“Help! I have an amazing still image for a film I’m working on, but I need to blur the face of someone in the background to protect their privacy.” This is a common situation. Sometimes you have only one image but it contains children or...
Use the free program Gimp to rub those red eyes right out In a perfect world, people wouldn’t care about a little blemish or demonic glowing red eyes in a photo. But if you’d like to present your subjects in a professional, flawless way, here are a few...
Along Came a Spider… There was a spider in my bathtub this morning. Luckily it was running with all eight legs away from me as I turned the shower on. Fear and revulsion were my first reactions along with a fleeting desire to kill it. Blame my Indian friend Manu...
The ancient Egyptians as well as the Greeks, Chinese, and Indians all used color therapy to help heal ailments. What would it look like if we experimented by using some of the same color healing techniques today? Obviously heed your medical doctor’s advice when...
Case Study #1: Come Hang in Yangon, Myanmar With Me (It Only Will Take 98 Seconds…) Hello from my part of the world to yours. I just thought I would share my latest video creation. It’s a short video promo I made for American University of Myanmar...
I am just starting my morning here in Myanmar and as an American living overseas I remain curious and interested regarding the US presidential election. I haven’t read about last night’s debate (I will do that right after I publish this blog post) but I...