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200+ ULTIMATE COLLECTION OF PHOTOSHOP PLUGINS

2012-10-29T10:46:00.001+08:00

Photoshop is a powerful image editing software which is very useful for web designers and photographers to create desired effects in the images. But sometimes it’s difficult to perform certain tasks manually in photoshop. Once there was a belief that only designers who have mastered photoshop can create special effects on photographs or images. But now with the help of Photoshop Plug-in anyone can create desired effects on their images.

Photoshop Plugins are actually add-ons to the main program which helps to attain additional image effects or performing tasks that are impossible or hard to fulfill using Adobe Photoshop alone. And they make the complicated task much easier and help users in creating amazing effects, designing faster & better.

200+ FREE PHOTOSHOP PLUGINS

In this post , I would like to share more than 200 photoshop plugins which are available for free. Hope it will help all photoshop newbies to create their desired image effects with much ease.

WATER RIPPLES CREATOR – PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

Water Ripples is a freeware Adobe Photoshop compatible plug-in filter. The highly realistic water ripples effect designer has numerous options as well as an impressive 3D quality. The random settings generator produces unlimited variations of rippled surfaces.

JAMA 3D PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

Jama 3D is a freeware Adobe Photoshop compatible plug-in filter. It’s the simplest way to create corrugated and cellular like patterns from 2D images. You can easily make various bricks and herring bone textures. Sequenced filtering produces bizarre unreal deformations of the original picture, crumpled paper effect, etc. Using different 2D shapes on a transparent layer produces complicated 3D border effects. The edge antialiasing option improves the dithering. The filter is extremely compact and accessible.

LATTICE COMPOSER – PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

Lattice Composer is a freeware Adobe Photoshop compatible plug-in filter. It effectively designs grids and nettings. It produces a variety of weave patterns, fabric textures, body art tattoos and skeleton simulations.

LUCE PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

This plugin helps to control the light exposure and lets designers to create stunning effects with their images.

SCREENWORKS – SIMPLE PATTERN GENERATION

Screenworks is a free Photoshop-compatible plug-in with 30 options for creating screen/mesh patterns. It provides you with a quick way to add small detailed and repetitive texture overlay effects to areas of your image in one easy step. The single slider setting gives you the option to add the chosen pattern on top of your image, or make the layer background white.

ALPHAWORKS Â€“ TRANSPARENCY EFFECTS

AlphaWorks is a free Photoshop-compatible plug-in filter which is very useful for removing black or white values and making the region transparent. There are 6 different options for you to choose from, depending on the type of image you are working on (colour photo, mono photo, lineart).

COLOURWORKS Â€“ COLOUR MODIFICATION

Free Photoshop-compatible plug-in with 20 effects for modifying image colour values in different ways. You can use them for subtle correction of your digital photos or experiment with the more dramatic transformations that are available.

LOCAL CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT – PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

This is accomplished by increasing the contrast between a pixel’s value and the mean value of the adjacent pixels in a local area of the photo.You can control the amount of the increase of contrast, the size of the local area and the amount of blending with the original photo.

SMART REFINMENT FILTER PLUG-IN FOR ADOBE PHOTOSHOP

Smart Refinement Filter is an Adobe Photoshop plug-in for photographic images enhancement. This plug-in allows: sharpness and depth-of-field (DOF) enhancement, and noise (dust) reduction.

SUPERPNG PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

SuperPNG is a free Adobe Photoshop plug-in for using PNG (“ping”) files. It is faster than Adobe’s own PNG plug-in and saves considerably smaller PNGs. PNG is an open source file format that supports tight lossless compression. It can be read on any platform by most graphics applications and is fully supported by all modern web browsers.

HIGH PASS SHARPENING

This plugin sharpens photos with the classic high pass method. The user can adjust the high pass filter radius, and control the blending with the original image. A high pass output preview is also available to help the user adjust the filter radius up to the point the edges to be sharpened show up.

PHOTOSHOP BLACK-WHITE CONVERSION PLUGIN

This is a powerful plugin which is very useful to Black and White conversion.It takes total control over the tonal response of Red, Yellow, Green, Cyan, Blue and Magenta, and the intermediate hues. The user can boost each color’s tonal response all the way up to white or limit it down to black, without affecting the other colors at all . The plugin offers presets that accurately simulate the tonal response of the most popular b/w films. The plugin can introduce a grain effect of controllable intensity and density.

EDGEWORKS Â€“ COOL ARTISTIC STYLES

It’s a free photoshop plug-in with 20 effects for creating dramatic edge and colour modifications. They are best used when experimenting with intense photo transformations for a highly stylized look. They are also handy when creating interesting texture effects.

SWAPSHOP Â€“ COLOUR EXCHANGE

A single Photoshop-compatible plug-in with 15 effects for switching the colour values in your images. Useful for experimenting with interesting combinations and creating surreal results.

MAXIMUM COLOUR TONING ADOBE PLUGIN

A single Photoshop-compatible plug-in with 20 effects for “blasting” intense colour into your images. Ideal for when you need to add dramatic impact to your photos or work.

FUR 2 – FREE PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

The plugin Fur 2, disperse a simple figure (line or circle, configurable dimensions/thickness) over the whole image. Solid: The figure is filled with a single color (determinated by the figure’s center).180 deg: Image source content is kept; but rotation of 180 degrees around the figure’s center is performed.

ARTISTIC GRAIN AND MEZZO STYLE GENERATOR

This plugin is used for creating a selection of simple grain and mezzo styles. Give your photos a new look with these various effects.

SELECTIVE SATURATION – PHOTOSHOP PLUG-IN

Quite often some parts of a photo require a saturation adjustment while others do not. If we increase the saturation globally, the most saturated parts get over saturated and if we decrease it, the less saturated parts get under saturated. So this Free photoshop plugin will definetly help designers to create saturation effect only in specific areas.

SOFT FOCUS – FREE PHOTOSHOP PLUG-IN

This plugins applies a soft focus effect, which is often usefull in portraits or fashion photography. There are controls to adjust the focus softness, the overall strength of the effect and the blending mode of the overlayed blured image.

CONTRAST MASK – FREE PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

This plugin uses a contrast mask to reduce the overall contrast of the image, simultaneously bringing out more detail in both highlights and shadows.A b/w negative of the image is blured (with a radius controlled by the “Smoothing” slider) to avoid hard edges and then overlayed with the original, darkening the highlights and lightening the shadows.

GRADIENT BLUR- FREE PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

This plugin apllies a gradient blur that can help us draw the viewes attention to the photograph’s main subject.There are sliders to control the position where the blur starts and it’s strength.

XPOSE – PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN TO ADJUST EXPOSURE

Xpose is an exposure adjustment plugin. It was written to offer quick adjustment of highlights and shadows with a rapid preview feedback and a simple, intuitive interface. With just a few sliders you can attain better exposure of your digital photos

DEPTHDITHER PROVIDES COLOR DITHER FOR PHOTOSHOP

Graphest DepthDither is a free filter plug-in for Photoshop, it mainly concerns on generating color dither in Photoshop. When you wants to use the image on LCD screen, such as mobile phone, the color depth is not 24 bit, and mostly it’s 16 bit. If the image fills with gradient colors, the screen will display color steps, not continuous color.If you use the DepthDither to process the image, the result on PC and on mobile phone will be the same. DepthDither uses 3 ways to make the image seems to be continuous when the color is below 24 bit. It’s just like Photoshop, provides diffusion, pattern and noise as the dither modes.

LENS CORRECTION – FREE PHOTOSHOP PLUG-IN

This plugin corrects barrel and pincushion distortions that many zoom camera lenses.produce.Just move the sliders to the left to correct barrel distortion, and to the right to correct pincushion .

VIRTUAL PHOTOGRAPHER – PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

Save hours of time by instantly applying photographic effects to

digital images with just one click. It has more than 200 onclick preset effects. Easily applies layered effects with “Blend” mode

AAA BLENDER PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

This filter allows you to open a mask, texture, grunge, or paint layer and blend it with your image in any of 30 blend modes. You can even use it to simulate layers by blending it with the original or a modified version of the image you are editing. It’s quick and easy!

AAA GAUSSIAN BLUR – PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

This filter offers some Gaussian blur filter options. Color Blur will blur the colors without changing luminosity (lightness) values. You may also invert and blur the colors without inverting the luminosity.

FILTER FORGE FREEPACK 1 Â€“ METALS

A set of seven photorealistic metal textures and effects. Metallizing effects, alien-looking or industrial metallic surfaces, rust or aluminum foil, and more â€“ all filters are fully adjustable and support seamless tiling.

PHOTO EFFECTS PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

A set of seven photo enhancing effects. Give your photos a sunny style, apply grunge look or color tints, age the image, and more â€“ all filters are fully adjustable and resolution-independent.

FRAME MAKER – FREE PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

A set of seven filters that create frames for your photos. Apply a realistic painted wooden frame or a vignette, give your photos a classic elegant feel or a ragged harsh look, and more.

DISTORTIONS – PHOTOSHOP PLUG-IN

A set of seven filters that can reshape, distort and deform the source image in various creative ways. The filters can break the image into abstract fragments, generate bubbly effects, apply waves or ripples, and more.

CAMOUFLAGE PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

Use the Camouflage plug-in to make army, fashion and animal camo. You can even make patterns not found anywhere else.You can control up to eight color layers. We’ve included a big set of examples, which you can select from within the plug-in. Amongst them are real army colors, both old and new. Many common fashion colors are also included as well as a few animal colors.

NIGHT-VISION PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

The NightVision plug-in can make any image like the ones from night vision goggles. By using the effects in this plug-in, you can make images look like they are from a black & white security camera or CCTV system. It’s also possible to make them look like infra-red photos. Or you can just use the interlace to make an image look like a TV picture. You can even use it to enhance real night images!

SNOWFLAKES PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

With the Snowflakesâ„¢ plug-in, you can make it snow any time of the year, any place you want.You can control all aspects of a snow; both the minimal and maximal size of the snowflakes, whether it’ll be soft snowflakes or hail, the amount of snowflakes falling down and even the color of the snowflakes.

SNOWSCAPE – COVER ANY LANDSCAPE WITH SNOW

With the SnowScapeâ„¢ plug-in you can add layers of snow to images simply by letting the snow fall down. You decide which areas the snow should fall down on by making the rest of the image transparent, you then start the plug-in, configure how much and where the snow should fall, and SnowScape does the rest.You can also use SnowScape to do similar effects; make the snow less sticky, and you can create hills of sand. Apply it up-side down with high stickiness, and the ooze will be dripping down from your image.

HARMONIX – MAKE WAVES!

With the Harmonix Photoshop plug-in, you can mix harmonic frequencies into complex waves. Harmonix renders a single, horizontal line on the image, but this is no ordinary line. It is the result of superimposing up to ten separate harmonic frequencies, scaled to the screen. You can change the up to ten harmonic frequencies in both amplitude (volume/height) and phase (offset/shift) and have precise control over the base frequency.

UNPLUGGED-X – OVER 100 EFFECTS IN ONE PLUG-IN

UnPlugged X is a collection of over 100 different filter effects wrapped into a single plug-in. Combining all those effects into a single plug-in allows you to use them in ways not possible with separate effects. With UnPlugged-X, the whole is larger than the sum of the parts.

FILTEROPTIX – FREE PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

Filters are an essential part of your photographic equipment. They help you to correct or embellish the colors of a scene, put people or objects in the center of attention, bring out the beautiful contrast in a stormy sky or make that wedding picture extra romantic. In short; no photographer either professional or amateur can do without lens filters.

IMAGESKILL OUTLINER PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

Outliner is a Photoshop-compatible plug-in for Windows designed by ImageSkill Software that can work as with commercial software like Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Photoshop Elements, Corel (Jasc) Paint Shop Pro, Microsoft Digital Image Suite as free like software IrfanView, XnView.

BACKGROUND REMOVER – PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

With this free photoshop plugin you can easily remove the background images from your photos.Background Remover is a Photoshop-compatible plug-in for Windows designed by ImageSkill Software that can work with Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Photoshop Elements, Corel Paint Shop Pro, Macromedia Fireworks etc. The main purpose of the Background Remover is to extract some part of an image i.e. ‘the object’ and remove part that which is unwanted.

AUTO FX – DREAMY PHOTO PHOTOSHOP PLUG-IN

Dreamy Photo gives images a soft romantic feel. This is a superb effect for enhancing stock photography, digital camera photos and any image you want to add a warm feel to. After you have downloaded the software, enter in your e-mail address in the download page to receive serial number to activate the plugin.

TURN YOUR IMAGES INTO MOSAIC PHOTOSHOP PLUG-IN

Mosaic makes your photos look as if they were created out of a mosaic tile. Photo-realistic depth and variable tile size and color options give this effect an infinite number of looks.

IRIDESCENT PHOTOSHOP PLUG-IN

The Digital Artshop’s Iridescent filter will apply a pearl like effect to your image. The effect is fully controlable with sliders for the amount of reflections, colour strength, smoothing and a detail enhancer.

STEREOGRAM LAB FILTER PHOTOSHOP PLUG-IN

Stereogram Lab Filter allows to generate Hidden Image Stereograms right in your Photoshop, which is quite convenient. This filter is free and you can use it both for commercial and non-commercial purposes, however, distributing the filter itself is not allowed.

MOSAIC TOOLKIT & ILLUMINATION FIX TOOLKIT

Mosaic Toolkit applies mosaic effects to photos and other images. It provides several mosaic styles, e.g. Squares, Rings, Balls, Gears, Square Rings, Stars, Daisy and All Styles. You can vary cell size and contrast, color tweak cells, ball glow and brightness and blend the effect with the original photo. There are gradient, radial gradient, color inversion and a row shift brickwork effects.

KALEIDOSCOPE PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

Kaleidoscope 2.1 is a plugin which proceeds to multiple symmetries to obtain beautiful patterns.

SORTING TILES PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

Sorting Tiles imitates vaguely painting. Fundamentally, the filter cuts image in several blocks, makes a sorting of colours, and redistributes these ones following more or less complicated patterns.

CHALKAHOLIC PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

Chalkaholic renders chalk and charcoal type effects with artistic panache and flair. Providing uniquely effective artistic rendering options, Chalkaholic is the essential addition to any digital artist’s effects collection.

WEAVER PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

Weaver is an effect which imitates weave.

JULIJULIA ’S CURVES PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

JuliJulia ’s curves are a family of mathematical curves (fractals) renowned for their beauties. This plugin is extremely simple : to track down an interesting curve, use the Julia control or press the Random button (that’s all !). Besides, it allows endless zooming, to customize colours, and to save settings.a ’s curves photoshop plug-in

3D SHADOW : ADOBE PHOTOSHOP PLUG-IN

This handy tool easily creates various types of 3D shadows from objects such as letters, numbers, shapes and so on. All settings are present in a single window – transparency level, perspective, shadow color and position, X/Y/Z angles, and some others. Even the seasoned designers are surprised by the simplicity of the plug-in and excellent results it generates. The text, processed with this tool immediately grabs the attention of the viewers.

SINEDOTS PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

With sinedots plugin you can create sine wave patterns in your design works.

SHEAR PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

This is a conversion of the AfterFx Shear Effect to my new Photoshop framework. A new feature is that a possible (feathered) Selection is now used to alter the strength Parameter locally. This results in some interesting distortions. Compatibility issues are the same as for SinedotsII.

RETRO DOTS – FREE PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

It generates dot grids which can be based on selections. It’s will help beginners to create colorful dot patterns easily with one click.

BLOTS FREE PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

With 3 modes: normal, camouflage & gradient, this plug-in is very ideal to create textures using blots.

COLOR MEGAMIX FREE PHOTOSHOP PLUG-INS

Color MegaMix modifies the colors of any image. It is based on two rows of colors: 8 source colors and 8 target colors. According to these data, the plugin reconstructs completely the color space.

ERASER GENUINE – ERASE CERTAIN PARTS OF IMAGES

Eraser Genuine modifies image transparency according to two criteria: a colour you wish to erase and a colour you wish to protect. So, this plugin is particulary suitable for images where two colours oppose clearly.

FINE THRESHOLD FREE PHOTOSHOP PLUGINS

Unlike the traditional threshold command of Photoshop, the plugin Fine Threshold allows to get quickly, anti-aliased and sharp shapes.

FLAT MEDIAN PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

Flat Median is a median-like effect which have some advantages over the “regular” median filter.

ICON PLUGIN FOR PHOTOSHOP

Icon Plugin for Photoshop enhances Adobe Photoshop with an ability to export and import Windows icons (.ico). Thanks to this ability, users can create compelling icons directly in Adobe Photoshop, using its large arsenal of creative tools and a convenient and familiar design environment.

PHOTO FREEBIES – 10 BEST PHOTOSHOP PLUGINS

PhotoFreebies is a collection of free plugins for performing useful photo manipulations and effects e.g. sepia effects, saturation gradients, b/w conversion, color space transformations and many more. Some of them have a dialog with adjustable controls whereas others are applied instantly without displaying a dialog.

B/W

Sepia

Luma Negative

Chroma Negative

RGB2YCC and YCC2RGB

RGB2HSL and HSL2RGB

Desaturation Gradient

Histo Fix

Remove Transparency

DENOISE’S NOISE REDUCTION

This plug-in provides 4 noise reduction algorithms, including low-pass, bilateral, adaptive bilateral and low frequency. These methods, used separately or in combination, provide an excellent tool for the serious photographer who runs up against electronic noise.

