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		<title>Digital Camera Codec Pack For Windows</title>
		<link>http://www.ghacks.net/2009/09/09/digital-camera-codec-pack-for-windows/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 09:08:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[digital camera codecs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft introduced the Windows Imaging Component (WIC) in their Windows Vista operating system. WIC will also be included in Windows 7 and likely in future operating systems as well. The Windows Imaging Component makes it easier for third parties to create codecs that tightly integrated in the operating system including support for displaying thumbnails in [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/windows_software.jpg" alt="windows software" title="windows software" width="128" height="128" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-16120" />Microsoft introduced the Windows Imaging Component (WIC) in their Windows Vista operating system. WIC will also be included in <a href="http://windows7news.com/">Windows 7</a> and likely in future operating systems as well. The Windows Imaging Component makes it easier for third parties to create codecs that tightly integrated in the operating system including support for displaying thumbnails in Windows Explorer or preview and slideshow support in Windows Photo Gallery or meta tag search integration. </p>
<p>Many digital camera manufacturers on the other hand have not created codecs that support the framework and both 32-bit and 64-bit editions of Windows Vista and Windows 7. That&#8217;s where the FastPictureViewer WIC Codec pack comes into play which is a collection of digital camera codecs for about 300 different digital camera models that make use of the framework under 32-bit and 64-bit editions of Windows Vista and Windows 7.</p>
<p><span id="more-16161"></span>The codecs are then automatically used by programs that support WIC which includes most of Microsoft&#8217;s own software programs including Windows Media Center, Windows Live Photo Gallery, the developer&#8217;s <a href="http://www.fastpictureviewer.com/">Fast Picture Viewer</a> and all Microsoft .net Framework 3 applications.</p>
<p>The digital camera codec pack is currently <a href="http://www.fastpictureviewer.com/codecs/">available</a> as a beta version from the developer&#8217;s website. It adds support for the following formats:</p>
<ul>
<li>*.tga, *.tpic  	Truevision Targa (TGA)  	Supports most format flavors: uncompressed and RLE-encoded grayscale 8 and 16-bit, true color 15, 16, 24 and 32-bit (with alpha) and 8-bit indexed with 15, 16, 24 and 32-bit colormap.</li>
<li>*.dng 	Adobe Digital Negative 	BETA</li>
<li>*.cr2, *.crw 	Canon Raw Images 	BETA</li>
<li>*.raf 	Fuji Raw Images 	BETA</li>
<li>*.3pr, *.fff 	Hasselblad Raw Images 	BETA</li>
<li>*.kdc, *.dcr 	Kodak Raw Images 	BETA</li>
<li>*.raw, *.rwl 	Leica Raw Images 	BETA</li>
<li>*.mrw 	Minolta Raw Images 	BETA</li>
<li>*.nef, *.nrw 	Nikon Raw Images 	BETA</li>
<li>*.orf 	Olympus Raw Images 	BETA</li>
<li>*.rw2 	Panasonic Raw Images 	BETA</li>
<li>*.pef 	Pentax Raw Images 	BETA</li>
<li>*.sr2, *.arw 	Sony Raw Images 	BETA</li>
<li>All formats 	Thumbnail provider for XP 	Provides support for thumbnail views in Windows XP Explorer, for all the above format variants.</li>
</ul>
<p>The developer is currently investigating possibilities to add additional codecs to the codec pack. <a href="http://www.fastpictureviewer.com/codecs/">Check out</a> the website for more information.</p>

	Tags: <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/digital-camera/" title="digital camera" rel="tag">digital camera</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/digital-camera-codecs/" title="digital camera codecs" rel="tag">digital camera codecs</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/fast-picture-viewer/" title="Fast Picture Viewer" rel="tag">Fast Picture Viewer</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/raw-codecs/" title="raw codecs" rel="tag">raw codecs</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/windows-imaging-component/" title="windows imaging component" rel="tag">windows imaging component</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/windows-live-photo-gallery/" title="windows live photo gallery" rel="tag">windows live photo gallery</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/windows-media-center/" title="windows media center" rel="tag">windows media center</a><br />

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	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2007/10/21/windows-live-photo-gallery/" title="Windows Live Photo Gallery (October 21, 2007)">Windows Live Photo Gallery</a> (8)</li>
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		<title>Identify The Digital Camera A Photo Was Taken With On Flickr</title>
		<link>http://www.ghacks.net/2009/07/09/identify-the-digital-camera-a-photo-was-taken-with-on-flickr/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 08:48:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Flickr is probably the most popular photo hosting and sharing on the Internet with thousands of new photos posted to the site every minute. It is great for discovering photos and locations in the world, meeting people and sharing experiences. One thing that many users do not know is that it is also possible to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/flickr_file_synchronization_software.png" alt="flickr file synchronization software" title="flickr file synchronization software" width="127" height="65" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-12735" />Flickr is probably the most popular photo hosting and sharing on the Internet with thousands of new photos posted to the site every minute. It is great for discovering photos and locations in the world, meeting people and sharing experiences. One thing that many users do not know is that it is also possible to identify the digital camera a photo was taken with on Flickr.</p>
<p>All that needs to be done is to open a photo on the Flickr website. You notice the information that are posted on the same page like comments by other Flickr users or groups the photo has been added to. If you scroll down the page you will eventually come to a section called Additional Information in the right sidebar of the website.</p>
<p><span id="more-14275"></span><img src="http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/digital_camera_model_flickr.jpg" alt="digital camera model flickr" title="digital camera model flickr" width="249" height="180" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-14276" /></p>
<p>This section contains information about the location and date the photo was taken, the number of views and the digital camera. The Taken With A [digital camera model] row will provide the information for registered users and guests alike. This seems actually like a very good way of researching a digital camera before purchasing it. If you got a few models that you would like to compare you can go to Flickr and check out the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/cameras/">Camera Finder</a> section of the site. </p>
<p>This section lists the most popular cameras used by Flickr users and provides information about many other digital cameras and brands as well.</p>

