image-processing

Flowbox is a tool that makes it easy to build special effects

What do you get when you connect a bunch of filmmakers with a bunch of programmers? Something like Flowbox. Flowbox, which began life as a unique object-oriented programming language for visual effect

Spectral Edge’s image enhancing tech pulls in $5.3M

Cambridge, U.K.-based startup Spectral Edge has closed a $5.3M Series A funding round from existing investors Parkwalk Advisors and IQ Capital. The team, which in 2014 spun the business out of acade

Fujifilm’s X-H1 camera adds top video chops to X Series still shooting prowess

Fujifilm’s mirrorless lineup of X Series cameras has an excellent reputation, especially thanks to their ability to produce great-looking images comparable to full-frame competitors from crop se

A dormant chip in the Pixel 2 will soon let developers write better camera and AI apps

Here's a surprise: Google's Pixel 2 phones include a custom system-on-a-chip (SoC) that's optimized for image processing -- but it currently just sits there, doing nothing. Google says it'll turn this

Prisma uses AI to turn your photos into graphic novel fodder double quick

Artists beware! AI is coming for your paintbrush too… A new iOS app, called Prisma, is using deep learning algorithms to turn smartphone photos into stylized artworks based on different artw

Enter A World Of Crazy Sensual Mix-Ups With A DIY Synesthesia Mask

Synesthesia, aka the mixing of the senses, is a super power to be feared. But while many synesthetes have boring talents – imagining numbers as colors, for example – this DIY hack lets you

The Apple Watch Is A Great Event Assistant

This past week's <a href="https://techcrunch.com/events/disrupt-ny-2015/event-home/">Disrupt NY 2015</a> conference was my first opportunity to use the Apple Watch at a multi-day event, and considerin

Coming Soon: Smartphones With 16MP Cameras

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/renesas-620x430.png" /> If you look at the batches of new cell phones Japan's leading mobile carriers have been presenting <a href="http

New chip enhances video playback quality on mobile phones

Relatively blurry screenshots (1-seg digital TV broadcast for portable devices in Japan) Toshiba Japan managed to develop a prototype chip that makes it possible to view videos on cell phones and port