What about image theft? Should you watermark your images?
Any photo you put on the public internet can be downloaded, sometimes easily, sometimes with a bit of effort. In order for the visitor to see the image, by definition it has to travel to their...
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Topaz AI products showing Text Menus properly - Windows PC - Kensington USB Dock
Topaz Labs post processing software were one of the first to implement AI (Artificial Intelligence). AI software for photo editing is quite the buzz these days, so I tried out Gigapixel, then Denoise...
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Getting Film Simulations for Free
I sometimes have that bit of nostalgia for that film look. I shot film from my school days until after I got married. We've influenced younger generations to think and feel that organic film colours is...
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Figuring out ready made Noise Reduction
It's an interesting time in image processing technology. There are genuine improvements in easy to use (read: hands free, almost) digital noise reduction features of consumer, off the shelf, software....
View ArticleA few screenshots of DxO Photolab 4
Here are a few screenshots of DxO PhotoLab 4 - if you are know a raw editor reasonably well, these screenshots will give you an idea of how PhotoLab 4 lays out the menus and...
View ArticleThe end of my fun in Instagram?
Ouch! I was just hit by Instagram deactivating my account. And either already or soon, the content and ancillary comments / contacts will be irretrievably destroyed. The deactivation could be due to...
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Like scattered leaves on the ground
There's been quite a few things happened in the past week which were unsettling transitionally or rather transitionally unsettling. My inspiration and creativity depends on comfortable peace of...
View ArticlePutting Up Your Name in Lights
The PreambleFirstly, this article is written from the viewpoint of a hobbyist photographer without great leanings to generating income from photography. If you are yearning to make money from...
View ArticleHave your third party Filters for Adobe Photoshop gone missing? Again?
Pretty much every time there is a new year version upgrade for Adobe Photoshop, for example from 2021 to 2022, your third party plugins may go missing from the Filter drop down menu panel in Adobe...
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Migrating my Google Sheets table of Photo Editing Software to Notion
Come and have a look: Photo Software
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Microsoft Photos (for Windows)
What is Microsoft Photos? Microsoft Photos is the free, built-into-Windows program that you can use to view and manage your photos. Microsoft Photos is either pre-installed in Windows 10 and 11 or can...
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Using Microsoft Windows File Explorer to Organise Photos
Why would someone use Windows File Explorer to organise photos?In a few words, because it's thereit's built into Windowsit will always be in Windowsthe person already has Windows File Explorer...
View ArticleApple Photos (Mac OS)
I'm not a Mac OS owner or user. So this article is only a brief outline of what I saw after driving Apple Photos for a short time.
View ArticleOlympus menu lockouts (old models)
The new OM System OM-1 camera has a simple means to find out when a menu item is disabled / dimmed. We've been waiting for this. For those who still have older Olympus E-M1 models, here's the FAQ list...
View ArticleLatest info on OM Workspace
OM Workspace is the rebranded software formerly known as Olympus Workspace (Viewer). OMDS have added new features to support the new OMDS OM-1 camera. The Instruction Manual in PDF format does not...
View ArticleWorldwide Pinhole Day - April 24, 2002
So, that day is coming soon. Get your Pinhole ready. It doesn't have to be film, digital works as well.
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C'mon, I don't want to save to CC
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View ArticleAmusing questions by people new to film
Hiya, is there a way to check the expiry of individual film rolls without boxes? Found some rolls at an op shop with the label ‘new’ that I simply do not trustdo i need to shoot the whole roll of film...
View ArticleOh, a new (old) camera
Fresh GreetingsI've been neglecting this blog, my (youtube.com/@AnandaSim) channel and Snippets of Photo Info site (for technical info). Life's been busy. I think the main reason I haven't been writing...
View ArticleYou don't have to accept that the default raw looks yucky
Too often, people exclaim that when they display their raw image on the computer, the image looks yucky compared to the SOOC JPEG displayed on the back of their camera. You can customise that for all...
View ArticleWhat you can assign to the Fn buttons (OM-D E-M1 Mark III)
I looked around for a list of what could be assigned to the Fn buttons on the Olympus E-M1 Mark III. The manual offered some verbose table that didn't inform me much. I gave up and used voice...
View ArticleMy preferences for setting up the Olympus E-M1 Mark III
For my latest Custom Function Button assignments go to What You Can Assign to the Fn Settings For the rest, below are some notes.I use:Aperture Priority when I am not so concerned about subject...
View ArticleBut first you have to do what?
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the ever more powerful features for "fixing in post" have been persistent and omnipresent topics in photography these days. I was watching two recently beta released...
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