Category: Software & Technology
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Adobe Unveils Lightroom CC: Speed Boost, RAW HDR and Pano, Face Finding, and More
Adobe Unveils Lightroom CC: Speed Boost, RAW HDR and Pano, Face Finding, and More Adobe today announced its latest version of Lightroom, called Lightroom CC. The update brings faster performance, some revamped tools, and a set of via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2015/04/21/adobe-unveils-lightroom-cc-speed-boost-raw-hdr-and-pano-face-finding-and-more/ Here’s a look at the major new things found in Lightroom CC, which will also…
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Apple Launches Photos for OS X in Yosemite’s 10.10.3 Update
Apple Launches Photos for OS X in Yosemite’s 10.10.3 Update After months of teasing and beta testing, Apple has just officially launched Photos for OS X to the general public. This is the single app that replaces via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2015/04/08/apple-launches-photos-for-os-x-in-yosemites-10-10-3-update/
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10 questions for a computer vision scientist : Andrea Frome
10 questions for a computer vision scientist : Andrea Frome Andrea Frome, Software Engineer at Research at Google gives us some insight of her computer vision research at Google and some of its applications. via Kaptur: http://kaptur.co/10-questions-for-a-computer-vision-scientist-andrea-frome/ As an ultimate goal, classifying images is too limited. Myself and many in the community see the grand…
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We need a new photo file format – Kaptur
We need a new photo file format – Kaptur Photos have been encaged for too long. It is time to release and use the information they all carry within: Let’s create a new photo file format that will liberate them. via Kaptur: http://kaptur.co/we-need-a-new-file-format/ Photos are too short and videos are too long. Photos say too…
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How Humans Are Teaching Computers To See and Understand Photos
How Humans Are Teaching Computers To See and Understand Photos Three year old children can make sense of what they see in photos and describe them to us, but even the most advanced computers have historically had via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2015/03/25/how-humans-are-teaching-computers-to-see-and-understand-photos/ The project uses a database of 15 million photographs to teach computers to recognize things…
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Google throws Photos + into the battle – Kaptur
Google throws Photos + into the battle – Kaptur By spinning off Photos from Google +, the search giant clearly wants to claim its spot in the photo:tech space. Question is : Will it be enough ? via Kaptur: http://kaptur.co/google-throws-photos-into-the-battle/ That’s it. It’s official. After months of maybes, wild rumors, executive defection, Google finally announced…
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Affinity Photo is a New Pro Photoshop Alternative for Mac Users: Get It for Free
Affinity Photo is a New Pro Photoshop Alternative for Mac Users: Get It for Free Affinity Photo is a new program that was launched today by the England-based software company Serif. It’s designed to be a powerful alternative to Adobe via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2015/02/09/affinity-photo-new-pro-photoshop-alternative-mac-users-get-free/ Affinity Photo is a new program that was launched today by the…
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Microsoft Unveils Image Composite Editor v2.0: Auto Completion and Video to Panorama
Microsoft Unveils Image Composite Editor v2.0: Auto Completion and Video to Panorama Microsoft Research has announced version 2.0 of its Image Composite Editor (ICE) software, a free program that offers advanced panoramic photo stitching via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2015/02/05/microsoft-unveils-image-composite-editor-v2-0-auto-completion-video-panorama/ If you’re on a Windows machine and need a way to combine multiple photos into single shots, ICE…
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Hands On: Apple’s New ‘Photos for Mac’ Is a Vast Improvement Over iPhoto | WIRED
Hands On: Apple’s New ‘Photos for Mac’ Is a Vast Improvement Over iPhoto Apple’s new Photos for Mac makes photo editing as simple as a few taps. It will be available as part of an OS X update this spring. via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/2015/02/photos-for-mac/ not only is Photos for Mac made to replace the two ends…
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Google’s Translate App Can Now Use Your Camera to Translate the World in Real Time
