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Tommer Leyvand of Tel Aviv University in Israel has developed a “digital beautification” algorithm which, by making subtle adjustments in the facial features of the subject, can make him or her be perceived as more “beautiful”. Leyvand’s research team compared before and after attractiveness ratings of the subjects and found that 79% said the changes …
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Researchers have found a way to take the blur out of a picture AFTER it was taken. The technique is based on an algorithm that figures out how a camera moved based on the blurry picture. It then follows that path back to reverse much of the resultant blurring. Of course Photoshop CS2 has its …
The deadline for submissions to be considered for the competition is the 4th of September. Some of the top prizes will be Olympus digital cameras, a day on a photoshoot with the RSPCA, and a trip to attend an award ceremony hosted by wildlife photographer Chris Packham at the Natural History Museum in London. Entries …
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Nikon has introduced its AF-S VR Nikkor 70-300mm Zoom lens, equivalent to 105mm to 450mm of the 35mm film format. The new zoom lens can be used with both Nikon DX format digital and 35mm SLR cameras and is best suited for various telephoto shoots, particularly in sports, nature and wildlife photography. Together with the …
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Notice the UVIR in the name? That’s for UltraViolet InfraRed, and that means Fujifilm’s new version of its FinePix S3 Pro dSLR can take photos where humans can hardly see a thing. The FinePix S3 Pro UVIR was originally intended for some criminal forensic investigation work – a la CSI – but it also opens …
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Adobe has announced two new updates for InDesign CS2 and Photoshop CS2 respectively: The first one, which updates InDesign CS2 to 4.0.4, provides several new key fixes as well as includes fixes from older InDesign CS2 updates (4.0.3, 4.0.2 and 4.0.1). It also resolves two issues concerning cooperation between InDesign CS2 and Photoshop CS2 that …
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Kodak has unveiled four new cameras in their EasyShare Series: 1. The V705 Dual Lens Camera, said to be “the worlds’ smallest ultra-wide-angle digital camera”, 2. The C875 Zoom with 5X optical zoom 8 megapixels, 3. The C743 with 3X optical zoom and 7.1 megapixels, and 4. The C433 with 3X optical zoom, 4 megapixels. …
Nikon today officially introduced the much-anticipated Nikon D80 DSLR camera featuring the latest digital and photographic technologies. The Nikon D80 has 10.2 megapixels, 2.5-inch LCD screen, near instant power-up time of 0.18 second, shutter lag of only 80-milliseconds, and a friendlier and customizable menu interface for easier operation. “The new model inherits many advantageous qualities …
Casio has announced the release of its Exilim Card EX-S770 ultra-slim camera. Despite its thin form factor, the EX-S770 manages to sport a 2.8-inch wide-screen LCD that Casio claims is super bright. The new camera has 7.2 megapixels and can record high quality wide-aspect (16:9) movies in MPEG-4 format. The EX-S770 also has anti-shake feature …
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Earlier today Olympus Imaging America Inc. announced the M2 GB xD-Picture Card. With 2 GB of storage, the M2 has the greatest storage capacity in the xD-Picture Card series. With an M2 GB in your camera, you can take more than a thousand pictures at high-quality (8 megapixels) or capture longer QuickTime video footages. “The …