10+ Sites To Add Amazing Effects To Your Photos!

Trying to make your photos more interesting? Thinking about learning Photoshop to add some creative effects to images? How about achieving similar results by nothing more than point and click?
Check out the following sites to add funny, interesting and artistic effects to your photos:

Photofunia

This is one of those websites that will really make you think that you really don’t need Photoshop for photo effects. Photofunia has over 100 effects to choose from with new ones being added constantly. There are effects that work with face recognition, that is they will search for “the face” in your photo and put it appropriately as required by the effect. Other effects use the complete photo.

Dumpr and FunPhotoBox

Dumpr is another website that lets you choose the effect, upload your photo and get instant results. Dumpr was mentioned previously on MakeUseOf. FunPhotoBox is also similar in concept. Together, all three sites give you plenty of effects and options to choose from and get the perfect effect you were looking for, according to your photo.

Mosaics and Collages

If you would like to create a photo mosaic or collage, check out pixisnap and photovisi. Photovisi is excellent for collages where as pixisnap can be used for creating photomosaics as well as collages. Also check out these cool photomosaic software.

TiltShiftMaker

TiltShiftMaker allows you to transform your real life photo scenes into miniature models. Just upload the photo, choose the area to focus on and presto you have your effect.
Looks great on photos of city scenes, mountains where the whole aspect of the scene has been captured in the image as opposed to a single object.

FotoCrib

A photo effect, editing and photo enhancing web application that allows you to create montages, convert images from one format to another, create rounded corners, add 3d effects, create photo puzzles and much more.

Genopal - pic2graphics

It is said that color represents the mood of the photo. Pic2graphics allows to take colors(and thus the mood) of a photo and apply it to some other photo.

befunky

BeFunky lets you give various artistic effects to your photos. Just choose an effect, upload the photo, tweak some settings and you have an instant professional sketch or cartoon or an ink drawing!

Picascii and Photo2Text

Simple and fun, upload an image and convert it into asciiart.
Do you know of or use some other site to apply interesting effects to your photos? Lets hear them in the comments!
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Anil

Facts about Ugadi and related info about yugas..

Ugadi (Telugu: ఉగాది; Kannada: ಯುಗಾದಿ, from yuga+aadi, yuga is era, aadi means start. The start of an era) is the new year's day for the people of the Deccan region of India. While the people of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh use the term Ugadi for this festival, the people of Maharashtra term the same festival, observed on the same day, Gudi Padwa. Sindhis, people from Sindh, celebrate the same day as their New Year day Cheti Chand.^[1]
It falls on a different day every year because the Hindu calendar is a lunisolar calendar. The Saka calendar begins with the month of Chaitra (March/April) and Ugadi marks the first day of the new year.


The years would have names in Sanskrit. The name of the one that starts on 27th March 2009 is Sri Virodhi.The one that ended is Sarvadhari.

    1. Prabhava
      2. Vibhava
      3. Shukla
      4. Pramoda
      5. Prajāpati
      6. Āngirasa
      7. Shrīmukha
      8. Bhāva
      9. Yuva
    10. Dhātri
    11. Īshvara
    12. Bahudhānya
    13. Pramādhi
    14. Vikrama
    15. Vrisha
    16. Chitrabhānu
    17. Svabhānu
    18. Tārana
    19. Pārthiva
    20. Vyaya (2006-2007 AD/CE)
    21. Sarvajeeth (2007-2008 AD/CE)
    22. Sarvadhāri
    23. Virodhi[2009]
    24. Vikrita
    25. Khara
    26. Nandana
    27. Vijaya
    28. Jaya
    29. Manmadha
    30. Durmukhi
    31. Hevilambi
    32. Vilambi
    33. Vikāri
    34. Shārvari
    35. Plava
    36. Shubhakruti
    37. Sobhakruthi
    38. Krodhi
    39. Vishvāvasu
    40. Parābhava
    41. Plavanga
    42. Kīlaka
    43. Saumya
    44. Sādhārana
    45. Virodhikruthi
    46. Paridhāvi
    47. Pramādicha
    48. Ānanda
    49. Rākshasa
    50. Anala
    51. Pingala
    52. Kālayukthi
    53. Siddhārthi
    54. Raudra
    55. Durmathi
    56. Dundubhi
    57. Rudhirodgāri
    58. Raktākshi
    59. Krodhana
    60. Akshaya 




With love..
Anil

శ్రీ విరోధినామ సంవత్సర ఉగాది శుభాకాంక్షలు!

మీ అనిల్

World's cheapest car set to roll out in India

via NewsX - Clarity in a Complex World on 3/22/09

ANIL:

Kudos to Ratan Tata for making his dream project come true despite several obstacles!

Tata Motors was set Monday to launch the world's cheapest car amid predictions the vehicle could transform how millions travel and fears it would bring more traffic jams on Indian roads.

