Monday, October 5, 2009
Google Picasa 3.5
Google has released version 3.5 of their image editing software Picasa. For many years I have been a frequent user of Adobe Photoshop, but as Picasa develops more tools I find it filling my needs. Essentially when processing family photo's and such I just need to crop, rotate, and maybe adjust the lighting or coloring. Picasa is more than capable of performing these duties. Obviously I still need Photoshop for more advanced image manupalation including changing the color pallette to CMYK for print ads or create images using layers. Incidently, I have been playing around with the free GIMP to possibly replace Photoshop for these jobs.
One of the most noticeable new features in Picasa 3.5 is face recognition. This feature has been available on the web version for quite a long time, but it is easier to use and much faster on the desktop version. It does a remarkable job of picking out and profiling faces in your images. It sort gives you a bit of a chill how it connects faces to your contacts. I hope Google never decided to go to the dark side.
One of the most noticeable new features in Picasa 3.5 is face recognition. This feature has been available on the web version for quite a long time, but it is easier to use and much faster on the desktop version. It does a remarkable job of picking out and profiling faces in your images. It sort gives you a bit of a chill how it connects faces to your contacts. I hope Google never decided to go to the dark side.
Labels: GIMP, Google, photographs, Photoshop, Picasa
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Good Point-n-Shoot From Canon
I have long been looking to upgrade my old Olympus to something new. I have been watching the Canon SD770IS 10 Megapixel camera for some time. The original price was $229 for this highly-rated camera. I decided to pull the trigger and purchase it today from Amazon. Today only they are featuring a sale price at $144.95. Update - The sale has ended.
Labels: Amazon, photographs
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Digital Camera's vs. Camera Phones
CNet in the UK has compared some good camera phones against a couple of good digital SLR camera's. You might be surprised by the quality of the phone images.
I recently took a weekend trip, and I forgot my camera. I was surprised how good the photos from my HTC Dash turned out. As you can see. The lighting is the largest problem with this image, but if anyone has ever photographed automobiles knows that lighting is a constant problem.
I recently took a weekend trip, and I forgot my camera. I was surprised how good the photos from my HTC Dash turned out. As you can see. The lighting is the largest problem with this image, but if anyone has ever photographed automobiles knows that lighting is a constant problem.
Labels: camera, images, phone, photographs
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