GREYSCALER PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

This plugin can be useful in bringing out hidden detail in the picture or isolating individual channels. In additon there are the more usual controls for Contrast, Brightness and a Depth (pseudo gamma) control.

XMETA PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

xMeta is a simple set of three plug-ins for exporting metadata from Photoshop in raw binary form. ICC Profiles are of particular interest, as they can be added to the ColorSync profiles folder or opened by applications such as Ãœbercolor.

MELT PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

This plugin allows to deform image, by waves. Size, intensity, and aspect ratio of waves are customizable.

PROJECTION PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

The plugin Projection provides a collection of interactive perspective effects: ability to tile image in infinite space (copy or mirror mode), or to repeat edges.

POSTERIZER PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

Posterizer is a plugin which offers the possibility to posterize the luminosity and the hue.

AUTOINTERLACE CREATE INTERLACE EFFECTS

Autointerlace is a nifty little plugin which automatically creates interlaced effects on an image. Interlacing (sometimes known as scanline graphics) is an effect similar to what you see on a television screen, and is used in modern print media design and graphics to give a “techno” style.

J2K – THE FUTURE OF IMAGE COMPRESSION

j2k is a free Photoshop and After Effects plug-in set for reading and writing the JPEG 2000 file format, the successor to JPEG.Also known as JP2, JPEG 2000 uses wavelet compression as opposed to the DCT compression used in standard JPEG. The end result is better image quality in a smaller file. JP2 also includes mandatory metadata such as information about an image’s color space.

20 FREE PHOTOSHOP PLUGINS FROM FLAMING PEAR

This is a collection of 20 free photoshop plugins developed by Flaming pears. It includes :

SuperBladePro

Melancholytron

Flood

Flexify 2

Designer Sextet

Mr. Contrast

Polymerge

LunarCell

India Ink

Hue and Cry

Glitterato

SolarCell

Photography Pack

Patterns

Free Plugins

24 FREE PHOTOSHOP PLUG-INS BY RICHARD ROSENMAN

Free photoshop plugins developed by Richard Rosenman.

3D Sphere Generator

Channel Modifier

Color Bar Generator

Diffuse

Evaluate

Grain Generator

Grid Generator

Lens Distortion Corrector

42 PHOTOSHOP PLUGINS BY XERO GRAPHICS

These are all freeware, and were built using Filtermeister, with Paint Shop Pro 8.10 as the host program – they should work without problems with any Windows graphics program that supports the Adobe Photoshop plugin architecture.

Abstractor

Alien Mist

Artgrain

Artifax

Artworx

Bad Dream

Caravaggio

Clarity

Cubism

Duochrome

Emphasis

Fritillary

Fuzzifier

Greyscaler

Greytinter

Illustrator

Improver

Iridium

LineArt

Lithograph

Make-a-Flake

Mistifier

MoodLight

Moonlight

Hope This collection of free photoshop plugins will definitely help all beginners out there to create their desired effects in images easily. If you have came across any plugin collections then do let me know. I will add that link to this list with a link to your blog.

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200+ ULTIMATE COLLECTION OF PHOTOSHOP PLUGINS

2012-10-29T10:40:00.005+08:00

200+ ULTIMATE COLLECTION OF PHOTOSHOP PLUGINS

BY MOHAMED RIAS

200+ FREE PHOTOSHOP PLUGINS

In this post , I would like to share more than 200 photoshop plugins which are available for free. Hope it will help all photoshop newbies to create their desired image effects with much ease.

WATER RIPPLES CREATOR – PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

JAMA 3D PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

LATTICE COMPOSER – PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

LUCE PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

This plugin helps to control the light exposure and lets designers to create stunning effects with their images.

SCREENWORKS – SIMPLE PATTERN GENERATION

ALPHAWORKS Â€“ TRANSPARENCY EFFECTS

COLOURWORKS Â€“ COLOUR MODIFICATION

LOCAL CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT – PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

SMART REFINMENT FILTER PLUG-IN FOR ADOBE PHOTOSHOP

Smart Refinement Filter is an Adobe Photoshop plug-in for photographic images enhancement. This plug-in allows: sharpness and depth-of-field (DOF) enhancement, and noise (dust) reduction.

SUPERPNG PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

HIGH PASS SHARPENING

PHOTOSHOP BLACK-WHITE CONVERSION PLUGIN

EDGEWORKS Â€“ COOL ARTISTIC STYLES

SWAPSHOP Â€“ COLOUR EXCHANGE

A single Photoshop-compatible plug-in with 15 effects for switching the colour values in your images. Useful for experimenting with interesting combinations and creating surreal results.

MAXIMUM COLOUR TONING ADOBE PLUGIN

A single Photoshop-compatible plug-in with 20 effects for “blasting” intense colour into your images. Ideal for when you need to add dramatic impact to your photos or work.

FUR 2 – FREE PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

ARTISTIC GRAIN AND MEZZO STYLE GENERATOR

This plugin is used for creating a selection of simple grain and mezzo styles. Give your photos a new look with these various effects.

SELECTIVE SATURATION – PHOTOSHOP PLUG-IN

SOFT FOCUS – FREE PHOTOSHOP PLUG-IN

CONTRAST MASK – FREE PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

GRADIENT BLUR- FREE PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

This plugin apllies a gradient blur that can help us draw the viewes attention to the photograph’s main subject.There are sliders to control the position where the blur starts and it’s strength.

XPOSE – PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN TO ADJUST EXPOSURE

DEPTHDITHER PROVIDES COLOR DITHER FOR PHOTOSHOP

LENS CORRECTION – FREE PHOTOSHOP PLUG-IN

This plugin corrects barrel and pincushion distortions that many zoom camera lenses.produce.Just move the sliders to the left to correct barrel distortion, and to the right to correct pincushion .

VIRTUAL PHOTOGRAPHER – PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

Save hours of time by instantly applying photographic effects to
digital images with just one click. It has more than 200 onclick preset effects. Easily applies layered effects with “Blend” mode

AAA BLENDER PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

AAA GAUSSIAN BLUR – PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

FILTER FORGE FREEPACK 1 Â€“ METALS

PHOTO EFFECTS PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

A set of seven photo enhancing effects. Give your photos a sunny style, apply grunge look or color tints, age the image, and more â€“ all filters are fully adjustable and resolution-independent.

FRAME MAKER – FREE PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

A set of seven filters that create frames for your photos. Apply a realistic painted wooden frame or a vignette, give your photos a classic elegant feel or a ragged harsh look, and more.

DISTORTIONS – PHOTOSHOP PLUG-IN

CAMOUFLAGE PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

NIGHT-VISION PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

SNOWFLAKES PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

SNOWSCAPE – COVER ANY LANDSCAPE WITH SNOW

HARMONIX – MAKE WAVES!

UNPLUGGED-X – OVER 100 EFFECTS IN ONE PLUG-IN

FILTEROPTIX – FREE PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

IMAGESKILL OUTLINER PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

BACKGROUND REMOVER – PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

AUTO FX – DREAMY PHOTO PHOTOSHOP PLUG-IN

TURN YOUR IMAGES INTO MOSAIC PHOTOSHOP PLUG-IN

Mosaic makes your photos look as if they were created out of a mosaic tile. Photo-realistic depth and variable tile size and color options give this effect an infinite number of looks.

IRIDESCENT PHOTOSHOP PLUG-IN

STEREOGRAM LAB FILTER PHOTOSHOP PLUG-IN

MOSAIC TOOLKIT & ILLUMINATION FIX TOOLKIT

KALEIDOSCOPE PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

Kaleidoscope 2.1 is a plugin which proceeds to multiple symmetries to obtain beautiful patterns.

SORTING TILES PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

Sorting Tiles imitates vaguely painting. Fundamentally, the filter cuts image in several blocks, makes a sorting of colours, and redistributes these ones following more or less complicated patterns.

CHALKAHOLIC PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

WEAVER PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

Weaver is an effect which imitates weave.

JULIJULIA ’S CURVES PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

3D SHADOW : ADOBE PHOTOSHOP PLUG-IN

SINEDOTS PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

With sinedots plugin you can create sine wave patterns in your design works.

SHEAR PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

RETRO DOTS – FREE PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

It generates dot grids which can be based on selections. It’s will help beginners to create colorful dot patterns easily with one click.

BLOTS FREE PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

With 3 modes: normal, camouflage & gradient, this plug-in is very ideal to create textures using blots.

COLOR MEGAMIX FREE PHOTOSHOP PLUG-INS

Color MegaMix modifies the colors of any image. It is based on two rows of colors: 8 source colors and 8 target colors. According to these data, the plugin reconstructs completely the color space.

ERASER GENUINE – ERASE CERTAIN PARTS OF IMAGES

FINE THRESHOLD FREE PHOTOSHOP PLUGINS

Unlike the traditional threshold command of Photoshop, the plugin Fine Threshold allows to get quickly, anti-aliased and sharp shapes.

FLAT MEDIAN PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

Flat Median is a median-like effect which have some advantages over the “regular” median filter.

ICON PLUGIN FOR PHOTOSHOP

PHOTO FREEBIES – 10 BEST PHOTOSHOP PLUGINS

B/W
Sepia
Luma Negative
Chroma Negative
RGB2YCC and YCC2RGB
RGB2HSL and HSL2RGB
Desaturation Gradient
Histo Fix
Remove Transparency

DENOISE’S NOISE REDUCTION

GREYSCALER PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

XMETA PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

MELT PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

This plugin allows to deform image, by waves. Size, intensity, and aspect ratio of waves are customizable.

PROJECTION PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

The plugin Projection provides a collection of interactive perspective effects: ability to tile image in infinite space (copy or mirror mode), or to repeat edges.

POSTERIZER PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

Posterizer is a plugin which offers the possibility to posterize the luminosity and the hue.

AUTOINTERLACE CREATE INTERLACE EFFECTS

J2K – THE FUTURE OF IMAGE COMPRESSION

20 FREE PHOTOSHOP PLUGINS FROM FLAMING PEAR

This is a collection of 20 free photoshop plugins developed by Flaming pears. It includes :

SuperBladePro
Melancholytron
Flood
Flexify 2
Designer Sextet
Mr. Contrast
Polymerge
LunarCell
India Ink
Hue and Cry
Glitterato
SolarCell
Photography Pack
Patterns
Free Plugins

24 FREE PHOTOSHOP PLUG-INS BY RICHARD ROSENMAN

Free photoshop plugins developed by Richard Rosenman.

3D Sphere Generator
3D Sphere Generator
Channel Modifier
Color Bar Generator
Diffuse
Evaluate
Grain Generator
Grid Generator
Lens Distortion Corrector

42 PHOTOSHOP PLUGINS BY XERO GRAPHICS

Abstractor
Alien Mist
Artgrain
Artifax
Artworx
Bad Dream
Caravaggio
Clarity
Cubism
Duochrome
Emphasis
Fritillary
Fuzzifier
Greyscaler
Greytinter
Illustrator
Improver
Iridium
LineArt
Lithograph
Make-a-Flake
Mistifier
MoodLight
Moonlight

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200+ ULTIMATE COLLECTION OF PHOTOSHOP PLUGINS

2012-10-29T10:40:00.003+08:00

200+ ULTIMATE COLLECTION OF PHOTOSHOP PLUGINS

BY MOHAMED RIAS

200+ FREE PHOTOSHOP PLUGINS

In this post , I would like to share more than 200 photoshop plugins which are available for free. Hope it will help all photoshop newbies to create their desired image effects with much ease.

WATER RIPPLES CREATOR – PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

JAMA 3D PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

LATTICE COMPOSER – PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

LUCE PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

This plugin helps to control the light exposure and lets designers to create stunning effects with their images.

SCREENWORKS – SIMPLE PATTERN GENERATION

ALPHAWORKS Â€“ TRANSPARENCY EFFECTS

COLOURWORKS Â€“ COLOUR MODIFICATION

LOCAL CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT – PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

SMART REFINMENT FILTER PLUG-IN FOR ADOBE PHOTOSHOP

Smart Refinement Filter is an Adobe Photoshop plug-in for photographic images enhancement. This plug-in allows: sharpness and depth-of-field (DOF) enhancement, and noise (dust) reduction.

SUPERPNG PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

HIGH PASS SHARPENING

PHOTOSHOP BLACK-WHITE CONVERSION PLUGIN

EDGEWORKS Â€“ COOL ARTISTIC STYLES

SWAPSHOP Â€“ COLOUR EXCHANGE

A single Photoshop-compatible plug-in with 15 effects for switching the colour values in your images. Useful for experimenting with interesting combinations and creating surreal results.

MAXIMUM COLOUR TONING ADOBE PLUGIN

A single Photoshop-compatible plug-in with 20 effects for “blasting” intense colour into your images. Ideal for when you need to add dramatic impact to your photos or work.

FUR 2 – FREE PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

ARTISTIC GRAIN AND MEZZO STYLE GENERATOR

This plugin is used for creating a selection of simple grain and mezzo styles. Give your photos a new look with these various effects.

SELECTIVE SATURATION – PHOTOSHOP PLUG-IN

SOFT FOCUS – FREE PHOTOSHOP PLUG-IN

CONTRAST MASK – FREE PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

GRADIENT BLUR- FREE PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

This plugin apllies a gradient blur that can help us draw the viewes attention to the photograph’s main subject.There are sliders to control the position where the blur starts and it’s strength.

XPOSE – PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN TO ADJUST EXPOSURE

DEPTHDITHER PROVIDES COLOR DITHER FOR PHOTOSHOP

LENS CORRECTION – FREE PHOTOSHOP PLUG-IN

This plugin corrects barrel and pincushion distortions that many zoom camera lenses.produce.Just move the sliders to the left to correct barrel distortion, and to the right to correct pincushion .

VIRTUAL PHOTOGRAPHER – PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

Save hours of time by instantly applying photographic effects to
digital images with just one click. It has more than 200 onclick preset effects. Easily applies layered effects with “Blend” mode

AAA BLENDER PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

AAA GAUSSIAN BLUR – PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

FILTER FORGE FREEPACK 1 Â€“ METALS

PHOTO EFFECTS PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

A set of seven photo enhancing effects. Give your photos a sunny style, apply grunge look or color tints, age the image, and more â€“ all filters are fully adjustable and resolution-independent.

FRAME MAKER – FREE PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

A set of seven filters that create frames for your photos. Apply a realistic painted wooden frame or a vignette, give your photos a classic elegant feel or a ragged harsh look, and more.

DISTORTIONS – PHOTOSHOP PLUG-IN

CAMOUFLAGE PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

NIGHT-VISION PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

SNOWFLAKES PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

SNOWSCAPE – COVER ANY LANDSCAPE WITH SNOW

HARMONIX – MAKE WAVES!

UNPLUGGED-X – OVER 100 EFFECTS IN ONE PLUG-IN

FILTEROPTIX – FREE PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

IMAGESKILL OUTLINER PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

BACKGROUND REMOVER – PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

AUTO FX – DREAMY PHOTO PHOTOSHOP PLUG-IN

TURN YOUR IMAGES INTO MOSAIC PHOTOSHOP PLUG-IN

Mosaic makes your photos look as if they were created out of a mosaic tile. Photo-realistic depth and variable tile size and color options give this effect an infinite number of looks.

IRIDESCENT PHOTOSHOP PLUG-IN

STEREOGRAM LAB FILTER PHOTOSHOP PLUG-IN

MOSAIC TOOLKIT & ILLUMINATION FIX TOOLKIT

KALEIDOSCOPE PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

Kaleidoscope 2.1 is a plugin which proceeds to multiple symmetries to obtain beautiful patterns.

SORTING TILES PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

Sorting Tiles imitates vaguely painting. Fundamentally, the filter cuts image in several blocks, makes a sorting of colours, and redistributes these ones following more or less complicated patterns.

CHALKAHOLIC PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

WEAVER PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

Weaver is an effect which imitates weave.

JULIJULIA ’S CURVES PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

3D SHADOW : ADOBE PHOTOSHOP PLUG-IN

SINEDOTS PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

With sinedots plugin you can create sine wave patterns in your design works.

SHEAR PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

RETRO DOTS – FREE PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

It generates dot grids which can be based on selections. It’s will help beginners to create colorful dot patterns easily with one click.

BLOTS FREE PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

With 3 modes: normal, camouflage & gradient, this plug-in is very ideal to create textures using blots.

COLOR MEGAMIX FREE PHOTOSHOP PLUG-INS

Color MegaMix modifies the colors of any image. It is based on two rows of colors: 8 source colors and 8 target colors. According to these data, the plugin reconstructs completely the color space.

ERASER GENUINE – ERASE CERTAIN PARTS OF IMAGES

FINE THRESHOLD FREE PHOTOSHOP PLUGINS

Unlike the traditional threshold command of Photoshop, the plugin Fine Threshold allows to get quickly, anti-aliased and sharp shapes.

FLAT MEDIAN PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

Flat Median is a median-like effect which have some advantages over the “regular” median filter.

ICON PLUGIN FOR PHOTOSHOP

PHOTO FREEBIES – 10 BEST PHOTOSHOP PLUGINS

B/W
Sepia
Luma Negative
Chroma Negative
RGB2YCC and YCC2RGB
RGB2HSL and HSL2RGB
Desaturation Gradient
Histo Fix
Remove Transparency

DENOISE’S NOISE REDUCTION

GREYSCALER PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

XMETA PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

MELT PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

This plugin allows to deform image, by waves. Size, intensity, and aspect ratio of waves are customizable.

