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Augmenting Aerial Earth Maps: Are Architects Ready For An Augmented Reality?

Augmenting Aerial Earth Maps: Are Architects Ready For An Augmented Reality?

Augmenting aerial earth maps, or Augearth as it is called by its creators, is the resultant of a research effort at the Georgia Institute of Technology’s Augmented Environmental Laboratory. I discovered the results of the research while visiting the Google Earth Blog, which is a must bookmark for architectural 3d modelers and illustrators. I am writing about this, not because I don’t feel like finishing the dozen or so articles I have sitting in the queue, but because the researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have brought to the forefront a new type of visualization that will not only change the way we view architecture and the world, but our process. … continue reading Augmenting Aerial Earth Maps: Are Architects Ready For An Augmented Reality?


09.09.19 | by James  | No Comments | read: Augmenting Aerial Earth Maps: Are Architects Ready For An Augmented Reality?
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Video Tutorial: Create Your Own Sky In Photoshop (part 1)

Video Tutorial: Create Your Own Sky In Photoshop (part 1)

This is the first of what is hopefully many video tutorials that focus on techniques associated with architectural rendering. This particular video tutorial is a two part video that shows you how to take raw digital photographs, and Photoshop them to be high resolution background images for your renderings.   Below the video is a brief description of tools and shortcuts used, and how to use these tools. … continue reading Video Tutorial: Create Your Own Sky In Photoshop (part 1)


09.08.14 | by James  | No Comments | read: Video Tutorial: Create Your Own Sky In Photoshop (part 1)
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Video Tutorial: Create Your Own Sky In Photoshop (part 2)

Video Tutorial: Create Your Own Sky In Photoshop (part 2)

This is the first of what is hopefully many video tutorials that focus on techniques associated with architectural rendering. This particular video tutorial is a two part video that shows you how to take raw digital photographs, and Photoshop them to be high resolution background images for your renderings. Below the video is a brief description of tools and shortcuts used, and how to use these tools. … continue reading Video Tutorial: Create Your Own Sky In Photoshop (part 2)


09.08.14 | by James  | No Comments | read: Video Tutorial: Create Your Own Sky In Photoshop (part 2)
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Imagenomic Noiseware: Quiet Your Images

Imagenomic Noiseware: Quiet Your Images

While cleaning up the images for the previous article Download: Sky, one of the things that bothered me was that my digital SLR camera produced a small amount of noise and grain in the image.  Although the Florida skies are beautiful, the sun is also very bright, which can make it difficult to capture a photograph without pixel artifacts in the image.  I don’t have the money to buy a new camera with better features or lenses to correct the problem, so I began to research the internet attempting to find a cheap quick solution to my debacle.  The answer is a beautiful piece of software, which is a Photoshop plugin called Noiseware, and was developed by the fine folks at Imagenomic. … continue reading Imagenomic Noiseware: Quiet Your Images


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