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Blogs are an Art Form that Takes Practice to do Well
Writing…Blogs…Blogs are on-line journals where people express themselves through writing. Writing…Writing is the process where one puts down words of a language on a format that others can read. This process has not been around very long, to use...
Create a Great Computer Work Station in a Small Space
Don't have a separate room you can designate as a home office? You can create a comfortable and functional computer work station in remarkably little space. A corner of your living room or bedroom, even a spare closet, can provide plenty of...
More Cool Web Tricks
If you ask most people what frustrates them most about the Internet, many of them will tell you "It's the little things!"
It seems like all the great tricks and tips that make people exclaim "STOP! How did you do that?" never make it into...
Reclaim Your PC from the Internet Spies
Viruses are, however, not the only malicious software programs out there. The newest addition to the evil software family is the so called Spywares and a good anti-virus program or firewall is not enough to safeguard against these clever programs. ...
Web Hosts: Helping Us Navigate Through This Future Techno-World
Computers, Internet, Web sites…what do they all mean? Hey, you’re probably not a technophobe, I mean you own a microwave right? Just push a few buttons and the food cooks itself-easy. Now, they tell you the best way to share information, have a...
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Capturing the Vintage Charm through Modern Techniques
Images that are dramatically stained with age carry a distinct charm that sometimes leaves us staring at them with utmost awe and inexplicable nostalgia.
Undoubtedly, there is always glamour and romance in a vintage piece of art. That is why, in this day and age, a lot of people (especially contemporary artists) are inspired by the photographic language of the olden era.
With the many modern techniques and tricks available in this digital age, even an amateur shutterbug or a simple vintage-photo enthusiast like me can create faux antique images that look like the real thing.
The remarkable tools of the digital darkroom, or in simpler terms—your home computer, make it possible to create nostalgic images quite easily, especially since the necessary software is available for free on the Internet. One example is BWorks from Mediachance, a company that has already produced a whole range of helpful programs for digital image editors.
BWorks transforms digital color images into black and white photos or so-called duotones. In this context, the Windows program can not only take care of reducing the images to the grayscale, but can also apply numerous effects to make them look as if they were photographed 100 years ago. Yup, just like those antique photos that
you adore. Noise, color defects and the like are some of the phenomena that give the nostalgic effect to a modern image— and they're precisely what BWorks can produce on your pictures. Let me tell you how.
After installing and starting the program, the software opens a dialog box in which you can first load the original photo, which BWorks displays on the left side of the window. There is a drop-down menu underneath this window that contains all the effects of the Mediachance software. As a standard function, the software converts the image into a conventional black and white photo (as would also be possible in a normal image editing program) by reducing the color saturation.
In addition to simple black and white copying, BWorks can add severe noise to the photo. You can also change the color to create sepia pictures, produce photos with hard contrast borders and achieve other artistic effects.
By following the no-brainer steps presented by different digital photo software like this, you can already capture the mystique and the dreamy quality of your great grandma’s old photographs and give your latest snapshots a sophisticated aura and style.
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