It is hard to produce a photo with HDR. Divide shots of a single scene are taken. The spotlight position of all of these shots are different. These shots are then combined into the HDR software to produce one HDR image. Finally, tone mapping of the image is done and it can then be seen as a real life scene.

It is clear that producing a HDR image is simple job. One requires the good camera and the right HDR software to generate the photograph. Today, there are a range of HDR softwares found that make HDR photography easy. These are available get it online online and can be downloaded as well or bought from the market.

Getting knowledge of the tips to use the software is the important factor. There are tutorial lessons that are offered in-pack with most HDR softwares. Once you get to know how to operate the software and how to combine the different photos, you will start getting the best results.

Few of the HDR softwares are: Artizen, EasyHDR Pro, HDRShop, Photogenics HDR, HDR Darkroom, Picturenaut, Photoshop etc.

While each of these HDR software packages has the similar main features, there are certain software packages that have features better than others. For example, the HDR Darkroom software can manage large resolution files at a greater faster than some of the other software packages. Also, the HDR Darkroom software lowers the photo adjustment to a minimum when compared to other software packages.

Some of the common function that these softwares have embrace image editing, RAW files converter, image merging, panorama creation etc. It should be kept in mind that all these software packages have more or less the same features. However, the different features differ in quality for different software packages.

An enthusiast photographer should do a through research on the most of the software packages and compare them in order to get the best deal. Having a good software package is vital as the photos get a superior quality through the HDR software. A good HDR software would have the optimum quality that are needed for getting a decent HDR image. It is also vital that the software is simple to use. It should be user-friendly that is convenient for any person to use. Also an amateur should be able to use it.

As most of the HDR software packages provide same functions, it is possible to get confusing in selecting appropriate software. The best way is to ask people who have experience in using such software packages. One can also check limited trial versions that are provided online. Using a trial version would give the idea of the actual working of the software. Then, there is the price consideration. It is always recommended to go for the software with the basic features if one’s budget is limited.

HDR Darkroom: The All-in-one HDR Photography Software with Fast Tone Mapping Processing – www.hdrdarkroom.com

Graphika Manila, simply put it as a creative symposium with speakers from different fields of the creative arts. The conference focuses on the creative side of design, rather than technology.

Since the very first conference in 2006, Graphika Manila has been one of the most influential multimedia art events in the country and has been instrumental in bringing in some of the industry’s most respected professionals as well as world-renowned companies.

The speakers for Graphika Manila 2010 are: Tara McPherson, Danny Yount, Phunk Studio, Underground Logic, Cynthia and Arnold Arre, and Rocketsheep Post.

Can you believe that one of the speakers that I mentioned above is one of the VFX Genius behind Iron Man 2? Yes, Mr. Danny Yount and I almost forgot my name as he show us his reel.

Anyway, below are some of the highlights that I took around the conference and I hope you enjoy it.

See you next year guys!

• August 29 (10am-6pm) – Basic Lighting and Model Shoot.
• August 30 (8am-12nn) – Basic Post Processing and Color Management.

Packages with Accommodation:
Group of Four (4) Package = P8,880 per person**
Group of Two (2) Package = P9,990 per person
Solo Package = P12,990 per person

…Inclusions:
Lunch (Day 1)
Afternoon Snacks (Day 1)
Dinner (Day 1)
Breakfast (Day 1)
Overnight stay in an Aqua Terrace/Veranda. (Welcome drink and fresh fruits upon check-in, Afternoon Cocktails, Turndown Dessert, and Nightcap Drinks).

Package without Accommodation – P7,000 per person (Meals included)

**For those willing to share a room but does not have a group can still opt for the P8,880 package.

Please contact Zedrik Avecilla at (0918) 8933745, (0922) 8933745 or zedavecilla@lighthousesubic.com for more info, seminar fees and registration details.

Get to win an Apple iMac, Blackberry cell phones, and iPod Touch by joining Sulit.com.ph banner making contest that will run from July 5 to August 8, 2010!

HOW TO JOIN:
First, create a banner creatively displaying and depicting the new tagline of Sulit.com.ph:

“Buy It. Sell It. Sulit.”

Take into consideration the following technical specifications:
1. File formats allowed: .jpg, .bmp, .png
2. File size: Not more than 10MB
3. Allowed dimensions (any):
- 300 x 250 pixels (Medium Rectangle)
- 728 x 90 pixels (Leaderboard)
- 468 x 60 (Full Banner)
4. Resolution: at least 72dpi

Second, post the photo you created on your blog (outside Sulit.com.ph) and link it to http://www.sulit.com.ph . As a caption, include the following content below the banner:

Sulit.com.ph is the leading buy and sell website in the Philippines. Post advertisements or find great deals at Sulit.com.ph.

Celebrate Sulit.com.ph 4th Anniversary! Join the Sulit Banner Making Contest for July and get a chance to win cool gadgets from Sulit.com.ph, Blackberryzuela.com, and GadgetGrocery. com!

