Photoshop Express Beta

March 31, 2008 · Filed Under Internet, Photography, Websites · Comment

The beta application of Adobe’s Photoshop express has recently launched, so I have signed up to try it out.

This online flash application allows a user to store up to 2gb of images online, the service allows you to transfer your images to and from with the social networking site Facebook, image hosting site Photobucket and Googles image organizing and editing software Picasa.

In addition to the photo editing you also get a gallery address e.g user.photoshop.com

You have all the general photo editing tools, including cropping, resizing, red eye removal and distort effects.

The beta at this time of writing is only currently available in English and is hosted in the US, so the websites performance may be slow for those abroad.

Anyhoo I have put up a little gallery for you to check out, click the below image/link.

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Tags: Photoshop

Nokia N95 Review

June 6, 2007 · Filed Under Gadgets & Tech, Photography · Comment

The N95 includes a wide range of features, we couldn’t possibly review every single one, so we are going to look at the best features.

5 megapixel (2592 x 1944 pixels) flash camera
The N95 is a true camera phone, it includes a camera worth taking photographs with thanks to its 5 megapixel resolution.

The camera saves images in JGEG/EXIF format, and will Auto focus, Auto exposure.

The camera software includes:

Scene modes: close up, portrait, landscape, sports, night and night portrait.
Self-timer - 2 seconds, 10 seconds or 20 seconds - useful if you’re taking a picture of yourself!
20x digital zoom (5 megapixel up to 6x zoom)
Sequence mode, for taking a particular amount of photographs in a sequence.

Unlike other Nokia phone models this one comes with a manual sliding shutter, so the camera lens is protected from damage when you are not using it, this is a feature which Nokia & other mobile phone manufacturers should have implemented in to camera phones a long time ago, there is nothing worse then having a scratch on the lens which could have been avoidable.

Today I took a few snap shots with the N95, this one has to be my favourite:

Garden Frog - Close up mode - N95 (this image has been resized)

Frog Image © Techieweb.co.uk

GPS

The N95 includes a built in GPS receiver and is preloaded with map software which can download maps as you are going along to conserve memory, over the 3G connection or even a Wifi connection.

Out of the box the software will allow you to find your location accurately and find text directions to a location, if you would like navigation capabilities & voice instructions however you will need to purchase a license for the region you are in, the prices do vary according to region, we here at Techie web are in the UK region, so therefore we have the choice of:

3 year license £47.53
1 year license £40.74
30 day license £5.43
7 day license £4.41

The GPS software also allows you to search for places by category, including places to eat, transport, shopping, leisure, sights, people, accommodation & services. we noticed that if a place had a phone number included in its details, you can select to ring the number, this is a very useful feature for when you are out and about.

We would like to add that due to the drain on the battery, we advise you to use an car charger, especially if you are downloading maps as you are going along.

Internet
The phones web browser and various applications including the GPS software can make use an internet connection which can be made via a local WIFI network or a mobile networks 3G/GPRS internet connection.

Audio
The N95 supports MP3/AAC/AAC+/eAAC+/WMA/M4A audio formats, you can play these formats natively via the cameras memory/memory card or streamed over a network or Internet.

The N95 features FM radio capability, this requires that you plug in headphones, which act as an aerial.

Memory

150mb of internal memory can be used to store photographs, videos, audio and other such files. In addition the N95’s microSD card slot takes memory cards up to 2gb in size, we picked up a 2gb memory card for £15 on ebay.

The image on the left shows the size comparison between a regular SD card and a microSD card, as you can see a MicroSD card is considerably smaller.

We give Nokia’s N95 a rating of 9/10, we would give it 10/10 if the battery did not need to be charged up so often

For more information about the N95’s technical specification, check out Nokia’s site.

Tags: N95, Nokia, Series60, Symbian