	Tags: <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/camera/" title="camera" rel="tag">camera</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/camera-finder/" title="camera finder" rel="tag">camera finder</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/compare-cameras/" title="compare cameras" rel="tag">compare cameras</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/digital-camera/" title="digital camera" rel="tag">digital camera</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/flickr/" title="flickr" rel="tag">flickr</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/flickr-tips/" title="flickr tips" rel="tag">flickr tips</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/photo/" title="photo" rel="tag">photo</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/photo-hosting/" title="photo hosting" rel="tag">photo hosting</a><br />

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		<title>OCR Document Scanning With Smartphones</title>
		<link>http://www.ghacks.net/2009/03/12/ocr-document-scanning-with-smartphones/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ghacks.net/2009/03/12/ocr-document-scanning-with-smartphones/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:07:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The common way to scan documents is to use a hardware scanner to do so and a text recognition software afterwards using optical character recognition (ocr). The advent of digital cameras and smartphones created alternative means for OCR document scanning. A good enough digital camera is capable of photographing the document which can then be [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The common way to scan documents is to use a hardware scanner to do so and a text recognition software afterwards using optical character recognition (ocr). The advent of digital cameras and smartphones created alternative means for OCR document scanning. A good enough digital camera is capable of photographing the document which can then be processed by OCR software programs like TOP OCR.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.topocr.com/topocr.html">TOP OCR</a> processes images of documents that have either been taken by scanners, digital cameras or smartphones. It basically allows to emulate the usual document scanning that is done by a hardware scanner with images taken by digital cameras instead.</p>
<p>The software ocr application will process images that get loaded into the software program by the user of the computer system. It will display the scanned document in the left window and the text that has been processed by the OCR document scanning in the right window. The software developers of the OCR software are recommending at least a 3 Megapixel camera to take the image of the document. They have setup a <a href="http://www.topocr.com/mtutorial.html">tutorial</a> page with many helpful tips on getting the best results.</p>
<p><span id="more-11144"></span><img src="http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/ocr_document_scanning-500x233.jpg" alt="ocr document scanning" title="ocr document scanning" width="500" height="233" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-11146" /></p>
<p>The OCR document scanning process itself takes only a few seconds per page. Results are instantly shown in the right window which offers basic text editing capabilities to correct any errors in the automatic text recognition process.</p>
<p>The OCR part of the software program is providing basic image manipulation features like rotating the scanned images or changing the image contrast. TOP OCR is a multi-lingual OCR software program for the Windows operating system that produces impressive results if the source image is of good quality.</p>

	Tags: <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/digital-camera/" title="digital camera" rel="tag">digital camera</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/document-scanning/" title="document scanning" rel="tag">document scanning</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/ocr/" title="ocr" rel="tag">ocr</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/ocr-scanning/" title="ocr scanning" rel="tag">ocr scanning</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/ocr-software/" title="ocr software" rel="tag">ocr software</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/smartphones/" title="smartphones" rel="tag">smartphones</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/text-recognition/" title="text recognition" rel="tag">text recognition</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/top-ocr/" title="top ocr" rel="tag">top ocr</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/windows-software/" title="windows software" rel="tag">windows software</a><br />

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		<title>Digital Camera Software Picmv</title>
		<link>http://www.ghacks.net/2009/01/17/digital-camera-software-picmv/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2009 13:20:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The software that usually comes with the purchase of a digital camera is usually not the fastest nor the most comfortable to work with. It is usually much faster to simply remove the memory card from the camera, put it into a card reader and extract the photos from the memory card that way. While [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The software that usually comes with the purchase of a digital camera is usually not the fastest nor the most comfortable to work with. It is usually much faster to simply remove the memory card from the camera, put it into a card reader and extract the photos from the memory card that way. While that is the faster way it usually means that there is no option to change the filenames of the photos. Picmv is a digital camera software that can recognize both memory cards and directly connected digital cameras.</p>
<p>It does offer an option to manually configure the path to the memory card or digital camera in the unlikely event that it is not recognized automatically. The digital camera software will display the amount of photos found on the storage device. Picmv provides access to extensive output settings like defining the naming syntax for photos from the digital camera or creating thumbnails of each transferred photo.</p>
<p>It not only supports the extraction of photos but also movie files from the digital camera. Additional filenames can be specified in the options in case the digital camera uses its own media format.</p>
<p><span id="more-9957"></span><img src="http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/digital_camera_software_picmv-425x500.jpg" alt="digital camera software picmv" title="digital camera software picmv" width="425" height="500" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-9958" /></p>
<p>The time it takes to transfer the photos from the digital camera to the computer depends on the speed of the connection. A portable version of <a href="http://www6.plala.or.jp/nyk/Picmv.html">Picmv</a> is supplied by the software developer making it an interesting software program for removable devices. The digital camera software comes both in 32-bit and 64-bit editions.</p>

