Free Software: Seam Carving

posted by peter_w, Oct 9, 2007 1:11 AM — 40 comments

Recently, there has been a lot of buzz about a new image resizing technology called Seam Carving.

Read on if you want to know more about it and try it for yourself using Resizor, a software I wrote (available for free).

Update (Dec 2007): An update is now available which makes the seam carving process about twice as fast.

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Restore EXIF information after 'Save for Web'

posted by peter_w, Aug 21, 2006 10:59 PM — 5 comments

Did you ever notice that Photoshop removes all the EXIF info when using the "Save for Web" command in the file menu? Here is how to get it back into the file using a free software tool named Exifer.

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How to access the gray area when zoomed in

posted by peter_w, Jul 5, 2006 8:52 PM — 16 comments

Ever ran into the problem that in Photoshop, the gray workspace area around your photo disappears when you zoom into the image? Here is a workaround to get it back.

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How to easily change your Photoshop to US-English

posted by peter_w, May 21, 2006 8:09 PM — 17 comments

Here I describe how to easily change the interface language of any localized copy of Photoshop to US-English without having to re-install the application.

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