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Camera+ gains the full-res burst-mode, iOS 7 filters

Camera+ gains the full-res burst-mode, iOS 7 filters | Image Effects, Filters, Masks and Other Image Processing Methods | Scoop.it
From www.tuaw.com - October 9, 2013 2:11 PM

Camera+ has received a significant update, gaining some nice new features. The first new feature in Camera+ 4.2 is full-resolution burst mode, which allows users to take multiple photos in seconds to help them capture and then choose the best image of the bunch. Previously, burst more would take pictures at a lower resolution, but in Camera+ version 4.2, images taken using burst mode are captured in full resolution on supported hardware (the iPhone 5 and newer, according to taptaptap).

Besides the new burst mode full-resolution feature, Camera+ 4.2 also adds the iOS 7 filter pack Apple added to its Camera app in iOS 7. Now users can select from multiple filters and view how they will look while taking snaps.

This is a free download.

Kitty Fisher's insight:

This is a combo of burst-mode and the new iOS 7 filters. From "purple haze, so emo and sunkiss'." It's hard not to want to use these filters. Since this Camera+ has been updated to the now Camera+ 4.2, helping individuals to capture moments, or several with it's burst-mode capturing how the moment, may turn out. So this has an advantage to not only focusing your eye on what you want to press the shutter button towards but also in a series.

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ACDSee 17 and ACDSee Pro 7 gain new filters and editing tools

ACDSee 17 and ACDSee Pro 7 gain new filters and editing tools | Image Effects, Filters, Masks and Other Image Processing Methods | Scoop.it
From www.pcauthority.com.au - October 2, 2013 11:55 AM

The new releases come less than 12 months after the last major updates, but offer competitively priced upgrades that are less than half the price of the full versions at $29.99 and $59.99 respectively.

The new releases include a number of additional editing tools and filters in addition to a tweaked user interface and enhancements to key areas such as image management.

Both tools gain a new Radial Gradient tool, which can be applied to other editing effects to subtly progress across the user’s photo. Uses for the tool include off-centre and multiple vignettes and drawing focus to a specific object. ACDSee Pro also adds a similar Linear Gradient tool.

Other new features common to both applications include a new Home base allowing users to create multiple ACDSee databases, an improved user interface placing photos firmly at its centre, the ability to find images with no assigned keywords and support for the new WebP format.

ACDSee Pro 7 users gain a large number of exclusive new features on top of these updates. Chief among these is support for non-destructive photo repairing using the program’s Heal and Clone options to erase dirt, dust and other unwanted objects.

Also new in version 7 is a sharpen/blur brush, allowing users to selectively paint over parts of an image to bring them into (or out of) focus. These are joined by a Detail brush, which works in a similar way to dodge and burn tools by accenting specific details via the stroke of a brush. Users can emphasise parts of an image by repeatedly brushing over the same area.

Kitty Fisher's insight:

The ACDSee 17 and ACDSee Pro 7 are a match made in heaven. Now that Seattle based systems has released both of these, we get to learn about some of the much needed filters and image enhancing tools to bring out more of what we want to capture. I can't wait to test this one out.

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Adobe Photoshop CC filters help salvage photos once deemed unusable| Digital Trends

Adobe Photoshop CC filters help salvage photos once deemed unusable| Digital Trends | Image Effects, Filters, Masks and Other Image Processing Methods | Scoop.it
From www.digitaltrends.com - September 19, 2013 1:10 PM

If you haven’t already heard, Adobe has abandoned its Creative Suite (CS) in favor of the Creative Cloud (CC), a dramatic move that’s still echoing throughout the software community. Now, instead of paying for a perpetual license for the software collection or each application, users pay a monthly service fee of $10 a month for an individual app, such as Photoshop, or $50 a month for the entire Creative Cloud, which includes access to new features, products, and cloud storage, depending on the membership p­lan. (Special pricing is also available for students, teachers, existing customers, and those upgrading from the Creative Suite.) For professionals, the cloud provides better collaboration tools for working in teams, but the recurring monthly fee is a turnoff for many. At the same time, a monthly fee can be easier to swallow than a several thousand dollar cost upfront.

