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Updates from July, 2009

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  Google Image Search for License Free Images

  Joe Caridi 12:53 pm on July 9, 2009 | 0 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: google, images, license, search

  Google updated their image search feature today so that you can search for images with Creative Commons or GNU Licenses that you can use for FREE. All these pics are tagged as being usable by anyone. You can even search for images that you may be allowed to modify.

  To use this feature, visit http://images.google.com and go to Advanced Image Search. Then select the type of license that you are interested under “Usage Rights.”

  LEGAL WARNING: Keep in mind that the person who tagged them might not actually have the rights to the image. So be careful. You may have the rights to the artists creation, but not to the unrestricted use of the building or model. So this search is probably fine if you are looking for a picture of a flower or animal, but if there is a person or a building in the pic, you still may want to use one of the stock photo sites out there.

  For more information on this service, visit http://bit.ly/v2WnL.

  

   

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  Turn Your Photos Into Tilt-shift Creations With Tilt-shift Maker

  Shawn Brown 9:02 pm on January 14, 2009 | 0 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: photo, tilt-shift, tiltshiftmaker

  

  Tilt-shift Maker

  Tiltshiftmaker.com is a really cool photo tweaking site.  TiltShift Maker will turn your real life scenes into pictures that look like miniture model photographs.  The site is very easy to use and will allow you to download your miniture creation.  If you like what you make they’ve got a Tilt-shift flickr group you can add your creation to.

  To create your tilt-shift photo you have a choice to upload a photo or type in the URL of your photo.  In the examples below I grabbed the URL of one of my flickr photos.

  

  After uploading the photo the fun begins.  In step two you can change the width and position of the focus area on the photo.  Once you are happy with your selections you can click the “Get full size” button to download your creation.  And that’s it to creating a Tilt-shift miniture picture.

  

  I’ve found this simple tool to be a lot of fun.  I’ve added a few of my own Tilt-shift photos to my flickr page.  Below is a before and after picture of the image I used in this blog.

  

  Happy Tilt-shifting!