Photographers: You’re Being Replaced by Software
The image above is one-hundred percent fake. It has no connection whatsoever to the world of things. I created the bolts, lights, textures, and everything else in a free, open-source, relatively easy-to-use software package called Blender. It’s easy enough that even a novice user like me is able to make a pretty convincing image. If...
Google Glasses Make TV Appearance, Snaps Photo of Charlie Rose
Google’s Project Glass has been all the rage since the company released their mock-ups and video of the project at the beginning of the month, and for good reason — the idea is out-of-this-world cool. But from the start we’ve known that Project Glass was only in the beginning stages, the glasses were an idea that...
The great next HDSLR features poll… what do you want in your next pro DSLR?
Tweet With all the cameras recently announced (like the Canon EOS 5D Mark III and the Nikon D800) and many of them having the features you indicated you wanted in the last poll, we thought we’d ask the question again! If you don’t recall, back in Dec 2010, we asked you what features you wanted...
The Future: Snap and Share Photos Using Augmented Reality Glasses
If Google’s vision of the future pans out, we may soon be snapping and sharing photographs using augmented reality “glasses”. The company is working on a product that’s currently going by the code name “Project Glass“. As the concept video above shows, the aim is to have a wearable “computer” that can project useful information...
Prototype Camera Lets You Shoot Photos by Framing Scenes with Your Fingers
Last November we featured a concept camera called Air that is worn on your fingers and snaps photographs when you frame scenes with your fingers. That concept may soon become a reality. Researchers at IAMAS in Japan have developed a tiny camera called Ubi-Camera that captures photos as you position your fingers in the shape...
Will Wireless Carriers Soon Offer Internet-Connected Cameras?
Imagine a world in which cameras are as connected to the web as cell phones and purchased with contracts from wireless service providers such as AT&T, Verizon, or Sprint. That world may not be too far off. Last week we reported that both Samsung and Panasonic are considering Android-powered cameras that would offer third-party apps...
This Video Was Created Entirely in a Future Version of Photoshop
Adobe is getting serious about making Photoshop a serious tool for editing video. The sample video above was made entirely using an upcoming version of the program. Regarding why this is being added into Photoshop rather than left to Premiere Pro, product manager Bryan O’Neil Hughes states, Video is now being generated by photographers… everyone...
Scalado Remove Helps You Un-bomb Your Photobombed Photos
Last year imaging company Scalado showed off an app called Rewind that lets you create perfect group shots by picking out the best faces from a burst of shots and then combining them into a single image. Now the company is back with another futuristic photo app: it’s called Remove, and lets you create images...
Cell Phone Market Also On Lytro’s Radar
Yesterday we wrote that Steve Jobs had been interested in Lytro‘s novel camera technology during the final years of his life. PC World did an interview with Lytro executive chairman Charles Chi, who seems to indicate that Lytro is very open to the idea of partnering with cell phone makers and licensing light field technology...
PressPausePlay – a documentary on technology in the digital age of artists – take time to watch this
Last week, I watched this fascinating documentary and then promptly sent it to my daughter who’s very interested in pursuing a career in some kind of art. It isn’t specifically aimed at HDSLRs, but it sure hits home to all kinds of artists including filmmakers. “The artist always comes after the technology… The artist didn’t...
planet5D 2012 direction and beyond – take the poll and drive
This is the time of year that many people reflect on the past and what will come in the following year – and here at planet5D, we’ve been thinking about that for a while, but now, we’d like to have some input from you! Since you spend the time coming here for news and more,...
