Google’s Pixel 2 combines optical and electronic image stabilisation for rock steady video
Oct 5, 2017
John Aldred
Optical image stabilisation is in high demand on new smartphones today. It beats the heck out of electronic image stabilisation. Google’s new Pixel 2 smartphone,…
Mobile photo editor Snapseed gets a UI facelift and new perspective correction tool
Sep 21, 2017
John Aldred
Google have released a new version of Snapseed with a drastically overhauled user interface. Version 2.18 is available for both iOS and Android. You know…
Google proposes solution that makes watermarks more difficult to remove
Aug 18, 2017
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Google’s recent research has shown that an algorithm can easily remove watermarks automatically, making the images vulnerable to unauthorized use. In their latest paper, they…
User starts a petition to bring Nik collection back
Jun 2, 2017
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
The news that Google abandons Nik Collection affected users all over the world. Over the years, many photographers embraced it as a part of their…
Google’s PhotoScan app now automatically removes glare from old photos
Apr 25, 2017
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Printing the photos gains popularity even in the digital age, and it undoubtedly has many advantages. Still, if you want to reverse the process and…
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…
Google RAISR’s upsampling brings CSI-like image enhancement to your Android device
Jan 19, 2017
John Aldred
RAISR stands for Rapid and Accurate Image Super-Resolution. It’s Google’s prototype software which utilises machine learning to provide better quality upsampling of low resolution images. They…
Google acknowledges lens flare on Pixel camera, plans software fix for hardware problem
Oct 27, 2016
John Aldred
It may be DXOMark’s highest scoring mobile device camera ever, but the Google Pixel is not without its photographic flaws. Quite a few users have…
Google is closing down the Panoramio service
Oct 11, 2016
John Aldred
Panoramio has been one of my go-to location scouting tools for quite a while now. It’s an invaluable resource which combines Google Maps with user contributed…
GoPro and Google officially launch Omni, their smaller, cheaper 6-camera VR rig
Apr 7, 2016
Gannon Burgett
Last September, Google teamed up with GoPro to launch its 16-camera VR device, Odyssey. At $15,000, it was far from a consumer-grade device and even…