Tycoon Ratan Tata was due to unveil the four-door jelly-bean-shaped car with tear-drop lights at a "revolutionary high-tech" audio-visual show in India's financial hub Mumbai, a spokesman said.

The car is slated to cost just 100,000 rupees ($2,000) for the no-frills version that has a two-cylinder 623 cc, rear-mounted engine with a top speed of 105 kilometres (65 miles) per hour.

Ratan Tata, an architect by training and head of the sprawling tea-to-steel Tata Group, dreamed up the car to get poor Indians off unsafe motorcycles and into safer cars.

"There's no safety in two-wheelers especially with the whole family," said New Delhi resident Ganesh Khand, 38, who now has a motorbike but wants a Nano to be able to transport his wife and two daughters safely.

But the affluent are eyeing the car too.

"This is a value-for-money car," said Hasmukh Kakadia, 39, a Mumbai investment analyst.

The basic model has a four-speed manual transmission, no air conditioning, electric windows or power steering, but deluxe versions will be available.

The launch comes at a tough time for India's top vehicle maker, hit by a slowing domestic economy, a credit crunch and a deepening world financial crisis that has hurt sales of British luxury marques Jaguar and Land Rover which it bought last year for 2.3 billion dollars.

But demand is expected to be hot for the Nano with just 30,000 to 50,000 of cars likely to be sold in the first year because of limited production capacity -- a fraction of the original target of 250,000, auto analysts said.

Dealers say they've been flooded with queries about the car whose debut was delayed by several months when violent protests over the acquisition of farmland for the project forced the Tatas to shift the Nano plant from West Bengal state to Gujarat, known as more business-friendly.

But the Gujarat plant won't be ready until late 2010, meaning production must come from existing factories, reducing output.

Earlier this month, Ratan Tata unveiled a European Nano sporting airbags and leather trim. That car will hit the market by 2011 but be costlier than in India due to extra features.

Tata has been likened by India's media to US automobile pioneer Henry Ford for conceiving the car.

"I observed families riding on two-wheelers, the father driving the scooter, his young kid standing in front of him, his wife seated behind him holding a little baby," Tata said when showing the prototype in 2008.

"It led me to wonder whether one could conceive of a safe, affordable, all-weather form of transport for such a family."

But environmentalists fear the Nano will clog India's already crowded roads and add to choking pollution.

"Every car that goes on the road is going to use road space. We're only adding to congestion" and increasing pollution, said Rajendra Pachauri, head of the UN's climate panel which won the 2007 Nobel Prize.

With love..
Anil

Prabhas "Billa" Songs released..Free Download

Prabhas' upcoming movie "Billa" songs now available for download!!

The new telugu movie "Billa" Songs released!! High expectations indeed, and Prabhas looks cool in the promos! Check out the free download here..


Cast : Prabhas , Anuska, Namitha
Direction : Meher Ramesh
Music : Manisharma
With love..
Anil

Google adds 'Undo Send' button to Gmail

"Undo Send" option in Google Mail!! Probably the first of its kind!

An 'Undo Send' button has been added to Gmail


Just came across an exciting new feature from gmail today! Gmail is already brimming with features and customization, and this is one of the very interesting ones!! Probably the first of its kind! Users now have five seconds to abort that embarrassing message

Google has given Gmail users the ability to recall messages they send via email. A new Undo Send button will hold messages for five seconds after the user clicks Send.

This is intended to give users a chance to retrieve messages in cases where they have addressed the email to the wrong person, sent the wrong subject heading or made an error in the email content.

"This feature can't pull back an email that's already gone; it just holds your message for five seconds so you have the chance to hit the panic button," said Michael Leggett, Gmail user experience designer, in the Gmail blog.

"And don't worry: if you close Gmail or your browser crashes in those few seconds, we'll still send your message."

To add the feature, users need to turn on the Undo Send option in Gmail under Settings. They will then see a new 'undo' link on every sent mail confirmation.

With love..
Anil

Masakkali Masakkali!!--Lyrics from Delhi-6

Quite interesting lyrics of the popular masakkali song of Delhi-6!..Download the song here

Aye Masakalli Masakalli, Ud Matakalli MatakKalli

Aye Masakalli Masakalli, Ud Matakalli MatakKalli
Aye Masakalli Masa Masakalli, Ud Matakalli MatakKalli
Masakalli Masakalli, Ud Matakalli Matakalli

Zara Pankh Zhatak, Gayi Dhool Atak aur Lachak Machak ke Door bhatak

Ud Dagar Dagar Kasbe Khooche Nukkad Basti Mein yeaaiyeee yaaiyeee
Atri se Mud, Ada se Ud.. Kar Le Poori Dil ki Tamanna, Hawa se Jud, Ada se Ud, Ud burr burrrr tu Heera Panna Re..

