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Artists are number one on the list of non-essential workers
Jun 23, 2020
David Williams
The Singapore Sunday Times conducted a survey to determine the jobs that people perceive to be essential. As an interesting side effect they got a…
Panasonic’s new $799 G100 vlogging camera will also shoot vertical video for Instagram
Jun 23, 2020
John Aldred
Well, Panasonic has a new announcement page ready for debuting what is expected to be the Panasonic G100 – a camera aimed squarely at vloggers….
Google adds fact-checking to help you spot fake images
Jun 23, 2020
Dunja Đuđić
The speed of information flow on the Internet is a double-edged sword. While it lets us get informed about anything in no time, it also…
How to turn GIMP into Photoshop (sort of) using PhotoGIMP
Jun 22, 2020
John Aldred
This is quite interesting, and not something I’ve come across before, although it appears the idea has been out for a little while now. As…
This AI turns rough sketches into portraits
Jun 22, 2020
Dunja Đuđić
Artificial intelligence keeps getting better. A group of scientists from China has developed an algorithm that can turn sketches into realistic portraits. It even works…
This AI turns pixelated faces into real portraits, but not without hiccups
Jun 22, 2020
Dunja Đuđić
We’ve already seen some AI software that can upsample low-res images. You know, CSI-style. Face Depixelizer is another AI-powered software, particularly focused on faces. It…
Fox News pulls a Photoshop fail reporting fake news
Jun 22, 2020
Dunja Đuđić
Faking news and doctoring images is easier than ever nowadays, but sadly, it’s not reserved for “light” stuff that people share on Instagram. Fox News…
Canon to announce the EOS R5, R6 and a bunch of new RF lenses on July 9th
Jun 19, 2020
John Aldred
It looks like Canon’s announcement is coming on July 9th, according to Canon Rumors and not July 2nd as previously speculated. But we’re not just…
This is the most epic camera “shootout” you’ll ever see
Jun 19, 2020
John Aldred
Gear shootouts pop up on YouTube all the time, usually touting the benefits of this bit of kit over another. But this particular video doesn’t…
Panasonic to announce G100 camera aimed at vloggers on June 24th
Jun 19, 2020
John Aldred
It seems that Sony isn’t the only company finally seeing vloggers as a serious market. With the rise in vloggers on YouTube over the past…