mac: https://9to5mac.com/2017/07/25/adobe-nimbus-mac/
Adobe last year teased a new Mac and Windows photo editor, with the project known as Nimbus. The app appeared to borrow heavily from the simplified iPad version of Lightroom, with a key feature being that both images and edits are stored in the cloud. The idea was that users should be able to switch back and forth between desktop and mobile editing.
W Aaron Waychoff, creator of the Falsom Upside-Down ⊥ “Resist” campaign, was inspired by this 2016 post; he writes, “I’ve made a proof-of-concept encrypting digital camera b…
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W Aaron Waychoff, creator of the Falsom Upside-Down ⊥ “Resist” campaign, was inspired by this 2016 post; he writes, “I’ve made a proof-of-concept encrypting digital camera based on the open source, widely adoped GnuPG. This project uses public key encryption to encrypt every photo the camera takes before writing the encrypted version to memory. Of particular note, there are absolutely no UI changes over what an ordinary point-and-shoot camera provides. No extra keyboards or touch screens are needed as no passwords need be entered.”
Posted by Hui Fang, Software Engineer, Machine Perception Machine learning (ML) excels in many areas with well defined goals. Tasks where th…
via Google AI Blog: https://research.googleblog.com/2017/07/using-deep-learning-to-create.html
To explore how ML can learn subjective concepts, we introduce an experimental deep-learning system for artistic content creation. It mimics the workflow of a professional photographer, roaming landscape panoramas from Google Street View and searching for the best composition, then carrying out various postprocessing operations to create an aesthetically pleasing image. Our virtual photographer “travelled” ~40,000 panoramas in areas like Alps, Banff and Jasper National Parks, big sur in California, and Yellowstone National Park, returned with creations that are quite impressive, some even approaching professional quality — as judged by professional photographers.
In a new study published in Nature, a group of scientists at Harvard have successfully stored a GIF— yes, like a moving meme — into live bacteria (E. coli to be specific). It’s a weird idea, but scientists have actually been using the genetic wondertool k
via TechCrunch: https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/12/harvard-nature-crispr-cas1-cas2-horse-gif/
It’s a weird idea, but scientists have actually been using the genetic wondertool known as CRISPR or “clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats” for data storage parlor tricks for some time.
There’s a new version of the MarsEdit blog publishing software out, and Mac users running the current version can try out the public beta for free ahead of its release. MarsEdit 4 is the first major release in more than seven years and brings editor and W
via 9to5Mac: https://9to5mac.com/2017/06/28/marsedit-4-public-beta/
There’s a new version of the MarsEdit blog publishing software out, and Mac users running the current version can try out the public beta for free ahead of its release. MarsEdit 4 is the first major release in more than seven years and brings editor and WordPress-specific enhancements, auto-save and version history, a Safari app extension, and much more.
Back in 2015, we saw the launch of Affinity Photo, a sleek, lightweight, and powerful alternative to Adobe Photoshop for doing professional edits on
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2017/06/27/affinity-may-building-lightroom-competitor/
When asked if there are plans for a “photo processor/organizer,” Affinity replied that it has a Digital Asset Manger in the works.
The brainiacs at Caltech have produced something really cool: an imaging chip that produces an image from light sensors… without lenses. It’s a chip
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2017/06/22/caltech-made-sensor-lensless-camera-future/
The brainiacs at Caltech have produced something really cool: an imaging chip that produces an image from light sensors… without lenses. It’s a chip that could be the birth of the future of photography.
The photo app community is overwhelmingly excited about Apple’s WWDC announcements, even though one of these dumbfounded several developers.
via Kaptur: http://kaptur.co/wwdc-takeaways-lots-of-great-news-for-photo-app-developers-but-one-major-puzzler/
The photo app developers I spoke with are overwhelmingly excited about a range of WWDC announcements, even though one of these dumbfounded several developers. We’ll get into that one later; let’s start with the four most exciting announcements.
Apple is ready to replace the JPEG format but Google might spoil the party
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Hidden deep inside Apple’s WWDC 17 was an announcement that made little waves but that might have great repercussion: In their OS11 release, the Cupertino company plans to store images using their new HEIF format rather the almighty JPEG. The reason? HEIF compression takes half the space of the JPEG compression, suddenly doubling storage for photos.
Apple’s big announcements of the day are mostly hardware focused—new iMacs, and that crazy powerful iMac Pro. But the Cupertino-based company also
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2017/06/05/apple-will-add-creative-new-features-photos-camera-apps-ios-11/
Many of the improvements in the Photos and Camera apps come from machine learning. Using artificial intelligence technology, iOS 11 will be able to add newfangled effects to your Live Photos, such as long exposure blur, intelligent loops, and boomerang-style ‘bounce’ sequences.
Researchers have made a big breakthrough in developing curved image sensors.
via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2017/06/future-image-sensor-curved.html
A curved sensor bestows several potential benefits for cameras and particularly lenses. Many of the optical elements used by lens manufacturers are in place to correct optical distortions and bend light so that it can land on a flat sensor. With a curved sensor, you should be able to ditch the lens elements responsible for flattening an image and also the elements used to correct distortions introduced by the flattening elements. The result is not simply lighter and smaller lenses, but higher quality ones at that.
Picasso Labs offers the most advanced images analytics solution, empowering brands and marketers to fully master the visual web.
via Kaptur: http://kaptur.co/10-questions-to-a-founder-picasso-labs/
While billions of images are being shared daily, little to nothing is known about how viewers respond to them. Until now. Using hundreds of thousands of data points extracted from million of images, Picasso Labs offers the first A.I. powered insight tool for images. Thanks to its deep analytical resources, it helps brands and marketers understand which images work best for what audience, and why. We sat down with founder and CEO Anastasia Leng to learn more:
Halide is a brand new camera app for iOS from ex-Twitter for iOS tech lead Ben Sandofsky and ex-Apple designer Sebastiaan de With. While Apple’s Camera app works great for quick shots, Halide focuses on taking the best photos possible with your iPhone whe
via 9to5Mac: https://9to5mac.com/2017/05/30/halide-iphone-camera-app/
Toggles include automatic and manual control; gesture-based ISO, shutter speed, and white balance adjustments; RAW + JPG capture; plus a 3×3 grid and super handy level tool. These settings can be adjusted on-the-fly with a swipe down and a tap or completely hidden based on what you want to see. No need to close the Camera app and dig through Settings to toggle a grid or geotagging.
An AI device for your DSLR or mirrorless camera that helps you take better photos? Not so fast says Allen Murabayashi.
via PhotoShelter Blog: https://blog.photoshelter.com/2017/05/dont-let-ai-ruin-your-photography/
This week, Google’s AlphaGo program beat the world’s best Go player, Ke Jie, in 2 straight games in a best of 5 series. Go is considered to be the world’s hardest board game, and some AI experts didn’t think that a machine would be able to best humans for another decade.
Google made a bunch of interesting and exciting camera-related announcements at I/O 2017, and we’ll cover them all, but one of the most intriguing was
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2017/05/18/google-will-soon-able-remove-unwanted-objects-photos/
“Say you take a picture of your daughter at a baseball game, and there’s something obstructing it,” says Google. “We can do the hard work, and remove that obstruction.”