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Portable Photo Studio for Better Product Sales

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Presentation plays a very big role in marketing products. No matter how good your product is, if it is not presented well, its commercial appeal is lessened. It is observable in certain products sold in online markets and auctions such as eBay. Many products are marketed with nothing but simple snaps without any kind of background setting to give the product a credible look.
That problem can be addressed with Portable Photo Studio. It is gadget for those who want to sell products online with professional looking photos, just like the ones you see in magazine prints and advertisements. Portable Photo Studio lets you capture pictures with proper setting and lighting. It is a small photo studio measuring 16 inches on each side which has external spot lights to provide good lighting. Products simply need to be placed inside the miniature studio and you can start taking shots like a pro.

The lightbox has a clean white background. With that, shadows that give your product a cheap and amateurish look won’t be present. A mini-tripod is also included to provide more stability as you photograph your product, so there would be no more blurs.
Aside from improved lighting and stability, this little photo studio is portable. Everything can be placed in a zipped nylon bag after use. Bringing it along would not be such as hassle.
At $49.99, you can get a collapsible photo lightbox, 2 high output table top 35 watt photo lights, 6-7 inch extension mini-tripod and a nylon carrier. Camera is not included, you would have to provide that on your own.

If you are one of those online sellers with quality products but does not sell much, maybe you can grab one of these to increase marketability. Or, if you just dream to build a photography empire someday, this is a good way to start.

Stylish USB drives from Etsy

There are so many wearable USB drives out in the market these days. Finding one is not going to be a problem for anyone. The tricky part is looking for a wearable USB drive that is fashionable and stylish. Many of the USB drives available today are plainly over the top, very geeky and overly tacky. Then, there are the punky ones that simply fail to achieve the desired look. If you are serious about looking for fashionable USB drives, chances are you’ve seen this already. In case you haven’t, read on and take a look.
These wearable USB drives from Etsy, a marketplace for vibrant handmade and vintage items, art and supplies, definitely make the cut for fashion. The USB drives designed with symbols for men and women just screams with style all over them. Not only are they stylish, they also look so luxurious. That is because of the adorned Swarovski crystals in the middle, right in the center of the symbols for both gender. The gold color coating of the gender symbols beautifully contrasts the scratch-proof metal.

Etsy’s fashionable USB drives are available in 2 GB, 4 GB, 8 GB and 16 GB. You can purchase a single USB or you can buy a pair. For the 4 GB USB drives, a pair costs $99.98. If you are keen about being fashionable, that price is fairly considerable.
USB drives vary in styles and appeal. If you are the techie type who is not crazy over geeky looks, and is a devotee of fashion, wearable USB drives of this kind is the right one for you. There are more of these fashionable flash drives. The easiest way of finding these stylish treasures is by browsing through the internet. That is basically how these Etsy USB drives came to surface.

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iChange, an iPhone Controlled Car

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Rinspeed, a Swiss automobile maker company known for non-conventional designs strikes another one. This time, it’s a design concept of an automobile that can be virtually controlled through a iPhone.

iChange is a design concept that surpasses many automobile concepts. The automobile world is simply taken aback with Rinspeed quick revolution towards the use of iPhone as car controller. People who have the tendency to forget their car keys often but not their iPhone would benefit a lot with iChange. Forgetting, or even losing your car keys won’t be a problem since iChange’s vehicle functions can be controlled by the instructions given through the iPhone. Simply plug it into the dashboard and control everything from there.
With iChange’s no-key ignition feature, driving would start by clipping the Apple device onto the dash. After that, a green start button would appear on the iPhone’s display, simply touch that button and iChange would go and hit the road. Other vehicle controls such as headlights can be handled through iPhone too.
If put into production, Rinspeed’s iChange can be used either as sports car or family car. The rear end of the vehicle is installed with a panel with two hidden extra seats. A button somewhere in the dashboard just needs to be pressed to pop the panel up for the rear seats to unfold and accommodate extra passengers.
Believe it or not, Rinspeed’s iChange is actually an economical and environmental-friendly car. iChange is a lightweight vehicle weighing 2, 314 pounds only. Because of that, fuel consumption is lesser. Also, the car is powered by an electric motor. As for the air conditioning system of the car, no extra fuel is needed because the car boasts solar paneling which can generate enough electricity for the cooling process.

Without any smear of doubt, iChange’s concept is really amazing. Let’s wait until this becomes an actual car and see how easy it would be to drive by pressing iPhone’s buttons.

Pillete Bluetooth Headset

For those people always on the go, those who talk (on their mobile phones) and walk at the same time, Pillete Bluetooth headset is just the thing for you.

If this concept did push through, I’m certain a lot of businessman will want to purchase these. This will also be a great gift idea to give your busy dads this father’s day as well.

The Pillete can easily bag in the title of being the smallest Bluetooth headset in the world if this would become more than a concept. Even with its pill-sized bluetooth form, the Pillete aims to have a high performance microphone installed and with optimal voice quality in a tiny body.

The Pilette is turned on when you curve it to form an “L” shape ear bud and can easily be turned off when again straightened.

I wonder if they will have this come in different sizes. There are some with larger ear canals than all the others.

This Bluetoothheadset will be one to watch out for!

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Photoshop CS4, Adobe’s dependable Photo-Editing Tool

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Many photographers, graphic designers and web developers are already using Adobe Photoshop CS4, a Photoshop version released months ago followed with extensions months after.
Adobe Photoshop CS4 is the first Photoshop version that features 64 bit processing. Also, it is the the first one to have graphics and Physics processor acceleration. These additional features that are not existent in earlier Photoshop versions enable CS4 to manipulate graphics easier as well as generate particle and lighting effects dynamically in 3D. According to an unbiased trial research done on Photoshop CS4, it performs faster than any of the older Photoshop versions. The increase in speed can be attributed to its GPU acceleration which gives CS4 the ability to take up on tasks up to 100 times faster than Adobe’s previous photo-editing tools.

CS4 and its extended version give users a more intuitive experience, greater editing freedom as well as productivity enhancements. New adjustment panels and Content-Aware Scaling as well as an improved Photoshop Lightroom workflow are found in CS4. On-image controls and a wide array of presets come with the new adjustment panels in which image adjusting is simplified by enabling access to every tools needed in enhancing the color and tone of the images. That one-click access to important tools such as grids, rulers, guides and zoom are to be found on the new tool line called Application Bar. The on-image settings for curves, black and white, hue and saturation allow a more simple and precise select and drag effect on images. The Content-Aware Scaling features allows automatic recomposing of images after their dimensions have been changed. This way, time-consuming cropping and retouching can be skipped as vital areas of the image are preserved after resizing the image.

To be more specific, Photoshop CS4 gives users the ability to paint directly on 3D models, easily wrap 2D images around shapes, convert gradients maps to 3D objects, add depth to layers and texts and quickly get print-quality output by means of the new ray-tracing rendering engine.

Its excellent features and fast performance makes CS4 a dependable photo-editing software for graphic professionals and enthusiasts.