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PhotoRec Heroically Rescues Deleted Files

admin — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 07:00:00 +0000

How many times have you accidentally deleted a photo you really needed from a digital camera or attached storage medium. We’ve all been there and done that! Sure, if you delete most files — even some standard graphics images — from the hard drive, the Linux trash can visibly holds the goods. But unless you know about PhotoRec, your deleted photographic images and files from anywhere else stay buried in hidden-file hell. PhotoRec is a powerful recovery tool that is part of a larger disk and file recovery package.

Monster-Making App Splatters Virtual Ink in Delightful Ways

admin — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 07:00:00 +0000

I like a good monster. Good monsters can be scary, evil, otherworldly, or well-dressed feathery ink blots like those that spring from the creative genius of Stefan G. Bucher, the guy behind DailyMonster.com. Bucher has been turning blown ink blots into monsters on his website for years, and he’s got an amazing eye and style, which you can now tap into yourself through his new app, Daily Monster. It’s available for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad, and I like it best on the larger screen of the iPad.

Gagging on Tagging: Facebook Facial Recognition Creeps Out Privacy Partisans

admin — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 14:31:08 +0000

Facebook has begun rolling out worldwide a tag suggestions feature that uses facial recognition software to automatically suggest tags for the faces appearing in new photos uploaded to its site. The announcement has raised concerns that the feature will impinge upon users’ privacy. When a member uploads new photographs, the facial recognition software will match faces of people in the photo to other images on Facebook that are already tagged. It will then suggest the name of the person for use as a tag.

Camera+: Meet Your New Go-To Cam App

admin — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 07:00:00 +0000

The iOS App Store is not wanting for camera software. Photography is a top-level category, and at the time I’m writing this, it contains 3,670 apps. Some give you new and interesting stillcam functions, some augment video capture, others are photo-editing applications. The problem is, too many of them are one-trick ponies. I’m not just talking about joke apps that do silly things like seeing what you’d look like if you suddenly became overweight or were attacked by a zombie.

AutoStich Handily Expands the iPhone Camera’s Horizons

admin — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 07:00:00 +0000

While there are hundreds of thousands of apps for the iPhone, knowing what you need before you need it is a challenge even Apple hasn’t been able to overcome. Case in point: A photo-stitching app that can take several small-frame photos of a panoramic vista and stick them together to create one big glorious photo. Of course, there are applications that do this for Mac, Windows and Linux computers, but I don’t get the impression they are widely used among millions of consumers. Why? It’s sort of the out of sight, out of mind problem.

PhotoForge: Slightly Less Than a Full-On Editing Power Tool

admin — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 12:00:00 +0000

Photo editing programs can be real memory hogs on the desktop, so you might think that creating one for the iPad may be a little more than the jaunty tablet could handle. Surprisingly, the folks at Ghostbird Software have done an excellent job of delivering an app, PhotoForge, with an excellent of array of tools for massaging images. Although the app’s performance isn’t as snappy as other kinds of programs on the iPad, it’s more than acceptable when you take into account the demands graphics software places on a processor.

PhotoPDF Photo to PDF Convertor 2.3.5

admin — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:45:18 +0000

PhotoPDF is a batch-processing tool to convert photos into PDF file. PhotoPDF provides three mode of conversion: Batch Convert, Photos Merge and Thumbnail Page. “Batch Convert” convert each photo into individual PDF files in batch. “Photos Merge” merge multiple photos into a single PDF file. “Thumbnail Page” generate photos into thumbnail PDF. The customized settings allow altering the output. User can specify the paper size, like Image Size, A3, A4, A5, or self-defined. The output orientation can be chosen between portrait and landscape.

And the resolution can be adjusted from 72 dpi to 1800 dpi. PhotoPDF supports BMP, JPG and GIF format.

