The problem with taking photos with your digital camera is that they end up being huge in size and thus you need to reduce the JPEG sizes before you could share on services like Flickr or Picasa. Reducing the sizes is also recommended because it’d help your friends easily download them or view them online.. [...]
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Previously, we have discussed with you two amazing methods to hide a file in an image. In one method, we used DOS commands to bind the image to a zipped text file manually and in the second method, we used a tool called JPEGFileBinder to automate the task. One thing which was common to both [...]
Ever wanted to create a poster the size of your wall? I’ve found posters to be an absolute delight — my room is covered with posters of my favorite movies, or unique cartoons, or people that I have a lot of respect for. There are times when I’d really wish for a poster of something [...]
Photography is a wonderful art but it isn’t easy to master. To take a perfect snap there are many things one needs to consider, like backgrounds, lighting, tilt, focus and God knows what else. If you suck at it don’t worry you can always enhance your photos by adding some effects thus overcoming the most [...]
Previous week I bought a new camera and no matter what I shot I just loved sharing it with everyone. I use Picasa Web Albums and Flickr to share my photos with my friends. Indeed these services are beyond doubt one of the best but still my not-so-technically-sound parents were not able to view them [...]
If you have big collection of photographs on your hard disk then managing them can be a herculean task. Sometimes, while sorting them under categories, we might find ourselves puzzled and unable to decide. Like, under which category should the college farewell pics be filed? Should it be under college or should it be under [...]
I am really interested in eLearning. That usually involves creating PowerPoint presentations and other displays. Images are a primary raw material I always trawl for on the web. Of course, there are many free websites which offer stock photographs and images, but when you have one ‘in-house’ why go looking that far. Microsoft has a [...]
When we browse the web, we see images. For casual users, an image is just a bunch of pixels. But in reality there are different kinds of image formats; each as distinct as chalk and cheese. The four common types are – JPG, PNG, GIF, and BMP. If that’s all Greek to you, worry not [...]
One of the most obviously irritating things about receiving photo attachments from newbies is their total disregard for sending compressed photos. Surely, it must be a pain for them to upload megabyte sized photos as it is for me to download them. It takes time. That’s when I go out of my way to educate [...]
There are times when a picture speaks a thousand words. But you just can’t find the keyword to describe it. Here, Reverse image search comes to the rescue: it’s a special type of search that takes an image instead of a keyword and retrieves similar images. The umbrella term which covers the definition of a [...]
Most of the email services have file attachment size limits, and hence if you intend to email that recent picture you took with your digital camera directly, it probably won’t work because of the high resolution and size of that picture. Hence resizing pictures is the only way out, and today we will see how [...]
If you like minimalism and simplicity, then you will love Minus. Even the name of this drag ‘n’ drop file sharing tool suggests the very same thing. However, the simplicity of Minus does not take anything away from its effectiveness. Let’s look at the plusses of this free web application. Minus.com is another way to [...]
There are many ways to add images to your collection. You could add it through an external device like a pen drive or a memory card, download them from the web etc. And many times, it leads to duplicate images being present at different locations on the computer that consumes unnecessary hard disk space. Searching [...]
We discussed how to hide files inside JPEG/GIF/PNG images in Windows PCs in a previous article. The method was not difficult but it involves some hassle. It includes making a new folder and copying files through the command line. There is a tool known as JPGFileBinder which can be used for the same purpose. The [...]
We talked about batch uploading photos to Flickr using Flickr Uploadr. But this tool doesn’t let you the reverse process, i.e. batch download Flickr photos to your computer. If you need that then you would require a tool known as Bulkr. This tool can backup your entire Flickr photo-stream. It provides you an option to [...]
Before telling you about panoramic photos, let’s discuss about it first. Panoramas or panoramic images are images made by combining several pictures. Those pictures are connected to create one giant photo which is much wider in length than the camera could capture. There are 3D panoramas too. Demandar is a free web app which lets [...]
