Artificial Intelligence
How to overpower the sun and balance with strobes using ND filters
Apr 26, 2017
John Aldred
Trying to overpower the sun seems to have become a popular thing again lately. The go-to technique for these results is a fast shutter speed and…
Facial recognition technology helps Chinese man find his family after 27 years
Apr 18, 2017
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
This time last year, there was a pretty big fuss about FindFace, an app that uses facial recognition to discover people’s identities with pretty high…
The camera phone of the future could have no camera at all
Apr 17, 2017
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
A few decades ago, it was impossible to imagine a camera without film. It was also hard to imagine a gadget such as a smartphone….
How to get that cinematic look with an f/1.2 lens in bright sunlight
Apr 12, 2017
John Aldred
Shooting stills in bright sunlight with fast glass with super wide apertures is fairly easy. You just knock down your ISO and speed up your shutter…
Google’s DeepDream AI turns Bob Ross into an LSD fuelled nightmare
Apr 12, 2017
John Aldred
DeepDream is a computer vision AI created by Google which utilises a convolution neural network. It looks for and enhances patterns in images using a…
Everypixel Aesthetics uses neural networks to judge quality of your photos
Apr 10, 2017
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Stock photo search engine Everypixel is a tool that should make the quest for perfect stock photos easier. But what’s even more interesting is their…
“Reverse Prisma” AI turns paintings into photos and turns winter to summer
Apr 4, 2017
John Aldred
Ok, imaging AI is just getting ridiculous now. By now we all know of the Prisma app. It lets you take photos and turn them into…
Adobe’s new deep learning tech might make green screen keying obsolete
Mar 22, 2017
John Aldred
An Adobe Research paper titled Deep Image Matting, might just put an end to green and blue screen techniques. Adobe collaborated with the Beckman Institute for…
How would you feel about appearing in a selfie with a deceased loved-one?
Mar 4, 2017
Daniela Bowker
How do you feel about the prospect of appearing in a selfie with an avatar of someone who’s not there? Maybe just someone who couldn’t…
Neural network turns your Pixelated, black and white gameboy photos into realistic portraits
Feb 21, 2017
John Aldred
Neural networks, deep learning, artificial intelligence, whatever term you prefer seems to be a very hot topic lately. Every couple of weeks there seem to…