PROJECTION PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

The plugin Projection provides a collection of interactive perspective effects: ability to tile image in infinite space (copy or mirror mode), or to repeat edges.

POSTERIZER PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

Posterizer is a plugin which offers the possibility to posterize the luminosity and the hue.

AUTOINTERLACE CREATE INTERLACE EFFECTS

J2K – THE FUTURE OF IMAGE COMPRESSION

20 FREE PHOTOSHOP PLUGINS FROM FLAMING PEAR

This is a collection of 20 free photoshop plugins developed by Flaming pears. It includes :

SuperBladePro
Melancholytron
Flood
Flexify 2
Designer Sextet
Mr. Contrast
Polymerge
LunarCell
India Ink
Hue and Cry
Glitterato
SolarCell
Photography Pack
Patterns
Free Plugins

24 FREE PHOTOSHOP PLUG-INS BY RICHARD ROSENMAN

Free photoshop plugins developed by Richard Rosenman.

3D Sphere Generator
3D Sphere Generator
Channel Modifier
Color Bar Generator
Diffuse
Evaluate
Grain Generator
Grid Generator
Lens Distortion Corrector

42 PHOTOSHOP PLUGINS BY XERO GRAPHICS

Abstractor
Alien Mist
Artgrain
Artifax
Artworx
Bad Dream
Caravaggio
Clarity
Cubism
Duochrome
Emphasis
Fritillary
Fuzzifier
Greyscaler
Greytinter
Illustrator
Improver
Iridium
LineArt
Lithograph
Make-a-Flake
Mistifier
MoodLight
Moonlight

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200+ ULTIMATE COLLECTION OF PHOTOSHOP PLUGINS

2012-10-29T10:40:00.001+08:00

200+ ULTIMATE COLLECTION OF PHOTOSHOP PLUGINS

BY MOHAMED RIAS

200+ FREE PHOTOSHOP PLUGINS

In this post , I would like to share more than 200 photoshop plugins which are available for free. Hope it will help all photoshop newbies to create their desired image effects with much ease.

WATER RIPPLES CREATOR – PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

JAMA 3D PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

LATTICE COMPOSER – PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

LUCE PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

This plugin helps to control the light exposure and lets designers to create stunning effects with their images.

SCREENWORKS – SIMPLE PATTERN GENERATION

ALPHAWORKS Â€“ TRANSPARENCY EFFECTS

COLOURWORKS Â€“ COLOUR MODIFICATION

LOCAL CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT – PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

SMART REFINMENT FILTER PLUG-IN FOR ADOBE PHOTOSHOP

Smart Refinement Filter is an Adobe Photoshop plug-in for photographic images enhancement. This plug-in allows: sharpness and depth-of-field (DOF) enhancement, and noise (dust) reduction.

SUPERPNG PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

HIGH PASS SHARPENING

PHOTOSHOP BLACK-WHITE CONVERSION PLUGIN

EDGEWORKS Â€“ COOL ARTISTIC STYLES

SWAPSHOP Â€“ COLOUR EXCHANGE

A single Photoshop-compatible plug-in with 15 effects for switching the colour values in your images. Useful for experimenting with interesting combinations and creating surreal results.

MAXIMUM COLOUR TONING ADOBE PLUGIN

A single Photoshop-compatible plug-in with 20 effects for “blasting” intense colour into your images. Ideal for when you need to add dramatic impact to your photos or work.

FUR 2 – FREE PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

ARTISTIC GRAIN AND MEZZO STYLE GENERATOR

This plugin is used for creating a selection of simple grain and mezzo styles. Give your photos a new look with these various effects.

SELECTIVE SATURATION – PHOTOSHOP PLUG-IN

SOFT FOCUS – FREE PHOTOSHOP PLUG-IN

CONTRAST MASK – FREE PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

GRADIENT BLUR- FREE PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

This plugin apllies a gradient blur that can help us draw the viewes attention to the photograph’s main subject.There are sliders to control the position where the blur starts and it’s strength.

XPOSE – PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN TO ADJUST EXPOSURE

DEPTHDITHER PROVIDES COLOR DITHER FOR PHOTOSHOP

LENS CORRECTION – FREE PHOTOSHOP PLUG-IN

This plugin corrects barrel and pincushion distortions that many zoom camera lenses.produce.Just move the sliders to the left to correct barrel distortion, and to the right to correct pincushion .

VIRTUAL PHOTOGRAPHER – PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

Save hours of time by instantly applying photographic effects to
digital images with just one click. It has more than 200 onclick preset effects. Easily applies layered effects with “Blend” mode

AAA BLENDER PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

AAA GAUSSIAN BLUR – PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

FILTER FORGE FREEPACK 1 Â€“ METALS

PHOTO EFFECTS PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

A set of seven photo enhancing effects. Give your photos a sunny style, apply grunge look or color tints, age the image, and more â€“ all filters are fully adjustable and resolution-independent.

FRAME MAKER – FREE PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

A set of seven filters that create frames for your photos. Apply a realistic painted wooden frame or a vignette, give your photos a classic elegant feel or a ragged harsh look, and more.

DISTORTIONS – PHOTOSHOP PLUG-IN

CAMOUFLAGE PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

NIGHT-VISION PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

SNOWFLAKES PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

SNOWSCAPE – COVER ANY LANDSCAPE WITH SNOW

HARMONIX – MAKE WAVES!

UNPLUGGED-X – OVER 100 EFFECTS IN ONE PLUG-IN

FILTEROPTIX – FREE PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

IMAGESKILL OUTLINER PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

BACKGROUND REMOVER – PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

AUTO FX – DREAMY PHOTO PHOTOSHOP PLUG-IN

TURN YOUR IMAGES INTO MOSAIC PHOTOSHOP PLUG-IN

Mosaic makes your photos look as if they were created out of a mosaic tile. Photo-realistic depth and variable tile size and color options give this effect an infinite number of looks.

IRIDESCENT PHOTOSHOP PLUG-IN

STEREOGRAM LAB FILTER PHOTOSHOP PLUG-IN

MOSAIC TOOLKIT & ILLUMINATION FIX TOOLKIT

KALEIDOSCOPE PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

Kaleidoscope 2.1 is a plugin which proceeds to multiple symmetries to obtain beautiful patterns.

SORTING TILES PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

Sorting Tiles imitates vaguely painting. Fundamentally, the filter cuts image in several blocks, makes a sorting of colours, and redistributes these ones following more or less complicated patterns.

CHALKAHOLIC PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

WEAVER PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

Weaver is an effect which imitates weave.

JULIJULIA ’S CURVES PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

3D SHADOW : ADOBE PHOTOSHOP PLUG-IN

SINEDOTS PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

With sinedots plugin you can create sine wave patterns in your design works.

SHEAR PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

RETRO DOTS – FREE PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

It generates dot grids which can be based on selections. It’s will help beginners to create colorful dot patterns easily with one click.

BLOTS FREE PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

With 3 modes: normal, camouflage & gradient, this plug-in is very ideal to create textures using blots.

COLOR MEGAMIX FREE PHOTOSHOP PLUG-INS

Color MegaMix modifies the colors of any image. It is based on two rows of colors: 8 source colors and 8 target colors. According to these data, the plugin reconstructs completely the color space.

ERASER GENUINE – ERASE CERTAIN PARTS OF IMAGES

FINE THRESHOLD FREE PHOTOSHOP PLUGINS

Unlike the traditional threshold command of Photoshop, the plugin Fine Threshold allows to get quickly, anti-aliased and sharp shapes.

FLAT MEDIAN PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

Flat Median is a median-like effect which have some advantages over the “regular” median filter.

ICON PLUGIN FOR PHOTOSHOP

PHOTO FREEBIES – 10 BEST PHOTOSHOP PLUGINS

B/W
Sepia
Luma Negative
Chroma Negative
RGB2YCC and YCC2RGB
RGB2HSL and HSL2RGB
Desaturation Gradient
Histo Fix
Remove Transparency

DENOISE’S NOISE REDUCTION

GREYSCALER PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

XMETA PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

MELT PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

This plugin allows to deform image, by waves. Size, intensity, and aspect ratio of waves are customizable.

PROJECTION PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

The plugin Projection provides a collection of interactive perspective effects: ability to tile image in infinite space (copy or mirror mode), or to repeat edges.

POSTERIZER PHOTOSHOP PLUGIN

Posterizer is a plugin which offers the possibility to posterize the luminosity and the hue.

AUTOINTERLACE CREATE INTERLACE EFFECTS

J2K – THE FUTURE OF IMAGE COMPRESSION

20 FREE PHOTOSHOP PLUGINS FROM FLAMING PEAR

This is a collection of 20 free photoshop plugins developed by Flaming pears. It includes :

SuperBladePro
Melancholytron
Flood
Flexify 2
Designer Sextet
Mr. Contrast
Polymerge
LunarCell
India Ink
Hue and Cry
Glitterato
SolarCell
Photography Pack
Patterns
Free Plugins

24 FREE PHOTOSHOP PLUG-INS BY RICHARD ROSENMAN

Free photoshop plugins developed by Richard Rosenman.

3D Sphere Generator
3D Sphere Generator
Channel Modifier
Color Bar Generator
Diffuse
Evaluate
Grain Generator
Grid Generator
Lens Distortion Corrector

42 PHOTOSHOP PLUGINS BY XERO GRAPHICS

Abstractor
Alien Mist
Artgrain
Artifax
Artworx
Bad Dream
Caravaggio
Clarity
Cubism
Duochrome
Emphasis
Fritillary
Fuzzifier
Greyscaler
Greytinter
Illustrator
Improver
Iridium
LineArt
Lithograph
Make-a-Flake
Mistifier
MoodLight
Moonlight

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Google Chrome Offline Installer

2012-10-29T10:13:00.000+08:00

Download Google Chrome Offline Installer

Download Google Chrome Offline Installer - Google Chrome adalah salah satu browser yang sangat diminati pengguna internet saat ini. Jika browser Chrome Anda sudah tidak up to date, segera unduh browser Google Chrome terbaru (versi terbaru) yang dapat di install secara offline pada PC Anda.

Download Google Chrome Offline Installer - Google Chrome is a browser that is very interested in the current Internet users. If your Chrome browser is not up to date, immediately download the latest Google Chrome browser (latest version) that can be installed offline on your PC.

Download Google Chrome Offline Installer (26.9 Mb)

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How to fix missing MSVCR71.dll

2012-10-29T09:59:00.000+08:00

How to fix missing MSVCR71.dll problem in Windows

I am using Windows 7, and I’m lacking MSVCR71.dll which is Microsoft Visual C Runtime library when using sendmail, the PostgreSQL PHP connector and curl. The MSVCR71.dll is probably bundled with .NET Framework 1.1 or something, but I couldn’t get those to install successfuly.

The program can’t start because MSVCR71.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this program.

So how do I solve it:

Download MSVCR71.dll from dll-files.com. (It is free.)
Unzip
Place MSVCR71.dll into C:\Windows\System32 or C:\Windows\SysWOW64 if you using a 64-bit Windows.

And sendmail now works for me already in Windows 7.

By the way, I only tested this in Windows 7 64-bit. I assumed it would work for other versions of Windows. I would appreciate it if you could feedback to me if it works on your version of Windows.

Additions

It is reported working for Windows 7 32-bit as well.

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Yahoo! Messenger 11.5.0.228 (Offline Installer)

2012-10-29T09:13:00.000+08:00

Download Yahoo! Messenger 11.5.0.228 (Offline Installer)

Di pertengahan tahun 2012 ini Yahoo! kembali mengeluarkan update terbarunya, yaitu Yahoo! Messenger versi 11.5.0.228.

In the mid 2012's Yahoo! re-issued its latest update, the Yahoo! Messenger version 11.5.0.228.

For those of you who are upgrading Yahoo! messenger applications can be downloaded at the link below:

Download Yahoo! Messenger 11.5.0.228 (Bahasa Indonesia)

Download juga dalam bahasa lainnya (another language version) :

English (US), English (GB), Italiano, Français, Deutsch, Español (de España), Español (internacional), Português (do Brasil), Taiwanese, Vietnamese

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Download Adobe Reader XI Offline Installer

2012-10-23T15:09:00.001+08:00

Adobe Reader XI Offline Installer

English

Adobe Reader is a program or software to run or open the PDF file yangpopular. Many users are using the adobe pdf reader as their program. Now Adobe has released Adobe Reader to Adobe Reader version XI after a previous version of adobe reader adobe reader is 10. For some reason this is not the latest version of Adobe Reader 11 as a continuation of the Adobe Reader Adobe Reader XI 10 but used as the name of the latest version.

Adobe reader latest version has support all Windows Operating Systems from Windows XP, Windows 7 and Windows 8. If you are still using the old version adober, sebaiknyalah you update your adobe reader to the latest version of Adobe Reader XI. Adobe reader is a pdf file opener software free or free. To get it please download on the download link below.

Download Adobe Reader XI [Offline Installer] 36,1 MB

Bahasa

Adobe Reader adalah salah satu program atau software untuk menjalankan atau membuka file PDF yangpopular. Banyak user yang menggunakan adobe reader sebagai program pdf mereka. Kini Adobe telah merilis Adobe reader pada versi Adobe reader XI setelah sebelumnya versi adobe reader adalah adobe reader 10. Entah mengapa versi terbaru ini bukan Adobe Reader 11 sebagai kelanjutan dari Adobe reader 10 namun Adobe Reader XI yang dipakai sebagai nama versi terbarunya.

Adobe reader versi terbaru ini sudah support semua Operating Sistem Windows mulai dari Windows XP, Windows 7 maupun Windows 8. Jika anda sekarang masih menggunakan adober versi yang lama, sebaiknyalah anda update adobe reader anda menjadi versi terbaru yaitu Adobe Reader XI. Adobe reader merupakan software pembuka file pdf yang gratis atau free. Untuk mendapatkannya silahkan download pada link download dibawah ini.

Download Adobe Reader XI [Offline Installer] 36,1 MB

Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie

2012-10-11T15:41:00.000+08:00

Android 5.0 Lime Pie: 10 things we want to see

Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie has started baking

Google's showing no signs of slowing its pace of Android development, with Android 4.0 appearing on the Galaxy Nexus late in 2011, followed in July of 2012 by the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean release that arrived powering the super Nexus 7.

But, forward-looking, update-obsessed people that we are, we can't help but imagine how Google's going to maintain the pace of innovation in its next version of its mobile OS, which, if it follows the patterns of previous years, ought to arrive on a new Nexus-brand mobile at the end of 2012.

All we know thus far is that Google's working away on the K release of Android, which it's developing under the dessert-related codename of Key Lime Pie.

UPDATE: Rumours of a new Nexus handset are tricking in now, as we reported on 1 October 2012. There's been speculation that this phone will be sporting Key Lime Pie, but sources who spoke to AndroidAndMe claim it'll be running Android Jelly Bean.

So what should those Google engineers be putting into Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie? Hopefully some of these things.

1. Performance Profiles

It's bit of a fuss managing your mobile before bed time. Switching off the sound, turning off data, activating airplane mode and so on, so what Android 5.0 really needs is a simple way of managing performance, and therefore power use, automatically.

Something like a Gaming mode for max power delivery, an Overnight low-power state for slumbering on minimal power and maybe a Reading mode for no bothersome data connections and a super-low backlight.

Some hardware makers put their own little automated tools in, such as the excellent Smart Actions found within Motorola's RAZR interface, but it'd be great to see Google give us a simple way to manage states.

Another little power strip style widget for phone performance profiles would be an easy way to do it.

Set telephone to BEDTIME SLEEPY MODE

2. Better multiple device support

Google already does quite a good job of supporting serious Android nerds who own several phones and tablets, but there are some holes in its coverage that are rather frustrating.

Take the Videos app which manages your film downloads through the Play Store. Start watching a film on one Android device and you're limited to resuming your film session on that same unit, making it impossible to switch from phone to tablet mid-film.

You can switch between phone and web site players to resume watching, but surely Google ought to understand its fans often have a couple of phones and tabs on the go and fix this for Android Key Lime Pie?

3. Enhanced social network support

Android doesn't really do much for social network users out of the box, with most of the fancy social widgets and features coming from the hardware makers through their own custom skins.
Sony integrates Facebook brilliantly in its phones, and even LG makes a great social network aggregator widget that incorporates Facebook and Twitter - so why are there no cool aggregator apps as part of the standard Android setup?
Yes, Google does a great job of pushing Google+, but, no offence, there are many other more widely used networks that ought to be a little better "baked in" to Android.

4. Line-drawing keyboard options

Another area where the manufacturers have taken a big leap ahead of Google is in integrating clever alternate text entry options in their keyboards. HTC and Sony both offer their own takes on the Swype style of line-drawing text input, which is a nice option to have for getting your words onto a telephone. Get it into Android 5.0 and give us the choice.

P-U-T T-H-I-S I-N A-N-D-R-O-I-D 5-.-0

5. A video chat app

How odd is it that Google's put a front-facing camera on the Nexus 7 and most hardware manufacturers do the same on their phones and tablets, yet most ship without any form of common video chat app?

You have to download Skype and hope it works, or find some other downloadable app solution. Why isn't there a Google Live See My Face Chat app of some sort as part of Android? Is it because we're too ugly? Is that what you're saying, Google?

