Category: Software & Technology
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Content Based Intelligent Cropping
Content Based Intelligent Cropping Square pegs don’t fit in round holes, but what if you have power tools? via Curalate Engineering Blog: http://engineering.curalate.com/2017/04/13/content-based-intelligent-cropping.html we present a technique that we use for intelligent cropping: a fully automatic method that preserves the image’s content. We’ve included some example code so you can explore on your own, and…
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The endgame for cameras is having no camera at all – The Verge
The endgame for cameras is having no camera at all I’ve been reading about Gcam, the Google X project that was first sparked by the need for a tiny camera to fit inside Google Glass, before evolving to power the world-beating camera of the Google… via The Verge: https://www.theverge.com/2017/4/12/15267486/photography-machine-learning-future I think we’ll one day be…
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GitHub – luanfujun/deep-photo-styletransfer: Code and data for paper “Deep Photo Style Transfer”: https://arxiv.org/abs/1703.07511
luanfujun/deep-photo-styletransfer Code and data for paper “Deep Photo Style Transfer”: https://arxiv.org/abs/1703.07511 – luanfujun/deep-photo-styletransfer via GitHub: https://github.com/luanfujun/deep-photo-styletransfer a deep-learning approach to photographic style transfer that handles a large variety of image content while faithfully transferring the reference style
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Platform Companies Are Becoming More Powerful — but What Exactly Do They Want? – The New York Times
Platform Companies Are Becoming More Powerful — but What Exactly Do They Want? With enough success, these businesses go from enabling transactions to controlling entire economies. But these raised stakes also create tensions that are becoming harder to ignore. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/21/magazine/platform-companies-are-becoming-more-powerful-but-what-exactly-do-they-want.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0 Platforms seek total control even as they abdicate responsibility. In other words, they’re perfect.
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Enhance! Google Uses AI to ‘Rebuild’ a Portrait from an 8×8-Pixel Image
Enhance! Google Uses AI to ‘Rebuild’ a Portrait from an 8×8-Pixel Image How many times have you rolled your eyes at those “zoom… enhance… zoom in closer… I SAID ENHANCE!” scenes on television shows? Well, Google is via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2017/02/08/enhance-google-uses-ai-rebuild-portrait-8×8-pixel-image/ First, the program is given an 8 x 8 pixel image, which it “maps” to…
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From Artificial Intelligence to Intelligent Imaging – Kaptur
From Artificial Intelligence to Intelligent Imaging – Kaptur ArtificiaI Intelligence buzz is everywhere – but smart imaging innovations are flourishing right inside the mobile photo industry via Kaptur: http://kaptur.co/artificial-intelligence-intelligent-imaging/ we need more smartness in our photo lives: we’re taking way too many photos, which are way too difficult to keep track of, way too hard…
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My Farewell to Twitter – PASSIONATE REASON
My Farewell to Twitter – PASSIONATE REASON Months ago I received a letter from my sanity imploring me to go off Twitter. It was delivered first class, so it must have been an emergency. However, I wanted to stay on Twitter, so I just filed the letter away. In recent days, however, my sanity began…
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This Chrome Add-On Shows You What Facebook ‘Sees’ In Your Photos
This Chrome Add-On Shows You What Facebook ‘Sees’ In Your Photos Every time you upload a photo to Facebook, the social network analyzes it and adds tags so that a computer can “describe” your photo to any visually via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2017/01/04/chrome-add-shows-facebook-sees-photos/ Every time you upload a photo to Facebook, the social network analyzes it and…
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Google Helping Mobile Publishing? Some Publishers Are Not So Sure – The New York Times
Google Helping Mobile Publishing? Some Publishers Are Not So Sure AMP, a method of loading of mobile web pages more quickly, has raised concern among small publishers worried they are losing control of their content. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/01/technology/google-amp-mobile-publishing.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0 AMP has since delivered on its promise of faster mobile web pages. Even so, publishers — of smaller…
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148 Photo Editing Tools and Apps
148 Photo Editing Tools and Apps Earlier this year, after researching photo editing tools, I shared a list of 104 photo editing tools you should know about. After receiving a great deal via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2016/11/01/148-photo-editing-tools-apps/ There’s no need for a new and improved photojournalism. It’s the Great White shark of visual communication. It doesn’t need…
