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…

Photoshop.com Mobile for iPhone

Posted by Kathleen Maher on October 15th 2009 | Permalink
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Tags: apple facebook iphone flickr adobe photoshop photos online sharing social media

Kathleen Maher

Adobe has released a new photo program for the iPhone and it’s designed to complement the company’s online strategy introduced with Photoshop.com. Photoshop.com Mobile for iPhone lets users quickly edit images including crop, rotate, and flip, and they can adjust exposure, saturation, tint and add effects and borders and it’s easy to upload photos directly to the online version of Photoshop.com. Photoshop.com has shown steady improvement. It’s reasonably fast and it integrates with online sharing sites including Flickr and Facebook, making it easier to publish photos. This app for mobile devices will make it easy to upload images taken with the…