 | | External Hard DrivesThe technology moves fast and leaves us with gizmos and gadgets, which are more and more functional, and at the same time smaller than we have ever thought they could be. Whats more, the technology also adds these gadgets the mobility so that they can be used as and when required, wherever they are required. One such device following the suit is your hard drive and with the introduction of an external hard drive, what you get is data storage and security with added mobility. These are the hard disk drives (HDD) that are actually placed outside of the computer system. With the data security, mobility and an option to remove this drive, you can take all your data with you.
The external hard drives or HDD which are built to perform externally. This means that the HDD comes with built-in cables that allow you to interface with your computer system. While the conventional HDD connectors would use SCSI or SATA cables that connect to a type of HDD connector inside your computer, the new variants of this external HDD uses a innovative and simple method of connecting via the USB or the FireWire. Most of the external HDD come with the ability to backup the data from your PC. The only limiting factor for the external HDD as o today is the cost, as they tend to be more expensive as compared to the internal HDD with the same capacity.
The external HDD is purely meant for data storage and backup but How much data can it store? There are many options available for you as far as the data storage capability of the external HDD is concerned. Usually, the most common external drives are of the same size as a normal hard disk inside your computer. However, there are many other storage disks that are available at this point of time with as much as 1000GB of data storage capability. With this amazing speed of the technology, it won't be too long before we move into true Terabyte reign. These huge storage capacities are responsible for the external HDD rapid popularity as popular form of computer backup for the computer users.
The reasons to opt for the external HDD are many, for instance, it provides the user with convenience and simplicity of use. His is so as most of the computer owners are not comfortable opening the cases of their computer and installing additional hardware. This is eliminated when you simply opt for external HDD rather than an internal HDD. With the external HDD there is no need to open the PC case, instead you simply need to plug it in and go. Another advantage of the external HDD is its portability and mobility. Compared to the internal drives, external drives can be moved from PC to PC in a matter of minutes, simply by unplugging them from one and plugging them into another. Thus the external hard drives are often used in the business world, especially by traveling employees. Traveling employees can instantly sync up the data on an external hard drive with that on their desktop or laptop PC, and then easily carry that data anywhere in the world. This also might eliminate the need of carrying the laptop. |
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| Photomatix Pro
by HDRsoft |  | HDR (High Dynamic Range) photo processing
Platform: Windows, Mac
Media: CD-ROM
| Product Features:- Creation HDR images
- Tone Mapping
- Exposure Fusion
- Automatic alignment hand-held photos
- Reduction of noise and chromatic aberrations in HDR images
| About the Product:
If you have ever photographed a high contrast scene, you know that even the best exposure will typically have blown out highlights and flat shadows.
Photomatix offers two ways to solve this problem:
- HDR Tone Mapping: Reveal highlight and shadow details in an HDR image created from multiple exposures.
- Exposure Fusion: Merge differently exposed photographs into one image with increased dynamic range.
Photomatix Pro is a stand-alone program that creates and processes HDR (High Dynamic Range) images, and runs on Mac OS X and Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/Vista. Some of the features of Photomatix Pro are also available as a Filter plug-in of Photoshop CS2/CS3/CS4 and an Edit plug-in of Aperture 2.1. | Benefits for Professional Photographers:
- Save on Lighting Equipment
No need to acquire expensive lighting equipment -and carry it- when you shoot high contrast scenes. Just enable the Auto Exposure Bracketing feature of your camera, and let Photomatix merge your photos into an image with extended dynamic range.
- Great Cloudy Day Pictures
Shadowless hazy sunlight or an overcast sky usually results in dull-looking photographs. The tone mapping tool of Photomatix Pro can turn them into great-looking images.
- Saving Time in Post-Processing
Photomatix Pro is designed for productivity -- automatic blending, unlimited stacking, easy comparison of results and batch processing save hours of masking and layers work in image editing programs.
- Well-Exposed Panoramas
A panoramic scene is almost always a high contrast scene -- you can't limit your view to areas with the same brightness when shooting a 360° panorama. By taking views under several exposures and processing them in Photomatix Pro, you can create a panorama that will show details in both the dark and bright areas of the scene. Photomatix Pro offers both exposure blending (also knows as exposure fusion) and HDR tone mapping.
| About the Developer:
HDRsoft develops innovative software in the field of High Dynamic Range imaging for photography.
The first version of its HDR software Photomatix was released in February 2003 as the result of a research project started in July 2002. The project was awarded a grant from the French Ministry of Research, as laureate of the national contest 2003 organized by ANVAR (National Agency for the Valuation of Research).
The company is owned and controlled by its two founding members, one of them being a professional photographer with over 25 years' experience. HDRsoft was previously known as MultimediaPhoto (the company changed its name in December 2006). |
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