Monthly Archives: May 2008

May
23
2008

Widgetbox

The following is one of dozens of Widgets available at Widgetbox.com:

Its a bit primitive but shows what can be done with new, faster ActionScript 3 animations.
You have to try these out.!

By jbsurv | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments (0)
May
13
2008

Xara Xtreme Pro 4

On the margin between bitmap photo editing and vector drawing/illustration, there is a new world of image composition that combines vector+bitmap in new and innovative ways. A lot of vendors have dabbled in this arena including Deneba(now ACDSee) Canvas, Adobe Fireworks and Xara Xtreme Pro - even hints of it in Adobe Photoshop with its [...]

By jbsurv | Posted in design, software | Comments (0)
May
05
2008

More Casio EX-F1

I have been telling readers that Casio EX-F1 is something special and now the appreciation for what the camera can do is really starting to to pour forth. It started probably with David Pogues article in the NewYork Times but notably Wired & DPReview except for blurbs from CES 2008 show, missed this beauty:
Chris Hardwick [...]

By jbsurv | Posted in Uncategorized, hardware, stillcamera, video | Comments (1)
May
02
2008

Now’s Contact Punch

Now Magazine is the free weekly entertainment rag along with Eye Weekly in Toronto. Now’s cover story featuring a bashed up Olympus OM3 body with wax blood is the type of smash contact photography that is designed to get readers inside. So of course there was a loss leader headline screaming IS DIGITAL KILLING the [...]

By jbsurv | Posted in comment, stillcamera, trends | Comments (1)