Category: Software & Technology
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Manual for iPhone
Manual Camera for iPhone Custom exposure for your iPhone camera. Link: http://shootmanual.co/ Be better than automatic. Shoot Manual
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10 questions for a founder : Clarifai – Kaptur
10 questions for a founder : Clarifai While big tech companies are pouring millions, two guys in Brooklyn might be close to solving it: We talk to the founder of computer vision company Clarifai via Kaptur: http://kaptur.co/10-questions-for-a-founder-clarifai/ Clarifai. Still navigating under the radar, it has managed to quickly gain major recognition and recommendations from its…
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ProCam 2 is the First App to Show Off Apple’s iOS 8 Manual Camera Controls
ProCam 2 is the First App to Show Off Apple’s iOS 8 Manual Camera Controls ProCam 2 is out and ready for download today alongside iOS 8, and it has the distinction of being the first camera app to utilize the full manual controls via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2014/09/17/procam-2-update-makes-first-app-use-apples-full-manual-camera-controls/ ProCam 2 is a full-fledged camera app that…
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Here’s a Glimpse at How Sony’s New ‘4D’ Autofocus Technology Looks and Feels
Here’s a Glimpse at How Sony’s New ‘4D’ Autofocus Technology Looks and Feels At Photokina 2014, Sony is a showing off its new autofocus technology called “4D Focus.” It’s an AF system that blankets the scene with a wide coverage via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2014/09/16/heres-glimpse-sonys-new-4d-autofocus-technology-looks-feels/ Unlike other cameras that have a smaller number of autofocus points clustered…
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The Police Tool That Pervs Use to Steal Nude Pics From Apple’s iCloud | Threat Level | WIRED
The Police Tool That Pervs Use to Steal Nude Pics From Apple’s iCloud As nude celebrity photos spilled onto the web over the weekend, blame for the scandal has rotated from the scumbag hackers who stole the images to a researcher who released a tool used to crack victims’ iCloud passwords to Apple, whose security…
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A Retinal Neuroscientist’s Rebuttal: Why Humans Can’t See Near Infrared, No Matter What They Eat
A Retinal Neuroscientist’s Rebuttal: Why Humans Can’t See Near Infrared, No Matter What They Eat One of the more interesting stories we ran across this weekend was an initial update from a small group of scientists who claim to have successfully via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2014/08/25/retinal-neuroscientists-rebuttal-humans-cant-see-infrared-matter-eat/ The results seem exciting, mind-blowing even. But retinal neuroscientist and photographer…
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Yale Research Group Launches Fascinating Search Platform for 170k FSA-OWI Images
Yale Research Group Launches Fascinating Search Platform for 170k FSA-OWI Images | PDNPulse Yale researchers created a web-based platform for organizing, searching, and visualizing the 170,000 photographs created by the FSA-OWI. via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2014/08/yale-research-group-launches-fascinating-search-platform-170k-fsa-owi-images.html A group of researchers at Yale just launched “a web-based platform for organizing, searching, and visualizing the 170,000 photographs from 1935…
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How to Save the Net | Magazine | WIRED
How to Save the Net We asked some of the biggest stakeholders in the Internet as we know it to lay out ways we can fix it. We are excited to present you with six thoughtful solutions to problems urgently facing the future of the Internet. via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/2014/08/how-to-save-the-net/ We asked some of the Net’s…
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Google’s 360º Panorama App ‘Photo Sphere’ Now Available On iOS
Google’s 360º Panorama App ‘Photo Sphere’ Now Available On iOS Google’s Photo Sphere has been one of the glowing capabilities of Android phones since its release just over a year ago, but the reign of exclusivity is via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2014/08/19/googles-360o-panorama-app-photo-sphere-makes-way-ios/ I’d like to focus on a few main topics in relation to the aftermath of…
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Tumblr Will Soon Scan Your Photos for Clues About What Brands You Use
Tumblr Inks Deal to Allow Ditto to Scan Your Photos for Clues About What Brands You Use Update: Major changes have been made after learning a majority of the online coverage of this updated was incorrect. Tumblr users post approximately 130 via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2014/08/18/tumblr-will-soon-scan-your-photos-for-clues-about-what-brands-you-use/ Tumblr users post approximately 130 million photos every day. And starting…
