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Tag: photographyPhotoshop Finds its Way to the Web Adobe offers a free, scaled down version of its photo-editing software. Identifying Manipulated Images New tools that analyze the lighting in images help spot tampering. A single photo can be reconstructed into a 3-D scene with Make3D. Polaroid and Zink Imaging announce a miniature photo printer for cell phones and cameras. A Camera to Help Dementia Patients A specialized camera regularly takes pictures to aid with memory. New software could help mental-health professionals assess patients and ensure that salespeople project a positive attitude. New Tricks for Online Photo Editing A new website provides an innovative tool that expands and contracts images while minimizing distortion. New facial-recognition software features a test that can root out fraudsters trying to pass off a photograph as a real person. Technology from Hewlett-Packard could help shoppers find the right color. New software makes it easier to manipulate and share images. Compound-Eye Camera Analyzes Scenes A new, ultrathin camera can extract 3-D information from scenes and recognize objects. Researchers have shown that ultrathin sheets of silicon can stretch in two dimensions--opening up the possibility of electronic eyeballs and smart surgical gloves. A new Xerox prototype aims to let people use simple natural-language commands to tweak photos and documents, avoiding complex color-editing tools. Better, More Accurate Image Search By modifying a common type of machine-learning technique, researchers have found a better way to identify pictures. |
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