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Macphun Unveils Luminar, the Photo Editor that Adapts to Your Skill Level
Macphun Unveils Luminar, the Photo Editor that Adapts to Your Skill Level Macphun just announced a bombshell for the photo editing community. It’s called “Luminar,” and it’s a self-proclaimed “complete photo editing powerhouse” via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2016/10/18/macphun-unveils-luminar-photo-editor-adapts-skill-level/ The newly announced app is a full blown non-destructive RAW photo editor, built from the ground up around two…
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Adobe is Working on Some Crazy AI-Powered Features, Here’s a Peek
Adobe is Working on Some Crazy AI-Powered Features, Here’s a Peek Earlier this week, we showed you some really interesting image editing research from the University of Edinburgh, calling it a peek at the future of via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2016/09/29/adobe-working-crazy-ai-powered-features-heres-peek/ First, it can manipulate an image based on very basic coloring, sketching, or warping commands. So…
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Secret Cameras Record Baltimore’s Every Move From Above
Secret Cameras Record Baltimore’s Every Move From Above
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Microsoft Thinks Artificial Intelligence Is the Secret to Better Photos | PDNPulse
Microsoft Thinks Artificial Intelligence Is the Secret to Better Photos | PDNPulse Camera makers have long boasted about how good their auto modes are at automatically judging a scene and delivering the best possible exposure, but Microsoft Research is taking the concept one step further with their new iPhone camera app Pix. Once a user…
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Adobe brings Photoshop Lightroom to the living room with new Apple TV app | 9to5Mac
Adobe brings Photoshop Lightroom to the living room with new Apple TV app – 9to5Mac Professional photo editing likely comes to mind first when you think of Lightroom, but Adobe has managed to bring Photoshop Lightroom to the living room with a neat new Apple TV app sans any editing features. Adobe Photoshop Lightroom for tvOS is…
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Snapchat breaks its mold – Kaptur
Snapchat breaks its mold – Kaptur Snapchat is moving from sharing moments to exchanging memories and with it, breaking the mold in its quest to dominate a multi billion dollar market via Kaptur: http://kaptur.co/snapchat-breaks-its-mold/ Snapchat is moving from sharing moments to exchanging memories. Via a new feature released yesterday, the ephemeral photo company now gives…
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Apple granted patent for way to stop iPhones from taking photos at concerts or sensitive locations | 9to5Mac
Apple granted patent for way to stop iPhones from taking photos at concerts or sensitive locations – 9to5Mac One of the things that really spoils live concerts these days is that half the people there don’t seem to want to watch it live at all – they’d rather watch it through their phone screen, holding…
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Adobe Releases Major Photoshop CC Update Today and Announces More Digital Imaging Product Features Coming Soon | Photoshop Blog by Adobe
Adobe Releases Major Photoshop CC Update Today and Announces More Digital Imaging Product Features Coming Soon | Adobe Blog From the ethereal work of Flora Borsi to the bold and bright art of Fredy Santiago, Photoshop is used to create much of the creative and outlandish visuals that surround … via Adobe Blog: http://blogs.adobe.com/photoshop/2016/06/adobe-releases-major-photoshop-cc-update-today-and-announces-more-digital-imaging-product-features-coming-soon.html The…
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How an Archive of the Internet Could Change History – The New York Times
How an Archive of the Internet Could Change History Preserving online media is a growing logistical and ethical question. But doing so may completely transform the way we remember the past. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/26/magazine/how-an-archive-of-the-internet-could-change-history.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0 Building an archive has always required asking a couple of simple but thorny questions: What will we save and how? Whose stories…
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Photos in iOS 10 Can Identify Faces and Objects in Your Shots
Photos in iOS 10 Can Identify Faces and Objects in Your Shots Apple just unveiled iOS 10 at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco today. Among the new features is a smarter Photos app for via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2016/06/13/photos-ios-10-can-identify-faces-objects-shots/ Together with a new Map view, Apple will help group photos by people, places, and…