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Monday, September 16

How to remove people from photographs using photoshop.

Here is a sample tutorial that will give you a brief idea about how to remove unwanted people from a photograph.
Before proceeding further, make a note that this example is for a very specific scenario.

Scenario:- You want to take a photograph of a monument, but you are just unable to do so because so many people are getting in your way.

Here's how you can do this.

Step 1.> Mount your camera on a tripod stand and take 20 photographs of the monument keeping the exact same position of the camera and the settings. Take these photographs each with an interval of 10 seconds.

Step 2.> Open these photographs in Adobe Photoshop all at once. You can do this by
File-> Script-> Statistics

Choose "Median".

That's it. You are done :)

Here are the sample results.

The results obviously depends upon the number of photographs taken and I have assumed that all the people in the photograph are in a moving state. Suppose that there is a couple who is sitting throughout the photo shoot at the same location, they will still be included in the final result.

Try it for results.

Thursday, June 6

Remove background from any image

For design buffs like me...have you ever wanted to remove the background from any image..it can be any off your photograph or may be you want to apply some custom background...a nice scenery or some special monument just for experimenting or due to some purpose.

Removing background from an image can be a tedious job and we need to select every portion of the image.

Luckily, we have this online tool that lets us perform this operation easily....just drag and drop...yep...its that simple... :D

Step 1.>
Open this website in a new tab/window and come back to read the further instructions.
Clipping Magic.

Step 2.>
Just drag and drop any image..a high contrast image works best...but you can try others as well.
We will use this image

Step 3.>
Open the image in the website and you will be given some instructions how to go about...and then you will be taken to the work area. There are just 2 simple rules
-> Mark the areas you want to keep in green
-> Mark the areas you want to remove in red.
Here is a screenshot of my work halfway through. Note the green and red marks.

Step 4.>
Complete marking the areas until you get your desired image. I have added a screenshot that shows the complete work...hardly took a minute.
Note that the right side of the image gives a preview and this will be our downloaded image.

Step 5.>
Download the image and you are ready to play around with it. Here is a sample of what I did with it.
Feel free to click the image to get a bigger preview.

For any other design queries...please leave a comment. :)

Thursday, May 9

Change folder colors in windows

With the changing versions of windows, we have seen changing themes and styles but one thing remains pretty much the same. The color of your folder icons. You get the same boring yellow color in all versions of windows, whether it be Windows 95 or the latest Windows 8.
Searching for a specific folder when you know you need to access it again and again can be a pain.
Luckily, there is a free tool that allows you to change your folder colors as per your desires. Here is a look about what the software can do for you...

Changing the color of the folder icon could help you spot and differentiate folders easily, rather than just depend on the folder name.

Step 1.> DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL

Download and install this free tool Folder Colorizer. Install the software to your desired location and also make sure that you have .NET frameword 4.0 or higher installed. If not, the software will itself prompt you to download it. Just click yes.

Step 2.> CHANGING COLORS

To start differentiating your folder, select any folder icon you want to change the color of, right click on it, select ‘Colorize!’ and then pick any preset color.

Step 3.>CHANGED COLORS

Once you have selected a color for your folder, your folder icon color will change automatically from the standard yellow to the color you picked.

Step 4.> CHANGE COLOR

If you need to use custom colors, right click again, select ‘Colorize!’ and select ‘Custom…’

Step 5.> CREATE CUSTOM COLOR

From the window, pick any color you want to use, then click on ‘Add Color’. This custom color will be saved as a preset color, so the next time you want to use it, you can select it straight from the list.

Step 6.> RESTORE ORIGINAL COLOR

Should you decide to restore the original color of your folder icon, right click on the folder, select ‘Colorize!’ and pick ‘Restore original color’. The changes will be made immediately, and you will see that the color of your folder icon has returned to the original yellow.

Please do share the feedback and problems if any.

Friday, February 17

How to Play Tetris in uTorrent

Ever had to wait for a download to finish and wished that you could play a game of Tetris? Even if you have never been in that situation, you can use this trick to increase your geek cred the next time your friends come over.
Launch uTorrent and click on the Help menu, then click on the About uTorrent option.

This will bring up the about box, press the “T” key to launch a round of Tetris.

Sunday, January 8

Comical - The comics viewer

How do you read comics when on a PC or a laptop? Scrolling through jpg files can be a pain, or maybe you have a PDF of your favorite book but the fun of turning pages gets spoiled.
I came across this software known as comical which allows you to view .cbr files on your computer in a presentable manner.

You can download this software here.

The software is easy to install and once completed you can use it to view comics on your computer.
Remember the good old days when we used to read chacha chaudhary, biloo and pinki comics. You can try downloading and reading them. I have uploaded these ones for free examples.

You can always download more comics from the internet, maybe you want to read the amazing spiderman or the incredible hulk. (No offense for DC comics lovers, you can view those too).

So enjoy reading comics on your computer.

Samples:-

(You can email me for more of hindi comics)

Here is a screenshot.