January 1, 2011
GIMP lovers may disagree, but the world’s needed a GTK photo editor with an easy-to-understand interface for a while. Featuring layers, various effects and good old fashioned editing functions, Pinta is the photo editor missing on Linux systems, as well as Windows and OS X. Think Paint.net, but cross-platform. But even if you don’t use [...]
December 16, 2010
One way to spice up your words is by adding related images to the text. The more and better images that you use, the spicier your stories will be. But in terms of webpages and blogs, more images also equal bigger page sizes and longer loading times – something that every web owner should avoid. [...]
December 7, 2010
I think many people would agree that one of the most controversial turning points in the tech world is Apple’s decision not to support Flash technology in its iDevices and go with HTML5 instead. Despite the pros and cons that surround the decision, the real question is whether this new technology has what it takes [...]
November 13, 2010
If you have hundreds of photos on your computer and want to organise them using iPhoto – you’ll probably be banging your head against the nearest wall in no time. The fact alone that you have to import your photos into the application before organising them makes iPhoto an inconvenient app to use. If you [...]
November 10, 2010
A vector version of your photo stands out for a number of reasons. The combination of colors and the realistic quality of vector art immortalizes any portrait, instantly making it as distinguishable as a painting. Not only does vector art look amazing, but it’s also incredibly time-consuming. Just look at any number of vector tutorials on [...]
November 5, 2010
Desktop publishing and graphic design applications have been around for years now. Programs like InDesign, QuarkPress, Apple’s Pages, Microsoft Word, and The Print Shop have made it easier for many computer users to create professional looking documents and with a modest amount of graphic and computing skills. Recently, Adobe, the makers of Photoshop and various [...]
November 4, 2010
As anyone who has ever dabbled in 3D modelling will tell you ““ it sure ain’t easy. Becoming proficient in any powerful software suite takes time, patience, trial and error – and yet more patience. Then again if you’re passionate enough about something you want to achieve, there’s very little standing in your way. That’s [...]
October 19, 2010
We have looked at quite a few image viewers in the past. A place at the head of the table has been reserved for IrfanView, a really good and compact image viewer. It has come in for special praise. Then there have been some others image tools too which have earned a good word. But [...]
October 8, 2010
Information graphics, visual representations of data known as infographics, keep the web going these days. Web users, with their diminishing attention spans, are inexorably drawn to these shiny, brightly coloured messages with small, relevant, clearly-displayed nuggets of information. They’re straight to the point, usually factually interesting and often give you a wake-up call as to [...]
October 8, 2010
If you’re like me, you usually try to grab images from video files by simply hitting the pause button and then using the ALT-Printscreen shortcut to copy-and-paste the image to my image editor. That works fine, but it isn’t exactly a precise science. People who are talking or moving in a video clip look fine as [...]
