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The New Camera that Lets You Focus
Secure Photos and Videos on Your Android Phone Against Theft or Phone Snoopers
Android’s default setup doesn’t include any type of photo security. Even when you’ve put a password on your screenlock, all it takes is access to your SD card to get to your photos and dump them on the Internet for all to see. Want to make them more secure? Read on.
How to View Geotagged Photos
In my How to Geotag Photos I described how to install and use GeoSetter to combine photos and GPX tracks. GeoSetter also serves as a great resource for viewing geotagged photos. Other great services are Google Earth and Picasa. Following the instructions from the previous article, install GeoSetter with the correct settings. Then, add the [...]
How to Geotag Photos with Smartphone Apps
Have you ever wanted to pinpoint the location your photos were taken or overlay them on a map to view a geographical snapshot of your vacation? Geotagging, storing GPS coordinates within a photo’s metadata, creates the ability to do these things and more. GPS-equipped camera smartphones can automatically geotag photos, but people often use high-quality [...]
Has a Computer Created the Model Female?
In a case that draws on equal parts Avatar, Stepford Wives, and a Barbi paper doll collection, Swedish fashion chair H&M is drawing fire after it admitted to using computer-generated models to show off a line of swimsuits. The company received complaints that it was creating an unrealistic body image for women and a false reality [...]
Technology Changes the Definition of Photography
All areas of life have been changed by technology, but few have changed so much as photography. Technology has led to a camera that lets you focus the picture after snap the shutter. Cameras can soften the blur caused by jittery fingers, keep moving objects in focus, recognize faces, and even smiles, and focus on [...]
Nearly Half of Digital Camera Owners Don’t Take Pictures
Curious about how digital camera owners use their snappy devices, Serif, the maker of image editing software, interviewed 2,000 camera owners in England. The most striking result: 42 percent of digital camera owners don’t take pictures. The research shows that, of that 42 percent, more than half–52 percent–said they really would like to spend more [...]
X3 with John C Dvorak: A Throwable Panoramic Camera
X3 with host John C. Dvorak. Andrew Eisner of Retrevo.com and Joseph Engo, IT Pro, as usual cohost this intense, rowdy and short form videocast. It appears regularly here at groovyPost. John, Andrew, and Joe discuss a throwable panoramic camera. Very cool concept! [videocast 5:32]
The New Camera that Lets You Focus
After You Take the Picture. Yes, After.
THINK MOST of the picture just below is out of focus? Think again, Mr. Magoo. Click anywhere in the photo, and then read about a new basic invention that changes the nature of photography. All photographers, pro or amateur, have a secret gallery of almost photos — pictures that would have been good, maybe even [...]
Why Adobe Blew It with a Rigged Tech Demo
Adobe certainly doesn’t need to pull tricks to continue its success and near monopoly in the graphics software market. So why, during its own MAX 2011 demo, did Adobe pretend to use software still under development to fix a photo that was badly out of focus–without telling the already enthusiastic audience that the picture was [...]
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