Photoshop CC, which recently shipped along the rest of the Creative Cloud suite, introduces new filters (including non-destructive smart filters that don’t overwrite original image data — more on this later), enhanced Adobe Camera Raw functionality, and integration with the cloud. Adobe recently gave us a tour of the new software. Here, we’ll walk you through Photoshop CC’s main highlights.

Most of the features worth getting excited about in Photoshop are filters. The addendum to this latest version will make you wonder if actual photography skills are even needed in a world with such robust post-processing tools readily available. Of particular note, Camera Shake Reduction is mind blowing in effectiveness and simplicity of use.



Kitty Fisher's insight:

Wondering if your photo or not will be worthy of Photoshop can keep you guessing. Lucky you if you've been messing around with the Photoshop CC because as one description puts it 'it's as if you didn't need to take a good photo in the first place.' Or at least that's what they are giving off, and yeah, they are more than likely right about that one.

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Apple's iOS 7 kills student filters on school iPads -- report

Apple's iOS 7 kills student filters on school iPads -- report | Image Effects, Filters, Masks and Other Image Processing Methods | Scoop.it
From news.cnet.com - October 3, 2013 10:56 PM

Some schools have reported that the iPads their students are using in the classroom no longer have the supervision they had on iOS 6. Several school superintendents have reported have reported to All Things Digital on Thursday that after updating to iOS 7, the iPads they were supervising have been stripped of their filters, allowing students to potentially access inappropriate content.

Apple's iOS 7 launched last month. Just a week after its launch, Apple reported that the operating system was running on 200 million iOS devices worldwide. According to AllThingsD, the operating system was installed on "thousands" of tablets in schools.

Apple has acknowledged the bug, saying that it's also seeing it among business users who are presumably using remote device management features. The company has promised a fix for later this month.

Kitty Fisher's insight:

Since this has been reported, the filters being stripped. But then allowing students to access some inappropriate content, then the school has done the right thing. Especially if younger children are involved, using the tablets.

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CSS Named Filter Effects — Non-Destructive Effects for Images and Elements - Vanseo Design

CSS Named Filter Effects — Non-Destructive Effects for Images and Elements - Vanseo Design | Image Effects, Filters, Masks and Other Image Processing Methods | Scoop.it
From www.vanseodesign.com - September 19, 2013 6:58 PM

Like clipping and masking, filters have long been the domain of graphic editors. For example if you wanted to change the saturation of an image, you’d open an editor, make the changes, save the image, and be on your way. Before too long we’ll skip the graphic editor and filter our images through css alone.

 

As with most of the future css I’ve been covering the last few weeks, browser support isn’t there yet, but it’s probably better than you expect. Chrome, Safari, Opera, iOS Safari and Blackberry browser all have support in some way, while IE, Firefox, Opera Mini, and Android Browser don’t. That’s 5 to 4 in favor of support if you’re counting.

 

The css filter effects spec is the longest of any I’ve covered recently so I won’t even attempt to go over everything here. Instead we’ll look at the simplest way to add filter effects today and continue with a couple of other ways in the coming weeks. Hopefully after today you’ll get a feel for the possibilities css filters provide.

What are CSS Filter Effects?

 

If you’ve worked with filters in a graphic editor before then you should have an idea what filters are. In css they’re a way to process how an element will render on the screen before it’s actually displayed. They were originally created for SVG, but they’ve expanded beyond SVG alone.

 

When a browser renders a page, elements will first be drawn to a buffer, where the filters are applied and then they’ll be drawn to the screen itself.

 

CSS filters are image based in that they take zero or more images as input. To these images a number of parameters are applied to create the desired effect and then a new image is produced as output for the screen.

 

Even though they’re considered to be image based they can be applied directly to non-image elements, hence the zero images as input.


Kitty Fisher's insight:

Finding a browser and an easy way to add on filters...well that's why I ended up reading this article. Some browers just do not compute with the css filter, yet you can still create digital art. And from that, a non-destructive way to keep the pixelization for your images, relatively unharmed.

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