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PhotoX Batch Watermark Creator 1.9.0

admin — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:22:49 +0000

PhotoX software provides a quickest and easiest way to watermark your photo. Avoid unauthorized use of your product photos, stamp your product photos with watermark. You can add text or image watermark. For Text Watermark, you can set different font face, font size, bold, italic or underline with different color. For Image Watermark, you can pick from different formats of image, include gif, jpg, png and others. The watermark can be set into different position of the photo. It can also be aligned diagonally on the photo. You can also adjust the opacity of the watermark to ensure the readability of photo. Besides watermarking, you can make use of other tools to protect your photos.

They are Grayscale, Add Strip, Thumbnail and Fade Out effect. With these tools, you can: convert your photos into grayscale; add strips on top of photos; generate thumbnail of photos and apply fade out effect on the photos.

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CopyTrans Photo 2.25

admin — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:43:23 +0000

CopyTrans(formerly CopyPod) allows to backup – copy – transfer your iPod Music to your PC. Ideal after a hard drive crash or viruses, before sending your iPod for repair or simply to move your iPod Music to a new computer. Features include: backup all song types (MP3/AAC/WAV/AIF), backup directly to iTunes saving your Playlists and Ratings, cool iTunes like design, rename songs on backup, backup albums in separate folders.

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CaptureWizPro 3.B0

admin — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 18:40:46 +0000

Capture it all – images, scrolling areas, video and audio. Innovative features make it fast and easy. You’ll love our pop-out capture bar, speedy predictive capture tool, fully automatic bi-directional scrolling, and flexible full-screen preview. Simple tools, visible over any background, guide you through the three quick steps. Time-saving innovations include sticky notes, a thumbnail viewer, a precision frame tool, and programmable hot keys.

Version 3.B0 fixes Microsoft Video 1 bug.

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PhotoPerfect Express 1.0 build 78

admin — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 18:31:27 +0000

Focus on taking pictures, and leave the editing to PhotoPerfect Express. Let’s face it: who wants to spend hours laboriously processing all the pictures from the last photo session or family gathering by hand? Although you know that with a little post-processing, many of those pictures could be significantly improved. With PhotoPerfect Express, you’ll see your photos immediately enhanced with five powerful lab-strength optimization algorithms – in just three easy steps, using an intuitive visual user interface. Simply select the result that you like best, save it and move on to your next photo.

No further photo editing skills are required – even people new to a computer can use the software right away! You will be rewarded with vibrant, correctly exposed, locally contrast enhanced, dynamic range increased and memory color adapted photos. Photos which faithfully remind you of what you really saw. Also red-eyes and noise will be removed automatically if necessary.

Version 1.0 build 78 offers printing optimization for Windows XP, full support for TIFF files.

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PhotoPerfect 2.91 build 60

admin — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 18:29:47 +0000

PhotoPerfect combines the power of professional photo-editing tools with the simplicity of one-click image optimizations to give both professional photographers and photo enthusiasts the power to create the best possible images. Start with one-click photo optimizations; then challenge yourself to achieve your dream shot. PhotoPerfects one-click optimization feature will have you perfecting your photos in record time. PhotoPerfect uses Xe847, the first-of-its-kind filter technology, to produce digital photos as perceived by the human eye.

With one click you’ll achieve results so good your picture may need no further enhancement. With a rich functionality and range of features, PhotoPerfect lets you go beyond basic photo editing and achieve professional results. With advanced photo-editing tools at your fingertips like exposure correction, selective color saturation and framing there’s no limit to what you can accomplish.

Version 2.91 build 60 provides additional new tutorials.

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ACDSee Photo Manager 2009 11 build 85

admin — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 18:25:36 +0000

The easy way to organize and share your photos. Manage your image collection with ease. ACDSee Photo Manager 2009 has everything you need to quickly organize and find photos, fix flaws and share favorites. New features in ACDSee 2009: Organize up front – set categories, keywords, and create backups and more as you pull images in from your camera. Save your frequently-used searches for ongoing use. Easily share your categories, keywords and ratings with other ACDSee users by embedding them in your image. View images from around the world with UNICODE support.

Restore your original anytime, for worry-free editing. Add custom borders, drop shadows and edge effects. Try the enhanced slideshow features, including pan & zoom, black & white, and sepia effects, plus support for music files.

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