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Game Changing Algorithm Turns First Person Videos Into Incredibly Smooth Hyperlapses
Game Changing Algorithm Turns First Person Videos Into Incredibly Smooth Hyperlapses Researchers at Microsoft just changed the POV video game — there’s no doubt about that. Using a newly developed algorithm, they transform long, boring via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2014/08/11/game-changing-project-turns-first-person-videos-awesome-super-smooth-hyperlapses/ Researchers at Microsoft just changed the POV video game — there’s no doubt about that. Using a…
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PhotoDNA Lets Google, Facebook & Others Hunt Down Child Pornography Without Looking at Your Photos
PhotoDNA Lets Google, FB and Others Hunt Down Child Pornography Without Looking at Your Photos Earlier this week it came out that Google turned over a man whose emails had contained an unstated amount of child pornography. And while the world as a via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2014/08/08/photodna-lets-google-facebook-others-hunt-down-child-pornography-without-looking-at-your-photos/ high profile sites use PhotoDNA to track down illicit…
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Scientists Figure Out How to Record Audio by Seeing Vibrations with a Camera
Scientists Figure Out How to Record Audio by Seeing Vibrations with a Camera Here’s something that will blow your mind: scientists have figured out how to extract audio from images captured with a camera. By looking at the via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2014/08/04/scientists-figure-record-audio-seeing-vibrations-camera/ Here’s something that will blow your mind: scientists have figured out how to extract…
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MIT Researchers Develop a Drone that Can Automatically Light Your Subjects for You
MIT Researchers Develop a Drone that Can Automatically Light Your Subjects for You A group of researchers from MIT want your next lighting rig to be autonomous and airborne. Set to be on display this August at the Symposium on via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2014/07/11/mit-re Using a continuous light source, a flash and a laser rangefinder, the…
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Timera Allows Users to Create Then & Now Photographs with Ease on iOS and Android
Timera Allows Users to Create Then & Now Photographs with Ease on iOS and Android Timera 2 is the second iteration of a rather unique then-and-now compositing app that crowdsources photographs from around the globe and allows you to via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2014/07/07/timera-allows-users-create-now-photographs-ease-ios-android/ Timera 2 is the second iteration of a rather unique then-and-now compositing app…
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Researchers Find and Decode the Spy Tools Governments Use to Hijack Phones | Threat Level | WIRED
Researchers Find and Decode the Spy Tools Governments Use to Hijack Phones Newly uncovered components of a digital surveillance tool used by more than 60 governments worldwide provide a rare glimpse at the extensive ways law enforcement and intelligence agencies use the tool to surreptitiously record and steal data from mobile p via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/2014/06/remote-control-system-phone-surveillance/…
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Adobe Announces Lightroom Mobile for iPhone « Julieanne Kost’s Blog
Julieanne Kost’s Blog | Adobe Announces Lightroom Mobile for iPhone Indepth tutorials, training, techniques, and shortcuts for working with Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom. via Julieanne Kost’s Blog: http://blogs.adobe.com/jkost/2014/06/ad.html What ephemeral offers and that is extremely appealing to brands and advertising is it high level of engagement. Since the photo disappears forever after 10 seconds, you…
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PDNPulse » Adobe Expands Monthly $9.99 Photoshop Cloud Plan to Include New Photoshop Mix iPad App
Adobe Expands Monthly $9.99 Photoshop Cloud Plan to Include New Photoshop Mix iPad App Adobe Photoshop Mix is designed to provide a wireless workflow with Creative Cloud, letting you access some of Photoshop CC’s tools on your iPad. Photoshop Mix lets you open Photoshop documents, access individual layers from a Photoshop PSD file, and grab…
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Crank it up to 15: Introducing Adobe Photoshop CC 2014 | PHOTOSHOP.COM BLOG
Crank it up to 15: Introducing Adobe Photoshop CC 2014 | Photoshop Blog by Adobe Photoshop Blog via Photoshop Blog: http://blogs.adobe.com/photoshopdotcom/2014/06/crank-it-up-to-15-introducing-adobe-photoshop-cc-2014.html we are delighted to announce a full refresh of our digital imaging line of products, plus a few exciting new treats. With today’s announcements we move forward on our promise to unite mobile, social…