CyberLink MediaShow—they love GPUs

Posted by Jon Peddie on September 22nd 2009 | Permalink
Categories: Software Review
Tags: apple facebook microsoft media flickr faces cyberlink photo recognition

Jon Peddie

CyberLink’s MediaShow opening screen.(Source: Jon Peddie Research) Searching and indexing faces in photos.(Source: Jon Peddie Research) FIGURE 5: Comparison between CpU (only) and GpU face recognition.(Source: CyberLink) CyberLink has been at the forefront of GPU exploitation for photos, and their latest effort is MediaShow. YAPP—yet another photo program, but this time it’s got more. If you’re like me, you have several photo programs, some you wanted, some that were forced on you. I currently have: Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Photo Gallery, Picasa 3, Roxio 2010 PhotoSuite 12, and now CyberLink MediaShow; there may…

Aperture surprises: Apple slips in new release when fans were losing hope

Posted by Kathleen Maher on February 16th 2010 | Permalink
Categories: Software Review
Tags: apple review faces adobe images aperture photography lightroom geotaggin photographer

Kathleen Maher

Aperture 3 is here and Apple has made it a lot more flexible and friendly. In fact, Apple has reversed the waterfall and pulled the popular Faces and Places feature in iPhoto up to Aperture. Features like photo books, which have existed in both products, have become easier to use in Aperture but there are also more options. Aperture, if you don’t remember, is a photo management tool introduced for professional photographers. It was brought forth sometime before Adobe introduced Lightroom and it caused a sensation. It handled some of the most common tasks performed by professional photographers—and in so doing…