AI has come almost storm-trooping onto graphics computing in the past 6 months. AI apps and programs are effecting major Web markets like search/chat [Google and Microsoft already skirmish] But perhaps the most widespread use of new AI feature is in graphics software which has seen a flood of new and AI enhanced tools and […]
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As a Photograph, Video and Image tool, the WordPress Media Library is a sprawling, incomplete facility for storing various media objects including the increasingly important image and video files. The problem is that just as images and video become a larger portion of WordPress page loads, the Media Library’s support technology for these valuable display
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Two years ago we did a review on the emerging AVIF image format. The review explained how the key role of media in had accelerated interest in better image compression formats. So what is the status of AVIF ? Simple, even better lossy compression results than WebP.. However there is the need for compression in
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Photofinish readers may be familiar with the previous coverage of DirtyDog Images in 2013. But the problem persists. So this review will feature 3 no or low cost plugins that can help web developers fix their DirtyDogs and hopefully improve their website ratings and readership. We feature two photo editors familiar to PhotoFinish readers, Photoscape
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Just four day ago this site’s featured review was The Image Format WebP Has Arrived. The review explained how it has taken 10 years for the Google backed WebP image format to gain traction in the Web Graphics marketplace despite the pressing need for better image compression plus support for animation and other advanced image
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WebP is aGoogle image format that provides superior lossless and lossy compression for images on the web. Using WebP, webmasters and web developers can create smaller, richer images that make the web faster. WebP lossless images are 26% smaller in size compared to PNGs. WebP lossy images are 25-34% smaller than comparable JPEG images at equivalent SSIM quality index. In a Web world demanding more images
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Graphic Design programs like Gimp, Illustrator, Inkscape, Photoshop and other desktop tools have been the mainstay of graphic design for the past 10-15 years. But that primacy has been challenged by online graphic design tools in the past 5 years. Online graphic tools are filling in gaps that desktop tools have missed: huge growth in image
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Pixlr has become one of the most popular free Web online photo editing tools . But 2020 forces major changes to the 3 editions of Pixlr. 123RF, the owners of Pixlr, are faced with three problems with their Pixlr apps. First, the Adobe Flash Player code that all three Pixlr apps use will be terminated
For the past 5 years, Pixlr has been ranked as one of the best free online photo-editors. For example, The Photofinishes and TechRadar agreed that Pixlr was a top featured online Photo editors. Pixlr looks a lot like Photoshop supporting layers, selections, photo effects plus a broad range of color and text stylings as seen
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The new PaintShopPro 2020 just appeared and there is a free 30-day download. As many ThePhotoFinishes will know, this editor has been looking for a replacement for AdobePhotoshop as Adobe has failed to honor its contract with Photoshop and CS2, Cs3, CS4 And CS5 users. Rightnow the best replacement to date has been Autodesk’s Pixlx
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