Category: image tools

  • New ARTstor image group download feature

    Individual ARTstor image downloads have become a nuisance due to the zip filing and extra steps.  But they’ve now made it possible to download a whole image group as a zip file, which eliminates a lot of those steps.   There’s a quick video here that explains how to do it. Have a look at the…

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  • The “art” of reproduction

    For those of you who use web searches extensively for your lectures or presentations, check out the post “The Art Of Reproduction” on the blog Visual Hint — the color of data: “Type “Danae Klimt” into your favorite search engine, and you conjure up a high-resolution image of Gustav Klimt’s Danaë: tan limbs, a shower…

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  • In case you miss 35mm slides and projectors

    you can now (sort of ) replicate the experience of slides, carousels and projectors – AND carry it in your pocket.  There’s a daft new product called Projecteo! that projects Instagram photos (which have been transferred to a film reel).  Get in on the ground floor of investment with this amazing technology now!  (This itty…

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  • New online resource for Gothic architecture

    The team at the Media Center for Art  History at Columbia University have, over the past five years, put together a wonderful catalogue of photos, drawings, and plans of French Gothic architecture.  The site, Mapping Gothic France, lets the end user explore the content through the dimensions of Space, Time and Narrative.  The site also…

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  • 3D printing to produce … a house?

    Red Dot does not pretend to understand how 3D printers work, although we’re trying hard.  It’s just all so sci-fi. Using this additive process, designers have figured out ways to apply the technology to clothing and jewelry design, industrial design, medical and dental devices, and much more.  You can see many applications, from simple to…

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  • Thinglink – a new way to make images interactive

    Thinglink is a new tool that lets you add multiple interactive elements to an image or page.   It could be very useful, for example, in linking websites, photos or events to a map (click the map below for an example).   It is used a lot in filmmaking and advertising, but has potential in educational…

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