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== Image Sharing ==
* [http://www.thisweekinphoto.com/2012/7-professional-photo-sharing-sites/ 7 Professional Photo Sharing Sites]
* [http://thephotographerblog.com/602/8-great-photo-sharing-sites/ 8 Great Photo Sharing Sites]
* [http://jimmydaly.com/blog/2012/11/5/pros-and-cons-of-using-500px-to-build-your-photography-website Pros and Cons of Using 500px to Build Your Photography Website]
== Whiteboard Processing ==
== Whiteboard Processing ==


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* [http://matthew.mceachen.us/blog/how-to-clean-up-photos-of-whiteboards-with-gimp-403.html How to clean up photos of whiteboards with Gimp]
* [http://matthew.mceachen.us/blog/how-to-clean-up-photos-of-whiteboards-with-gimp-403.html How to clean up photos of whiteboards with Gimp]
* [http://dt.in.th/2008-10-09.extract-whiteboard-in-gimp.html How to extract the drawing from a whiteboard in the GIMP]
* [http://dt.in.th/2008-10-09.extract-whiteboard-in-gimp.html How to extract the drawing from a whiteboard in the GIMP]
* [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7519093 Command line method for digitizing photos of whiteboards]


=== Tools ===
=== Tools ===


[http://beta.rii.ricoh.com/betalabs/content/whiteboard-clean Ricoh Innovations Whiteboard Clean] looks like a great service. Have not experimented with skew control yet. No batching.
[http://beta.rii.ricoh.com/betalabs/content/whiteboard-clean Ricoh Innovations Whiteboard Clean] looks like a great service. Have not experimented with skew control yet. No batching.
One of the challenges with this and other scripts is that it focuses on outlines, which means that filled images sometimes get processed out. May want to find a script that does background whitening for these images.


[http://snapclean.me/ Snapclean.me] is a similar, email-based service using a Gimp [https://github.com/kyleburton/sandbox/blob/master/gimp/clean-whiteboard-photo.scm script] on the backend.
[http://snapclean.me/ Snapclean.me] is a similar, email-based service using a Gimp [https://github.com/kyleburton/sandbox/blob/master/gimp/clean-whiteboard-photo.scm script] on the backend.
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* [http://www.southwedgesw.com/photonote/ PhotoNote] (Windows; $50)
* [http://www.southwedgesw.com/photonote/ PhotoNote] (Windows; $50)
* [http://www.polyvision.com/tabid/155/objectid/94/default.aspx PolyVision Whiteboard Photo]
* [http://www.polyvision.com/tabid/155/objectid/94/default.aspx PolyVision Whiteboard Photo]
== Upsizing Images ==
[http://www.ononesoftware.com/products/perfect-resize/ Perfect Resize] seems to be the most widely used tool. Other resources:
* [http://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/41341012 Image upsizing shootout: Photoshop vs Perfect Resize]
* [http://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/3258356 Photo enlarging software]
* [http://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/3012075#forum-post-38575085 free resizing software]

Latest revision as of 19:32, 13 September 2021

Image Sharing

Whiteboard Processing

Techniques

Tools

Ricoh Innovations Whiteboard Clean looks like a great service. Have not experimented with skew control yet. No batching.

One of the challenges with this and other scripts is that it focuses on outlines, which means that filled images sometimes get processed out. May want to find a script that does background whitening for these images.

Snapclean.me is a similar, email-based service using a Gimp script on the backend.

I've used Fred's command-line Imagemagick script with the following parameters:

 -e both -t 30 -s 1

Experiment with -t between 20 and 40 for best results. It has limitations, the biggest of which is that you need to have a deeper understanding of the algorithm in order to manipulate the parameters.

Other scripts:

Upsizing Images

Perfect Resize seems to be the most widely used tool. Other resources: