Tech Ravings

If you try to enlarge a small image, it often happens that the final image gets pixelated. For converting smaller resolution images into a larger resolution, you can use SmillaEnlarger.

SmillaEnlarger is a free app that enlarges an image without making them blocky and distinct. While SmillaEnlarger is not going to do a perfect job of filling in all details, but it does draw smart curves that actually make the enlarged image look good.

Flickr is the largest network for storing and sharing photos. Occasionally, you may want to share your Flickr photos with your website readers and the best way to do so is by combining tons of your Flickr photos in a slideshow.

If you are in need to do some graphical or photo editing work but have budget constraints in acquiring more advanced graphic editing software such as Photoshop, Corel Draw, etc. , you can use the free software called RealWorld Paint.COM which won’t burn a hole in your pocket unlike Photoshop and other such utilities .

If you enjoy viewing pictures but you are not enjoying to the fullest because the Image Viewer’s user interface (UI) is disturbing you and making your image appear in smaller area, here is a simple solution. Named as First Impression, this tool utilizes as much screen as needed for the image without cluttering it with the interface of Image Viewer.

I am not good at arts and I can’t paint even a hen’s egg. However, since past few days I have been filling my art-book with great sketches of celebrities, sceneries and many more. No, I am not attending an Arts class but yes, I am bringing tech to my help. Actually, I am using a software called FotoSketcher by David Thoiron.

Windows 7 includes various geographically related regional themes which are hidden. These themes target different geographical areas. Included in the themes, are country specific regional wallpapers that feature beautiful tourist attractions, sceneries and landscapes of the countries. Microsoft has included, in Windows 7, six wallpapers from each country. There are 20 countries that have their country-specific wallpapers, thus making 120 country-specific wallpapers in whole.

If you are willing to have some of your nicely taken pictures as desktop background, you can use the free utility called ThetaWall. ThetaWall is a highly configurable freeware utility that allows you to selectively display any image as desktop background or screen saver at predefined intervals, suitable to be used in single, dual independent and multiple screen displays.

Image resizing is a common task that most computer users, especially bloggers, do. If an image file is huge, you will face problems when dealing with them on internet. These are problems like large uploading time and consumption of resources. You may use a Graphic-editing software (like Photoshop, Corel, etc.) for resizing images according to your need. But if you prefer something that can skip the tedious steps and can do that resizing work quickly and easily, you may use Image Resizer Powertoy Clone.

If you are in need of images for your work or school projects, you can easily get them at Google Image Search service created by Google. Google Image Search service can be used to search and browse images related to a keyword. You can type the search term in the search engine and it will display thumbnail of each matching image. To go to the full size image, you need to click on the thumbnail once and then again on the upper frame of the next page. These few steps are required before you can actually see the full size image of the selected photo. If you are not that patient type and are rather impatient, you can use Google Image Ripper to see the full-size images directly from the search results.

You must have seen many blogs and websites that can whet your tech and information appetite but this is something that stirs your imagination. I recently got a digital camera and took bajillion photos with it and all my lackluster photos lacked imagination and creativity. But if you have a descent digital camera and would like to use some creativity to create great photos that make others marvel, you should subscribe at Photojojo.