November 20, 2008
For my MakeUseOf articles I’m constantly resizing images so that they will fit into our page template. As a result, I go through a lot of repetitive actions with GIMP, the free image editing program. After a quick Google search, I found a powerful tool to help me save a ton of time by batch image [...]
November 19, 2008
There’s nothing quite like a nicely framed photograph. Ideally we’re talking about some classy wood and quality glass. If your image is heading to Grandma for her birthday, then that’s probably the best option. But for many of us, photographs largely live online, ready to be admired and/or criticised by the masses. For some situations, [...]
November 15, 2008
Pixlr is a free flash based online image editor that is simple and easy to use for the beginner and has enough hooks to keep the advanced user entertained. If you’ve ever used a desktop image editing software, like Gimp or Photoshop, you’d be right at home with Pixlr. While it doesn’t have all the [...]
October 26, 2008
I’ve been getting into photography lately, ever since I picked up my very first dSLR camera (Digital SLR or Single-Lens Reflex) about a month ago. One of the techniques I immediately decided to try out was HDR or High Dynamic Range. “… high dynamic range imaging (HDRI or just HDR) is a set of techniques [...]
October 13, 2008
Taking beautiful screenshots is part of my job as a tech blogger. However, when I am on my Mac, I will always avoid using the inbuilt screen capture function as I find them to be rather limited in features. Instead, I use several other third party screen capture tools for Mac that allow me to [...]
September 29, 2008
As an amateur photographer I know how hard it is to get that perfect picture. Countless times, over the years, I’ve ended up with the perfect shot only to have it spoiled by one small detail that if removed, would enhance the photo a great deal. I’ve not had to remove Uncle Bob (who’s now [...]
August 5, 2008
One topic that never ceases to amaze me is the manipulation and editing of images. It’s a fascinating world at which I stare at in awe. But when I open Photoshop to give it what feels like the quadrillionth try, I turn away in disappointment within minutes because I simply don’t have the patience and [...]
August 4, 2008
Let’s say you’ve got a bunch of pictures in your digital camera which you want to transfer to your PC and store them securely. When you transfer all the pictures you’ll find that the file names are a combination of letters and numbers which do not tell anything about the image. So what do you [...]
July 28, 2008
Here goes another MakeUseOf Poll. This time we are voting on image and photo editing tools. Since everyone has different needs when it comes to working with photos, the idea behind today’s poll is not to get the best tool but rather see which image editing app is more popular among tech-savvy MakeUseOf users. As [...]
July 24, 2008
There is no dearth of online image editing tools and we have already covered some of the most powerful ones and some more free image editing programs. Each of the tools try to distinguish them from the herd by including some eye-popping features and effects and thus try everything to emulate the ultimate software which [...]