6. Multi-select in the contacts

The Android contacts section is pretty useful, but it could be managed a little better. What if you have the idea of emailing or texting a handful of your friends? The way that's currently done is by emailing one, then adding the rest individually. Some sort of checkbox system that let users scroll through names and create a mailing list on the fly through the contacts listing in Android Key Lime Pie would make this much easier.

Make this a destination, rather than a never-used list

7. Cross-device SMS sync

If you're a constant SIM swapper with more than one phone on the go, chances are you've lost track of your text messages at some point. Google stores these on the phone rather than the SIM card, so it'd be nice if our texts could be either backed up to the SIM, the SD card, or beamed up to the magical invisible cloud of data, for easy and consistent access across multiple devices.

8. A "Never Update" option

This would annoy developers so is unlikely to happen, but it'd be nice if we could refuse app updates permanently in Android 5.0, just in case we'd rather stick with a current version of a tool than be forced to upgrade.

Sure, you can set apps to manual update and then just ignore the update prompt forever, but it'd be nice to know we can keep a favoured version of an app without accidentally updating it. Some of us are still using the beta Times app, for example, which has given free access for a year.

Let us keep older versions. Many people fear change

9. App preview/freebie codes

Something Apple's been doing for ages and ages is using a promo code system to distribute free or review versions of apps. It even makes doing little competitions to drum up publicity for apps much easier, so why's there no similar scheme for Android?

It might encourage developers to stop going down the ad-covered/freemium route if they could charge for an app but still give it away to friends and fans through a promo code system.

10. Final whinges and requests...

It's be nice to be able to sort the Settings screen by alphabetical order, too, or by most commonly used or personal preference, as Android's so packed with a huge list of options these days it's a big old list to scroll through and pick out what you need.

Plus could we have a percentage count for the battery in the Notifications bar for Android 5.0? Just so we know a bit more info than the vague emptying battery icon.

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15 cool things Windows 8 does that Windows 7 doesn't

2011-11-24T10:29:00.000+08:00

In Depth: Windows 8 features you'll want to upgrade for

When Microsoft released the Windows 8 Developer Preview last month it warned that it was unstable, incomplete, a very early build which has a long way to go before it's ready for release.

That doesn't sound too promising - but on installing it we were surprised to see just how many great new features Windows 8 already contained.

From the shiny new Metro interface and interesting Explorer tweaks, to new applets and major performance enhancements, Windows 8 is - even at this early stage - packed with essential functionality.

Here are 18 cool things Windows 8 does that Windows 7 doesn't

1. Boot quickly - by default

Yes, we know - every version of Windows promises boot time improvements. But this time Microsoft has really delivered.

Our test Dell Inspiron 1090 (a seriously basic laptop) took 48 seconds to launch Windows 7 from the boot loader.

Choose the Windows 8 option, though, and the Metro screen appeared in only nine seconds - more than five times faster.

How does it work? There are many tweaks, but maybe the most important happens when the system shuts down. It closes all your programs as normal, but the kernel is now hibernated, its RAM contents saved to your hard drive. This doesn't take long, and when you reboot your system can be reinitialised far faster than before.

2. Display alerts immediately

Your Windows 8 laptop won't just load faster, it'll also display useful information right away, without you having to do anything at all.

And that's because your lock screen, where you'll normally log in, can now be customised with apps which show you details on waiting emails, your schedule, RSS feeds, whatever you like.

So Windows 8 means you won't necessarily have to turn on your laptop, wait for an age as it loads, then wait even longer to launch an application, just to discover some really basic item of data: it could be available on the lock screen in seconds.

3. Log on without passwords

If you already have more than enough passwords to remember, then the good news is that Windows 8 will offer you an unusual alternative: the picture password.

You'll be able to point Windows to a picture you'd like to use, which you then click, tap or draw on with your mouse or using a touch screen. So if you choose a picture of your house, say, you might draw an outline around the roof, then tap on a window and the front door. Windows will remember your gestures, and won't allow anyone to log in later unless they can repeat them.

If that doesn't sound appealing, don't worry - you can continue to log in with a regular alphanumeric password if you prefer, just as before.

4. Enjoy a dynamic desktop

The Windows 8 Metro interface doesn't give you static shortcuts to launch its applications. Instead you get dynamic tiles, which you can change in size to reflect an app's importance, and freely organise into whatever groups best suits your needs.

And, again, these tiles aren't just used to launch the apps. They can also display information from them, so if something interesting has just appeared on an RSS feed you're watching, then you'll get to see it right away.

5. Synchronise your settings

Of course, with so much functionality on the Metro desktop, it may take a while to set it up just the way you like. But don't worry, you only have to do this once, even if you've several Windows 8 PCs, because you'll be able to synchronise your Metro apps, their settings and application histories (as well as login details for applications and websites) across all your systems, entirely automatically.

6. Spot resource hogs

All this syncing, email-checking, RSS monitoring and so on could become a little expensive if you're using a metered 3G connection, of course. So it's just as well that the new Windows 8 Task Manager includes an App History feature which can show you exactly who's hogging all your network bandwidth (as well as your CPU time, hard drive and RAM).

7. Close apps automatically

Traditionally Windows has left it up to you to manage the programs you run. So you can launch as many as you like, and the system won't complain: it'll just get slower, and slower, and slower as you run out of RAM and it starts swapping to disk.

Windows 8 is fortunately a little different, at least when running Metro apps. If you're running short of resources then it'll close down anything you've not used for a while, to try to help out. Don't worry, the app's state is saved first, so you don't lose anything; relaunch it and you'll carry on exactly where you left off.

8. Share easily

Sharing something you've found online is an everyday experience for most web users, and so it's great to see Microsoft build that idea into Windows 8. If you've discovered a great photo or web page in IE10 then simply hit the Share button and you'll be able to send its link via any compatible app you've installed - and they'll then update your Twitter, Facebook or other account right away.

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iPod creator switches attention to 'smart' thermostats

2011-10-26T09:44:00.003+08:00

The man known as the "godfather" of the iPod has invested his energy in a home appliance: a thermostat.

Tony Fadell caused surprise when he quit Apple in 2008 after heading its music player division. Fortune magazine once tipped him as a successor to former chief executive, Steve Jobs.

Mr Fadell has now revealed his efforts went into the Learning Thermostat.
The smart device adjusts the temperature based on the presence of people and their habits.

The thermostat is able to "learn" and adjust itself

It can "learn" about a house's cooling and heating patterns to optimise its performance, and adjust itself to the weather conditions.
Mr Faddell said the device could cut 20 to 30% off the average household's energy bill.
He said it is also possible to control the $249 (£156) thermostat remotely via a smartphone app.
The price is around fifteen times higher than what basic thermostats sell for in the US.
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“You don't hire a crack team to build a product. You hire them to build a company”
Matt Rogers
Nest

Smart gadgets
There are also alternative "smart" models on the market.
A Canadian firm Ecobee produces web-connected programmable "green" thermostats.
But according to Mr Fadell's company, Nest, the Learning Thermostat is more user-friendly, and has the advantage of being able to "observe" household members and their surroundings.

Using a motion sensor, it can detect whether or not anyone is home - and if the house or flat is empty, it goes into the energy-saving mode by turning down the heater or air conditioner.

Beyond thermostats
It is possible to adjust the temperature remotely, from a computer or a mobile device

It is possible to adjust the temperature remotely, from a computer or a mobile device

Smart thermostats are just one kind of the growing number of "intelligent" devices that are connected to the web and able to interact with humans and among themselves.

Smart meters and smart grids are among the best known ones, but companies are also experimenting with smart parking places, smart tags at retail stores and even a so-called Urban operating system aimed at controlling devices of a future smart city.

The tech website CNET, which interviewed Nest's co-founder Matt Rogers, says the start-up is likely to move beyond smart thermostats in the years to come.

"You don't hire a crack team to build a product. You hire them to build a company," the site quoted Mr Rogers as saying. (BBC)

Top 10 tablets of 2011, the new leaderboard

2011-10-24T14:52:00.003+08:00

Top 10 tablets of 2011, the new leaderboard

By Jason Hiner | May 4, 2011, 8:48am PDT

Summary: With new tablets hitting the market almost every week, there is suddenly an overwhelming number of choices — and more on the way.

Tablet PC

Here are the 10 tablets that are worth your attention.

Tablets are the technology’s industry’s latest gold rush. With Apple selling 15 million iPads in 2010 and projected to sell as many as 45 million in 2011, everyone wants a piece of the public’s sudden infatuation with multitouch slabs of silicon. From the world’s biggest computer companies to obscure little parts makers, there are an obscene number of companies releasing tablets this year.

Which ones are safe to ignore and which ones are worth your attention? At the beginning of the year, I wrote a piece called The 10 hottest tablets to watch in 2011. Many of these tablets have come to market, or will soon, and a couple new ones have popped up that deserve a spot on the list. Also, based on my reviews of several of these tablets, the order of ranking has changed. For example, the Motorola Xoom has dropped from the No. 2 spot to the No. 9 spot and the Notion Ink Adam, Acer Iconia, and T-Mobile G-Slate have dropped off the list entirely.

So, here is my updated assessment of the top tablets of 2011.

10. Samsung Sliding PC 7

A Windows 7 tablet that is legitimately intriguing is Samsung’s Sliding PC 7. It looks like a normal 10-inch tablet, but includes a slide-out keyboard that turns it into a fully functional laptop.

Samsung Sliding PC 7

The hardware manages to deftly combine slimness with keyboard usability, based on the demo at CES. For those who don’t want to carry both a laptop and a tablet, hybrid devices like this could carve out a new niche. This one has a 1366×768 screen, up to a 64GB solid state drive, 2GB of RAM, and built-in 3G and WiMAX chips. Since it runs all of that hardware and the full version of Windows, battery life will be a concern. It also costs $650 and tablets over $600 have not been very well received by the public.

9. Motorola Xoom

When Google is ready to make a leap forward with Android, it anoints a hardware partner to work closely with the company on the new software and produce a device that will be an initial concept vehicle of what Google envisions. For its Android 3.0 tablet OS, Motorola was the chosen one.

Motorola XOOM

And, interestingly enough, the Motorola Xoom was not only be the first Honeycomb tablet, but also the first tablet to run on Verizon’s new 4G LTE superhighway. This 10-inch widescreen tablet has drool-inducing tech specs but the Android tablet software is incomplete and desperately needs more apps. The other big drawback is the price. It retails for $799 without a contract. Even the Wi-Fi version is $599. It will be tough to justify that price until Google cleans up Honeycomb and gets app builders on board. Read full review.

8. HTC Flyer

Half of the tablets on this list are powered by Android and HTC is one of the powerhouses of the Android ecosystem. Unlike rivals Motorola, Samsung, and LG, who all unveiled high-end tablets at CES 2011, HTC was remarkably silent on the tablet question in Vegas.

HTC Flyer

However, the company officially announced its first tablet a month later at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. It is the HTC Flyer and it’s a 7-incher with 1.5 GHz CPU, 1.0 GB RAM, 32GB of Flash storage, an attractive unibody design, and a special version of the HTC Sense UI designed for tablets. Unlike most of the other Android tablets, the Flyer also includes digital ink technology and a stylus. However, the Flyer will not run Android 3.0. Instead, it will launch with Android 2.3 Gingerbread. Given the problems with Honeycomb and HTC’s strong track record with its Sense UI, this could be a very usable little tablet.

7. Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9

The original Samsung Galaxy Tab was a 7-inch tablet that jumped the gun on Android tablets before Google was ready but it also offered the first legitimate challenge to the iPad.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9

If it wasn’t so expensive ($600), it might have faired even better than the respectable sales numbers that it posted. Samsung’s second try at the tablet market looks a lot more potent. Running the official Android tablet OS this time, Samsung is preparing to launch 8.9-inch and 10.1-inch versions of the Galaxy Tab in mid-2011. The 8.9-inch model could prove to be the most attractive, since it’s a little smaller than the 10-inch tablets like the iPad and the Xoom, which can be slightly awkward to hold and enter data. Plus, the Samsung Galaxy Tab has a great price tag — $439 for the Wi-Fi model — and Samsung is making these tablets very friendly for enterprise buyers.

6. B&N Nook Color

The Barnes & Noble Nook Color e-reader recently got an update to Android 2.2 and its own app store, which has turned it into a viable low-cost tablet.

Some will argue against it since it has a heavy-handed UI forced on top of Android and doesn’t run the full Android Market app store. But, I couldn’t leave this little 7-inch tablet off the list. It has a great form factor — thin and easy in the hands — and you can’t beat the price at $249. Plus, if you’re highly technical, you can hack it into a full Android tablet.

5. ASUS Eee Pad Transformer

ASUS believes that the iPad has two weaknesses — lack of choice and limited productivity (content creation) — so that’s where the company is focusing its energy in tablets.

Asus Eee Pad Transformer

At CES, ASUS unveiled its line of four tablets, and three of them were aimed at content creators. The most interesting was the Eee Pad Transformer, a 10-inch tablet with a dual core NVIDIA Tegra 2 CPU that runs Android 3.0. The most innovative thing about this one is that it has an optional keyboard dock that also functions as an extended battery, giving the device up to 16 hours of life. ASUS has pulled off an Android tablet that also doubles as a laptop when the Transformer is in dock mode. Plus, the price is right. At $399, this tablet is one of the best values on the market, so it’s no surprise that it it sold out in the US on its first day of online sales.

4. BlackBerry PlayBook

I was at the event last fall where RIM announced the BlackBerry PlayBook and my first impressions were not very good — mostly because RIM kept it behind glass. However, after getting my hands on the final product, I was a lot more impressed.

BlackBerry Playbook

The PlayBook looks like it could become a factor in the tablet market, especially for businesses that are already invested and committed to the BES backend infrastructure. This is a 7-inch tablet, so that limits its appeal a bit — except for the vocal minority who like the smaller form factor. Still, the hardware feels great, the tablet OS is easy to figure out, and the performance is staggeringly good. BlackBerry die-hards alone could turn this one into a winner. It’s also the best tablet for Web browsing because of its excellent implementation of Flash.

3. The Amazon tablet

Amazon appears to be putting all the pieces in place to build its own Android tablet. In fact, it may be better positioned to compete with Apple than any of the other tablet makers because of its strengths in content and cloud computing.

Amazon Tablet

Amazon already had the Kindle e-book library and Web-based music and video stores, but in 2011 it has added the Amazon Appstore for Android and Amazon Cloud Drive. Plus, the word out of Asia is that Amazon is prepping a low-cost tablet using an E-ink display. Amazon hasn’t made any announcements yet, so this tablet benefits from lots of positive speculation, but the stars appear to be aligning for a formidable tablet product from the world’s e-commerce king, which will likely price it low and make money off the content sales.

2. HP TouchPad

I think we can safely call this one the “X factor.” Even after Hewlett-Packard officially unveiled its webOS tablet on February 9, there are still two big questions hanging out there - when exactly will it arrive (”summer” is all we know) and how much will it cost?

HP TouchPad

This product has been in the works since HP bought Palm last summer. Putting the resources of HP behind the massive potential of webOS could be great combination. Also, don’t forget that HP has a decade of experience building tablet hardware — even if it was as part of the long defeat for Microsoft’s Tablet PC. HP’s new TouchPad is 9.7-inch tablet with lots of high-end features, but it doesn’t have much to distinguish it from Apple or Android and that could hurt. The tablet will likely succeed or fail based on price. If it is comparable to the iPad ($500) while offering a stronger feature-set, it has a shot. If it’s more expensive than the iPad then it could struggle. Still, the WebOS is a natural fit for tablets and the TouchPad could potentially trump the iPad in true multitasking, better integrated notifications, and messaging.

1. Apple iPad 2

The iPad remains the king of the category and, even with the invasion of an army of challengers, it’s difficult to see a scenario in which the iPad won’t retain a commanding market share lead when we get to the end of 2011. It still has too many factors in its favor: usability, battery life, a massive catalog of apps, and price.

Apple iPad 2

The last factor might be the most important. In 2010, price was the iPad’s greatest marketing weapon as rivals had a very hard time meeting the iPad’s price tag while offering a comparable experience. The iPad 2 doesn’t offer any revolutionary new changes. It’s thinner and lighter, has an upgraded processor and display, and adds front and rear cameras. It’s a nice refinement, and with its big advantages in app and content libraries, it easily has enough value to keep it at the top of the list.

HTML Colour Codes and Names

2011-10-21T14:56:00.000+08:00

HTML Colour codes and names

HTML color codes are hexadecimal triplets representing the colors red, green, and blue. For example, in the the color red, the color code is FF0000, which is '255' red, '0' green, and '0' blue.