Masakalli Masakalli, Ud Matakalli Matakalli
Masakalli Masa Masa Masakalli, Matak Matak Matak..
hahahaha...

Ghar tera Saloni, Badal Ki Colony,
Dikhla de thenga in sabko, jo udna na Jaane

Udiyo, na Dariyo kar man mani manmani manmani
Badiyo, na mudiyo kar nadaani...

Udiyo, na Dariyo kar man mani manmani manmani
Badiyo, na mudiyo kar nadaani...

Kad Taan le, Muskaan Le.
Keh sannananananana.. hawa..
Bas Thaan le, tu jaan Le.
Keh sansannananananana.. hawa..

Aye Masa kalli Masa kalli, Ud Mata kalli Matak Kalli
Aye Masakalli Masa Masa Masakalli,
Masakalli Masa Kali..
Ud Matak Matak Matak..

Tujhe kya gum,
Tera Rishta Gagan ki bansuri se hai,
Pawan ki guftgu se hai,
suraj ki roshni se hai,

Udiyo, na Dariyo kar man mani manmani manmani
Badiyo, na mudiyo kar nadaani...

Udiyo, na Dariyo kar man mani manmani manmani
Badiyo, na mudiyo kar nadaani...

Kad Taan le, Muskaan Le.
Keh sannananananana.. hawa..
Bas Thaan le, tu jaan Le.
Keh sansannananananana.. hawa..

Masakalli Masa Kali..
Ud Matak Matak Matak Kali..

Masakali Masa Masa Kali
Matak Matak Matak.
hahahahahaha

Download the song here

With love..
Anil

Lagaan, Jodha Akbar..Rahman's Best!!

As we continue to admire the success that A.R Rahman has got with the Oscar-Winning "Slumdog Millionaire", its interesting to note that the best songs from A.R are not just these.. There are far better compositions from this genius!--My favorite are Lagaan and Jodha Akbar.
Whereas most music directors record the final track first, with all the orchestration and get the singer to dub the last, A.R invariably gets the singer to dub on a base rhythm track first and does the orchestration later, as he wants the orchestration to rise from the depth of the feeling in the singer’s voice. That’s the reason why with every one of his tracks you can’t recognize where the music ends and the voice begins, and vice versa. Each and every instrument is made to be played with the same emotional depth as that is in the singer’s voice.
That makes him stand out from the other music composers of this era.
Some of the links to these songs download are given below: [My pick of the lot!!]
Lagaan:

• Lagaan....Once Upon A Time In India
• Radha Kaise na Jale..
• O rey Chori

Jodha Akbar:

• Azeem-o-...
• Jashn-e-Baharaa
• Man Mohana
  

With love..
Anil

Update on Spider-Man 4 and 5!!

I have been eagerly awaiting some fresh news about spidey-4 and 5...And here it is..some kind of relief to all spidey fans out here!!:

Sony Pictures have announced their plans for not just doing Spider-Man 4 but creating Spider-Man 4 and Spider-Man 5 simultaneously to save time and money (as done with Matrix 2&3, and Pirates of the Caribbean 2&3).

Tobey Maguire is set to return, and he will get a nice $50 million salary for it. Sam Raimi as well is attached to helm and James Vanderbilt (Zodiac, The Rundown) does the screenwriting.

If Kirsten Dunst will return in the role as Mary Jane Watson is not yet decided.

Hope it works as planned and the movie hits theatres 2011-2012!!
Waiting with bated breath for developments on this!..

Nearly 80 pc Lok Sabha MPs are graduates!

Hi all! Contrary to popular belief that most of our Parliamentarians is not an educated lot, official records show that nearly 80 per cent of them have graduation as their minimum academic qualification.

As many as 428 out of 543 lawmakers have graduation or above as their educational qualification as per Lok Sabha records. While 157 Parliamentarians are post-graduate, 22 are doctorates.

The official data show that while there was a decrease in the number of under-matriculate MPs from 112 in the first Lok Sabha to 19 in the present Lower House, there was a substantial increase in the number of those having post-graduate degrees from 85 to 157.

There are as many as 22 Parliamentarians with doctorates, including Raghuvansh Prasad (RJD), M Ramadass (PMK), Rameshar Oraon, Rajesh Kumar Mishra (both Congress) and Kuwar Devendra Singh Yadav (SP).

Senior Parliamentarian and External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, a double post-graduate, is among the highly qualified members besides Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee who is a Bar-at-Law.

Besides the senior Parliamentarians, the young MPs also contributed in the increase in the number of highly-qualified lawmakers.

Some of those noted MPs include Rahul Gandhi (MPhil), Jitin Prasada (MBA), industrialist-turned MP Naveen Jindal (MBA) and Milind Deora who has a degree in business administration.

Jyotiraditya Scindia and Sachin Pilot, also influential youth leaders, hold masters degree in business administration.