America’s Next Top Model: J. Alexander

The American women start to break down while the British rally together. One of the women feels defeated and considers leaving the competition. At the challenge, the models are asked to create their own television commercial. During the photo shoot, the women model British couture hats while posing in vintage American cars. Kelly Cutrone and Nigel Barker join J. Alexander and Tyra Banks on the judges’ panel for elimination.

America’s Next Top Model: Cat Deeley

The women have to create an ad campaign, which includes casting, wardrobe, providing props and hair and make-up. During the challenge, the models are mentored by Kelly Cutrone, who intimidates some of the women. At the photo shoot for the campaign, some of the models cannot handle the critique and start to break down. One model in particular clashes with Kelly and walks off the judging panel. Kelly Cutrone and Nigel Barker join guest judge Cat Deeley and Tyra Banks on the judges’ panel for elimination.

Making Short Work of Image Conversions with Converseen

Thanks to my photography background, I tend to equate "image manipulation" with "photo adjustment and retouching" – but of course that is just one task. For a lot of jobs, image manipulation means dull work like repeatedly converting, resizing, and compressing images for output – fitting them to the proper size for a post on the Web site, converting to the right format for print, and many other similar, repetitive tasks. You can use tools like GIMP and Krita for this class of work, but you would usually be better off firing up a dedicated batch conversion tool – saving yourself considerable time and mental energy. A comparatively young tool called Converseen is a good place to start.

America’s Next Top Model: Kelly Osbourne

Cycle 18 returns with its first-ever “British Invasion,” featuring former contestants from “Britain’s Next Top Model” and an all-new crop of American model hopefuls competing for the grand prize. The first photo shoot has the women squaring off while posing as famous British and American public figures. New judge Kelly Cutrone and Nigel Barker join guest judge Kelly Osbourne and Tyra Banks on the judges’ panel for the first elimination of the cycle.

Jane By Design: The Teen Model

When Donovan Decker lands unpredictable teen supermodel Piper Grace as the face of their new line, Jane is the one tasked to keep her under control until the photo shoot. What first seemed like an easy job quickly becomes Jane’s nightmare when Piper lives up to all of the hype.

Meanwhile, Ben gets tired of Jane’s behavior and decides to lay down the law and ground her.

The Real Housewives of Orange County: Southern Hospitality

At Vicki’s tension-filled dinner party, Peggy and Alexis reach a boiling point, and Peggy decides to close the chapter on her friendship with Alexis and the other women. Gretchen poses for a nude photo shoot for a charitable cause, while OC’s newest housewife, Heather, has it all and isn’t afraid to let everyone know it. Meanwhile, Vicki and Tamra go on an overnight trip to Catalina with their boyfriends that nearly ends before it begins when Tamra overreacts and puts Brooks in an embarrassing situation.

ownCloud 3 Released

Version 3 of the ownCloud personal cloud system has been announced. New features include a browser-based text editor, an integrated PDF viewer, a photo gallery application, an improved calendar application, and, inevitably, an application store. "The browser based text editor supports 35 programming languages for syntax highlighting, keyboard shortcuts, drag…

A Broad Look at Hugin

The release notes for Hugin's latest update begin with the words "Hugin is more than just a panorama stitcher." That's been true for years, but only recently has the project made a concerted effort to emphasize the other photo magic that the application is capable of working. Better still, Hugin is making more and more of the process automatic, so aligning your images has never been easier.