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When purchasing a cell phone, the most likely question you will be asked is: “What do you need it for?” This question would have been too weird a couple of decades ago, but it’s not any more. Among the functions we enjoy and take for granted with our cell phones are: ability to take photos, […]

Choosing between the best image file formats doesn’t have to be a difficult task.  Three of the most popular and used formats, PNG, GIF, and JPEG, have their own strengths and weaknesses.  Based on what each format has to offer, and how you want to use the image, you can make a wise choice on

Adding watermarks is an important way to protect your images from unauthorized copying and use. In fact, many designers believe that adding a watermark as a means of protection is effective only when it overlaps important image parts. This is quite logical because if you add the watermark on the side of the image, where

Photographing people can be a risky business – make them look less glamorous than a Hollywood star and you will see how aggressive some vain people can be. While there are people who simply are not photogenic and no matter what mastery you apply while taking their photo, the end result is almost a nightmare,

Generally you would like a sharp photo. But unusually sharp photos are not visually pleasing. You will also not like a photograph that is too sharp. In unnaturally sharp photos, you will find abrupt and too sharp edges. A correct sharp image shows all the details in an image. Unnaturally sharp photos lack the details

Internet connections worldwide are becoming faster and faster and it is possible to transfer large amounts of data in no time at all but still this does not mean that transferring large files is OK. For instance, many people access the Net from mobile devices or use plain old dialup and you can bet that

In some of the photos, you are not able to see any contrast. It becomes difficult to differentiate between the background and the foreground. It appears to be washed out. You will find the figures too light to identify. This may be the problem with any of your shoots. These types of photos are called

Sometimes your pictures are faded. They have lesser light in them. The colours of such photos are also softened or faded. These photos are called as too dim photos. It has been a problem associated with images and it has created problem for lot many people involved with photographs and photography. Too dim photos are

Excessive dark photos hide critical details of an image. It may hide the details about any item’s condition. It may take away the completeness from your photographs. Too dark photos lose the necessary details of the situations. Too dark photos are a result of lack of flash or incorrect flash. It may be also the

Sometimes, certain image editors or electronic devices use image formats or compression algorithms that are less common than the more well-known formats, such as JPEG, GIF or BMP. Without the use of special purpose or proprietary software, image files that use these formats or compression algorithms may pose difficulties for viewing or editing. Photographs from

Transparent image parts are quite common in design. The purpose of having a transparent part is that this way it is possible to display the underlying color or image. Most often the background is the transparent part of an image, though in many cases there are other parts, which are partially or totally transparent. The

One of the greatest advantages of the World Wide Web is the ability to quickly and easily share information, including text, images, audio and video. This advantage can also be a tremendous disadvantage for those who wish to maintain their rights under copyright law; the ease of copying and transmitting data applies to both copyrighted

Theft and piracy are two of the nightmares of anybody who deals with intellectual products, no matter if it is images, software, movies, songs or books. While there are many ways to protect your intellectual property from theft and unauthorized use, there is hardly a solution that works for sure. Still, there are many ways

Text images acquired through the use of a scanner can range in quality from excellent to poor, depending on a number of factors. Insufficient scanning resolution, other non-ideal scanning parameters or a low-quality hard copy can all lead to image files with text that is difficult to read. A number of steps can be taken

Many older image formats have been replaced in recent years by improved image formats that provide more universal recognition among image viewers and more compressibility, thus leading to smaller file sizes. Outdated file formats may not even be viewable on most image viewers, and many produce extremely large file sizes, which makes sharing images and

Text images might not be a masterpiece of visual art but very often they also need correction – even more than scanned photos, for example. This might sound like a paradox but if you have dealt with text images that have light fonts on a dark background or tiny dots all over them, then you

If you are preparing a large report or a presentation and your drafts and charts come from many people who used various software and program settings to produce them, it is no wonder that color consistency is totally missing in the images. While often you just leave it as it is and proceed with the

After spending endless sleepless nights, your site is finally up and running. Well, it is not running exactly the way you want it but the simple fact that images are loading slowly is not something that can bring your high spirits down. You are not exactly pleased when you have to wait for ages till

You have many images that you want to print. You can print them at home but your printer is not good for the purpose, so you decide that you will print your images at a photolab. Very often your involvement in the process will be to take the images to the photolab and to pick

When you scan texts or images, the computer reads it with the help of a technology called OCR (Optical Character Recognition). When you scan a text, you can save it or send it to a word processing utility or application. In the process disarray of scanned text may happen. Disarray of scanned text is a