Developed in a joint effort by Israeli and Chinese universities, a new piece of technology that algorithmically makes photos more aesthetic might soon find its way to desktop products like iPhoto or Photoshop.
The software works by applying ‘standard’ rules of ‘good’ photography, such as the rule of thirds. By dividing the image into nine segments, the software moves prominent objects — trees, people, etc. — onto the intersections or ‘power points’. It apparently tweaks the position of ‘prominent diagonal lines’, and moves objects so that they’re more uniformly arranged around the center of the image.
All in all, it’s the beginnings of a very neat tool that I’m sure many people would love to have in their photo editing suite! There’s a brief video of the technology in action after the break.
Digital photos are great, but often times we just post them straight to a website page or let them languish on our computers. For several years now,however, Big Huge Labs has provided some awesome and practical photo related projects that can be done in a short amount of time, with very little computer skills needed.
The site includes over two dozen projects that can be printed and/or posted on the web. Projects include various custom poster ideas, custom trading cards, calendars, desktop wallpaper, a pocket album, a CD Cover template, slide show generator, and much more.
SnapSort does only one thing but does it very well. It lets you compare specs for digital cameras side by side. Start by going to SnapSort and typing in the name of any camera. As soon as you start typing, the auto-suggest feature will make it super easy for you to select the camera you want to compare. Once you have selected the two desired cameras, SnapSort will compare them with each other and tell you which one is the winner.
It will start by pointing out important differences and then continue to list the important similarities. This will be followed by Pros and Cons for each camera and the detailed specifications of each including supported features and type of technology used. SnapSort also provides 3 images of each camera so you can also compare them visually.
You can also view popular comparisons for each camera or compare two random cameras.
There are a whole lot of mobile, desktop, and helper apps tied to Flickr. The team at the photo sharing service decided to make those apps easier to find and install by opening a free “App Garden” to everyone.
Like you might expect, the App Garden is an uncluttered, keen-looking showcase for the efforts of Flickr-happy developers and companies that have made it easy to download and upload photos to the service from many platforms. Apps are tagged by developers, making it fairly easy to find, say, a desktop Mac uploader or Android-based tool.
To help users stumble across great apps, Flickr has also started tagging photos with the tools they were uploaded with, with a link back to that app in the Garden. Share some of your favorite Flickr app finds in the comments, and read up on Flickr’s API if you’re interested in developing an app yourself.
AllOurStock is a web resource that host a collection of free stock vector symbols, photos and custom created artwork. All images are free and can be used for commercial or private purposes without any restrictions. You can search for images or browse them by categories.
Another cool feature the site has is a shopping cart where you can drag and drop your favorite images while browsing. Then when you are ready to go download all as zipped file.
You can also create an account to stay up-to-date on new updates and keep track of the downloads you have already made.
Features:
Lists collection of free stock vector symbols, photos and custom created artwork.
All images are free and can be used for commercial or private purposes.
Drop images into shopping cart and download all at once.
Register to stay up-to-date on new additions and keep track of the downloads you have already made.
The EXIFremover can help you when you intend to share some JPEG images/photos with the public and would like to remove all EXIF data from those files. The EXIF metadata tags can contain hidden information like camera make, date taken, resolution and in some cases even the location. By removing this information you are not only protecting your privacy on the Internet but also reducing the file size.
Using the EXIFremover you can easily delete the EXIF information online. Simply, select your image (s) and hit the “Upload & remove exif” button. The application will erase EXIF data and give you a clean image back.
Digital photos are great, but often times we just post them straight to a website page or let them languish on our computers. For several years now,however, Big Huge Labs has provided some awesome and practical photo related projects that can be done in a short amount of time, with very little computer skills needed.
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