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		<title>Document Scanning With Digital Cameras</title>
		<link>http://www.ghacks.net/2009/01/07/document-scanning-with-digital-cameras/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:26:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Document scanning can be done with digital cameras. The process is very similar to scanning documents with a scanner. Instead of using a scanner that is connected to the computer to scan the document a picture of the document is taken and uploaded to the computer. The result is the same: A document in electronic [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Document scanning can be done with digital cameras. The process is very similar to scanning documents with a scanner. Instead of using a scanner that is connected to the computer to scan the document a picture of the document is taken and uploaded to the computer. The result is the same: A document in electronic form on the computer. Using a digital camera for document scanning might not result in professional scans that high quality scanners produce but it certainly is enough for every day scanning activities.</p>
<p>Results vary depending on the digital camera used but it can be basically said that most digital cameras should be able to produce a good enough scan. It is a good idea to use enough lighting and place the document on a one colored background. This makes it easier later on to process the scanned document in an image editor. </p>
<p>It really depends on the purpose of the scan. If you just want to scan a document to a friend or family member a simple image might suffice but if you have to send it to authorities, business or other formal contacts you might want to make sure that it looks extra fine.</p>
<p><span id="more-9719"></span>The one colored background ensures that it is easy to copy and paste the document to create a new document that is using the exact document borders as its resolution. This looks way more professional than a document photographed on a kitchen table.</p>
<p>The scanned document can then be printed or send electronically. It is really an easy and efficient process. Have additional tips? Let us hear them.</p>

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		<title>Photo Cropping With JPEGCrops</title>
		<link>http://www.ghacks.net/2008/10/29/photo-cropping-with-jpegcrops/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:51:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Photos taken by digital cameras are usually taken in 4:3 format which usually results in the wrong resolution for photo printing. An easy way to change the image format is to use photo cropping software like JPEGCrops. The software program comes as a portable or installer which essentially work the same way.
Photos can be loaded [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Photos taken by digital cameras are usually taken in 4:3 format which usually results in the wrong resolution for photo printing. An easy way to change the image format is to use photo cropping software like <a href="http://ekot.dk/programmer/JPEGCrops/">JPEGCrops</a>. The software program comes as a portable or installer which essentially work the same way.</p>
<p>Photos can be loaded into the main interface. Each photo is displayed as a thumbnail with its resolution and DPI next to it. Images can be rotated by 90% and the aspect orientation can be changed between landscape and portrait mode.</p>
<p>The most important option however is the ability to change the photo&#8217;s resolution in various formats from centimeters to inches. Since it is possible to batch load photos it is also possible to change the aspect of all those photos at once. This is efficient if all photos that have been loaded into the application have the same resolution.</p>
<p><span id="more-7936"></span><img src="http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/photo_cropping-500x231.jpg" alt="" title="photo cropping" width="500" height="231" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-7938" /></p>
<p>Each photo can be easily cropped by reducing the sides of a rectangle. The photo cropping software is extremely easy to use. It can process hundreds of photos in a matter of seconds.</p>

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		<title>Photo Recovery Software</title>
		<link>http://www.ghacks.net/2008/10/26/photo-recovery-software/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2008 17:03:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is relatively easy to erase pictures on a digital camera. Hitting the wrong button could delete all pictures at once with no apparent way of recovering the pictures. Digital cameras usually do not provide the means to recover deleted pictures. The only viable option would be to use photo recovery software like Free Art [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It is relatively easy to erase pictures on a digital camera. Hitting the wrong button could delete all pictures at once with no apparent way of recovering the pictures. Digital cameras usually do not provide the means to recover deleted pictures. The only viable option would be to use photo recovery software like <a href="http://www.artplus.hr/adapps/eng/dpr.htm">Free Art</a> Plus Digital Photo Recovery to recovery erased photos on the digital cameras.</p>
<p>The photo recovery software is compatible with every Windows operating system since Windows 95 and should work with all memory card types. Two of its biggest selling points are the ability to recover pictures from formatted memory cards and that it can even identify and work with cards that Windows detects as corrupted.</p>
<p>The portable software provides two recovery options. The first is to recovery images directly from the memory card while the second will create an image of the memory card on the computer which can be parsed for photos afterwards.</p>
<p><span id="more-7882"></span><img src="http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/digital_photo_recovery-500x371.jpg" alt="digital photo recovery" title="digital photo recovery" width="500" height="371" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-7883" /></p>
<p>Memory cards can be accessed directly if they are visible as a logical drive in Windows. If that is not the case a memory card reader has to be used instead. The last step involves picking the image formats supported by the camera. Some users might be tempted to select all but this could lead to corrupted photos and is not advised. The easiest way is to look at previously saved images or the digital camera&#8217;s manual to find out the formats that it saves the photos in.</p>
<p>The photo recovery software supports currently the formats JPG, TIF, DNG, Canon CR2, Konica-Minolta MRW, Nikon NEF, Olympus ORF, Pentax PEF, Sony ARW, SRF and SR2 plus a few additional RAW formats that might not be supported fully but can be recovered nevertheless.</p>

