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Planet Earth 1080p sample reference performance on Acer Aspire Revo [NVidia ION]

My virtual friend bingo_bongo challenged me to measure the performance while playing the Planet_Earth_From Pole_to_Pole_1080p_sample_16ref.mkv on my Acer Aspire Revo Single Core Atom Nettop.
Since my previous test was done on Window Vista, with a not-so-challenging sample like this one I’ve decided to give it a try on Windows 7 (32-bit).
I was using Media Player Classic [...]

James Shore: Blog

A very interesting blog about Agile:
James Shore: Blog.

Video2Photo Is Back, HD!

With Video2Photo HD you can take and manage snapshots from any video playable on your Windows XP, Vista or Windows 7 PC.
It works with AVI, MOV, MP4, MPEG and various codecs out there including AVCHD and AVCHDLite.
If the video is playable on you PC then most likelly Video2Photo HD can handle that.
Here is a sample [...]

flickr gupr – upload photos to flickr, send to groups

Flickr Gupr is my new experimental project. It behaves almost like Flickr Uploadr:
– Edit the Title, Description, Tags, Security Level, etc. off-line and submit them with the photo
– Group Edit of all these properties (e.g. select desired photos and edit specific properties)
– Batch Upload
There are some extra nifty features:
– You can [...]

The Old New Thing : Woe unto PROGMAN.INI

Ceva invataminte despre formate de fisiere documentate
The Old New Thing : Woe unto PROGMAN.INI

New Toyota Prius: MOST® Technology Goes Hybrid

Am ajuns oficial si in Prius
HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.–SMSC , a leading semiconductor company that provides Smart Mixed-Signal Connectivity™ solutions, today announced that its Media Oriented Systems Transport (MOST®) networking technology, has been selected as part of the infotainment for the new Prius, Toyota’s popular hybrid car model which is distributed worldwide. This design win [...]

Motion Sensor

I’ve been adding to the Talking Pixels application a real-time motion detection algorithm.
You add an area, you set the motion sensor sensibility and then you assign a script. Here are some examples with basic midi commands.

O chestie mai putin stiuta despre Google

Google nu afiseaza mai mult de 1000 de link-uri pentru un search. Singura sansa pentru a vedea “peste” bariera asta este sa-ti revizuiesti search query-ul sau sa folosesti niscava hack-uri

Cum am colorizat o fotografie Alb-Negru cu Photoshop

Colorizing Einstein in Photoshop from deCoder on Vimeo.
Durata aproximativa: 18 minute.
Am dat video-ul pe “repede inainte” pentru a nu plictisi.
Nu am folosit tableta ci numai mouse-ul. Airbrushul e destul de exact chiar si cu mouseul.
Pasi
1. Procesare Alb-Negru (levels/smartsharpen/…)
2. Seteaza Airbrushul  pe Color si experimenteaza cu culoarea pielii/parului/ochiilor, etc.
3. Colorizeaza fundalul si imbracamintea
4. Egalizeaza culorile
5. Curata