Illinois Wants To Ban Location Tracking Without Consent. It’s increasingly difficult to do anything on your phone nowadays without sharing your geolocation information. Certain Snapchat filters, Facebook status updates, Instagrams, and even text messages are all potentially tied to geolocation data. It’s relatively simple for app developers to build in geolocation functionality—and many services require users to opt- in to sharing location data. But now the state of Illinois wants ensure that all companies extracting geolocation data from individuals must provide an opt- in, or else they’ll have to pay up. Last week, both houses of the Illinois state legislature passed the Geolocation Privacy Protection Act (HB3.

Now, it’s on the desk of Governor Bruce Rauner, waiting to be signed into law. If signed, companies would be required to inform users of how they’re using the location data they collect, if the users decides to share it.

Companies who don’t adhere would be in violation of the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act and would face criminal penalties and damages of at least $1,0. There are a few exceptions to the law.

For instance, private entities can collect geolocation data without consent if the information will help parents find missing children or aid firefighters, police, or medical professionals. The new law might not have a huge real- world impact, given that most devices and apps already ask people for permission before they start using location data. But this might encourage more tech companies and app developers to give users the option to opt out of being tracked. There have been plenty of times in the past when companies have faced repercussions for tracking users without their consent. For instance, Apple and Uber have been sued for allegedly tracking un- notified users. Ari Scharg, director of the Digital Privacy Alliance (DPA), told Gizmodo that the organization has done reports on the apps Selfie.

Rate Selfie Pic Hot Or Not, which give developers precise GPS coordinates whenever a person uploads a photo.“When a person is just browsing through the photos to rate them, if they were intercepting the backend traffic, they would be able to get the GPS coordinates of each person they viewed,” Scharg said. The state’s Biometric Information Privacy Act prohibits tech companies from using biometric identifiers—like face scans and fingerprints—without consent. Their Right To Know Act—which passed in May, but was put on hold—requires companies such as Facebook, Amazon, and Google to disclose what data has been collected from consumers and shared with third parties.

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It’s increasingly difficult to do anything on your phone nowadays without sharing your geolocation information. Certain Snapchat filters, Facebook status updates.

HDR Tutorial – How to Make Beautiful HDR Photos with Ease! Breaking news!! Aurora HDR 2018 Is Coming To Macs And, Yes Windows! Drum roll 100,000,000 HDR.

Is Coming To Macs And, Yes! Yes, finally, all of you Windows people (including me nowadays), can experience the greatness of this software!

The Mac and PC versions will be available for pre- order in the Stuck in Customs store on September 1. Subscribe to my newsletter to be notified first when Aurora HDR 2.

Watch this awesome (and silly) video about Aurora HDR 2. Mark your calendar for September 1. Aurora HDR 2. 01.

Sep 1. 2, and released on Sep 2. Current users of Aurora HDR may upgrade at a special pre- order price of $4. New users can pre- order Aurora HDR 2. Which HDR Software to use – Mac or Windows? The first thang you’re gonna need is some HDR Software. If you have a Mac, I strongly recommend Aurora HDR 2.

Free HDR Tutorial for Macs. If you’re using Photomatix, you can get a huge head start if you grab Trey’s Photomatix Presets. Once you have the software, I can show you how to use it to make beautiful photos. It’s actually MEGA easy. I also showed my son how to use a BB gun and he only injured his sisters twice. The Free HDR Tutorial for Windows. I wrote this HDR photography tutorial over six years ago and I update it about every three months.

Recently I rewrote it from scratch to incorporate all of the new things I’ve learned and I am happy to share them with you here. If you prefer to watch a video, I have a HDR Video Tutorial for Macs or Complete HDR Tutorial for Windows course that you might enjoy even more than this texty- version! Hundreds of thousands of people have used this tutorial to learn how to make beautiful HDR photos — I am sure it can teach you too!

