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Create Your Own Real Time Video Effects With Videosis For iPhone
Photo and video editing apps usually have a lot of filters, but at times you might feel like none of them fits your needs perfectly. There are many apps that let users create their own effects, but that can be a bit too time-consuming and even intimidating for relatively inexperienced users. Videosis is a new iOS app that has a nice collection of predefined video filters and effects, and in addition, lets you easily create your own by simply combining available effects and changing their values. Videosis offers real-time filters, some of which even react to the sound around you.
Videosis offers a tutorial when it is launched for the first time but even if it is skipped, you can always rerun it from the app’s settings area. The same menu has options for toggling the shutter sound and controlling the ‘capture photo on-the-fly’ feature.
Before you begin shooting, choose the filter you want to apply to the camera. Hit the ‘FX’ button and up comes the list of all the predefined effects. Videosis has more than 40 filters, and you can apply any of them to the video with a single tap. If you want even more effects, hit the ‘+’ button available at the start of the list. New filters can be created by toggling on different effects or altering their values using the provided sliders. Some of the editing options even let you control the camera flash, and this becomes part of the filter. Once you are satisfied with your creation, start shooting or save the effect for future use by giving it a name. User-created filters appear at the very beginning of the effects list.
Videosis supports both front and allows you to rear cams, and the camera LED can be toggled with a single tap too. In order to capture an image while shooting, hit the small camera icon located in the bottom-right corner.
According to a warning from the Videosis developer, the app requires a lot of processing power and might not work smoothly on devices older than iPhone 4S (although we have to say that it was only slightly laggy on our iPhone 4). The app is available as a free and universal download. You can grab Videosis from the iTunes App Store using the link given below.
Download Videosis For iOS
Videosis offers a tutorial when it is launched for the first time but even if it is skipped, you can always rerun it from the app’s settings area. The same menu has options for toggling the shutter sound and controlling the ‘capture photo on-the-fly’ feature.
Before you begin shooting, choose the filter you want to apply to the camera. Hit the ‘FX’ button and up comes the list of all the predefined effects. Videosis has more than 40 filters, and you can apply any of them to the video with a single tap. If you want even more effects, hit the ‘+’ button available at the start of the list. New filters can be created by toggling on different effects or altering their values using the provided sliders. Some of the editing options even let you control the camera flash, and this becomes part of the filter. Once you are satisfied with your creation, start shooting or save the effect for future use by giving it a name. User-created filters appear at the very beginning of the effects list.
Videosis supports both front and allows you to rear cams, and the camera LED can be toggled with a single tap too. In order to capture an image while shooting, hit the small camera icon located in the bottom-right corner.
According to a warning from the Videosis developer, the app requires a lot of processing power and might not work smoothly on devices older than iPhone 4S (although we have to say that it was only slightly laggy on our iPhone 4). The app is available as a free and universal download. You can grab Videosis from the iTunes App Store using the link given below.
Download Videosis For iOS
How to Speed Up Windows 7 Folder Loading Time
Many people complain that folders take a lot of time to load in Windows 7 (sometimes even more than 10 seconds), especially when the folder size is huge. Now, the question here is, is Windows 7 slow or is it the way you maintain your computer? There is no solid answer to this.
However, there are ways to speed up the loading of folders. We have compiled a list of activities that (if performed) may help in improving the speed. These processes are not foolproof, but yes, they have shown improvements and positive results. So, go ahead and try your luck.
Optimize Folders for Contents
Windows generally optimizes a folder based on the contents in it. However, when the optimization is stated as Documents or General, I have noticed that the time taken to load a folder is comparatively lower. To do that follow these steps:-Step 1: Right-click on the folder in question and choose to launch its Properties.
Step 2: On the Loading Properties window, navigate to Customize tab. Then, check General Items or Documents from the drop down and apply the setting to sub-folders as well.
Rebuild the Index
The indexing of files and folders can get messy over time with the addition and deletion of data. Though Windows manages the change, it could be a good idea to manually rebuild the index when loading of contents is slow. Here’s how to do that.Step 1: Click on Start menu and type index. Select Indexing Options from the list that appears.
