Photoshop.com Mobile

Photoshop for the desktop is probably the biggest name in image-editing software; you can create all kinds of visual effects with it. Photoshop.com is a Web-based image-hosting service that provides 2GB of free photo storage and plugs in to Facebook, Flickr, Photobucket, and Picasa. You can upload photos, do basic editing, add captions, and share the results right from your Web browser.

Now you can do some of those things from your Android phone with the Photoshop.com Mobile app. You can create a Photoshop.com account or log in to an existing account. After you’re set up, you can automatically upload every photo you take with your Android phone to your account, or download photos from your account. It’s a useful way to back up and archive your photos without a lot of effort.

The app can also do some very basic photo-editing tasks–but if you go in expecting desktop-like Photoshop functionality, you will be sorely disappointed. You can crop, adjust brightness and saturation, and apply some not-very-exciting effects. You cannot rotate or resize photos, though, and video uploads and editing are not supported.

If you think of this app as a free, 2GB virtual storage card and not a photo-editing program, then you may be satisfied with it. The Photoshop brand, however, implies editing features that this app does not even begin to approach–and for that reason, I can’t recommend it.

Bursting bubble captured on camera

London, July 13 (ANI): An awe-inspiring photograph of the exact moment when a bubble is burst has been captured with a slow-motion camera.

The picture clicked by Richard Heeks, of Exeter, shows a soap bubble bursting into the distinctive pattern of streaks, while its other half remains perfectly formed.

“There’s something so satisfying about picturing something in your head and then finally seeing it on the camera,” the Telegraph quoted him as saying.It would be great to record the sound of a bubble popping, slow it down and play it over slow-motion footage of a bubble bursting.

“The ripping action reminds me of a storm front passing across land. It must be like a wave,” he added.eeks’ wife Sarah provided the finger to burst the bubbles as he used a 1/500th of a second shutter speed on a day with “absolutely perfect” weather conditions.

“There was absolutely no wind, the bubbles just hung in the air,” he said.

He took a series of pictures showing the bubble bursting into tiny droplets.

However, Heeks insists that the photographs are genuine, and not created with the help of computer technology.

“This is a real photo of a soap bubble bursting. I’ve made slight edits to raise colour and light, but this is just to add some punch. This is not a Photoshop creation,” he added. (ANI)

Masks of political leaders hot favourite in poll campaign

Bengaluru, Apr 2 (ANI): Face masks of various political leaders seem to have become hot favourite among voters this election.

An event management company in Bengaluru creates face masks of just any political leader who matters in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

With the Election Commission coming down heavily on party candidates to cut down on campaign expenditure, this is probably the easiest and cheapest way to get to the masses.

Sporting masks of their favourite leaders, party workers undertake door-to-door campaign to help voters get familiar with their leaders.

Ravi Shankar Bettampadi, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Events House said that since it’s impossible for the leaders to visit every household due to hectic schedule during elections, voters would atleast get to know how their leaders look like.

“It’s an innovative concept. Congress party president Sonia Gandhi and senior BJP leader Advani cannot go and give his or her thoughts across India. They would need security, but we can overcome the problems by using masks,” said Bettampadi.

From creating mask of Sonia Gandhi to Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, the event management company has produced lakhs of face masks of almost every political leader.

Advani, Janata Dal (Secular) supremo H D Deve Gowda, former Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi are the other hot favourite ones.

Demand for the masks is pouring in, which is expected to increase further in the coming days, as elections dates are nearing in.

“Right now, we are working on the face mask of Shiv Kumar Udasi for which we have received order for 50,000. We have also started receiving orders for face masks of Sonia Gandhi, Advani, Manmohan Singh and other political leaders,” said Munish, a designer, Events House.

The Events House has not yet received order for the most popular figure ofolitics, Railways Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav. The entire unit is looking forward to make Lalu’s face-mask.

The masks making process involve taking pictures of political leaders. With the extensive use of graphics and Photoshop, the pictures are then scanned before they are printed. By Jaipal Sharma (ANI)