Colour

Major hexadecimal color codes

Color	Color Code	Color	Color Code
Red	#FF0000	White	#FFFFFF
Cyan	#00FFFF	Silver	#C0C0C0
Blue	#0000FF	Grey	#808080
Dark Blue	#0000A0	Black	#000000
Light Purple	#FF0080	Orange	#FFA500
Purple	#800080	Brown	#A52A2A
Yellow	#FFFF00	Maroon	#800000
Lime	#00FF00	Green	#008000
Fuchsia	#FF00FF	Olive	#808000

Color code chart

COLOR NAME	CODE	COLOR
Black	#000000	Black
Gray0	#150517	Gray0
Gray18	#250517	Gray18
Gray21	#2B1B17	Gray21
Gray23	#302217	Gray23
Gray24	#302226	Gray24
Gray25	#342826	Gray25
Gray26	#34282C	Gray26
Gray27	#382D2C	Gray27
Gray28	#3B3131	Gray28
Gray29	#3E3535	Gray29
Gray30	#413839	Gray30
Gray31	#41383C	Gray31
Gray32	#463E3F	Gray32
Gray34	#4A4344	Gray34
Gray35	#4C4646	Gray35
Gray36	#4E4848	Gray36
Gray37	#504A4B	Gray37
Gray38	#544E4F	Gray38
Gray39	#565051	Gray39
Gray40	#595454	Gray40
Gray41	#5C5858	Gray41
Gray42	#5F5A59	Gray42
Gray43	#625D5D	Gray43
Gray44	#646060	Gray44
Gray45	#666362	Gray45
Gray46	#696565	Gray46
Gray47	#6D6968	Gray47
Gray48	#6E6A6B	Gray48
Gray49	#726E6D	Gray49
Gray50	#747170	Gray50
Gray	#736F6E	Gray
Slate Gray4	#616D7E	Slate Gray4
Slate Gray	#657383	Slate Gray
Light Steel Blue4	#646D7E	Light Steel Blue4
Light Slate Gray	#6D7B8D	Light Slate Gray
Cadet Blue4	#4C787E	Cadet Blue4
Dark Slate Gray4	#4C7D7E	Dark Slate Gray4
Thistle4	#806D7E	Thistle4
Medium Slate Blue	#5E5A80	Medium Slate Blue
Medium Purple4	#4E387E	Medium Purple4
Midnight Blue	#151B54	Midnight Blue
Dark Slate Blue	#2B3856	Dark Slate Blue
Dark Slate Gray	#25383C	Dark Slate Gray
Dim Gray	#463E41	Dim Gray
Cornflower Blue	#151B8D	Cornflower Blue
Royal Blue4	#15317E	Royal Blue4
Slate Blue4	#342D7E	Slate Blue4
Royal Blue	#2B60DE	Royal Blue
Royal Blue1	#306EFF	Royal Blue1
Royal Blue2	#2B65EC	Royal Blue2
Royal Blue3	#2554C7	Royal Blue3
Deep Sky Blue	#3BB9FF	Deep Sky Blue
Deep Sky Blue2	#38ACEC	Deep Sky Blue2
Slate Blue	#357EC7	Slate Blue
Deep Sky Blue3	#3090C7	Deep Sky Blue3
Deep Sky Blue4	#25587E	Deep Sky Blue4
Dodger Blue	#1589FF	Dodger Blue
Dodger Blue2	#157DEC	Dodger Blue2
Dodger Blue3	#1569C7	Dodger Blue3
Dodger Blue4	#153E7E	Dodger Blue4
Steel Blue4	#2B547E	Steel Blue4
Steel Blue	#4863A0	Steel Blue
Slate Blue2	#6960EC	Slate Blue2
Violet	#8D38C9	Violet
Medium Purple3	#7A5DC7	Medium Purple3
Medium Purple	#8467D7	Medium Purple
Medium Purple2	#9172EC	Medium Purple2
Medium Purple1	#9E7BFF	Medium Purple1
Light Steel Blue	#728FCE	Light Steel Blue
Steel Blue3	#488AC7	Steel Blue3
Steel Blue2	#56A5EC	Steel Blue2
Steel Blue1	#5CB3FF	Steel Blue1
Sky Blue3	#659EC7	Sky Blue3
Sky Blue4	#41627E	Sky Blue4
Slate Blue	#737CA1	Slate Blue
Slate Blue	#737CA1	Slate Blue
Slate Gray3	#98AFC7	Slate Gray3
Violet Red	#F6358A	Violet Red
Violet Red1	#F6358A	Violet Red1
Violet Red2	#E4317F	Violet Red2
Deep Pink	#F52887	Deep Pink
Deep Pink2	#E4287C	Deep Pink2
Deep Pink3	#C12267	Deep Pink3
Deep Pink4	#7D053F	Deep Pink4
Medium Violet Red	#CA226B	Medium Violet Red
Violet Red3	#C12869	Violet Red3
Firebrick	#800517	Firebrick
Violet Red4	#7D0541	Violet Red4
Maroon4	#7D0552	Maroon4
Maroon	#810541	Maroon
Maroon3	#C12283	Maroon3
Maroon2	#E3319D	Maroon2
Maroon1	#F535AA	Maroon1
Magenta	#FF00FF	Magenta
Magenta1	#F433FF	Magenta1
Magenta2	#E238EC	Magenta2
Magenta3	#C031C7	Magenta3
Medium Orchid	#B048B5	Medium Orchid
Medium Orchid1	#D462FF	Medium Orchid1
Medium Orchid2	#C45AEC	Medium Orchid2
Medium Orchid3	#A74AC7	Medium Orchid3
Medium Orchid4	#6A287E	Medium Orchid4
Purple	#8E35EF	Purple
Purple1	#893BFF	Purple1
Purple2	#7F38EC	Purple2
Purple3	#6C2DC7	Purple3
Purple4	#461B7E	Purple4
Dark Orchid4	#571B7e	Dark Orchid4
Dark Orchid	#7D1B7E	Dark Orchid
Dark Violet	#842DCE	Dark Violet
Dark Orchid3	#8B31C7	Dark Orchid3
Dark Orchid2	#A23BEC	Dark Orchid2
Dark Orchid1	#B041FF	Dark Orchid1
Plum4	#7E587E	Plum4
Pale Violet Red	#D16587	Pale Violet Red
Pale Violet Red1	#F778A1	Pale Violet Red1
Pale Violet Red2	#E56E94	Pale Violet Red2
Pale Violet Red3	#C25A7C	Pale Violet Red3
Pale Violet Red4	#7E354D	Pale Violet Red4
Plum	#B93B8F	Plum
Plum1	#F9B7FF	Plum1
Plum2	#E6A9EC	Plum2
Plum3	#C38EC7	Plum3
Thistle	#D2B9D3	Thistle
Thistle3	#C6AEC7	Thistle3
Lavender Blush2	#EBDDE2	Lavender Blush2
Lavender Blush3	#C8BBBE	Lavender Blush3
Thistle2	#E9CFEC	Thistle2
Thistle1	#FCDFFF	Thistle1
Lavender	#E3E4FA	Lavender
Lavender Blush	#FDEEF4	Lavender Blush
Light Steel Blue1	#C6DEFF	Light Steel Blue1
Light Blue	#ADDFFF	Light Blue
Light Blue1	#BDEDFF	Light Blue1
Light Cyan	#E0FFFF	Light Cyan
Slate Gray1	#C2DFFF	Slate Gray1
Slate Gray2	#B4CFEC	Slate Gray2
Light Steel Blue2	#B7CEEC	Light Steel Blue2
Turquoise1	#52F3FF	Turquoise1
Cyan	#00FFFF	Cyan
Cyan1	#57FEFF	Cyan1
Cyan2	#50EBEC	Cyan2
Turquoise2	#4EE2EC	Turquoise2
Medium Turquoise	#48CCCD	Medium Turquoise
Turquoise	#43C6DB	Turquoise
Dark Slate Gray1	#9AFEFF	Dark Slate Gray1
Dark Slate Gray2	#8EEBEC	Dark slate Gray2
Dark Slate Gray3	#78c7c7	Dark Slate Gray3
Cyan3	#46C7C7	Cyan3
Turquoise3	#43BFC7	Turquoise3
Cadet Blue3	#77BFC7	Cadet Blue3
Pale Turquoise3	#92C7C7	Pale Turquoise3
Light Blue2	#AFDCEC	Light Blue2
Dark Turquoise	#3B9C9C	Dark Turquoise
Cyan4	#307D7E	Cyan4
Light Sea Green	#3EA99F	Light Sea Green
Light Sky Blue	#82CAFA	Light Sky Blue
Light Sky Blue2	#A0CFEC	Light Sky Blue2
Light Sky Blue3	#87AFC7	Light Sky Blue3
Sky Blue	#82CAFF	Sky Blue
Sky Blue2	#79BAEC	Sky Blue2
Light Sky Blue4	#566D7E	Light Sky Blue4
Sky Blue	#6698FF	Sky Blue
Light Slate Blue	#736AFF	Light Slate Blue
Light Cyan2	#CFECEC	Light Cyan2
Light Cyan3	#AFC7C7	Light Cyan3
Light Cyan4	#717D7D	Light Cyan4
Light Blue3	#95B9C7	Light Blue3
Light Blue4	#5E767E	Light Blue4
Pale Turquoise4	#5E7D7E	Pale Turquoise4
Dark Sea Green4	#617C58	Dark Sea Green4
Medium Aquamarine	#348781	Medium Aquamarine
Medium Sea Green	#306754	Medium Sea Green
Sea Green	#4E8975	Sea Green
Dark Green	#254117	Dark Green
Sea Green4	#387C44	Sea Green4
Forest Green	#4E9258	Forest Green
Medium Forest Green	#347235	Medium Forest Green
Spring Green4	#347C2C	Spring Green4
Dark Olive Green4	#667C26	Dark Olive Green4
Chartreuse4	#437C17	Chartreuse4
Green4	#347C17	Green4
Medium Spring Green	#348017	Medium Spring Green
Spring Green	#4AA02C	Spring Green
Lime Green	#41A317	Lime Green
Spring Green	#4AA02C	Spring Green
Dark Sea Green	#8BB381	Dark Sea Green
Dark Sea Green3	#99C68E	Dark Sea Green3
Green3	#4CC417	Green3
Chartreuse3	#6CC417	Chartreuse3
Yellow Green	#52D017	Yellow Green
Spring Green3	#4CC552	Spring Green3
Sea Green3	#54C571	Sea Green3
Spring Green2	#57E964	Spring Green2
Spring Green1	#5EFB6E	Spring Green1
Sea Green2	#64E986	Sea Green2
Sea Green1	#6AFB92	Sea Green1
Dark Sea Green2	#B5EAAA	Dark Sea Green2
Dark Sea Green1	#C3FDB8	Dark Sea Green1
Green	#00FF00	Green
Lawn Green	#87F717	Lawn Green
Green1	#5FFB17	Green1
Green2	#59E817	Green2
Chartreuse2	#7FE817	Chartreuse2
Chartreuse	#8AFB17	Chartreuse
Green Yellow	#B1FB17	Green Yellow
Dark Olive Green1	#CCFB5D	Dark Olive Green1
Dark Olive Green2	#BCE954	Dark Olive Green2
Dark Olive Green3	#A0C544	Dark Olive Green3
Yellow	#FFFF00	Yellow
Yellow1	#FFFC17	Yellow1
Khaki1	#FFF380	Khaki1
Khaki2	#EDE275	Khaki2
Goldenrod	#EDDA74	Goldenrod
Gold2	#EAC117	Gold2
Gold1	#FDD017	Gold1
Goldenrod1	#FBB917	Goldenrod1
Goldenrod2	#E9AB17	Goldenrod2
Gold	#D4A017	Gold
Gold3	#C7A317	Gold3
Goldenrod3	#C68E17	Goldenrod3
Dark Goldenrod	#AF7817	Dark Goldenrod
Khaki	#ADA96E	Khaki
Khaki3	#C9BE62	Khaki3
Khaki4	#827839	Khaki4
Dark Goldenrod1	#FBB117	Dark Goldenrod1
Dark Goldenrod2	#E8A317	Dark Goldenrod2
Dark Goldenrod3	#C58917	Dark Goldenrod3
Sienna1	#F87431	Sienna1
Sienna2	#E66C2C	Sienna2
Dark Orange	#F88017	Dark Orange
Dark Orange1	#F87217	Dark Orange1
Dark Orange2	#E56717	Dark Orange2
Dark Orange3	#C35617	Dark Orange3
Sienna3	#C35817	Sienna3
Sienna	#8A4117	Sienna
Sienna4	#7E3517	Sienna4
Indian Red4	#7E2217	Indian Red4
Dark Orange3	#7E3117	Dark Orange3
Salmon4	#7E3817	Salmon4
Dark Goldenrod4	#7F5217	Dark Goldenrod4
Gold4	#806517	Gold4
Goldenrod4	#805817	Goldenrod4
Light Salmon4	#7F462C	Light Salmon4
Chocolate	#C85A17	Chocolate
Coral3	#C34A2C	Coral3
Coral2	#E55B3C	Coral2
Coral	#F76541	Coral
Dark Salmon	#E18B6B	Dark Salmon
Salmon1	#F88158	Pale Turquoise4
Salmon2	#E67451	Salmon2
Salmon3	#C36241	Salmon3
Light Salmon3	#C47451	Light Salmon3
Light Salmon2	#E78A61	Light Salmon2
Light Salmon	#F9966B	Light Salmon
Sandy Brown	#EE9A4D	Sandy Brown
Hot Pink	#F660AB	Hot Pink
Hot Pink1	#F665AB	Hot Pink1
Hot Pink2	#E45E9D	Hot Pink2
Hot Pink3	#C25283	Hot Pink3
Hot Pink4	#7D2252	Hot Pink4
Light Coral	#E77471	Light Coral
Indian Red1	#F75D59	Indian Red1
Indian Red2	#E55451	Indian Red2
Indian Red3	#C24641	Indian Red3
Red	#FF0000	Red
Red1	#F62217	Red1
Red2	#E41B17	Red2
Firebrick1	#F62817	Firebrick1
Firebrick2	#E42217	Firebrick2
Firebrick3	#C11B17	Firebrick3
Pink	#FAAFBE	Pink
Rosy Brown1	#FBBBB9	Rosy Brown1
Rosy Brown2	#E8ADAA	Rosy Brown2
Pink2	#E7A1B0	Pink2
Light Pink	#FAAFBA	Light Pink
Light Pink1	#F9A7B0	Light Pink1
Light Pink2	#E799A3	Light Pink2
Pink3	#C48793	Pink3
Rosy Brown3	#C5908E	Rosy Brown3
Rosy Brown	#B38481	Rosy Brown
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Samsung Galaxy Tab™ 8.9

2011-10-21T14:26:00.000+08:00

Samsung Galaxy Tab™ 8.9

Samsung Galaxy Tab™ 8.9

This tablet is an expression of you – not its maker.
If you buy the wrong tablet, you’re at the mercy of the manufacturer regarding how much you can customize or personalize your screens. But the beauty of Android is that you have much greater flexibility to arrange things however you want. You’ll have multiple home screens to compose and design, plus live wallpapers to express your mood and personality. The Tab also offers you the freedom of TouchWiz®, the intuitive user interface that allows you to quickly drag and drop your icons, widgets and Live Panels with only the touch of a finger. Now, reorganizing your tablet’s menus and navigational options will be simple and straightforward.

A screen so lifelike you’ll want to touch it.
The Tab’s WXGA-TFT touchscreen redefines high resolution. Every image has amazing color, radiance, and clarity to capture all the detail of real life. The Tab’s dimensions give it an aspect ratio that lets you see more of the original image, without cropping or black bars. Now when you watch a movie with $100 million in special effects, you get the full impact. When you read eBooks or emails, every letter of text is razor sharp. Video chatting is more like talking face-to-face. And when your finger touches the responsive screen, every function is smooth as silk.

Performs at a higher level. So you can, too.
Surf the internet just like on a PC, and get the full enjoyment of Adobe® Flash® Player compatible sites, games, and videos.

many and many more...

The Dual core 1GHz processor runs every function and app effortlessly. A full gig of ram gives you plenty of memory. The Tab’s Android ™ 3.1, Honeycomb platform is the proven gold standard to perform the full range of Google services like optimized Gmail™ and Google Maps™.

Does several things at once. Sound familiar?
Multi-tasking is the new normal. None of us have time to do only one thing at a time. The Tab keeps you up-to-the-second with widgets and live panels that update constantly.

MultiTasking

And you can have more than one window open at a time to bounce around on. Access the Android Market™ for thousands of apps that keep your life moving with the speed you need. Sometimes your Tab is for work, sometimes it’s for play, and sometimes it’s hard to tell the difference.

Take gaming to the next level.
The Tab 8.9 is gaming heaven. It has the speed and processing power to run any Android or Adobe® Flash® Player compatible game with no buffering, stalling, downloads, or plug-ins. And the screen shows every dragon’s scale, every gold doubloon, and every sword glint with eye-popping, heart-pounding detail.
You can’t be too thin.

Let's Play!

It’s only .34" from front to back, which is about as thin as a typical ballpoint pen. The Tab also weighs just 447 grams – so light that you’ll hardly notice it in your briefcase or purse. The body is sleek yet easy to grip, and fits comfortably in your hand. It’s the perfect portable device to take anywhere and connect through any Wi-Fi hotspot without monthly service fees or carrier contracts.

Your Tab is the hub of your social universe.
For social networking, the Tab offers Social Hub, the pre-loaded app which organizes all your favorite sites in one, easy-to-access location.

Watch movies and TV shows anytime and everywhere.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 gives you access to Media Hub, where movies and TV shows can be rented or downloaded for purchase. When you choose to purchase, your content can be stored in the cloud and viewed on up to five other Media Hub enabled devices, or even watched on your television through Smart Show with an HDMI video-out adapter (sold separately).

Watching Everywhere...

You can watch it now, or later for offline viewing. The list of content available is refreshed daily to include the latest episodes of last night’s TV shows. When you choose to watch something, you can begin watching within minutes with progressive download.

