Photography

Why Do We Align Images?

Introduction Aligning images is a crucial technique in photography and videography that enhances the quality and accuracy of visual content. Whether you’re a professional photographer, a hobbyist, or a scientist, understanding the importance of image alignment can significantly improve your work. Let’s explore some key reasons why we align images, along with real-life examples and …

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How to Characterize an App for Aligning Images to Create a Time Lapse

Introduction Creating a time lapse involves capturing a series of images over a period of time and stitching them together to show the progression of a scene. This technique is widely used in photography and videography to depict changes that occur too slowly to be perceived in real-time, such as the movement of clouds, the …

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Time Lapse alignment: what is coming with the new Futura Time Lapse version 3.0 ?

Introduction I have already written in former blogposts why there is a need to automatically align time lapse members whenshooting either during windy conditions or with a tele-lens and how my app FuturaTime Lapse can help. A few days ago, the version 3.0 of Futura Time Lapse hasbeen released, and it comes with several important new …

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How to sync automatically photos shot by a mirrorless camera to your cloud provider, like a smartphone !

Summary You can now avoid downloading images from memory cards (CF /SD ….) to your computer by using your smartphone as a bridge to your cloud provider where you store your images. This article explains you how and what the limitations are. Introduction With your smartphone camera, you shoot, and the images can be automatically …

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Time lapse alignment : A comparison of Futura Photo and Futura Time Lapse

Introduction Alignment of time lapse members can be necessary for different reasons: Wind can shake the tripod, For “long term time lapse” (weeks if not more), someone/something can bump into the support of the camera, Time Lapse can be shot handheld. Example of Time Lapse aligned with Futura Photo Same Time Lapse, images not aligned …

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How Artificial Intelligence can help the photographer who shoots with RAW + JPEG

I have written an article in June 2022 about the same topic, and it is time to update it. Why shoot RAW + JPEG ? This question has been answered countless times (see sources below). But as a summary, I believe there are different kind of photographers who shoot RAW + JPEG : Those who …

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Don’t be a loser, use QR Codes with AI Photo culling software !

What are we talking about ? Photographers who shoot high-volume like headshots for corporation, schools or retail fashion are now using more and more integrated software based on QR code to speed up their workflow. The QR code is segmenting the shoot by subject, each being uploaded eventually on a dedicated space only accessible to …

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Auto-Alignment of Time Lapses – Episode 2 : why “Futura Time Lapse”?

Introduction I have already written in a former blog post why there is a need to automatically align time lapse members when shooting either during windy conditions or with a tele-lens. The conclusion of this post were: for those who don’t want to pay more than $20 / month or spend hours to understand how …

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How efficient can Artificial Intelligence be when it comes to photo culling

Introduction AI (Artificial Intelligence) and photo culling is becoming more and more mainstream with different software vendors proposing apps to photographers to ease their photo culling and perform it faster. Of course, there is no silver bullet and besides the fact each apps have strengths and limits as usual, there are critics and some are …

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