Photo book

Yesterday I went to get my first photo book on Vietnam. I had it made by Spector and I was quite amazed by the quality. Size 28x28 on 300gr. paper of great quality. Of course the price is not very low, but how much do you pay of you have your analogue 35mm of 36 shots developed?

Later I will publish the book on my site, but first I have to learn to integrate some flip-book script in Flash. You'll hear about that later.

Panorama Maker 4

For years the creation of panorama pictures was a tempting engagement, and some were really a success. Up to now I used the Canon PhotoStitch software that came with the digital camera. But I had three versions of it: the one that came with my Powershot Pro 750, one with the Canon EOS D30, and finally the one that came with my latest Canon EOS 350D. One point however: it's always the same version 3.1! Never was it upgraded by Canon.

So on my quest through the world of photo editing software, I ended up at the new Panorama Maker 4 by Arcsoft. Great stuff, I can tell you. Other software has always battled with ghosting or lining in the skies. No way in this program! It produces the cleanest stitched pictures I have ever seen. Here is an example:

First the one made with Panorama Maker 4

Then the one made with PhotoStitcher 3.1

I suppose the difference is clear! In the older programs you could still define some common pixels on the two merging pictures. Not so in Panorama Maker: all is done automatically. Even the hardest chore will be done well, or will not be done at all. In the latter case this means that merging is not possible.