I got my first “nice” camera early last year, and soon realized I needed a nice way to organize my photos. At first, I decided to use Picasa because it seemed to have a nice beginner interface, and more importantly, it “worked” in Linux. For most of the year, I got by with Picasa for organization and Gimp for … Read more
I got another incredible opportunity to give two introductory talks at Nvidia’s 2012 GPU Technology Conference about AccelerEyes‘s two software products: Jacket(MATLAB) and ArrayFire(C++) ! Jacket for Multidimensional Scaling in Genomics – Video | Slides ArrayFire Graphics: A Tutorial – Video | Slides Enjoy!
My final project for the Computational Photography class at GaTech. Multi-scale image contrast/detail manipulation Operating on images at multiple scales is conventionally done using multi-scale decompositions, such as the Laplacian pyramid [Burt and Adelson 1983]. Such techniques decompose an image to multiple detail layers at different scales in a pyramid like fashion. This project demonstrates how … Read more
It’s official: I’m really into photography as a hobby right now :), proven with my recent purchase… I just upgraded my old camera, to a Nikon D7000, and WOW, what an upgrade! Now I finally have auto exposure bracketing (for much easier HDR images)! Even though this camera makes HDR really easily, I’m sort-of glad my … Read more
I find it really fun to take pictures while driving around in my car — it keeps me entertained and the driving more fun 🙂 . I simply hold up my camera, point the camera out my sunroof or window, and hope for the best! I’ve gathered up a gallery below: See the gallery [HERE]; it’s made over the past year or two. Be sure to check back … Read more
Some simple notes on how to seamlessly blend images in GIMP using gradient based layer masks. INPUT IMAGES 4 images with only different shutter speeds: PROCESS Open all images as separate layers in a new GIMP canvas: Right click a layer > “Add layer mask” > choose default “White full opacity” > Add: Now select … Read more
Goal: Remember to take a new photo each day for one year… Rules: Every photo must be taken on a different day of the year in 2012. Sounds simple enough, right? I hope that I make it!… –> *2012 – 365 Project Photos* <– Update 07/01/2012: Halfway checkpoint Update 12/31/2012: Complete! Update 2016: migrated all years in … Read more
Nothing important here, just some last minute ramblings while reflecting back on 2011… January – Spoke at the ATT Developer’s Conference about a few of my Android projects February – Bought my first DSLR: a Nikon D3100 March – Discovered HDR photography April – Released first version of ViewerCV into the wild (Android Market) May … Read more
TL;DR; I just found my new photography workflow: digiKam for photo management, organization, and simple batch editing, Topaz Adjust 5 for image enhancement, GIMP for ultra-fine tuning … and the best part is that all this is in Linux (Ubuntu 11.04 to be exact) – making this a great birthday present to myself today! +++ Background I recently … Read more