Google’s Translate App Can Now Use Your Camera to Translate the World in Real Time If you’re ever in a situation in which you need to understand some text in a foreign language, getting a translation is now as free and easy as loading up via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2015/01/14/googles-translate-app-can-now-use-camera-translate-world-real-time/ The app is pretty much a 100%…
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Camera Shake Could Be Used to Identify the Person Behind the Camera, Researchers Say
Camera Shake Could Be Used to Identify the Person Behind the Camera, Researchers Say Camera shake could one day be used to help track down people who record footage anonymously. Researchers say that footage captured by wearable cameras via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2014/12/12/camera-shake-used-identify-person-behind-camera-researchers-say/ By taking a minimum of 12 seconds of video recorded by each person and…
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Google is Developing a Photo Recognition Program That Can Describe Exactly What’s in Your Photos
Google is Developing a Photo Recognition Program That Can Describe Exactly What’s in Your Photos Scientists at Google Research and Stanford University have teamed up to develop an artificial intelligence program designed to automatically produce via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2014/11/18/google-developing-photo-recognition-program-can-describe-exactly-whats-photos/ Scientists at Google Research and Stanford University have teamed up to develop an artificial intelligence program designed…
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From snapshots to narratives – Kaptur
From snapshots to narratives – Kaptur A snapshot is not enough: Together, our photos can take a new dimension that companies are dying to control. Welcome to the age of the photo narrative. via Kaptur: http://kaptur.co/snapshots-narratives/ we will soon see other photo sites like Instagram offer narrative building tools, probably partially automated
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Amazon’s e-photo service – Kaptur
Amazon’s e-photo service Amazon is the latest internet giant to throw itself into the photo:tech space by offering Prime members free unlimited photo storage. And for a very good reason via Kaptur: http://kaptur.co/amazons-e-photo-service/ photo storage has become a major battleground
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Amazon Prime Members Now Get Unlimited Photo Storage at No Additional Cost
Amazon Prime Members Now Get Unlimited Photo Storage at No Additional Cost Amazon Prime has long been a go-to service for streamers and shoppers alike. But today, the service has become a great deal more enticing to photographers via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2014/11/04/amazon-prime-members-now-get-unlimited-photo-storage-additional-cost/ There are many lessons I have learned while shooting this past year. One is…
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DxO and Digital Photographer offer free ‘Optics Pro 8’ – Boing Boing
DxO and Digital Photographer offer free ‘Optics Pro 8’ DxO is the exact opposite of instagram, it removes the lens flare and artifacts that social media finds so desirable. Version 8 is available free until January 2015. via Boing Boing: http://boingboing.net/2014/10/25/dxo-and-digital-photographer-o.html Azu Nwagbogu, the founder of the Lagos Photo Festival, is guided by a simple…
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New Lens Correction Software Takes Aim at Expensive Lenses with Math
New Lens Correction Software Takes Aim at Expensive Lenses with Math | PDNPulse A new lens correction software from Piccure+ promises to use math to fix optical defects, freeing you from buying expenses lenses. via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2014/10/lens-correction-software-piccure.html Rather than work off what it thinks is wrong with the lens, Piccure+ tackles the optical defects directly…
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Adobe Updates Creative Cloud with Focus on Mobile
Adobe Updates Creative Cloud with Focus on Mobile | PDNPulse Adobe has updated its Creative Cloud software with a renewed push to unite the desktop and mobile experience. via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2014/10/adobe-updates-creative-cloud-focus-mobile.html Sol Neelman is a failed athlete turned sports photographer living in his home city of Portland, Oregon, USA. In 2007, he left his staff…
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35 Reasons You Can’t Live Without Today’s Updates to the Photoshop and Lightroom Family of Products Today we release 35 exciting updates to Photoshop CC, Lightroom mobile, Lightroom web, Photoshop Sketch and Photoshop Mix that will change how you work with images, PSDs and drawings across your desktop and mobile devices.