It’s a simple three step process and lets you choose from 50 different effects and save the result.

Pictures can be uploaded in JPEG, GIF and PNG format with size up to 4MB. Once the image is uploaded and effects applied you can also share it on almost all the social networking sites.

For all the Angelina fans out there, thanks to FunPhotoBox, this is your only chance to get as close as it can get with Angelina Jolie.

 Check these pictures out..

I am really amazed at the quality of the result. I tried a few more effects and the uploaded picture just blends in flawlessly.

Whats even better is that 3-4 new effects are being added every week. Simply awesome.. click here to try FunPhotoBox.

Other similar service is PhotoFunia, check it out here.

I’ll get to the details right away. GigaPan is not a just gadget or software alone, this systems works together with both, hardware and software and a little bit of human input to create HUGE/high-resolution panoramic images.

One of the most recently clicked/published images which enjoyed a lot of attention was the GigaPan of President Barack Obama’s Inaugural Address. The image is made of 1756 pictures stitched together and the image resolution after the stitching comes to 1.47 gigapixels. . Click here to check it out.

The technology is a collaborative efforts of researchers from Nasa and Carnegie Mellon University. GigaPan system uses the same panoramic photo technology used by Mars Exploration Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity.

So how does this thing really work?

All you got to do is mount a camera on the robotic imager and mark your points (right and left) to be photographed. Once that is done the system immediately calculates the number of pictures it would take to create a hi-res panorama. Once the wizard is completed the robotic imager starts clicking pictures automatically.

The imager can shoot upto 1000-1100 pictures in 30 minutes and can create an image anywhere from 50 megapixels to 5 gigapixels and beyond. Isn’t that amazing?

Once these pictures are shot all you got to do is stitch them using GigaPan Stitcher and upload to GigaPan.org and start sharing it with friends and family.

GigaPan is quite reasonable and rightly priced at $379 and does work with most of the point and shoot camera’s available in the market (click here to check the list of compatible cameras). GigaPan will soon release a new product called EPIC 100 which will support larger cameras available in the market.

I have embedded about 5 videos on this article, the first four are GigaPan Tutorials and the last one is a tech talk about GigaPan from Google (Google Inc. was one of the project participants).

GigaPan Tutorial 1 of 4.

GigaPan Tutorial 2 of 4.

GigaPan Tutorial 3 of 4.

GigaPan Tutorial 4 of 4.

GigaPan in depth..

In the field of photographic imaging, a photographic mosaic (also known under the term Photomosaic, a portmanteau of photo and mosaic, trademarked by Runaway Technology, Inc.) is a picture (usually a photograph) that has been divided into (usually equal sized) rectangular sections, each of which is replaced with another photograph of appropriate average color. When viewed at low magnifications, the individual pixels appear as the primary image, while close examination reveals that the image is in fact made up of many hundreds or thousands of smaller images.

Today we’ll look at a service that will make for you mosaic photos in just few steps. Best part is that it’s an online service and hence can be accessed from anywhere. This service is called as pixisnap and looks very promising.

All you have to do is upload a primary photo (the photo which will be converted to mosaic) and then enter all the photos which will combine to form the mosaic photos. Following is the mosaic I have created.

The interface is very easy and the process of converting an image into mosaic doesn’t take too much of time.

Just in case you don’t know what a medium format camera is, wikipedia is there to help:

In digital photography, medium format refers either to cameras adapted from medium format film photography uses, or to cameras making use of sensors larger than that of a 35

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