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Although Photoshop is a great program, it has its drawbacks. Photoshop is not only very expensive, it also has too many controls for what you probably need. There are a lot of editors you could use – some on the desktop and others on the web. Today we're going to look at some of the best and free online editors that also happen to be Chrome apps and extensions.
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As a tech blogger I should have some basic graphic skills, but the truth is I don't. One of the most common tasks I have to do is removing image backgrounds. If you're selling stuff online, creating presentations, or even making collages, you might also want to use the object in the photo without its background. To me, removing a complex background from a photo always seemed like an impossible task. But is it really? To find out I dived into the task head-on.
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Adobe Lightroom 5 has been officially released after 400 tweaks to its earlier freely available public beta version. The bugs are gone and the new improved features are very much in place after Adobe announced its Creative Cloud model to initial consternation. Adobe Lightroom 5 is available for both Windows and Mac. If you played around with the beta version, then you know what to expect.
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Removing the background from a photo is something Photoshop pros can do in their sleep, but if you find the process hard – and Photoshop expensive – you can be forgiven. Thanks to Clipping Magic, however, you’re also perfectly capable of removing backgrounds yourself.
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Instantgram is one of the dozens of services that print your Instagram photos for you. What makes Instantgram different? Well, it's the one I tested, to start with, and it's also pretty darn good, so I don't see much reason to look elsewhere. Unlike Stickygram, an awesome similar service I tested last year, Instantgram is not just about magnets.
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Photos or videos are the ideal way to document specific moments in your day, and there are several apps and sites that cater to that exact need. At the end of a year of documentation, you'll have a record, either to share with your family, or for your own personal satisfaction.
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Recently, I got my hands on a Nokia Lumia 920, and I now have about a week to test it. Being my very first experience with Windows Phone, I was overwhelmed at first by how different the OS is from Android, but quickly wrapped my head around this surprisingly slick and intuitive operating system. What I couldn't quite wrap my head around was Windows Phone's lack of popular apps, and especially Instagram.
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Painting is fun. Even if you don't have artistic talent, there's something about smearing paint over canvas that just works. The success of games like Draw Something extends to entire galleries dedicated to smartphone doodles, and bears this out: Painting on your phone is definitely a thing. If you agree, you should try Line Brush. This entirely free (and ad free!) app features a simple interface with a wealth of realistic brushes, and even lets you use photos as raw material.
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Google has just announced a new search feature, which lets you search within and across your Google+ photo albums from Google Search itself. All you have to do is need sign into the account you use to store your Google+ photo albums and fire away with a keyword. What takes this search technology up a notch is Google's introduction of machine learning and computer vision to the way it recognizes specific photographs.
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In one inspiring move, Yahoo! has upped the ante by offering a full 1 Terabyte of space to all Flickr users, and by updating the already-dated Flickr interface. To put things into perspective, 1 TB amounts to over 500,000 original, full-resolution, pixel-perfect, brilliant photos, according to Yahoo!. The free TB offer comes neatly packaged in a completely redone user interface which is bigger, neater, and far more appealing than the old photo stream.
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Photovine was a photo-sharing app that launched following Google's acquisition of a company called Slide, and revolved around photo vines, which are not unlike tags on Instagram or Flickr. Google's Photovine died over a year ago, but it seems the brand is not dead. A new iPhone app called Photovine has recently emerged which brings an innovative way to view your Instagram and Facebook photos which involves music, slideshows, and an unusual interface.
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Contest. That word has a charm of its own. Ever since the days of the cavemen right till today's Olympics, the brave and the meek have gone up against each other. Photographers aren't in any way left out. In fact, they seem to be the most proactive lot when it comes to contests. So, let's launch into some more popular photo contests and pit ourselves against the best of the rest.
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The upgrade from Windows Phone 7/7.5 has brought with it several benefits, in particular increased integration between the camera and third party apps. We previously looked at taking photos with Windows Phone last year, but since then things have changed quite a bit. In addition, management of images has also been overhauled, with better synchronization [...]
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Photos are fun – the rise of successful snap-and-filter apps and services such as Instagram and its "fake Polaroid junkies" are proof of this – but sometimes it’s possible that we don’t fully realise the potential of the images we snap, particularly on digital cameras and smartphones. I stumbled across Morfo back in 2010, shortly after the release of Windows Phone 7.
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Android phones are increasingly shipping with powerful cameras with at least 8MP for their backside camera. Additionally, there are some phones such as the HTC Evo 3D which come with two cameras in the back, allowing you to take 3D photos. But what if you'd like to take 3D-like pictures with your single-camera phone? As the concept of 3D-enabled devices/TVs and 3D photos becomes more popular, chances are that you will want to dive into this new form of photography.
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