Remember, anyone can do this stuff. Whole The Wall (2017) Movie Online here. All it takes is a tiny bit of curiosity. You will surprise yourself in no time!

Let’s get started! I’ve traveled around the world and shot with many incredible photographers.

After we shoot, we get together to compare techniques and post- process photos late into the night. Over time I’ve crafted a best- of- breed solution that will help you create your own unique art. This tutorial not only teaches HDR, but it will help you create a style that is quintessentially your own! Interested in a Complete HDR Video Tutorial? This entirely new HDR tutorial is perfect for Beginners to Mega Advanced professionals who want to see all of my latest post- processing techniques! Plus now it comes in TWO different formats.

One is specifically for Windows / Photomatix users and the other is for Mac / Aurora HDR. I think you’ll love them! It’s honestly the highest- quality set of tutorials we’ve ever made. Would you like to read this tutorial offline? This same tutorial is available in the form of a beautiful e. Book, Introduction to HDR, that you can download and read offline. It’s a great resource to keep with you that you can reference over and over again.

This e. Book that will save you a lot of time and trouble! Get the Top 1. 0 HDR Mistakes e. Book right here! This has been a labor of love (and embarrassment)! Why embarrassment? Well, I decided to use my OWN early photos as examples of bad HDR. I made all the mistakes, believe me. I’ve corrected all of them (I think!) and I figured out what I was doing wrong.

I explain it all in the book. It wasn’t obvious to me at the time, but now it is. Anyway, this e. Book will be a great boon to you! Free Newsletter from Trey! Sign up for my newsletter!

There are always hot tips and the latest goodies! You wanna hang out on Social Media? Sure, why not? Everyone is doing it! Follow me on: What is HDR? HDR is an acronym for High Dynamic Range. If you use some special HDR software, you can see all the light in the final photo that you can see when you are standing on the scene. Perhaps you’ve been in a beautiful spot and taken a photo and it comes out flat and disappointing.

With HDR processing there is no longer a need for that — now the final image can be as truly evocative as it was when you were there. The human eye can see so much more than a single shot from your camera! I say there is no need to accept the limitations of the camera.

You can use the camera in a simple and innovative way to replicate what the eye can do. You’ll be using a combination of the camera and some software to achieve the final look. The human eye can see about 1. A stop is a measurable amount of light.

A camera can see about 3 stops of light. This means you’ll be setting up your camera to take multiple photos of a scene, all at different shutter speeds, so you get the full range of light. Don’t worry, it’s easy! Sample HDR Photos. Here are a few interesting HDR photographs that people seem to enjoy.

I have converted from a Windows guy to a Mac guy. I used to dislike Mac people and thought they were annoying, but now I’m a changed man. Okay, I have digressed way too early in this tutorial.

By the way, all the steps in the tutorial are the same, whether you are using Mac or Windows. HDR Software to Download – Required. Optional Photo Software to Download – Highly recommended and fun! Adobe Lightroom – The final bonus steps of my tutorial have you using Adobe Lightroom for some finishing touches. I have a review of on.

One here: on. One Plugin Review. Topaz Adjust – Download Topaz. It will help bring “pop” and sharpness back into the final photo. The whole Topaz Bundle on the site is also a good option if you want all the tools they offer.

Noiseware Professional – This is the best noise reduction software. Download Noiseware for Windows or Download Noiseware for Mac. Adobe Photoshop or Elements – Anything that allows you to work in layers is fine really, and these are the most popular.

Elements is much cheaper if you are on a budget! You can download Photoshop right from the Adobe website or you can download Photoshop Elements. Q& A: Where is the best place to keep your online portfolio?

This is a question I get a lot! I use Smug. Mug. Read my whole Smug. Mug Review to get a discount and find out more. There is a lot more Q& A at the end of the tutorial too! Now that you have some new tools and tricks to salivate over, we can move on to the next easy steps in the tutorial! Page 2 of the Tutorial. You’re currently on Page 1.