Want more places to get movies? Not a problem.
The Google Videos app is preloaded, letting you rent thousands of movies starting at $1.99. Get Amazon Instant movies with Unlimited Streaming videos offering more than 2,000 movies and 500 TV shows. If you’re an Amazon Prime user, you get movies absolutely free with membership. Many movies and videos are Adobe® Flash® Player compatible, and you’ll be able to watch them all. Most networks offer free shows on their own websites, and you’ll be able to access the free content with a browser based website for TV shows. Want more options? Get the IMDB app from Android Market to watch movie trailers, or the Vevo App for premium music videos.

It’s like a bookworm’s heaven.
The Amazon Kindle app is preloaded, giving you access to the largest selection of the books (including New York best sellers) and periodicals people want to read. You even get free sample books, chapters and popular classics.

BookWorm? See this!

Google Books comes preloaded, offering you free out-of-trademark books such as “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,” “Alice in Wonderland,” “Pride & Prejudice” and many more. You can purchase thousands of books via Android Market.

Sync and Share Digital Content with AllShare™
Transform your digital living experience by enjoying your content on multiple screens, anytime, anywhere. You can wirelessly stream your movies, music and photos from your smartphone, or tablet to your Smart TV, PC and to other DLNA Certified® devices. Samsung AllShare™ seamlessly puts your music, memories and videos in harmony.

Screen images simulated. Appearance of device may vary. Android, Gmail, Google Books, Google Videos, Google Maps and Android Market are trademarks of Google, Inc. Adobe and Flash are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries. Other company and product names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Full Spec...

Tablet with support for GSM voice communication, SMS, and MMS.General 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900

3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100

Announced 2011, March

Status Available. Released 2011, October

Size Dimensions 230.9 x 157.8 x 8.6 mm

Weight 453 g

Display Type PLS TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors

Size 800 x 1280 pixels, 8.9 inches (~170 ppi pixel density)

- Multi-touch input method

- Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate

- TouchWiz UX UI

- Three-axis gyro sensor

- Touch-sensitive controls

Sound Alert types MP3 ringtones

Loudspeaker Yes, with stereo speakers

3.5mm jack Yes

Memory Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall

Call records Yes

Internal 16/32/64 GB storage, 1GB RAM

Card slot No

Data GPRS Yes

EDGE Yes

3G HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA

WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot

Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP

Infrared port No

USB Yes, v2.0

Camera Primary 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels, autofocus, LED flash

Video Yes, 720p

Secondary Yes, 2 MP

Features OS Android OS, v3.0 (Honeycomb)

CPU Dual-core 1GHz ARM Cortex-A9 processor, ULP GeForce GPU, Tegra 2 T20 chipset

Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM

Browser HTML

Radio No

Games Yes

Colors Black

GPS Yes, with A-GPS support

Java Yes, via Java MIDP emulator

- SNS integration

- Digital compass

- TV-out

- MP4/DivX/Xvid/H.264/H.263 player

- MP3/WAV/eAAC+/OGG player

- Organizer

- Image/video editor

- Quickoffice HD editor/viewer

- Google Search, Maps, Gmail,

YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa integration

- Adobe Flash 10.2 support

- Voice memo

- Predictive text input (Swype)

Battery Standard battery, Li-Po 6000 mAh

Suicide Silence Profile

2011-10-21T13:35:00.000+08:00

Suicide Silence

is an American extreme metal band from Riverside, California. The group consists of vocalist Mitch Lucker, guitarists Chris Garza and Mark Heylmun, drummer Alex Lopez and bassist Dan Kenny. Formed in 2002, the band has released three full-length studio albums, one EP and seven music videos. The group has been met with a great amount of praise and favorable reviews while even during 2009, Suicide Silence was awarded with the Revolver Golden God award for "Best New Talent".

Suicide Silence

History

Formation, debut EP and The Cleansing (2002–2008)

Suicide Silence were founded in 2002 in Riverside, California and were at that time, a side-project of many of the members of other groups. The band performed their first show at a local area within Riverside and at that time, the line-up consisted of the members Chris Garza and Rick Ash as guitarists, Mike Bodkins as bassist, Josh Goddard as drummer and two vocalists, Mitch Lucker and Tanner Womack. Shortly after their first performance, Womack was fired from the band and they released their first demo the following year.[1] They released their second demo in 2004. By the proceeding year, the members took the band more seriously and were no-longer deemed as a side project, they would then advance to record their third and final demo in 2006 after the band recorded and released their first public studio quality material entitled, Suicide Silence EP which was released through Third Degree Records and later re-released in the UK through the English label In at the Deep End Records.[2] Drummer, Josh Goddard departed from the band in 2006 and was replaced by Alex Lopez who was the former guitarist for the bands Blacheart Eulogy and The Funeral Pyre before his joining.

Two years later, the band signed to Century Media and released their debut full-length album The Cleansing.[3] The album was mixed by Tue Madsen, produced by John Travis and features artwork by Dave McKean.[4][5] It debuted at number 94 on the Billboard 200,[6] selling 7,250 copies in its first week of release.[7] The sales of that week ending combined with its later sales made The Cleansing one of the best-selling debut albums in Century Media history.[8] With the success of their debut album, Suicide Silence were included to take part in Mayhem Festival that took place during the summer of 2008. Afterward, they toured Europe with Parkway Drive and Bury Your Dead, following a successful US tour with the same bands. Suicide Silence then followed along with a tour in Australia with Parkway Drive, A Day to Remember and The Acacia Strain in mid-2008 during the time when they were included to perform at Sweat Fest. At this point Suicide Silence were beginning to gain a wide range of fans throughout the world. While returning back home from the continuous tours, the band covered the song "Engine No. 9" by Deftones and released the cover on their limited edition "Green Monster" single as well as iTunes all during the same year.[9]

No Time to Bleed (2008–2010)
Revolver described the band's live performances as "explosive and relentless".[1]

No Time To Bleed

Shortly before embarking on Mayhem Festival in summer 2008, Suicide Silence's MySpace profile title read "Suicide Silence (Is writing a new album)", which was the first indication of ensuring the upcoming of their second album. On June 26, 2008, Mitch Lucker appeared on the Headbangers Ball blog podcast. In the interview, Lucker stated that the album would be recorded through tracks as opposed of being recorded live, such as The Cleansing. He also said the new album would "blow The Cleansing away." Machine was chosen by the band to be the producer of the album. The title for it was revealed as being No Time to Bleed.[10]

Suicide Silence began recording No Time to Bleed in February with production by acclaimed producer Machine and engineering by Will Putney.[11] During Music as a Weapon as well as the band's Cleansing the Nation tour, they began to perform the songs "No Time to Bleed", "Your Creations", "Lifted" and "Wake Up" months before the release of the album. In April they received the Revolver Golden God award for "Most Innovative Band" and performed at the awards show.[12] Suicide Silence were included on 2009's Pedal to the Metal tour, along with the bands Mudvayne, Static-X, Bury Your Dead, Dope and Black Label Society.[13] During the same year, the group was awarded the Golden God award for "Best New Talent".[14]

Suicide Silence released No Time to Bleed on June 30, 2009 through Century Media. The album peaked at #32 on the Billboard 200,[15] selling 14,000 copies in the first week in the United States alone.[16] The opening track from the album, "Wake Up" was released as a digital download-only EP which includes the original song, a live performance of it and a remix handled by Shawn Crahan of Slipknot. A music video was produced for the song as well and made its debut premiere on Fearnet.[17][18] "Genocide" was released as the album's second single. Its music video was created in collaboration with Bloody Disgusting and a remix for the song was featured in the Saw VI soundtrack.[19][20] Suicide Silence announced production for a music video for the song, "Disengage", of which was released as a single on April 20, 2010.[21] The video for it was released during June 2010.[22] The band played throughout the entire Warped Tour 2010[23] on the Altec Lansing Stage.[24] In October, the group began their first headlining tour in two years[25] with support from MyChildren MyBride, Molotov Solution, The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza and Conducting from the Grave.[26]

The Black Crown (2011—present)

By 2011, Suicide Silence began preparing their third full-length album in Big Bear, California with Steve Evetts as the selected producer.

The Black Crown

During March, the group performed at California's Metalfest, and a week later, Nevada's Extreme Thing festivals,[29] at both of these performances, the band confirmed that the new album would be titled The Black Crown.[30] Working titles for the album were "Cancerous Skies", "Human Violence" and "Fuck Everything".[31] When asked by Kerrang!, Lucker revealed that the album's lyrical themes would feature more of the personal topics that No Time to Bleed had in-concept rather than the anti-religious theme that The Cleansing held. Lucker explained "I still have the same beliefs and same views, but I'm more open to everything. At this point in my life, I don't see the good in making people hate you for something you say. This record [The Black Crown] is for everybody."[30] The song "Human Violence" premiered on radio station Liquid Metal on May 13, 2011.[32] The Black Crown was released on July 12, 2011 and sold over 14,400 copies in the United States alone during its first week of release, which had it debuting at position number 28 on the Billboard 200 chart.[7][33]

The group was included on the line-up for the fourth annual Mayhem Festival, again playing on the Extreme Stage with other metal acts including Machine Head, Trivium and All Shall Perish during July and August 2011.[34]

Styles and influences

Suicide Silence perform an extreme metal musical style known as deathcore,[35][36][37] which is a fusion between death metal and metalcore.[38][39] The band perform this style as well as gain influences from several other extreme musical genres such as black metal, grindcore, and mathcore.[40] The mathcore elements can be seen in the varied speed changes and complex time signatures in the band's music. The vocals of Mitch Lucker are frequently fluctuating between death growls and high-pitched screamed vocals used in black metal.[40] The drumming is very fast-paced, grindcore influenced, and employs a liberal use of double bass drumming and blast beats.[41]

The band members

The band members themselves have stated that they are influenced from groups such as Meshuggah, Sepultura, Cannibal Corpse, Suffocation, Necrophagist, Nile, Slipknot, Deftones and Korn.[42][43][44]

Band membersCurrent

Christopher Garza – rhythm guitar (since 2002)
Mitch Lucker – lead vocals (since 2002)
Mark Heylmun – lead guitar (since 2006)
Alex Lopez – drums (since 2006)
Daniel Kenny – bass guitar (since 2008) Former
Mike Bodkins – bass guitar, backing vocals (2002–2008)
Rick Ash – lead guitar (2002–2006)
Josh Goddard – drums (2002–2006)
Tanner Womack – co-lead vocals (2002)

Adam Young Profile

2011-10-21T12:42:00.000+08:00

Adam Young Profile

Adam Young (born July 5, 1986) is an American musician, multi-instrumentalist, producer, song writer, vocalist and the founder of the electronic project Owl City. He has also fronted numerous other musical projects, including Sky Sailing[1] and Port Blue.

Adam Young

Personal life
Young has referred to himself as being deeply shy and socially introverted. He told Christianity Today journalist Mark Moring that "telephone conversations still terrify me", and Moring was only allowed e-mail communication for an interview.[2] Young resides in his hometown, Owatonna, Minnesota, where he writes and programs all his music. Adam Young enjoys photography as a hobby and says he is an amateur photographer.

Young identifies himself as a Christian, and writes about his faith on his blog and through his music.[3]

Young has also stated that he has Asperger's Syndrome, a high-functioning form of autism.[4]

All Music Projects

Owl City

Sky Sailing

Port Blue

Insect Airport

Windsor Airlift

Blue Dallas

The Grizzly

Aquarium

Novel

Swimming With Dolphins

Dolphin Park

Chester McWiggins and the Kowboy Kidz

Seagull Orchestra

Keehar

Nuclear Suplex

Basketball

Owl City

OWL CITY ('\m/')

Career beginnings
Young originally began creating music in his parents' basement while suffering from insomnia. Working alone, Young posted his fizzy electro-pop songs to MySpace and iTunes, selling about 2,000 tracks a week[5] under the name Owl City. Young quickly developed a MySpace following and self-released an EP and a full-length album. His debut release Of June was released in 2007 and despite Owl City not being signed to a record label, still managed to reach #15 on the US Dance/Electronic Albums chart. His first album Maybe I'm Dreaming was released in 2008, and reached #13 on the US Electronic Albums chart, also without the support of a record label. In 2009, Young signed a deal with the record company Universal Republic and released his second full-length album Ocean Eyes and re-released his two previous works.

Of June
Of June is Owl City's first musical release. Adam Young self-released it on April 21, 2007 and then later again through Universal Republic. It has seven tracks, one of which has been re-released in Ocean Eyes. Hello Seattle was re-released with the album Ocean Eyes but now has a 2007 version, a remix, and the 'original'.

Maybe I'm Dreaming
Adam Young's first full-length album. Despite Owl City not being signed to a record label, Maybe I'm Dreaming reached #13 on the Dance/Electronic Albums chart. This album earned Adam Young a substantial fanbase which resulted in him touring throughout the United States with band members Austin Tofte, the frontman of Swimming With Dolphins on keys and backing vocals, Matthew Decker on drums and occasionally Breanne Düren also on keys and backing vocals.

Ocean Eyes

Ocean Eyes

Under Universal Republic, Young released the album Ocean Eyes. His hit single "Fireflies" sold 650,000 copies in its first week and was the iTunes Single Of The Week. It later went on to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100. Ocean Eyes reached the top ten in the US album charts and topped the US rock and electronic charts. In February 2010, iTunes released their list of highest-selling songs since 2003 with "Fireflies" listed at #24.[6] After the success of Ocean Eyes, Young began touring internationally. The touring band now consists of Adam Young (lead vocals, guitar, keys, drums), Breanne Düren (backup vocals/keyboard), Matthew Decker (drums), Laura Musten (violin), and Hannah Schroeder (cello). A deluxe version of Ocean Eyes was released on Jan. 26 2010. It contains a bonus track, Rugs From Me To You.

All Things Bright and Beautiful

All Things Bright and Beautiful

Owl City released his "sophomore" album, All Things Bright and Beautiful, on June 14, 2011. The album reached #1 on the iTunes Top 10 Electronic Albums in both the US and Canada and received 4 1/2 stars from customers. The albums includes three singles, Deer in the Headlights, Alligator Sky, and Galaxies. The album has one bonus track How I Became the Sea,[7] and a track only available in Japan and the UK, Shy Violet.

Sky Sailing
On June 29, 2010, Young announced that he would be releasing his early recordings under the name Sky Sailing. Sky Sailing's debut album, An Airplane Carried Me to Bed, was made available exclusively through iTunes on July 13, 2010.[8]

Port Blue
Port Blue is an alias used for melody driven instrumental, ambient productions. Through this moniker Adam Young has released one album, The Airship (2007) and one EP, The Albatross EP (2008).
'Port Blue' is music that can be heard playing in elevators, hotel lobbies, airports, museums and restaurants inside my head. It is the soundtrack to my dreams. If I wrote music for movies, this is what my film scores would sound like. Much of the aesthetic of Port Blue is not what lies in the recordings but rather what is extracted from them...Dreamscapes. No vocals.
In my opinion, there is a huge lack of imaginative, unconventional music being created by artists today and what little there is, goes widely unappreciated by the masses. 'Port Blue' is my attempt at re-creating the music I want to hear and the emotions I want to feel.
I hope you enjoy my art as much as I enjoyed creating it. If by chance you ever feel as though you’ve come to know these songs, please consider yourself a friend because in a manner of speaking, you know me. This music is my heart and soul. This is who I am.
(Adam R. Young, 2006)
On June 1, 2011, Adam announced via Twitter that he was working on a new Port Blue song.[9]

Collaborations
He has provided vocals for different artists/producers and their projects, including:
Chicane - Middledistancerunner (2010)
Armin Van Buuren - Youtopia (2010)
He Is We - All About Us (2011)
TobyMac - The First Noel (2011)

He has also produced music for other artists including:
Relient K - Terminals (2009)
Shamar - I Don't Know Why (2010)

References
^ "Skysailing Music". Sky Harbor Entertainment. 2011-02-15. Retrieved 2011-02-15.
^ Q & A: Owl City | Music. Christianity Today (2011-06-14). Retrieved on 2011-09-15.
^ Owl City Blog. Owl City Blog. Retrieved on 2011-09-15.
^ [1] Retrieved on 2011-10-05
^ Sisario, Ben (2009-11-20). "From Mom’s Basement to the Top of the Chart". The New York Times. Retrieved 2011-02-15.
^ "Factbox: Most-downloaded iTunes songs". TVNZ. 2010-02-26. Retrieved 2011-02-15.
^ James Montgomery (2011-05-09). "Owl City Moves Out Of The Basement On All Things Bright And Beautiful". MTV. Retrieved 2011-05-11.
^ "Sky Sailing offers free track download". Sky Harbor Entertainment. 2010-06-29. Retrieved 2011-02-15.
^ Working on a new Port Blue song.. Twitter

What is Music?!

2011-10-20T21:59:00.000+08:00

What is Music?!
Read this...

A painting on an Ancient Greek vase depicts a music lesson (c. 510 BC).

Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Common elements of music are pitch (which governs melody and harmony), rhythm (and its associated concepts tempo, meter, and articulation), dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture. The word derives from Greek μουσική (mousike; "art of the Muses").^[1]
The creation, performance, significance, and even the definition of music vary according to culture and social context. Music ranges from strictly organized compositions (and their recreation in performance), through improvisational music to aleatoric forms. Music can be divided into genres and subgenres, although the dividing lines and relationships between music genres are often subtle, sometimes open to individual interpretation, and occasionally controversial. Within "the arts", music may be classified as a performing art, a fine art, and auditory art. There is also a strong connection between music and mathematics.
To many people in many cultures, music is an important part of their way of life. Greek philosophers and ancient Indian philosophers defined music as tones ordered horizontally as melodies and vertically as harmonies. Common sayings such as "the harmony of the spheres" and "it is music to my ears" point to the notion that music is often ordered and pleasant to listen to. However, 20th-century composer John Cage thought that any sound can be music, saying, for example, "There is no noise, only sound."^[2] Musicologist Jean-Jacques Nattiez summarizes the relativist, post-modern viewpoint: "The border between music and noise is always culturally defined—which implies that, even within a single society, this border does not always pass through the same place; in short, there is rarely a consensus ... By all accounts there is no single and intercultural universal concept defining what music might be."^{(to be continued)}

A Social-Media Decoder

2011-10-20T21:47:00.000+08:00

A Social-Media Decoder

New technology deciphers— and empowers—the millions who talk back to their televisions through the Web.

Deb Roy

From his 24th-floor corner office in midtown Manhattan, the veteran CBS research chief David Poltrack can gaze southward down the Avenue of the Americas, its sidewalks teeming. For more than four decades, it has been his job to measure people's television habits, preferences, and reactions. In large part, this has meant following the viewing habits of Nielsen panels of TV viewers and parsing the results of network surveys on their opinions. On a late September afternoon, with fall premieres under way, his desk was strewn with color-coded opinions from 3,000 Americans who had wandered into CBS's Las Vegas research outpost, Television City, at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino, and agreed to fill out TV surveys for the chance to win a 3-D home entertainment system.

Power shift: Deb Roy, CEO of Bluefin Labs, says social media have changed the relationship between media consumers and producers. Credit: Ian Allen

But now he's also dealing with a growing force: the masses talking back through social media. Of the approximately 300 million public comments made online worldwide every day—about two-thirds of them on Twitter—some 10 million, on average, are related to television (though daily numbers vary quite widely). "¿Que sera two and a half men si[n] Charlie?" one viewer recently tweeted, alluding to the replacement of Charlie Sheen by Ashton Kutcher on the CBS sitcom. "The beginning of Person Of Interest is like Jack&Ben all over again," remarked another. (A couple of weeks later, another added: "I assume CBS will keep going with what's been working for them, and replace Andy Rooney with Ashton Kutcher.") TV executives like Poltrack must now grapple with these spontaneous, messy, irreverent remarks.
How to make sense of it all? Poltrack walked into the office of a staff member, John Butler, clutching a report from a startup called Bluefin Labs, a social-media analytics firm that attempts to track comments on shows and ads and discern the commenters' interests and demographics. Some of what it had found seemed surprising. For example, the season premiere of Two and a Half Men had attracted 78,347 comments compared with 82,980 forDancing with the Stars, on ABC, even though the latter show has lower Nielsen ratings and an older audience that's less likely to participate in social media. (It turns out that reality competition shows, by their nature, attract more active audience response.) Poltrack wondered how a little-watched show called Bad Girls Club—on the Oxygen network—had garnered 32,665 comments. "Get Bad Girls Club up there," he said to Butler, motioning to Butler's computer screen. "What are they saying?" Butler scrolled through the raw comment string. "This bitch angie on #Badgirlsclub wear the same damn socks in every episode,"remarked one viewer; "BGC, shower & bed," announced another. It was hard to know what any of it meant.
Overall, the data was raw and, in many cases, ambiguous. But Poltrack came away with some respect for what he was seeing. "As a one-time measurement, we have better ones," he said, referring to CBS's precisely constructed surveys. But whereas the surveys are intermittent, social-media analytics can provide "a continuous monitor of conversation about a program, episode by episode," he said. "And that is something we can't replicate." What's more, the quantity of commentary is increasing all the time, making it more important as an object of study and as a force network executives would like to harness. As Poltrack explained, real-world and online chatter—the "exponential movement of a conversation through the population"—drives the success or failure of TV shows and, in turn, the allocation of $72 billion in U.S. television ad spending.
Six hundred miles to the west, a similar assessment was under way at the Cincinnati headquarters of Procter & Gamble, the world's largest advertiser (its brands include Tide, Gillette, Bounty, Pringles, and Duracell). Each year the company spends $5 billion on media ads—the bulk of them on TV—and another $5 billion on in-store advertising worldwide. While Procter & Gamble carefully vets ads with consumers before airing them, it has never known whether the same viewers would respond differently to an ad depending on what show surrounded it.
Craig Wynett, the company's chief learning officer, says Bluefin Labs is teasing out nuances in the way context affects the extent to which an ad generates buzz. One specific product ad (he wouldn't say which) was placed on two shows with similar demographics and ratings. One show produced eight times more social-media response than the other. Nobody knows why, but that's what happened. "Historically, we have held context as a constant. Well, surprise! In the real world, context plays a fundamental role," he says.
Bluefin Labs is one of a growing number of analytics companies parsing the meaning of comments in social media. And its CEO, Deb Roy, believes they are capturing a fundamental change in the relationship between creators and consumers of mass media. "What I have learned by hanging out with TV executives, talent agencies, and creative types is that the assumption is built into their organizations' DNA that this is a one-way dialogue," he says. "Audience members speaking through social media is effectively a shift in power."
In some ways, a two-way conversation has begun. And in future years a TV network could, in theory, continue the conversation by revising its promotions to emphasize characters that have caught on with audiences—or even by revising plot lines midway through a season. Advertisers, meanwhile, could swap out ads—or place them differently—on the basis of the social-media response they get. (Something like this already happens with online ads; increasingly, algorithms use real-time metrics like page views and content changes to guide placement decisions.) In the political realm, campaigns could rapidly determine, among other things, which messages animate people. And early feedback from the first adopters of analytics—network executives and advertisers—could provide clues to wider potential impacts. Wynett says he doesn't know if the people who commented on his advertisement bought the product or "if the message spread until every man, woman, and child heard it." Still, he says, "It's early days, but it shows promise."
MINING SOCIAL SENTIMENT
Analyses of online comments are already influencing corporate, financial, and governmental behavior. Certain companies, Comcast among them, keep an ear open for outbursts of anger to help them detect and respond to service outages and product problems. A London hedge fund, Derwent Capital, makes trades based on the financial calm or anxiety it gleans, in part, from social-media data. And while recent events have suggested that revolutionaries can use social media to help them overthrow some authoritarian regimes (see "Streetbook," September/October 2011), China has learned to manage citizen outrage through measured responses to specific online complaints about matters such as police corruption (see "China's Internet Paradox," May/June 2010).
Playing ball: As a doctoral candidate, Michael Fleischman used televised Red Sox games to teach computers to recognize home runs and other plays. Now the company he cofounded, Bluefin Labs, analyzes social media to decipher mass reactions to TV shows and ads viewed in the United States. In its offices, a screen (top) displays the number of comments searched, minutes of TV ingested, and connections found. Credit: Ian Allen
For marketing purposes, it has become de rigueur for companies to set up Facebook pages and send out tweets, and to keep a watchful eye on the bubbling up of blogged anger. This is true of television networks as well as other companies. For example, Discovery Communications, which runs channels including the Discovery Channel, TLC, and Animal Planet, maintains 75 Facebook pages with 45 million fans, and keeps 23 Twitter accounts crackling with reminders like "Mythbusters starts in 5 minutes!" "It's all that beautiful viral effect of social media to get people to watch our shows," says Gayle Weiswasser, Discovery's vice president of social-media communications, "and we aren't the only ones who do it."
To tap the other side of the conversation—the unscripted response of consumers with social-media accounts—companies like Radian6 (now owned by Salesforce), General Sentiment, Sysomos, Converseon, and Trendrr track social-media sentiment and volume on a range of topics. Of course, even the best filtering efforts don't eliminate all spam. And it's not always clear what prompted a post, how a slang-filled tweet should be interpreted, or how to identify the author's demographics. Yet it is "critically important" for businesses to make sense of all this, says Radha Subramanyam, senior vice president of media and advertising insights and analytics at Nielsen: "This is the world's largest focus group, the world's largest town hall. Companies that figure this out will thrive in the next 10 to 15 years. Companies that don't will fail."
It's especially important for TV networks and advertisers. Nielsen says that Americans, on average, spend 20 percent of their day watching TV, and many simultaneously peck away at laptops or mobile devices. Sites like Miso and GetGlue encourage people to discuss favorite shows with friends and other fans. Evidence is emerging that social-media buzz has some relationship to ratings: NM Incite, a Nielsen-McKinsey joint venture, found that among people aged 18 to 34, a 9 percent increase in such chatter in the weeks before a show's premiere correlated to a 1 percent ratings increase.
Recognizing these kinds of connections, sentiment-analysis firms including Trendrr.tv (part of Trendrr) and Socialguide specifically track social response to television content. But Bluefin is unique in also tracking most of what is on TV—including the ads—to draw specific relationships between televised stimulus and social-media response. "What Bluefin is doing is technically impressive," says Duane Varan, chief research officer at the Disney Media and Advertising Lab in Austin, Texas. Already, it's becoming possible to measure TV viewership directly through cable boxes rather than through samples such as Nielsen panels, he says, and "Bluefin is doing a similar thing with this universe of public social-media discourse."
THE NFL AND SOCIAL TV
Bluefin Labs' headquarters occupy a one-story 19th-century factory that once made hoses, next to a boutique movie theater in the Kendall Square area of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Lego blocks strewn on café tables busy the fingers of visitors or employees at informal meetings. Roy, the cofounder and CEO, sits at one of an open cluster of desks in close quarters with nearly 40 employees, most of them engineers with experience in fields like artificial intelligence, search, and video analysis. A poster showing the "bloodline" of the advertising industry is pinned on a worn wooden post to his right.
Roy, who is 42, is a Winnipeg-born computer and cognitive scientist who until 2008 had spent his entire career in academia, first at the University of Waterloo and then at MIT and its Media Lab, where he became head of a research group called Cognitive Machines. Among other things, his group concerned itself with problems such as how to teach English to robots. In 2005 he launched the ambitiously named "Human Speechome Project" to document how children learn language. Before his son was born, he equipped his home with 11 video cameras and 14 microphones. Then the proud papa recorded (almost) everything that happened in the house to figure out how different adult interactions—as well as activities and objects in different locations of the house—affected the boy's speech development. In 2008, after collecting 300 gigabytes of data every day, Roy stopped. Then he and his graduate students performed feats like charting his son's gradual mastery of the word "water." (A presentation of this process was the hit of the 2011 TED conference and has spread virally throughout the Internet.)

The 5 biggest iPhone 4S Bad

2011-10-20T21:13:00.000+08:00

The 5 biggest gripes so far about the iPhone 4S

The iPhone 4S has sold more than 4 million units, but there have been some complaints from early users

(CNN) -- Nobody's perfect. And despite generally strong reviews and record early sales, the iPhone 4S is no exception.
Apple's new phone went on sale Friday in the U.S. and six other countries, and maybe no rollout this massive (Apple reported selling 4 million of the new phones over the weekend) could be expected to be without problems.
So far, there's been no 4S equivalent to the iPhone 4's "Antennagate." But as folks put their new gadget through its paces, some early complaints have appeared on online message boards.

Some of these may be early-run blips (that's how we're going to categorize the problems that some customers had activating their phones over the weekend). Whether they become enduring causes of headaches remains to be seen. (Apple did not immediately respond to our request for comment.)

Siri on iPhone 4S

But here are five of the most frequent complaints we've heard about the iPhone 4S:

1. Slow service on Sprint

The big news on the carrier front for the iPhone 4S was that Sprint would be added as an approved mobile carrier, joining AT&T and Verizon.

But some Sprint customers didn't get off to a very good start. Many users were reporting slow data speed for the first couple of days.

A thread on the Sprint community forum has 23 pages of people talking about slow data speed.

"Sprint, we need some answer. Are you guys doing iPhone specific throttling?" one person posted. "You will lose your customer if the customer finding their iPhone unusable ... "

This isn't the first time Sprint's speed has come into question. In PCMag's June survey of the fastest mobile networks, Sprint trailed Verizon and AT&T in most regions of the country.

A Sprint news release said Friday was the biggest sales day of a mobile device in its history, surpassing expectations.

"As always, Sprint is carefully monitoring the performance of the 3G network," Sprint spokesman Scott Sloat said in a written statement to CNN. "We are looking into a small number of reports of slow data speeds when using the iPhone 4S, however there are also reports showing that Sprint's network is the fastest, such as the Gizmodo report that came out earlier today."

2. Weak battery

At the October 4 presentation unveiling the iPhone 4S, Phil Schiller , Apple vice president for product management, praised its "fantastic battery life" that would allow people to talk for eight hours before needing to charge the device again.

But that's not the experience everyone is reporting.

Apple review site iLounge published a review of the phone, including battery-life comparisons.

"After three days of non-stop testing, we had a clear answer: The iPhone 4S is generally more power hungry than the iPhone 4, and Apple has only made the slightest capacity improvement to the iPhone 4S's battery," the review reads. "Moreover, whereas Apple underpromised with the iPhone 4's battery estimates, it comes closer to overpromising with the iPhone 4S."

The review says that using Wi-Fi consistently and using the phone mainly for calls and Web browsing wears the battery out at roughly the same speed as the iPhone 4, while playing videos and music or using a 3G connection will drain it faster.

3. Siri outside the United States

Demand for the iPhone 4S was clearly global. But one of its biggest selling-points, the built-in voice assistant Siri, only works fully stateside.

While many of its built-in features work anywhere, location based actions don't. So, using Siri to, say, find a local business or get driving directions, doesn't work elsewhere.

Even queries asking for the time of day weren't working in Canada, according to some reports.

Compounding that problem (for some folks both inside and outside the U.S.) is the fact that Siri has trouble understanding heavy accents.

It currently works with English, French and German (with more languages coming). But non-native English speakers have reported lots of trouble.

We can only imagine how Siri's doing in Scotland.

4. Camera problems

Another big selling point for the 4S is its 8-megapixel camera, which is a pretty significant jump from the 5 megapixels on the iPhone 4 and 3 megapixels on the iPhone 3GS.

Reviews of the images the phone renders have been overwhelmingly positive, with users reporting a major difference in clarity.

But the same "shutter speed" issues users have complained about on previous iPhones appear to be back again.

In a forum discussion on Apple's site, some reported that when they'd take a photo, the camera got stuck with the shutter closed or moved really slowly. Others said the camera wasn't working at all, although it looks like they were largely able to fix that by turning the phone off and restarting.

5. Screen appearance

At least it looks like there's an easy answer for this one.

Some buyers are reporting a yellowish tint or spots on the screen of their phones, making the resolution fuzzier than older phones.

This is an issue that previous iPhones had as well. While Apple has never officially explained it (presumably because it hasn't impacted enough people), technicians have reportedly said it's residue from the manufacturing process.

The tint tends to fade after a couple of days.

Android 4.0 Recognizes Face

2011-10-20T20:49:00.000+08:00

New Google Smart Phone Recognizes Your Face

The Galaxy Nexus phone includes face unlocking, improved voice recognition, and touch-sharing.

Face time: Android 4.0 lets users unlock a phone through facial recognition.
Google

In Hong Kong today, Google and Samsung introduced a new smart phone and operating system that could represent a potential rival for Apple's new iPhone 4S.
Samsung's Galaxy Nexus, which will go on sale next month, will be the most advanced smart phone from the Korean giant. It will also be the first phone to run Google's latest operating system, Android 4.0, also known as "Ice Cream Sandwich," following alphabetically from the earlier Gingerbread and Honeycomb.
The hardware includes a 1.2 gigahertz dual-core processor, a 4.65-inch HD Super AMOLED display at 1280 by 720 resolution, a five-megapixel camera, HD 1080-pixel video, with one gigabyte of RAM and 16 gigabytes or 32 gigabytes internal memory. Depending on the region, it will support LTE or HSPA+, two 4G mobile communications standards. It has Bluetooth 3.0, USB 2.0, Wi-Fi, as well as near field communication for payments and data sharing.
As for Android 4.0, rather a lot has been done to enhance the operating system. Google's Android director of user experience, Matias Duarte, showed off some of the new features. He began with the design of the new typeface, called Roboto. This is a sans-serif font that was specifically designed for small screens and to make it easier for the user to read text.

One of the most talked about features of Apple's iPhone 4S is the voice-operated personal assistant, Siri. At the Hong Kong event, Duarte demonstrated text-to-type by talking into the Galaxy Nexus to send a text message: "Hey, man. I'd love to talk right now, but I'm a little bit busy. I'll catch up with you later period, smiley-face," with which the sentence ended with just that: a period and then a smiley face. The crowd of journalists gave him an ovation for that.
His attempt to show that Face Unlock, which is supposed to unlock the phone when it recognizes the user's face, did not fare quite so well. His partner tried to unlock the phone but failed, which is what was expected. When Duarte then put his face up to the camera, it still did not recognize him. He put that down to the "bright makeup" he needed for the event.

