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3D

The Future of the 3D Image Library: CEPIC Week

ipad

Credit:i3DLife on iPad

Published on 15 May 2012

The 3D image experience is becoming more familiar on the big screen and even in the living room. But Chris Bamford and i3DLife are creating a library of 3D imagery and an iPad app that is already proving very popular in areas such Education, Medicine, Art Galleries. But as Bamford tells us, in the age of Tablets, and new kinds of publishing, we have barely scratched the surface on the opportunities for 3D imaging...read more.

CEPIC Congress

Fast Technology Spurs Visual Search: Cepic Week

A man skins through the aspens in search of fresh snow.

Credit:Image Source / Aurora Open

Published on 14 May 2012

Advances in computer technology and machine learning may change how we search for pictures. Mathieu Chuat from Xerox, pictures the changing world of picture search...read more.

The Force

Star Wars Kinect: Image Shock

Solo Dancing

Credit:From Star Wars Kinect

Published on 3 Apr 2012

The image of Han Solo, dancing the night away in the new Star Wars Kinect has fans reaching for their light sabres...read more.

new cameras/new modes

Sleeping Face Recognition and Beautification

Sleeping man

Credit:Sleeping man. Image Source.

Published on 11 Jan 2012

New cameras with new modes: photograph a sleeping person without rousing them from their slumber, or give a friend a digital nip/tuck......read more.

Beauty

Fotoshop by Adobé

Fotoshop

Credit:From Jesse Rosten's Fotoshop by Adobé

Published on 11 Jan 2012

The beauty industry gets a wry retouching by film-maker Jesse Rosten who invents a new line in Cosmetics......read more.

click and wait

Digital and Disposable

Hipstamatic Disposable Series

Credit:Hipstamatic Disposable Series

Published on 16 Dec 2011

The company behind the popular Hipstamatic camera app, Synthetic Corp, has unveiled a new app that simulates the one-use disposable camera with a 24-exposure ‘digital roll of film’....read more.

spoof

The Art of the Consumer Test Video

Canon EOS C300 = Awesome

Credit:Still from Canon EOS C300 = Awesome

Published on 8 Dec 2011

If you’ve ever bought a digital camcorder or DSLR with video capabilities, chances are you looked at test videos on Youtube or Vimeo. This funny and playful video-review of the Canon EOS C300 by Jonathan Yi pokes fun at their conventions....read more.

Year in Review

Five Viral Hits 2011

Viral

Credit:Levi's Fake Viral

Published on 7 Dec 2011

Five Viral Hits in 2011, including photos of people scared out of their wits, babies playing at being adults, and an 'ass-cam'....read more.

Relationships Trend

Image Hug Grabs Internet

thenicestplacehug

Credit:thenicestplaceontheinter.net

Published on 6 Dec 2011

The ISM Report, ‘Noo Emotions’, tracks the evolution of our emotional life in the age of social networking, which includes the new kinds of hugging visible everywhere. Just like thenicestplaceontheinter.net which will give you a virtual hug…a vlug...read more.

Image Technology

Sundance Hit With $1500 Camera

Like Crazy

Credit:'Like Crazy' (2011), Paramount Pictures

Published on 31 Oct 2011

Sundance-hit ‘Like Crazy’, which premiered this past weekend in the States, was shot entirely on the Canon EOS 7D. Made on a $1500 camera and acquired by Paramount Pictures for $4 million, Like Crazy confirms that a high quality video image is easier to come by than ever....read more.

Image Craft

Art of Retouching 4: Christoph Bolten

dino

Credit:Photographer: Franck Allais. Retouching: Christoph Bolten

Published on 19 Oct 2011

Born in Germany in 1973, Christoph Bolten is a photographer who now runs Recom Farmhouse UK, a creative CGI and retouching house with offices in London, Berlin and Stuttgart, and also opening Recom Farmhouse New York, in 2012. The company serve a varied client-list including Volkswagen, Absolut and The Guardian, with images that stretch the imagination and our sense of what’s real. In a fascinating interview, full of great insight, this master of retouching believes, counter-intuitively. that every image needs mistakes!...read more.

In Memoriam

Celebration Of Analog Film

Tacita Dean

Credit:"Film" By Tacita Dean

Published on 14 Oct 2011

As the sun sets on analog film technology, British artist Tacita Dean at London's Tate Gallery is a hymn to analog film...read more.

Cultural Hero

What has Steve Jobs ever done for us?

steve jobs black and white image

Credit:Apple Homepage on October 5

Published on 6 Oct 2011

Steve Jobs shaped our media and our world as much as any other single individual over the last 30 years. In the spirit of the famous Monty Python sketch we list some of the amazing stuff Steve Jobs has done for us...read more.

Image Technology

iPhone 4s Camera: Expert Round-Up

iPhone 4s

Credit:New iPhone 4s

Published on 5 Oct 2011

The release of the iPhone 4s has ranged from Yawn to Yaay!, we round up the response to the iPhone 4s’ new camera, including a big thumbs up from a sector which sees huge value in the 8mp camera and a Dad who recognizes the value of the new camera’s speed...read more.

Image Technology

Art of Retouching #3: Matthew Haysom

carlsberg1

Credit:Photography & CGI: Douglas Fisher. Retouching: Matthew Haysom. Agency: Fold7

Published on 5 Oct 2011

Astronauts drinking beer on the moon, a spectrum of light refracted from a bottle echoing Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon, Matthew Haysom's retouching has featured in many ads that reference recognizable popular icons. One of the many interesting aspects of his work is how retouching, and its subtle and dynamic visual contrasts, is central to carrying off the humorous tone of the concepts. Haysom talks to us about about working with CGI, photography, and high-contrast colour styling...read more.

Image Trends

Facebook's Image Scrapbooking


Credit:Facebook Timeline App

Published on 27 Sep 2011

A new app from Facebook, a kind of digital scrapbooking that pulls images into a timeline, leverages images in building deep connections...read more.

Image Arts

Art of Retouching #2: Rainer Usselmann

norbert schoerner harpers bazaar  21_043_rgb

Credit:Photographer: Norbert Schoerner, Harper's Bazaar. Retouching, Rainer Usselmann

Published on 20 Sep 2011

From images whose colour palette reflects the glamour of the Kodachrome age, to integrating 'giant' women into cityscapes, award-winning retoucher Rainer Usselmann is a master craftsman. In the second of our series on the Art of Retouching, Usselmann tells us about collaborating with photographers, working with CG elements, and the coming disruptive technologies which may shape the direction of retouching...read more.

Image Arts

Art of Retouching: #1 Peter Hannert

Screen Shot 2011-08-29 at 3.10.22 PM

Credit:Photography: Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin. Retouching: Stella Digital

Published on 13 Sep 2011

In the first of a series on the art of retouching, Peter Hannert talks about his work with photographers such as Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, and David LaChappelle. And he tells us what it's like finishing a retouch of a Lady Gaga image and seeing it viewed by over 12 million people just 60 minutes later...read more.

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