Category Archives: Digital Photos

RIP Microsoft Photo Gallery

Posted on February 12, 2017 by

Photo Gallery is no longer available Last month saw the end of the support and availability of Microsoft Photo Gallery. This was one of Microsoft’s fines products. It provided photo enthusiasts an easy to use, yet most versatile, tool for … Continue reading →

Posted in Digital Photos, Image Composite Editor, Photo Editing, Photo Gallery, Photography, Photos | Tagged , , | 3 Comments

AI Photo Interpreter

Posted on April 14, 2016 by

The computers are watching us! Drum roll please! Now for the latest from Microsoft Cognitive Services: CaptionBot – an online AI (artificial intelligence) thingie that looks at photos and tells what it sees – sort of supplying a caption for … Continue reading →

Posted in Computer - general, Digital Photos, Microsoft, Photos | Tagged , , , | 8 Comments

Nik Tools now FREE

Posted on March 24, 2016 by

Google Nik Tools are now FREE Downloads Google announced today that the Nik Collection of photo enhancement tools would henceforth be free downloads. Nik Software tools, primarily designed as Photoshop plugins, have achieved a stellar reputation over the years. Most … Continue reading →

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OneDrive again allows sourcing of images

Posted on February 13, 2016 by

During the extensive changes to OneDrive in the past couple of years the ability to use it as a source for embedded images in websites and blogs had been removed. This popular feature has been made available again. The “more” … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Digital Photos, Live Writer, OneDrive, Photos | Tagged , , , , | 6 Comments

WordPress.com

Posted on January 13, 2016 by

This ain’t progress The WordPress.com desktop app is a nice way to keep your blogging world neatly in one place. In my earlier review I mentioned shortcomings in media handling (Blogging with the WordPress.com app). Now it seems these shortcomings are … Continue reading →

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Image Font

Posted on January 1, 2016 by

Make your own colorful text Here is a simple way to set text using a colorful picture as the fill color for the lettering. All you need is the photo or drawing you want to use as the text background … Continue reading →

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