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August 2008 - Posts

With this synth, I thee wed: Wedding Photography and Photosynth

Posted Friday, August 29, 2008 5:00 AM by synthy
When we were developing Photosynth, we thought about how people would actually want to use it. Weddings came to mind--a single event that is heavily photographed. And we've found a number of synths that show the added dimension that Photosynth brings Read More...
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We've just made some updates

Posted Thursday, August 28, 2008 11:38 PM by synthy
At 6pm pacific tonight we completed a minor update to the site. No major new features, but a few problems have been resolved and some nice details have been added. Check out the list of changes on our support site . Read More...
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Synthing to sell: using Photosynth to help sell a house

Posted Thursday, August 28, 2008 5:00 AM by synthy
When thinking about ways Photosynth can best be used, helping to sell real estate came up pretty early on. And it wasn't long before we started seeing a number of houses popping up among the synths. Here's a great synth of a home in Colorado . This synth Read More...
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Reach out and synth somebody?

Posted Wednesday, August 27, 2008 8:33 AM by synthy
You may have tried to create a synth of a person, only to find out that it didn't work very well. Of course there are some notable exceptions, this boxer and this tattooed man being just two of them. (Make sure you hit 'p' to look at the point clouds Read More...
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Unexpected outage

Posted Tuesday, August 26, 2008 1:58 PM by synthy
We're experiencing some problems with the Photosynth site just now. Early indications are that we're having a hardware issue, but we're digging into that as we speak. We're working to resolve it as fast as we can. In the meantime, we're moving to our Read More...
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Your feedback

Posted Monday, August 25, 2008 9:00 PM by synthy
We really depend on you, Photosynth’s users, to tell us what you like or if there’s anything that’s not working for you. We also want to know about any features you’d like to see as we start working on the next version of Photosynth. Just go to getsatisfaction.com Read More...
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Synthing tips: How to synth a room

Posted Monday, August 25, 2008 5:00 AM by synthy
Synthing tips: How to synth a room Maybe you want to show off your newly-remodeled downstairs . Or you want to let your friends see how you’ve decorated your room . Or you want to remember the amazing lux ury condo you went through. Photosynth can help. Read More...
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Photosynth needs 30 minutes of downtime tonight

Posted Friday, August 22, 2008 9:56 PM by synthy
We're changing out some hardware and adding capacity. We'll go offline around 11:30pm PST (7:30am GMT) for about 30 minutes. Note that any synths in progress when we go down will need to be repeated. Read More...
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Exploring cool synths

Posted Friday, August 22, 2008 10:50 AM by synthy
We're delighted to see how many great new synths are being created every minute by people all over the world. Here are some we wanted to share with you: What are these guys doing? It involves bicycles and ropes and it looks like it could be dangerous Read More...
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Keyboard shortcuts

Posted Friday, August 22, 2008 5:00 AM by synthy
You can navigate through a synth by using the on-screen navigation that you see in the upper right hand corner of a synth, or by clicking on the arrows on the screen. But there are other keyboard shortcuts you can use to get through a synth that can give Read More...
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Photosynth: Day 1 Recap

Posted Friday, August 22, 2008 2:03 AM by synthy
Time for a quick update We have been overwhelmed (in both good and bad ways) over the past 24 hours with the amount of interest Photosynth has attracted and the amount of creativity that many of you are demonstrating with your synths. We've been working Read More...
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Check out these cool synths

Posted Thursday, August 21, 2008 9:00 PM by synthy
One of our favorite synths is Foamhenge , a life-size replica of Stonehenge in Northern Virginia. It could only look more authentic if it had a fence around it and a concession stand selling $4 bottles of water. While we were shooting our How to Synth Read More...
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Meet some of the Photosynth team

Posted Thursday, August 21, 2008 5:20 PM by synthy
Our friends over at Channel 10 managed to pry away from their keyboards three people who helped take Photosynth from great idea to released product. Check out the video: ShutterSpeed EP04 - The Photosynth Team Read More...
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Photosynth Is Back...

Posted Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:40 PM by synthy
We have turned Photosynth back online. Try it out at Photosynth.com . We still have new synth uploads off for the moment, but will turn them back on shortly. Read More...
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Photosynth: Yikes!

Posted Thursday, August 21, 2008 6:51 PM by synthy
We have been abolsutely overwhlemed by demand, and have turned Photosynth.com into a special static/read-only mode for the moment. The team is hard at work adding capacity and getting the full site back online. We've been under incredible demand since Read More...
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Welcome to Photosynth

Posted Wednesday, August 20, 2008 7:20 PM by synthy
We’re pleased to announce the first full release of Photosynth, available now at photosynth.com . Photosynth takes a collection of regular photographs and reconstructs the scene or object in a 3-D environment. For those of you who have seen the videos Read More...
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