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Today I’m going to talk about White Balance, a term which may not be familiar to many of you. White Balance is essentially the color temperature in any picture, and most cameras provide some sort of functionality to control the White Balance in your shot. Because the camera sees differently than our eyes, it is […]

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Ignite your photo sharing experiences at RitzPix.com with Spark, our brand new animated slideshow tool.  But wait,,, Spark is much more than your typical slideshow.  Why, because you can:

Add photos from your RitzPix.com online albums
Place photos in your Spark and set the scene with your own background photo.
Add music from your iTunes library or upload MP3s from […]

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Sunrises and sunsets are a visual representation of night transitioning to day and vice-versa. The colors are constantly changing

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·      This week ’s DIMAcast features an interview with Brad Burgess, staff manager for messaging products, for Alltel Wireless. The company offers a service called Alltel Pic Transfer, which automatically saves every picture customers snap on their camera phones to their home computers and Web albums. Although theVerizon Wireless unit of  Verizon Communications recently announced in […]

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·      The Society for Imaging Science and Technology (IS&T), Washington, D.C., appointed three new members to its board of directors: Raja Bala, Graham Finlayson, and Masahiro Hosoya. Bala is currently a principal color scientist involved with research and development in color science and device color management at Xerox Corp. Finlayson, is a professor in […]

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Canon U.S.A. Inc., Lake Success, N.Y., filed site plans in July with the Town of Huntington for a new headquarters facility that will serve as the corporate headquarters for Canon Americas, overseeing more than 10,000 employees in 23 affiliate companies across North, Central, and South Americas. The new Canon Americas headquarters will be built on […]

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General Electric Co.  (GE), Fairfield, Conn., announced plans to spin off its consumer and industrial division, home to its iconic light-bulb and appliance units, reports The Wall Street Journal. The announcement came 2 months after GE said it planned to sell the appliance unit — and Chairman Jeffrey Immelt listed potential buyers. People involved with […]

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Syntax-Brillian Corp., Tempe, Ariz., a leading manufacturer and marketer of LCD HDTVs, Vivitar digital cameras, and consumer electronics products, received approval from the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware for its first day motions. These motions were submitted July 8 as part of the company’s voluntary filing under Chapter 11 of the […]

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Due to increases in the cost of crude oil, and the impact on raw material and transportation costs, Fujifilm Sericol will increase prices in North America, effective Aug. 1. The increases will range between 5 and 10 percent by product group with a few exceptions up to 15 percent, says the company. This will affect […]

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Please submit your best Fourth of July photo to our photo contest for your chance to win a free iPod Shuffle! Submission must be made by Friday, July 11th, 2008. Remember that you can only submit your photo using the Share feature in your online account. Share your photo with digipixels@lifepics.com. Do not send photos […]

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