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		<title>Microsoft Image Composite Editor</title>
		<link>http://www.ghacks.net/2008/09/23/microsoft-image-composite-editor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:47:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Combining several images into one bigger image seems to be a center of research in the last years. Microsoft Research released multiple applications that combined several images of the same object. The latest release from Microsoft Research is called Image Composite Editor which can create a panoramic image from multiple images of the same object.
The [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Combining several images into one bigger image seems to be a center of research in the last years. <a href="http://research.microsoft.com/ivm/ice.html">Microsoft Research</a> released multiple applications that combined several images of the same object. The latest release from Microsoft Research is called Image Composite Editor which can create a panoramic image from multiple images of the same object.</p>
<p>The program is very easy to use. The user needs to pick at least two images of the same object which are then processed automatically by the image editor. An error message will pop up if the software program was unable to compute the new panoramic image. If the process is successful the new image will be shown in the program&#8217;s interface.</p>
<p>Several post processing options are available to manipulate the newly created image further. The user can choose one of five camera motions, crop functionality like automatically cropping the image and image projection.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/microsoft_image_composite_editor-500x390.jpg" alt="microsoft image composite editor" title="microsoft image composite editor" width="500" height="390" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-7175" /></p>
<p>The image can be exported in various formats including jpeg, tiff, Adobe Photoshop psd and the HD Photo Image format. Microsoft Image Composite Editor is a nice tool that can combine multiple images of the same object into one larger image of the object. This is great for objects that are to large to fit in one picture taken with the digital camera but also for detailed images that should be combined.</p>
<p>Microsoft Image Composite Editor was tested on a Windows XP Service Pack 3 test system. It should run fine on other Microsoft operating systems and comes as a 32-bit and 64-bit version.</p>

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		<title>Microsoft Pro Photo Tools</title>
		<link>http://www.ghacks.net/2008/05/01/microsoft-pro-photo-tools/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 16:25:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft Pro Photo Tools is a free application for the 32-bit versions of Windows Vista and Windows XP that provides functionality to edit the photo&#8217;s metadata. Metadata are information that are automatically added to digital images, they include information like the time the photo was taken. Microsoft Pro Photo Tools were specifically designed to provide [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Microsoft Pro Photo Tools is a free application for the 32-bit versions of Windows Vista and Windows XP that provides functionality to edit the photo&#8217;s metadata. Metadata are information that are automatically added to digital images, they include information like the time the photo was taken. Microsoft Pro Photo Tools were specifically designed to provide access to the metadata. One interesting feature is the ability to geotag the images.</p>
<p>Geotagging is a feature that is not supported by many digital cameras yet but it will surely be a very powerful feature in the coming years. The Microsoft utility provides easy access to that feature and the ability to add geographic information to each image including street address, city, country and even gps data. Pictures can be placed on a virtual map next to locations they have been taken.</p>
<p>Longitude and Latitude are automatically added to the picture when a town and country have been selected. Microsoft Pro Photo Tools do not offer any additional features besides editing metadata but Microsoft has plans to add new features and functions to their software. It is currently in consideration to give third party developers access so that they can provide plugins and add-ons for the software.</p>
<p><span id="more-3979"></span><a href='http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/microsoft_pro_photo_tools.jpg'><img src="http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/microsoft_pro_photo_tools-300x233.jpg" alt="microsoft pro photo tools" title="microsoft pro photo tools" width="300" height="233" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-3980" /></a></p>
<p>The software can be downloaded from Microsoft directly and requires that your computer passes a genuine advantage check before starting the download.</p>

