Reportage 01net : Manipuler ses photos sur la petite surface des grandes surfaces.

Voici un reportage vidéo bien sympathique de 01net sur la Microsoft Surface et ses applications. Cette dernière étant présentée à la Sorbonne par Bill Gates himself à l'occasion de la prochaine Imagine Cup.
La vidéo conclue en montrant un iPhone avec PhotoBoard sur lequel il est déjà possible de manipuler ses photos :-)

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J'ai particulièrement apprécié le reportage pour sa réalisation et sa pointe d'humour (parfois sarcastique) :-)

Merci à badih de la communauté iPhon.fr de m'avoir signalé ce reportage.

This video shows the Microsoft Surface presentation by Bill Gates when he came in Paris (La Sorbonne) for the Imagine Cup 2008.
The voice-over comments are quite funny and a little bit sarcastic.
It ends by showing an iPhone with Photoboard, saying that we can already play with our photos on it :-)
(Sorry for the lack of on-video translations.)

PhotoBoard 0.4.0 is out

Major changes : loads pictures from the classic photo library, better multi-touch movement algorithm.
See the previous post below for details / video.

Todo in the next version :

• Keep the full resolution of camera roll's pictures
  That will also be a way to add high resolution pictures to Photoboard since the photo library ones are resized by iTunes
• Save the Photoboard screenshot
  Allow user to send it by mail, to the camera roll, etc.
• Enable fullscreen option for picture
• Enable image deletion
• ...
  

PhotoBoard 0.4.0 in progress

PhotoBoard 0.4.0 is currently in progress.

There are two major changes :

• Pictures can be added via the native photo library (like Photo.app classic)
  
  It's now easier to add the iTunes synchronized pictures from user albums, camera roll, etc.
  
  iPod Touch users will appreciate this ;-)
  
  
• Multi-touch algorithm improved (Julian Asamer's algorithm)
  
  Allows user to zoom and rotate a specific spot of the image. The picture doesn't force to center anymore when zoomed.
  
  This is the work of Julian Asamer, a young talented iPhone developer who made Fractalicious.
  
  
• Other changes : Keep ratio aspect (no more distorted pictures), quicker loading time, optimization of memory usage, etc.
  

There are still some tests and fixes before a public release but this version should be available this week.

Video preview:

PhotoBoard upgrade to 0.3.1 - Multitouch photo browser

PhotoBoard alpha 0.3.1 is now out.

Changes :

• Settings menu enabled (user can change the wallpaper brightness)
• Bring the pictures on top when touched (change layers order)
• Allow user to add photos from a list of thumbnails / names (instead of adding them without selection)
• Allow jpg and png files
• Resize pictures when loading them to improve performance (max bounds are 800x800);
• Keep ratio aspect (for example, if you have a square picture, it will not stretch to 4/3 ratio).
• Some minor graphics improvements
  

iPod touch user :
Since iPod touch doesn't have a camera roll, you need to manually add the pictures in the /var/root/Media/DCIM/100APPLE/ directory

Todo in next versions :
What would be good for both iPod/iPhone users is to load pictures from photo library like in the Photo.app (iSketch.app has a menu like this so I'm sure it's possible)

I've also noticed than Photo.app has a progressive picture loading. It would be interesting to use it in PhotoBoard to remove loading time.

PhotoBoard.app - Multitouch photo browser

PhotoBoard alpha 0.2.1 is out.

Features :

• Multi pictures support
• Load pictures from Camera Roll
• Keep user wallpaper

This is a new app name for Multitouch.app.
You can add pictures from Camera Roll by touching the screen and loading them from the popup menu.

The app is available from Installer.app source : http://prog.cedsoft.free.fr

Todo in next versions :

• Camera Roll, Photo lists to load (like the classic Photo.app)
  
• Setup screen : set wallpaper opacity
  
• Rotate the full board
• Enable videos adding/playing
  
• etc.

Minority report like interface app for iPhone released

The app is now available on my Installer.app reposiroty

You can replace the images by yours.
Grid.png is a 2x zoomed semi-transparent picture, you can use it for clouds for example. It's just to add a 3D effect.

I can't wait to see your modded apps :-)
You can send me them to make a gallery on the blog.

Cédric.

L'application est maintenant disponible sur mon dépôt Installer.app

Vous pouvez remplacer les images par les vôtres. Grid.png est une image semi-transparente zoomée 2x, vous pouvez l'utiliser pour afficher des nuages par exemple. Ceci dans le but d'ajouter un effet 3D.

Je suis impatient de voir vos appli custom :-)
Vous pouvez me les envoyer dans le but de faire une gallerie sur le blog.

Cédric.

Multitouch image rotation and scaling (Minority Report like)

I just finished to add the zoom and translation to my previous app which rotates a picture with two fingers.

The result looks like the Minority Reports interface... (and the "Microsoft Surface" one as well).This technology is now in your pockets...



I'll publish the App and sources as soos as possible (some stuff are still to fix in the App).

Je viens juste d'ajouter le zoom et les translations à ma dernière app qui permet de faire tourner une image à l'aide de deux doigts.

Le résultat ressemble à l'interface visible dans Minority Report (ainsi qu'à celle de la "Microsoft Surface"). Cette technologie tient maintenant dans une poche de jean...

Je publierai l'application et les sources dès que possible (il me reste quelques détails à régler).

Image rotation on multitouch screen (iPhone)

I just made a video about the use of the multitouch screen in iPhone programming. The image can be rotated on itself by using fingers.

The next step will be to add a zoom/scaling effect (like in the Photo.app) to do a "Minority Report" style image viewer :-)

App and sources will be soon available on this blog...

Je viens juste de faire une video sur l'utilisation de l'écran multitouch de l'iPhone. L'image peut subir une rotation à l'aide des doigts.

Le prochain pas sera d'ajouter un effet de zoom (comme l'application Photo) pour faire un visualiseur d'images dans le style "Minority report" :-)

Application et sources bientôt disponibles sur le blog...