Flickr warning

I loved Flickr the day I saw it. And now I’ve discovered one significant inconvenience. I’ve needed to post 30 photos to my blog at once. So I’ve searched for some “Generate HTML code for all selected pictures” button. Flickr can generate HTML code only for each picture separately, though it’s not so easy.



I’ve read Flickr forums and have discovered 3 treads where people discuss this problem. One remarkable fact is that 22 month ago Flickr team member promised something about it. And still now there’s no progress here. It’s a pity.



I hate routine like everybody hates it and I haven’t been able to master myself. Finally I’ve registered at Photobucket and have got what I needed easily.



Resume: if you deal with large amounts of pictures and need different batch processing issues you’d better to use Photobucket than Flickr.



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Photo Tips: Noise Reduction

Not being a great photographer, I’m keen on taking pictures and have some secrets. One of the main problems of digital photos is noise (visible red and green grain present in the image). Here is example:



There are some ways to remove noise. I’d like to tell about Neat Image software. It reduces most high ISO noise, film grain visible in scanned slides and negatives, JPEG artifacts in overcompressed images.

Open input image on the first tab, go to the tab “Device noise profile” and press the button “Auto profile”, go to the tab “Output image” and press the button “Apply”. That’s all. Now you can save your less noised image in fine JPEG quality even in trial version. Here is processed example image:



A useful side effect of Neat Image noise reduction is that noise-free images are better compressable. By reducing noise you can reduce the JPEG file sizes by 30-40% (even if the same compression level is used to save both noisy and noise-free images).

Try to guess what’s on the example photo and see the answer

Download Neat Image (2.1 Mb)