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		<title>Digital Image Recovery</title>
		<link>http://www.ghacks.net/2008/04/09/digital-image-recovery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 18:01:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It happened to me once that I accidentally hit the Delete All button on my Casio Exilim digital camera when browsing through the pictures and deleting the ones that were not looking well. Lucky me I was able to discover the software Zero Assumption Digital Image Recovery which did recover all of the images that [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It happened to me once that I accidentally hit the Delete All button on my Casio Exilim digital camera when browsing through the pictures and deleting the ones that were not looking well. Lucky me I was able to <a href="http://www.z-a-recovery.com/digital-image-recovery.htm">discover</a> the software Zero Assumption Digital Image Recovery which did recover all of the images that were deleted. Today I read the recommendation at <a href="http://lifehacker.com/377734/rescue-lost-or-damaged-photos-with-zero-assumption">Lifehacker</a> and decided to write a little article about the software as well.</p>
<p>The developers of the image recovery software have created a list of supported camera models which is probably a good point to start. The list also contains those models that were found to be not working with the software, so before you try check the <a href="http://www.z-a-recovery.com/sysreq-ir.htm">list</a>. You need to connect the camera to the computer or put the memory card that contained the pictures in a card reader that is connected to the computer running the image recovery software.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s then just the matter of selecting the correct camera model or media from the list of available ones. The software will then automatically scan the card and try to recover all information it can find. All images that are recovered will be stored on the hard drive in a location that you specify.</p>
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		<title>Add new functions to Canon&#8217;s Digital Cameras</title>
		<link>http://www.ghacks.net/2008/04/04/add-new-functions-to-canons-digital-cameras/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 07:56:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Adding new functions and features to hardware is normally accomplished by replacing the firmware with a new or hacked one that adds the new functionality to the device. It&#8217;s slightly different if you are the owner of a Canon Digital Camera with DIGIC II or DIGIC III firmware because it is possible to load an [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Adding new functions and features to hardware is normally accomplished by replacing the firmware with a new or hacked one that adds the new functionality to the device. It&#8217;s slightly different if you are the owner of a Canon Digital Camera with DIGIC II or DIGIC III firmware because it is possible to load an alternative firmware from an SD card whenever it is needed which in turn means that the original firmware remains untouched.</p>
<p>The benefits of using the so called Canon Hacker&#8217;s Development Kit, which is Open Source by the way, are manifold. Among other features pictures can be saved in RAW format, videos can be recorded with a length of up to 1 hour, faster shutter speeds, longer exposure time, additional data display on the LCD and more.</p>
<p>If you would like to try this you need to make sure that your digital camera is supported. Many Canon Powershot and Canon Digital Ixus models are <a href="http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/FAQ#Q._What_camera_models_are_supported_by_the_CHDK_program.3F">supported</a> right now. You&#8217;ll also need a SD card and a SD card reader to add the files of the firmware to the SD card.</p>
<p><span id="more-3710"></span>Now you simply download the <a href="http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/Firmware_Comparisons">appropriate</a> firmware, put it on the SD card and do the following to manually load the new firmware. </p>
<ul>
<li>Start the Camera in Play mode</li>
<li>Press the Menu button and select &#8220;firm update&#8221;, say yes when asked if you want to update. Remember it&#8217;s not permanent</li>
<li>The Camera will reboot and if everything worked fine you will run the new firmware</li>
<li>If the camera hangs it is not compatible with this firmware. Remove the batteries then and place them in again.</li>
</ul>
<p>The <a href="http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/FAQ#Q._What_camera_models_are_supported_by_the_CHDK_program.3F">FAQ</a> on the developers homepage contains information on how to load the new firmware automatically once you checked that it is working correctly.</p>

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	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2007/07/16/the-definitive-guide-to-firmware-updates/" title="The definitive guide to Firmware updates (July 16, 2007)">The definitive guide to Firmware updates</a> (3)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2007/10/01/tag-your-photo-collection/" title="Tag your Photo Collection (October 1, 2007)">Tag your Photo Collection</a> (2)</li>
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	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2008/10/26/photo-recovery-software/" title="Photo Recovery Software (October 26, 2008)">Photo Recovery Software</a> (6)</li>
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		<title>Sort and Rename Pictures by Exif Data</title>
		<link>http://www.ghacks.net/2008/03/25/sort-and-rename-pictures-by-exif-data/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:16:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My Casio Exilim digital camera is naming every picture CIMGxxxx.jpg with xxxx being a number between 1 and 9999. This naming convention makes it quite hard to find out any details about the picture unless you click on it or activate thumbnail view in the folder. It does make sense in my opinion to rename [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My Casio Exilim digital camera is naming every picture CIMGxxxx.jpg with xxxx being a number between 1 and 9999. This naming convention makes it quite hard to find out any details about the picture unless you click on it or activate thumbnail view in the folder. It does make sense in my opinion to rename the images so that they can be recognized at first glance.</p>
<p>One tool that automates part of the process is <a href="http://www.amok.am/en/freeware/amok_exif_sorter/#features">AmoK Exif Sorter</a> which was mentioned in the excellent <a href="http://shellcity.net/">Shell Extension City blog</a>. You can add files and folders to the software and use part of the Exif data to rename the photo. The default output will use the data and time when the photo was taken as the filename.</p>
<p>This can be changed, various variables from the Exif information can be added and removed to create unique filenames. It is furthermore possible to add custom text as well. I usually rename on a folder by folder basis and add the country and town to the filename as well as the date and remove the time instead.</p>
<p><span id="more-3616"></span><img src='http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/exif_sorter.jpg' alt='exif sorter' /></p>
<p>The Exif Sorter takes care of the folder structure as well, the default format is Year/Month/Day which can be customized as well. The filenames can be further customized in the options by selecting the separator and digit format for instance. Subfolders are processed by default which can be turned off.</p>
<p>The default language of the program is German which can be changed to English by clicking on Datei > Optionen. Just click on the pulldown menu named Sprache and select Englisch from the menu. All menu entries will be in English after the next restart.</p>
<p>AmoK Exif Sorter provides an excellent semi-automatic way of renaming image collections.</p>