Step 2: That will open the Indexing Options window. Click on Advanced and enter the administrator password if prompted to do so.
Step 3: In the Advanced Options dialog box, click the Index Settings tab, and then click Rebuild.
Note: Indexing may take long time to complete. Some views and search results may be incomplete till then.
Organizing Files and Folders
Generally organizing files in a directory and sub-directory structure helps in better optimization and indexing. As a computer user it is a thumb rule to better maintenance.There could be chances that the folders which are loading slowly have shortcuts to some other locations that do not exist anymore or point to invalid path. So, carefully check and confirm that there is nothing of that sort. Else, Windows wastes time in looking for those invalid paths.
Handling Thumbnail Cache
When you have the thumbnail view activated Windows may take time in loading the thumbnail of files and folders. Generally, thumbnails are cached for faster loading but the activity of rebuilding these pictures on change of content makes things bad.Now, you can avoid the thumbnails and the associated time by ensuring that Windows shows icons only and never thumbnails.
Cool Tip: Read our article on Thumbs.db files in Windows to learn more about these thumbnails and the process of viewing icons only.
Besides, you can always change the folder view to List or Details rather than keeping the iconic view. That again helps by reducing the time to load thumbnail pictures.
Conclusion
I have stated these things from experience. They have worked a number of times for me and my friends. There is nothing special about these activities; however, there is no harm in trying them. They may help you get rid of the green bar that keeps floating for minutes.
Tell us if it helps. If you are aware of more methods to do so, let us know.
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5 Free Tools To Test Website Loading Time
5 Free Tools To Test Website Loading Time:
If you are a webmaster, one important aspect you need to look is the website load time. As a webmaster, one of your primary aim is to make your site load faster. Website load time is also a factor for ranking well in search engines as Google takes this as one of the factors for good ranking. There are many methods to check website load time including the webmasters tool, Page Speed extension and other third party tools.
Although there are many free tools to check the website load time, not all of them give you detailed reports on what steps you can take to improve the load time. In this article, we will cover the best 5 tools (which are free) to test the website loading time with detailed reports.
There are quite a lot of other sites as well which provides just the load time alone without any analysis reports.
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If you are a webmaster, one important aspect you need to look is the website load time. As a webmaster, one of your primary aim is to make your site load faster. Website load time is also a factor for ranking well in search engines as Google takes this as one of the factors for good ranking. There are many methods to check website load time including the webmasters tool, Page Speed extension and other third party tools.
Although there are many free tools to check the website load time, not all of them give you detailed reports on what steps you can take to improve the load time. In this article, we will cover the best 5 tools (which are free) to test the website loading time with detailed reports.
1. Pingdom Full page Test:
Pingdom FPT is one of the best available tools to check the load time and analyse the results. Full Page Test tool helps you analyse the load speed of your websites and learn how to make them faster. It lets you identify what about a web page is fast, slow, too big, what best practices you’re not following, and so on. It examines all parts of the website to produce the detailed report.2. Web Page Test:
With Web Page Test, you can run a free website speed test from multiple locations around the globe using real browsers (IE and Chrome) and at real consumer connection speeds. You can run simple tests or perform advanced testing including multi-step transactions, video capture, content blocking and much more. Your results will provide rich diagnostic information including resource loading waterfall charts, Page Speed optimization checks and suggestions for improvements.3. Website Optimization:
Website Optimization analysis allows you to calculate page size, composition, and download time. The script calculates the size of individual elements and sums up each type of web page component. Based on these page characteristics the script then offers advice on how to improve page load time.4. OctaGate SiteTimer:
SiteTimer allows you to monitor how long it takes for a user to download one or more of your web site pages. As the pages are downloaded, SiteTimer stores statistics on how long time each item takes to download, and how much data they contained. This information is then presented in a grid.5. Site Perf:
With Site-Perf.com, you get an accurate, realistic, and helpful estimation of your site’s loading speed. The script fully emulates natural browser behaviour downloading your page with all the images, CSS, JS and other files – just like a regular user.There are quite a lot of other sites as well which provides just the load time alone without any analysis reports.
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