We present a framework for automatically enhancing videos of a static scene using a few photographs of the same scene. For example, our system can transfer photographic qualities such as high resolution, high dynamic range and better lighting from the photographs to the video. Additionally, the user can quickly modify the video by editing only a few still images of the scene. Finally, our system allows a user to remove unwanted objects and camera shake from the video. …continue reading the full post.

1. LEARN XHTML - Extensible HyperText Markup Language.

If you don’t already know, XHTML is the ‘markup language’ that every individual web page is made out of. Right click on your screen, and click on view source. Feel like Neo already? Yes, that’s right folks; every web page you view is simply a plain text file full of code stored on some dudes computer (sometimes otherwise known as a web hosting server).

Don’t be scared, XHTML is quite possibly the easiest programming language you can learn, so easy in fact XHTML isn’t technically classed as a programming language. Don’t take the ‘red pill’ and learn Dreamweaver - it may seem the easier option at first, but being completely honest once you learn XHTML you can create web pages in half the amount of time than it takes to in Dreamweaver, and you have more control over the final layout. Additionally, Dreamweaver adds quite a lot of unnecessary code and as a result increase the file size of the page, slowing down the loading time for all those poor sods still on dial up Internet. You can write XHTML code in a plain text editor, such as notepad, or notepad++ ( my favourite), however word processors such as Microsoft Word are entirely unsuitable. …continue reading the full post.

Yahoo have released an intriguing service called “Pipes”. Based on the concept of unix pipes, it allows you to filter and process RSS feed data in a chain - using a very cool web graphical user interface. The result can be spit out in a variety of formats that can then be used in your RSS reader, on your blog, in a Greasemonkey script or even as the building blocks of more complex pipes.

There is still a lot of room for improvement on the tool (the wish list of functionality grows by the second!) but it’s an awesome and inspiring start. The only major complaint from people is the lack of easy-to-understand documentation. Don’t worry though - I’ll present a step-by-step guide to get you going! …continue reading the full post.

Your landing page, sometimes known as a lead capture page is the page most visitors will see after clicking a search link or advertisment. There are a number of things that you can do to improve your site’s landing page. So here’s a list of 15 resources that should help you get the most from your sites pages.

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Today lets take a look at some tutorials to help you with AJAX. There are many ways to learn AJAX including, books, classes, conferences, workshops and tutorials. Of these the only one that is free and accessible to everyone are web-based tutorials. The following is a list of what I consider the be the best and most helpful AJAX tutorials that I’ve found over the past year. …continue reading the full post.

Its happened to all of us at one point or another, you write up some CSS code, take a look at your website, and…. it doesn’t work. That, or your website appears to be working for you but then you check your site at another computer on a different browser, and it’s a mess.

I’ll admit it happens to me… alot. So to help out I put together this top 10 list of tips regarding CSS-related issues to check over if you have any problems. …continue reading the full post.

There are a lot of different techniques that can be used to promote a website - some of these fall into the category of SEO, others are better described as Search Marketing and others are a combination of both. It should also be noted that the major search engines are constantly updating their algorithms (which is how they sort and categorize all the websites on the internet) - so some techniques which may work well today may not be as effective tomorrow.

Yet despite the number of different ways of optimising a site and the constant changes with the search engines, there are still a few basic things you can do which (if done well) can help improve the performance of your website. …continue reading the full post.

Another update with free video photoshop tutorials. These tutorials cover two totally different subjects. The first tutorial will show you how to fix the sky in photos and the second one how to warp text with smart objects. Both tutorials as always are courtesy of Watch and Learn Photoshop.

Taming the Skies:

Ever have one of those photographs where the sky is too bright and harsh? In this tutorial, Geoff Riggs will show you an amazingly effective trick for toning down and recoloring an overly bright sky.

Warping Text with Smart Objects:

There are many ways to warp text in Photoshop, but most of them have their limitations. Some methods allow you to edit your text after warping, but don’t provide full customization of HOW you warp the text. Other methods allow full customization but don’t allow you to edit the text afterwards. In this tutorial, Geoff Riggs will show you a method for warping text that will give you the best of both worlds.

Sue Chastain, from Graphicsoft has posted a review of Photoshop Elements 5 for windows. To be honest I have been thinking of upgrading a rather ancient copy that I own (version 2 lol) and this review have convinced me to do so. As you probably figure the review is generally positive. You can read the review here .

PanosFX is the creator of some of the best Photoshop actions available. I have posted about some of his actions before and his site is definitely one to watch out for if you are a fun of photoshop actions. Rainy Day is another great action by Panos that works with Photoshop CS and CS2 and will give your images an effect and look as if they are seen through the window while it rains.

Check it out

Via Creative Guy