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	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2007/02/05/link-your-images-to-google-earth/" title="Link your Images to Google Earth (February 5, 2007)">Link your Images to Google Earth</a> (2)</li>
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		<title>Eye-Fi Wireless SD Memory Card</title>
		<link>http://www.ghacks.net/2008/02/06/eye-fi-wireless-sd-memory-card/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ghacks.net/2008/02/06/eye-fi-wireless-sd-memory-card/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 21:09:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My first thought when I heard about the Eye-Fi Wireless SD Memory Card was that no one would be going to need this SD card with build in WiFi but when I read a little bit further my opinion changed from No-one-needs-that to Wow-what-a-great-idea. The Eye-Fi SD cards come in sizes of 1 and 2 Gigabytes, the 2 Gigabyte version sells currently at Amazon for $99.99 which is way more than a SD card without WiFi would cost.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My first thought when I heard about the Eye-Fi Wireless SD Memory Card was that no one would be going to need this SD card with build in WiFi but when I read a little bit further my opinion changed from No-one-needs-that to Wow-what-a-great-idea. The Eye-Fi SD cards come in sizes of 1 and 2 Gigabytes, the 2 Gigabyte version sells currently at Amazon for $99.99 which is way more than a SD card without WiFi would cost.</p>
<p>WiFi is of course what makes this SD card stand out of the crowd. There has been some confusion on how this actually works out and I would like to explain the principle. The SD card can communicate with a computer or the Internet directly and upload pictures taken with the digital camera to those locations. This means that no computer is needed after the initial setup if you want to upload the pictures to sites on the Internet.</p>
<p>Many popular photo sharing and printing websites can be configured using a software that is supplied with the SD card. A USB memory card reader is included with every card which means that you can plug the card into a computer and manage it from there. (Login and password for those websites for instance are stored on the card)</p>
<p><span id="more-3134"></span><img src='http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/eye_fi_card.jpg' alt='eye-fi card' /></p>
<p>Supported are 40/104/128-bit WEP encryption, WPA-PSK, and WPA2-PSK encryptions and works with Windows XP, Windows Vista and Mac OS X. Only jpg images can be uploaded directly, images saved in other formats are currently not supported by the Eye-Fi SD card.</p>

	Tags: <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/digital-camera/" title="digital camera" rel="tag">digital camera</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/eye-fi/" title="eye-fi" rel="tag">eye-fi</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/memory-card/" title="memory card" rel="tag">memory card</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/sd-card/" title="sd card" rel="tag">sd card</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/wireless/" title="wireless" rel="tag">wireless</a><br />

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		<title>Batch Rename Digital Camera Pictures</title>
		<link>http://www.ghacks.net/2008/01/16/batch-rename-digital-camera-pictures/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:14:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[All digital cameras that I know are using a cryptic naming convention for images taken with them. When you copy the pictures from the digital camera to your computer you will have a bunch of files on your hard drive like CIMG0001.jpg, CIMG0002.jpg and so on and it's quite hard to find out where and when the image was taken and what is shown on it.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>All digital cameras that I know are using a cryptic naming convention for images taken with them. When you copy the pictures from the digital camera to your computer you will have a bunch of files on your hard drive like CIMG0001.jpg, CIMG0002.jpg and so on and it&#8217;s quite hard to find out where and when the image was taken and what is shown on it.</p>
<p>The CIMG files are created by my Casio Exilim EX-Z700  digital camera and other cameras uses other naming conventions. They all do have those cryptic names in common though. It takes a long time to rename the pictures manually and that is why programs like Nameexif will become increasingly popular.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.digicamsoft.com/softnamexif.html">Nameexif</a> is a software to batch rename pictures taken with your digital camera. Several possible output names can be chosen. The new filenames always start with the date and time to preserve the chronological order of the pictures. Two optional parameters can be chosen, those are to add the original filename to the end or add a custom name to the new filenames.</p>
<p><span id="more-2877"></span><img src='http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/rename_digital_camera.jpg' alt='Rename Digital Camera' /></p>

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		<title>Tag your Photo Collection</title>
		<link>http://www.ghacks.net/2007/10/01/tag-your-photo-collection/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2007 07:33:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, you have been on holiday in that beautiful country making lots of photos but after a year you realize that you can't remember the names of most places and people that you took a picture of. Or, you have been at a family reunion or anniversary and after looking at the pictures taken you are not able to identify some of the people on the images.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So, you have been on holiday in that beautiful country making lots of photos but after a year you realize that you can&#8217;t remember the names of most places and people that you took a picture of. Or, you have been at a family reunion or anniversary and after looking at the pictures taken you are not able to identify some of the people on the images.</p>
<p>If this has happened to you in the past &#8211; I know it happened to me &#8211; you should take a look at the software Foto Tagger. With Foto Tagger users can add textual information to the image. This looks like a small yellow sticky note with an arrow pointing to the object or person in question.</p>
<p><span id="more-2070"></span><img src="http://www.ghacks.net/files/screens/2007/10/photo-tagger.jpg" alt="foto tagger" /></p>
<p>Those images can then be saved, send to other users or published on websites such as Flickr, Blogger or Livejournal. Those possibilities are build into Foto Tagger. It is however not a problem to export an image or folder to html with Foto Tagger to publish it on your own website.</p>
<p>Foto Tagger uses FotoML, an open XML-based photo annotation format, to save these information. I was not able to find a single image viewer supporting that format which is not that of a problem unless you edit the image afterwards in an image editor.</p>
<p>This could &#8211; and most likely will &#8211; destroy the tags. Foto Tagger lets you start image editors from the programs interface which solves the problem by using temporary files.</p>
<p><strong>Read More:</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.fototagger.com/">Foto Tagger</a></p>