He was quite successful with Android Beam—another crowd-pleaser. By putting two Android phones back-to-back, a user could tap on the screen of one to send content to the other phone. He did this with a Web page as well as a Google Map and a photo.
Lan Lau, the director of Zip2Zap Communications, a Hong Kong-based company that develops mobile applications and works with both Android and Apple's IOS, said she was keen to use the new Android OS as well as the new phone from Samsung. "The screen real estate is better for building more complex applications, and we are very much looking forward to building new applications that take advantage of the new big screen."
In defining what Android is about, Andy Rubin, Google's senior vice president of mobile, said: "We want to do better than what people are referring to as smart phones today. So we take all the innovation that's available at Google—everything we offer in cloud services—and make it available on your cell phone 24 hours a day."
Analyst firm Gartner recently said that Android was number one in the second quarter of 2011, with 46,775,900 units sold (43.6 percent of the market). Symbian was second with 23,853,200 units sold (22.1 percent) and IOS was third with 19,628,800 units sold (18.2 percent).

Why Google doesn't care ...

2011-10-20T20:39:00.000+08:00

Why Google doesn't (and shouldn't) care about tablets yet?!

Google's Android 3.0 Honeycomb OS is demonstrated on a Motorola Xoon tablet.

(WIRED) -- Google held two big events within 24 hours: one with its subsidiary Motorola in New York, and another with its partner Samsung in Hong Kong.

While there was some loose speculation around the web that maybe we'd see a new Xoom tablet or a preview of the next Galaxy Tab running Android's new Ice Cream Sandwich operating system, the focus was rightly on what Google, Motorola and Samsung do best: making really great Android smartphones.
Ice Cream Sandwich is billed as Google's unified mobile OS, working the same way on both tablets and smartphones. So far, though, what that means (as Google's Hugo Berra wrote after Google I/O this summer) is that "Ice Cream Sandwich will bring everything you love about Honeycomb on your tablet to your phone."
It's about making the phone experience bigger, more interactive, more capable. It's about making the phone literally bigger -- the Galaxy Nexus has a 4.65″, 1280 by 720 pixel screen, which while not unprecedented, is still really big for a smartphone, and way bigger than the 3.7″ Nexus One screen.
Motorola, too, continues to treat the smartphone as the center, not periphery, of a new computing economy. It builds out its Droid RAZR with the Motoactv media player, dedicated cloud syncing and backup, and a range of docks and peripherals that all communicate with and augment the computing power of the handset.
The PC used to be the command center of your digital life; now, it's the phone. Anything with a hardware keyboard is again relegated to the role of a specialized workstation.
But wait; what about tablets? Tablets are supposed to be the devices that bridge phones and PCs. They're all anyone can talk about. Everybody loves tablets now:
-- Apple sold eleven million iPads last quarter;
-- Manufacturers tripped over themselves to pump out tablets before a tablet-optimized version of Android was even ready (and continue to do so, even though Google hemmed and hawed about making Honeycomb's source code available);
-- Amazon's coming out with one (you probably heard about it);
-- HP incited tablet fever when it slashed prices to clear Touchpad stock;
-- Even global e-reading company Kobo has a brand-new Android tablet, the Vox, that will probably ship before Amazon's Kindle Fire.
So what's going on here? Why isn't Google embracing this, racing to get out ahead of the tablet market, pushing the envelope on pricing and capabilities, and generally looking to disrupt the whole show?
Ultimately, tablets just aren't that big a part of Google's business, nor are they likely to be. Google-approved Honeycomb tablets have only sold an estimated 3.4 million devices total.
Nor have tablets been a top priority within Google for very long. Android's head of user experience Matias Duarte told This Is My Next's Joshua Topolsky that Honeycomb was an "emergency landing," a crash-the-plane-in-a-cornfield attempt to stop manufacturers from shipping Android tablets with artificially up-sized smartphone builds: "Any corner we could cut to get that thing out the door, we had to." He explains, "That's the sole reason we haven't open sourced it."
Ice Cream Sandwich finally opens up pieces of the new platform to everyone, but the focus is decidedly not on tablets, at least for Duarte: "Ice Cream Sandwich is where we say 'huh, okay, how are those changes [first introduced in Honeycomb] going to work on phones?'" It may not be until Android Jelly Bean that we see Google's full attention turn to tablets, if then.
It may seem like I'm being harshly critical of Google or Android. Actually, I'm not. So I'll spell it out: Google moving slowly into tablets while it focuses on smartphones makes perfect sense. It's smart. It's good strategy. It fits perfectly with where Google is today and how it needs to position itself tomorrow.
Tablets are overwhelmingly consumer media devices. They can do many other things, and there's some room for very specialized devices for the enterprise market. At their broadest base, though, tablets are best for sitting on the couch and reading books or magazines, browsing the web, playing games and watching video. This is why Apple, the quintessential consumer electronics and media company, has been very successful with them. It makes money from selling the shiny package, and it makes money again from filling it up with apps and media.
It's possible to outsource the electronics bit, but not the media bit or the consumer focus. This is why Barnes & Noble has been fairly successful with the Nook Color, and Amazon will probably be quite successful with the Kindle Fire. These companies can tailor Android for their own purposes and use them as remote digital retail outposts.
Until very recently, Google was neither a consumer electronics nor a media company. It's a search, communications, advertising, software and services company. If you look at their existing line of applications, only a few, like Gmail, Maps or YouTube, make a lot of sense for tablets. The vast majority of their apps, from search to document editing, make much more sense on either a traditional PC, a smartphone or something like a Chromebook.
Real media companies -- that is, content companies -- haven't been able to figure Google out. That, at least, is what Android chief Andy Rubin told Walt Mossberg Wednesday at the AsiaD conference.
"Google is in the very, very early phases of adding consumer products to our portfolio," Rubin said. "The media industry didn't see us as that. They saw us as a search company."
Over time, that could change. The landmark Google Books agreement, now at a lawsuit-imposed standstill, could be retooled and resurrected. YouTube and Google TV may become vehicles for original or licensed content to compete with Hulu or Netflix. Google's nascent efforts in music could really take off. And Google could continue to treat all its Android handset makers equally while continuing to use Motorola as its officially sanctioned tablet manufacturer, bringing something unique and distinctive to those devices.
Until then, Android tablets will be a solid value proposition for media retailers like Amazon, Barnes & Noble or Kobo, and a much less attractive one for Google itself than smartphones or even Chromebooks.
So stick with phones, Google, at least for now. You're getting really good at this.

One Phone, Two Personalities

2011-10-20T17:42:00.000+08:00

One Smart Phone, Two Personalities

Several companies are working on technology that would separate your personal stuff from your work data.

Double duty: AT&T and others want Android phones to provide users separate work and personal modes on the same device.
Enterproid

AT&T, the second largest wireless carrier in the U.S., and Qualcomm, which dominates the market for smart-phone processors, want to give your phone a split identity. The companies are separately adopting technology that can make a smart phone secure enough to keep IT bosses happy, but open enough to allow its owner to install apps or surf the Web.

AT&T will release its version of the technology, called Toggle, for Android phones this year. Someone using a device with Toggle installed taps the home button twice to flip between personal and work modes. The personal mode behaves like a regular phone and is fully under the user's control. The work mode looks like a separate phone with its own desktop and suite of apps and is secured by a password. Its functionality is constrained by a company's IT policy; all data stored or created under the work mode, whether e-mail, contacts, or Web downloads, is encrypted and can be remotely wiped if a phone is lost or stolen.

"People want to use their own smart phones and tablets for work, but that practice can create major headaches for businesses' IT departments," says Chris Hill, part of AT&T's Advanced Mobility Solutions group. "Toggle helps resolve the issue in a simple, affordable manner."

The smart phone boom triggered by Apple's iPhone has caused a sharp increase in the number of people using personal mobile gadgets at work, a phenomenon sometimes referred to as Bring Your Own Device, or BYOD. Newer devices made the standard-issue corporate BlackBerry look clunky, and come with apps that can aid productivity.

AT&T's Toggle is a rebranding of technology developed by Enterproid, a startup based in New York, which launched the technology in a closed beta trial earlier this year. Enterproid is also continuing to develop its own product, says cofounder Alexander Trewby. Android users can sign up to use Enterproid, which is currently free, here.

Trewby and colleagues are also working with chipmaker Qualcomm, which has made changes to forthcoming phone and tablet processor designs to better support Enterproid's approach. "We will be integrated with their Snapdragon line of processors so we can store the encryption keys that secure our data in the silicon," explains Trewby. That addresses a vulnerability where data could be stolen from a phone in work mode if an attacker gained root access to a phone and extracted Enterproid or Toggle encryption keys that are currently stored in the phone's memory. Storing those keys in a device's processor instead makes such an attack much more difficult, says Trewby, who notes it is even enough to satisfy military organizations.

Activating work mode on a device running Toggle or Enterproid allows access to a suite of basic apps for e-mail, Web browsing, and content management. Enterproid plans to launch its own app store to allow IT managers to remotely install apps on employees' phones. Trewby and colleagues also hope to encourage developers to contribute apps. "We're providing the platform for third-party developers, and they will be able to inherit our encryption and security into their own app."

The fact that two companies as influential as AT&T and Qualcomm are backing Enterproid's technology makes it possible that such a feature will become common for many smart phones and tablets. However, the approach will not work for the iPhone or iPad, which do not allow one app to run inside another. Apple also has tight guidelines for apps that rule out replicating Apple's default interface.

Trewby says Enterproid has a good relationship with Apple, and he hopes that in the future, the company will allow a dual-persona system. But for the moment, Enterproid is working on a more basic iPhone app that keeps a work contact list secure.

"We're seeing demand for a dual mode on iPhone, though, and our existing users on Android really like this approach," says Trewby, adding that an application for hacked iPads, called iUser, implemented such a system and "got great response."

Mike Sapien of the analyst firm Ovum says the Bring Your Own Device problem is serious enough to attract Apple's attention. His company's research suggests that 35 percent of people currently use a personal device for work data. Sapien says the number is likely higher because many people do so against company policy.

"I think it's a big enough trend that Apple will find its own solution for this, probably with some key partners," says Sapien, who notes that Enterproid could give Android phones a competitive advantage over Apple devices in the eyes of some consumers and company IT managers.

Tablet Runs on Three Watts ...

2011-10-20T17:17:00.000+08:00

Low-Cost Tablet Runs on Three Watts of Power

Designed to teach math to students in poor countries, the device will be the first to use a new energy-efficient computing strategy.

Tablet power: Krishna Palem holds a prototype I-slate.
Rice University

After a year of testing in a remote village in India, researchers are ready to scale up production of an ultra-low-power $35 tablet called the I-slate.
The I-slate is designed to teach math and other subjects to students whose schools lack electricity or to students who don't have access to teachers at all. The device will enter full-scale production next year, and will be the first device to apply a low-power technology called probabilistic CMOS (complementary metal-oxide semiconductor) to achieve a longer battery life.
The probabilistic CMOS approach is simple: run an ordinary microchip less stringently, sacrifice a small amount of precision, and get huge gains in energy efficiency in return. Probabilistic CMOS (CMOS refers to the technology behind most of today's chip technologies) works particularly well in graphics and sound processing, since human vision and hearing aren't perfect, and small errors are therefore undetectable.
Krishna Palem, a professor at Rice University and director of the Institute for Sustainable Nanoelectronics at Nanyang Technological University, first demonstrated probabilistic CMOS in 2006. Palem is now working on getting the technology into applications including a low-power hearing aid. In the educational tablet device, Palem says, probabilistic chips will enable huge power savings: the educational tablet will require just three watts of power, meaning it can be powered entirely by small solar cells like those on a pocket calculator.

The I-slate looks similar to an iPad, with a seven-inch liquid-crystal touch screen display. But it's not a full tablet computer—in fact, unlike other hardware supplied to disadvantaged children through efforts such as One Laptop Per Child, it's not a computer at all, and does not have an operating system. "It's an elaborate, single-function device," says Palem. Kids can read from a preloaded textbook or take notes and work out math problems using a stylus on a "scratch pad" to one side of the screen. The device can store a few pages of notes.
Palem's group at Nanyang Technological University is developing the I-slate in collaboration with the Indian nonprofit organization Villages for Development and Learning Foundation and the Los Angeles design firm Seso. Last year, the group tested prototype I-slates loaded up with a math textbook and exercises at a school in Mohd Hussainpalli, a village about 70 miles southwest of Hyderabad. In this region, electricity is unreliable, and some villages don't have teachers.

Marc Mertens, the CEO of Seso, designed the I-slate interface. The challenge, he says, has been to figure out "what is the ideal way to work with students, while making sure the device does as little as it can." That approach keeps hardware costs and power consumption low. Animations and other complex, media-rich tools are just not possible. The math program is based on the standard textbook used in the region and allows students to move at their own pace. They can skip problems if they get stuck. Teachers can download information from each student's device to monitor their progress.
The field tests, which showed that the students' math skills improved when they used the I-slate, were done using prototypes based on conventional chips. Next year, the researchers will begin producing the three-watt, solar-powered model.
"We keep chewing the hardware down, then evaluating the effectiveness of the interface and the lessons on it," says Palem. "Once we are comfortable with the user interface, we will switch in the [probabilistic] chip."
As Palem's team works on upgrading the hardware, Mertens is working on broadening the curriculum that can be put on the I-slate. It's much easier to design a program to grade math tests than written work, he says. "We're exploring how this device could go beyond math and support more creative curricula," he says.

A New Twist on Artificial ...

2011-10-20T17:06:00.000+08:00

A New Twist on Artificial Muscles

Carbon nanotube yarns produce as much torque as an electric motor.

Thin fiber: A scanning electron microscope shows a 3.8-micrometer-diameter carbon nanotube yarn that twists when connected to an electrode and immersed in conductive liquid.
University of Texas at Dallas

Researchers have created artificial muscles that can twist 1,000 times more than any suitable material made in the past—a development that could prove useful in robots and prosthetic limbs.

Artificial muscles are typically made from polymers and metals that change size and shape. But to be truly useful, these materials need to twist or rotate when an electric current is applied, and very few such materials created so far can do this.

The new muscles—carbon nanotube fibers spun into a yarn—can produce as much torque, or twisting force, as commercial electric motors.

"This is remarkable," says James Tour, a professor of chemistry and computer science at Rice University, who was not involved with the work. "To have such torsion in a fiber is fascinating and likely to lead to applications in mechanics that have hitherto been unattainable with any other material. [They] really knocked the ball out of the park on this one."

The twisty nanotube yarn could open up novel uses. It might help miniaturize electric motors, compressors, and turbines. Tiny pumps based on the rotating actuator could be integrated into lab-on-a-chip devices, which currently use large external pumps. "This is a fascinating new way to provide torsion," says Ray Baughman, director of the Nanotech Institute at the University of Texas at Dallas. Baughman led the work.

In a paper published on the website of the journal Science today, the researchers show that the new yarn can spin a paddle 1,800 times heavier than itself at 590 revolutions per minute. They demonstrated how a simple device based on this concept could be used to mix two liquids on a microfluidics chip; in a fluid mixer, a 15-micrometer-wide yarn rotated a paddle that was 200 times wider and 80 times heavier than itself at up to one rotation per second.

GM Ditches Gas Tank in Its ...

2011-10-20T16:39:00.000+08:00

GM Ditches the Gas Tank in Its New Electric Car

It seems few consumers want range-extending gas engines in their electric vehicles.

Electric only: A rendering shows the innards of an electric version of GM’s Spark mini-car. The box at the back is a lithium-ion battery pack to be made by A123 Systems.
GM

General Motors plans to sell an electric version of the Spark, a mini-car that it currently sells outside the United States. GM will sell the gasoline version of the Spark in the U.S. starting next year, and will follow with the electric version in select U.S. markets and around the world in 2013. The electric Spark will be powered by batteries made by A123 Systems, based in Waltham, Massachusetts.
The car is a departure from GM's current electric vehicle offering, the Chevrolet Volt. For short trips—about 35 miles—the Volt can run on battery power alone. For longer trips, a gasoline engine generates electricity to power the car. The range-extending gas engine is meant to address one of the main drawbacks of electric cars—their limited range on a charge. But adding an engine, and the complex transmission needed to coordinate power from the engine and electric motors, adds significantly to the vehicle's cost.

That added cost seems to be hurting sales. The Volt was released at the end of 2010 at about the same time as the Nissan Leaf, an electric vehicle powered by batteries alone, and which has a range of about 73 miles per charge. The Volt costs $39,995, down from $41,000 originally, compared to $35,200 for the Leaf. This year, drivers have bought almost twice as many Leafs as Volts. As of the end of September, Nissan had sold 7,199 Leafs, compared to GM's sales of just 3,895 Volts.
For much of that time, the Volt was only available in some states, but even with the car now available nationwide, it looks unlikely that GM will achieve its goal of selling 10,000 Volts this year, says Michael Omotoso, senior manager for powertrain forecasting at J.D. Power and Associates. "They may have to lower the price more to compete with the Leaf. Although the cars are different, consumers are comparing them head to head." [Update 10/17: GM says it expects to meet its target of 10,000, and says the sales numbers to date are in part the result of a temporary manufacturing shut down due to retooling at the factory that makes the Volt.]

GM says it decided to build the Spark EV to address anticipated demand in densely packed cities, particularly in Asia and Europe. A spokesperson for GM says the price of a battery-only vehicle will attract customers who don't have to drive very far and won't mind the limited range and need for frequent recharging. He also says government policies in places such as California and China can favor battery-only vehicles.
GM has been testing electric versions of three of its cars in small trials in India, China, and South Korea, and will use what it learned there about driver preferences when it engineers the Spark EV. GM won't say yet how many Spark EVs it intends to make, or exactly where it will sell them.