Lens focus no more

November 1, 2005

What if you could take a photograph with a tight zoom so you are focused on a subject. Then after you have taken the picture, decide that you wanted to focus on another part of the picture instead. Within the digital data you would be able to rack focus and actually see other planes of the image. There is research being done on this technology using prototype plenoptic cameras. Check it out Stanford’s Graphics Lab.

Though this next link is a really common site you are going to run across sometime, I can tell you that graphics.com has a great set of tips / tutorials for you to soak in between Photoshop, Illustrator and others. Check out Graphics.com tips page.

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