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		<title>Digital Camera Enhancer</title>
		<link>http://www.ghacks.net/2007/09/27/digital-camera-enhancer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2007 06:56:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I never thought about processing the images that I used to take with my digital camera to make them look better because I thought those softwares would not be able to improve image quality by a lot. I nevertheless tested several softwares that are supposed to improve image quality and found one sticking out: Digital Camera Enhancer.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I never thought about processing the images that I used to take with my digital camera to make them look better because I thought those softwares would not be able to improve image quality by a lot. I nevertheless tested several softwares that are supposed to improve image quality and found one sticking out: Digital Camera Enhancer.</p>
<p>You can load one image into Digital Camera Enhancer which will then be automatically processed which usually takes a few seconds at most. The result will be displayed right next to the original image making it very easy to spot the changes. I found out that Digital Camera Enhancer works best with pictures that look distorted and bad due to bad lighting conditions or other reasons.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.ghacks.net/files/screens/2007/09/digital-camera-enhancer.jpg" alt="digital camera enhancer" /></p>
<p><span id="more-2052"></span>The image on the left is the original image while the one on the right is the enhanced version of it. Users can change settings to get the best results for their digital images. Depending on the image currently loaded you should select what it displays. The choice is Landscape, Mid Details and Close Up.</p>
<p>Five more slide controls are available that alter the outcome of the image. Those are Auto Balance, Midtones, Color, Enh. Details and De Noiser. The De Noiser for instance removes artifacts and noise from the image while Midtones is excellent if the image is to dark or bright.</p>
<p><strong>Read More:</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.mediachance.com/digicam/enhancer.htm">Digital Camera Enhancer</a></p>

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	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2008/05/22/search-folders-for-duplicate-images/" title="Search folders for duplicate images (May 22, 2008)">Search folders for duplicate images</a> (3)</li>
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		<title>The definitive guide to Firmware updates</title>
		<link>http://www.ghacks.net/2007/07/16/the-definitive-guide-to-firmware-updates/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2007 12:49:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[dvd recorder update]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[firmware updates]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did you know that it is possible to patch the firmware of many devices with an unofficial version that could increase the speed of a device or increase it's functionality ? Most firmwares are created for one of the following five device types: Motherboards. Dvd Recorders. Digital Cameras. Graphic Cards and Routers.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Did you know that it is possible to patch the firmware of many devices with an unofficial version that could increase the speed of a device or increase it&#8217;s functionality ? Most firmwares are created for one of the following five device types: Motherboards. Dvd Recorders. Digital Cameras. Graphic Cards and Routers.</p>
<p>The process is similar to applying a new firmware &#8211; sometimes also called bios &#8211; to the device. I have done this numerous times on my old computer patching my Asus motherboard with official firmwares to increase cpu support for instance. I also changed the firmware of my old NEC 3500A DVD recorder so that it would be region free.</p>
<p>Sometimes it is possible to increase the speed of a graphics card by changing it from a lower speed into a higher speed graphics card or increasing the GPU for instance. It is furthermore possible to speed up DVD recorders, increase support for smart cards with a higher gigabyte count or enable a ftp server in your router.</p>
<p><span id="more-1768"></span>The first step is to find out if it is possible to update the firmware of your device. If it is indeed possible you should take a look at the changes and device if you really need the increased functionality. There is always a risk in applying firmware updates and the original manufacturer will most likely not repair the device if it breaks during the update.</p>
<p>Make sure you backup your bios first before you start applying the firmwares. Most tools that can patch the firmware also offer a way to backup the original one first.</p>
<p>Below now is a list of websites that offer unofficial firmware updates for a lot of devices. This is the main reason why I&#8217;m not listing the devices here at ghacks.</p>
<p><strong>Digital Cameras:</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://web.canon.jp/imaging/BeBit-e.html">Canon</a> &#8211; Firmware updates for Canon Digital Cameras.<br />
<a href="http://www.fujifilm.com/products/digital/download/index.html">Fujufilm</a> &#8211; firmwares for Fujifilm cameras.<br />
<a href="http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/support.html">HP</a> &#8211; HP firmwares<br />
<a href="http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-path=10/7895&#038;pq-locale=en_US&#038;_requestid=8134">Kodak</a> &#8211; Kodak firmwares.<br />
<a href="http://www.nikonusa.com/template.php?goingto=dtc_home">Nikon</a> &#8211; Nikon firmwares.<br />
<a href="http://www.olympus.co.jp/en/support/imsg/digicamera/download/software/">Olympius</a> &#8211; Olympus firmwares.<br />
<a href="http://www.pentaximaging.com/customer_care/software_firmware?sfFlag=f">Pentax</a> &#8211; Firmwares for Pentax cameras.<br />
Sony Cybershot &#8211; firmwares for Sony Cybershot cameras.</p>
<p><strong>Graphic Adapters:</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.mvktech.net/component/option,com_remository/Itemid,26/func,selectfolder/cat,4/">Mvktech</a> &#8211; A site with many firmwares for all popular graphic cards.<br />
<a href="http://www.techpowerup.com/bios/">Tech Power UP</a> &#8211; lots of firmwares for manufacturers like Abit, Asus, Ati, Nvidia and Saphire.</p>
<p><strong>DVD Recorders:</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://codeguys.rpc1.org/">Codeguys</a> &#8211; Samsung and LiteOn firmwares<br />
<a href="http://liggydee.cdfreaks.com/page/en/">Liggydee</a> &#8211; Offers modified NEC and Optiarc firmwares.<br />
<a href="http://ala42.cdfreaks.com/MCSE/">Media Code Speed Edit</a> &#8211; Change the write speed of your media and add new media codes.<br />
<a href="http://forum.rpc1.org/dl_all.php">RPC1</a> &#8211; The number one address for DVD Recorder updates.</p>
<p><strong>Routers:</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Supported_Devices">DDWRT</a> &#8211; Another possibility to update a number of firmwares.<br />
OpenDRT &#8211; Provides a fully writable filesystem with package management for many routers.<br />
<a href="http://www.freewrt.org/trac/wiki/Documentation/TargetSystems">FreeWRT</a> &#8211; Firmware for several Asus, Linksys and Netgear routers.</p>
<p><strong>Mainboards:</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.rebelshavenforum.com/index.htm#bios">Rebels Haven Forum</a> &#8211; lots of bios updates for Asus, DFI and other manufacturers.</p>
<p>You should start by taking a look at the official website of the manufacturer of your mainboard. They normally list bios updates there.</p>