NOTE: Create a catchy and creative title for the blog post. If you wish to write a short description or story behind your photo, you may do so.

Once published, submit the URL of your photo blog post through any of the following means:

Email to promos@sulit.com.ph
Post a reply to this forum announcement

Include your complete name, Sulit username, email address, and contact numbers.

NOTE: You will NOT submit the photo. You will post it on your blogs, and you will submit the URL of the blog post where it can be seen. The file of the official Sulit.com.ph logo is available in the following link:

Sulit.com.ph Logo JPG Format
Sulit.com.ph Logo PSD Format
Sulit.com.ph Logo in JPG and PSD Format (.zip)

HOW TO WIN:
Winners will be chosen according to the following means:

1. Voting (from August 1 to 8, 2010)
2. Viral Posting (from August 1 to 8, 2010)
3. Internal judging

Voting for all official entries will be done through an automated poll here in the forum. The entry with the most number of votes will be awarded as the People’s Choice and will get a corresponding brand new Blackberry Curve 8520. Voting results will be given a certain percentage in determining the over-all winner.

Note that the entry with the most number of votes does not guarantee that it will be the over-all winner as an internal judging among all entries will still be conducted.

Viral posting works by asking your friends to post the banner you designed on their blogs and/or websites, linking the banner to http://www.sulit.com.ph.

The more re-post your banner gets, the more extra points you’ll receive.

For example:  If your banner has been posted to 10 different blogs, this would give you 10 extra points. Viral posting points will be given a certain percentage in determining the over-all winner.

To qualify your viral posting points, you or your friends should reply to this forum announcement with the URL of their blog or website where your banner has been posted.

After the voting and the viral posting period, an internal judging by the Sulit.com.ph team will be conducted. Criteria for judging is as follows:

-Creativity 40%
-Originality 30%
-Over-all Presentation 20%
-Extra Points 10% (earned through viral posting)

Winners will be announced on August 9, 2010 at 5PM. They will be notified through this forum announcement and an official email stating how they will claim their prizes. Winners will be asked to submit a high resolution version of their banners.

All voters and viral posters (your friends who posted your banner on their blogs) are entitled to win a the raffle prize which is also Blackberry Curve 8520.

PRIZES:
1st Prize: Apple iMac
2nd Prize: Blackberry Bold 9000 sponsored by Blackberryzuela.com
3rd Prize: Apple iPod Touch sponsored by GadgetGrocery. com
People’s Choice: Blackberry Curve 8520
Raffle Prize for Voters and Viral Posters: Blackberry Curve 8520

TERMS & CONDITIONS:

1. Promo is open to all members of Sulit.com.ph.
2. Any blog site or personal social media accounts that provide blog pages (Multiply, Tumblr, Facebook, Friendster, Blogger, WordPress, etc.) are allowed, provided that the blog post can be viewed publicly.
3. By entering the competition, the participants declare that the banner submitted is their original work, have not been submitted to any other competition, and does not infringe on any third party’s existing copyrights. Winning entries automatically become the property of Sulit.com.ph.
4. Sulit.com.ph will have exclusive rights to the winning banner design, publish it on its website and in other media and corporate materials such as letterheads, envelopes, and t-shirts. Sulit.com.ph reserves the right to further refine or make improvements and alterations on the final artwork of the winning entry.
5. Decision of winners by Sulit.com.ph is final and irrevocable.
6. Employees of Sulit.com.ph and their relatives up to third degree of consanguinity or affinity are ineligible to join the promo.
7. Prizes are not convertible to cash.

So, what are you waiting for? It’s time to let those creative juices flow and create a “Buy It. Sell It. Sulit” banner! Good luck!

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Thankfully the current generation of smartphones like the Apple iPhone, the Nokia N97 and the HTC Hero all aim to do all this and more. Photography is also a big part of the smartphone standard features list, though to be honest some smartphones have underwhelming photographic capabilities at first glance. Though the iPhone 3Gs has an improved 3.2 megpixel camera, it lags behind the competition in terms of image quality and versatility. But when the iPhone and its contemporaries are coupled with decent photography applications, their functionalities and photographic potentials can be extended far beyond the original intentions of their manufacturers.

Pano App
Though some camera phones have built-in panoramic capture software, the iPhone does not. This application rectifies that by allowing you to take multiple pictures of a scene and then sit back as the app does all the work and stitches them together into a seamless panorama. Some truly breathtaking results can be achieved.

Photogene
If you are looking for a powerful image editing app for your iPhone then this is the one to pick. It is like having Photoshop in your pocket and you can tweak and manipulate virtually anything you can imagine after you have captured a picture. You can let your creative side get to work.

SplashPhoto
This application is compatible with various smartphone, including Nokia handset using the Symbian operating system. If you have got tons of photos stored on your phone but are not pleased with the way in which the basic software allows you to view and organise said photos, this is the app for you. What is more, SplashPhoto can load your pictures up to 80% faster than the basic software of your smartphone, which is a big benefit if your phone takes high-resolution images that can take a while to load.

