Picasa 3 Windows/Linux easy to use and feature rich photo management software from Google got number of new and improved features besides faster performance, increased stability, improved RAW support and a faster scanning engine. Picasa 3 adds basic movie editing, fuller syncing to Web Albums, new quick view app, Retouch tool for basic photo improvements, easy watermark adding and text tool add as well as new collage styles and number of other goodies. Continue Reading →
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Create fake HDR photo online with Create HDR
You can create fake HDR photo online for free. Create HDR is a new web service which make process of fake HDR photo creation from 1 JPG easy as pie. You can upload source photo from local computer, from Flickr or using any web URL. After upload (JPG format only, 6MB max) you have only two HDR settings to adjust and have some fun: Radius and Contrast. Click “Apply Changes” after you changed them to see the result. After you finish you have option to download full size HDR image or to save it to gallery for up to 12 hours.
Just now Create HDR is using one JPG to HDR conversion technique but they are promising to roll out Pro version soon. It will include more options, settings and will convert multiple images with various exposures into a single HDR.
Update: Create HDR is offline now. I will update this post if this or similar service will be available.
HDR tutorial: how to create HDR photos with free Qtpfsgui and GIMP
In this HDR tutorial you’ll find out how to create HDR photos using Qtpfsgui and GIMP (you can use Photoshop as well). Both Qtpfsgui and GIMP are free, open source and available for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. With free Qtpfsgui you can get more impressive HDR photos than with paid HDR software competitors. Though Qtpfsgui interface is not so sllick as in commercial HDR products and this app is not fast by tone-mapping, the main drawback from my point of view is its ridiculous name which no one could remember. Continue Reading →
Flash video players [top 10]
Flash video are gaining popularity continuously as well as embeddable flash video players. It’s important to implement own flash video player on your site if you would like your viewers to be landed on your site instead of Youtube or if it’s corporate website. Own flash video player gives you more freedom in customized look and features. In this review there are mostly free and open source flash video players embeddable on websites as well as WordPress plugin for flash video and standalone desktop FLV player. Continue Reading →
Image optimization for web – easy with SmushIt
Optimizing images for web has never been so easy. SmushIt is free online tool for lossless compression of JPG, PNG, GIF files (including animated). Image optimization by SmushIt strips all metadata out of the file as well as applies number of lossless open source algorithms to reduce image size. You can choose to upload your images from local computer or use URL for multiple images which are already online. There’s also Firefox addon that analyzes a whole web page at once. Continue Reading →
How to create mosaic in Illustrator
In this Adobe Illustrator tutorial you will learn how to create mosaic with square or dotted tiles from any raster image. You can rasterize vector object to apply mosaic effect as well. You can then print your file or use it as basis for future more complex design project. You can tweak the colors and shapes of individual tiles later to achieve even more impressive results. Continue Reading →
Adobe Creative Suite 4 is far from meeting user expectations?
Adobe Creative Suite 4 will be shipped by Adobe in a month to its customers. This time Adobe developers require to fine tune and polish as much as they can some of the applications of Creative Suite 4 packages, ranging in price from $999 to $2499. How close this major Adobe release is to meet user expectations? Which amazing features it contains which are worth to upgrade? Continue Reading →