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		<title>Things to do before you sell your digital camera</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2007 07:28:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many people sell their old digital camera when they buy a new one. Those cameras are often sold on sites like eBay and it is a wise move to make sure that all photos in the internal memory and on external smartcards are not readable anymore. This might not be a big problem if you simply took some pictures of landscapes all the time but it soon becomes one if you took personal and private pictures with that camera.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Many people sell their old digital camera when they buy a new one. Those cameras are often sold on sites like eBay and it is a wise move to make sure that all photos in the internal memory and on external smartcards are not readable anymore. This might not be a big problem if you simply took some pictures of landscapes all the time but it soon becomes one if you took personal and private pictures with that camera.</p>
<p>The major problem with internal space is that it is not possible to access it directly by means of connecting your digital camera to the computer. The only save way to delete those files is to overwrite them with random pictures. Some cameras have a delete function as well which can be used to delete the pictures in the internal memory but I would still suggest to take random pictures to overwrite the space at least once.</p>
<p><span id="more-1525"></span>External memory cards on the other hand are easier to delete but also easier to recover. If you simply delete the pictures anyone with a recovery program will be able to recover all pictures on that card. There is however an easy way to be on the safe side. Simply use the software <a href="http://www.heidi.ie/eraser/" target="_blank">Eraser</a> on the smartcard to delete all information on it and make it impossible by normal means to recover the files on that card.</p>
<p>Click on new task in Eraser, select Files or folders and choose the smartcard or digital camera from the list of devices that are currently connected to your computer.</p>

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		<title>Create 360 Degree Panoramas from your Pictures</title>
		<link>http://www.ghacks.net/2007/04/26/create-360-degree-panoramas-from-your-pictures/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2007 09:17:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Holiday season is coming closer and I thought it would be nice to begin writing some articles that would fit nicely into that season. If you are using a digital camera to take pictures you might find the free software Autostitch worth a try. Autostitch creates a panoramic image from all the images that you load into the image manipulation software. This works of course only if the images are related to each other. If you took three pictures from different angles for instance that all show part of the same landscape. Everything is done automatically. ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Holiday season is coming closer and I thought it would be nice to begin writing some articles that would fit nicely into that season. If you are using a digital camera to take pictures you might find the free software Autostitch worth a try. <a href="http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~mbrown/autostitch/autostitch.html" target="_blank">Autostitch</a> creates a panoramic image from all the images that you load into the image manipulation software. This works of course only if the images are related to each other. If you took three pictures from different angles for instance that all show part of the same landscape. Everything is done automatically. </p>
<p>You simply choose the pictures from your hard drive and Autostitcher generates the new panoramic image. It is possible to change the settings before you load the images. You could raise the output quality of the panoramic image, select an output size or use the auto crop and auto straighten settings. The results with the default settings look fine most of the time though. You should be aware that only visible parts can be joined. This means that some spaces on the final image could be black because Autostitcher did not find information about that part in any of the images that you loaded.</p>
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<p>Autostitch offers some test images that can be used to see how it works out. Just take a look below to see the process. Oh, and don&#8217;t let the &#8220;demo version&#8221; confuse you. The program is free to use for non-commercial use and the demo will only expire if a new version becomes available. Just download the new version and use that from now on.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.ghacks.net/files/screens/2007/04/autostitch1.jpg" alt="autostitch panoramic images" /><br />
<img src="http://www.ghacks.net/files/screens/2007/04/autostitch2.jpg" alt="autostitch panoramic images 2" /><br />
<img src="http://www.ghacks.net/files/screens/2007/04/autostitch3.jpg" alt="autostitch panoramic images 3" /></p>

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	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2008/10/26/photo-recovery-software/" title="Photo Recovery Software (October 26, 2008)">Photo Recovery Software</a> (6)</li>
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