SnapMyLife
This is one of the best mobile applications that lets you share your photos instantly via social networking and blogging sites. It is compatible with BlackBerry smartphones amongst others and it also allows you to view pictures your friends and family have taken on your own phone.

When you are searching for photography applications, or indeed applications of all kinds, you will want to do so at high speed. You could use the 3G connection on your smartphone, but this may cost you money. If you have a broadband connection in your home and a wireless router you could connect your smartphone using the built-in Wi-Fi for some free surfing and app downloading. This is undoubtedly the cheapest broadband option when you are looking for applications and is usually faster than 3G.

CAYIN will exhibit various products including: zone-type (SMP-PRO series) and web-based (SMP-WEB series) media players, content management servers, management software – SuperMonitor 2 and SuperReporter, and content-editing software for vertical markets – xPost. In addition, four main themes of a hotel reception, a museum, a restaurant, and an interactive area will present visitors with live demonstration of simulation of digital signage applications. SMP-WEBDUO, CAYIN’s web-based digital signage player supporting dual screens and 1080p Full HD video playback, will be officially introduced the first time in China at InfoComm China 2009. To demonstrate its capability to manage two displays simultaneously, SMP-WEBDUO is scheduled to show exclusive contents of digital menu board with both static price list and dynamic promotions playing in separate screens. In addition, vivid advertising will be shown together with SMP-WEBDUO’s most fantastic function, supporting extended multimedia contents from one screen to another which makes dazzling animation-like effects.

CAYIN’s most advanced zone-type digital signage player, SMP-PROPLUS, will showcase the museum application in portrait display. Through flash animation together with artworks’ brief introduction of origin, visitors will be deeply engaged in the atmosphere of an ancient art museum. SMP-PROPLUS can present up to seven zones for two stored/live videos, two image slide shows, a ticker, a clock, and a theme background. It can also perform as an in-store music player simultaneously.

Interactive digital signage application is also one highlight this year. Through CAYIN’s touch-enabled web-based digital signage player SMP-WEBPLUS-T, visitors can click on a product tab appears on the touch screen and view the corresponding dynamic product introduction on the other screen promptly.

In the hotel reception, CAYIN will present SMP-WEB3, the enhanced web-based media player collocated with xPost, the specially designed application software for hotels and convention centers. In addition to live demonstrations through SMP-WEB3, xPost will be introduced with its three modules: lobbyPost, wayfinderPost and meetingPost. Informative messages such as weather information, direction guiding information, meeting schedule, promotional messages, room rates, and advertising will be conveyed corresponding to the real hotel applications.
SuperMonitor 2, the advanced monitoring software designated for CAYIN’s digital signage network, helps administrators to keep track of the live status of multiple digital signage projects and thus improves efficiency of management and lowers personnel costs. SuperReporter helps users in a way to generate playback and system status and billing reports of multiple players.

“InfoComm China is the largest-scale professional AV exhibition held in China which is considered to be a great platform to root in the Chinese Market. CAYIN Technology has continuously joined this show for years because we value the Asian market and we don’t stop cultivating it,” said Michael Wu, vice president of Greater China Department at CAYIN Technology. “We will keep communicating with customers and partners in China face to face via all suitable channels and share CAYIN’s worldwide experience. We welcome all people who are interested in joining the digital signage industry to contact us.”

InfoComm China 2009 in brief InfoComm China 2009, hosted by InfoCommAsia Pte Ltd, will be taken place in National Agricultural Exhibition Center in Beijing, from November 9th-11st. It has provided efficient trade and communication platform for numbers of exhibitors and market players from Audio and Video industry. 8,525 professionals were attracted to join InfoComm China 2007 and 90% of them were system integrators, distributors, contractors, and suppliers. More visitors from markets including digital signage, home entertainment, retailing, projecting systems, video conferencing etc. are expected to participate in InfoComm China this year and it is regarded as a great opportunity to expand business in Chinese market.

Use almost-professional or non-professional videographers
Similar to photographers, there are people who are training to be professional videographers and those in training would be more inexpensive than professionals. You can also get your friends or family to use their digital cameras to video certain portions of the wedding. You can also rent a camcorder and tripod and film the whole thing. You can ask your friends or family to make this their gift to you, so they don’t feel like you’re taking advantage of them.

Share your digital photos instead of using disposable cameras
Save money on disposable cameras, postage, and printing by asking your guests to store their digital images on your wedding blog, website, or in one album on The Wedding Lens. That way family and friends can download and print only the best pictures – and you can still see the wedding from everyone else’s perspective.

Ask for digital negatives
Asking your photographer to order pictures for you is more expensive than if you print them yourself. Negotiate a price with your photographer so you can get those prints and reprints for cheaper.