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• Easy Interface - Capture photos and video easily with Google Camera's beautiful and intuitive Material Design interface
• Lens Blur - Control the camera's depth of field using Lens Blur to focus on the subject in the foreground and blur the background; great for portraits and selfies
• HDR+ - Use the HDR+ (High Dynamic Range + Low Light) setting to improve images captured in low light, and backlit scenes (only available on Nexus 5 and Nexus 6)
• Photo Stitching - Create amazing 360° Photo Sphere, panoramas, wide angle and fisheye images with Google's photo stitching technology developed for Google Maps
• Video - Shoot video and simultaneously capture stills just by tapping on the screen
• Android Wear - Take photos from a distance by tapping on your Android Wear device
• Works on phones and tablets running Android 4.4+ KitKat and above
• Photo Sphere and Panorama require a gyro sensor
• Photo Sphere, Panorama, and Lens Blur require at least 1 gigabyte of memory
What's New
Camera360 Ultimate
# New fantastic oil painting creator in editing. Paint world in your own way on finger tip.
First choice free ultimate CAMERA app for close to 400 million users worldwide!
Camera360 is the No.1 App in photography category in 75 countries, including US, Germany, Brazil, Spain, Russia, Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, India and China.
Simply the most powerful and completely free photo shooting and editing app in the world. Camera360 has 200+ EXCLUSIVE & FREE photo filters with multiple professional editing tools such as tilt-shift, overlay, textures etc.
# 10+ FREE CAMERA MODES (SELFIE CAMERA, Effect CAMERA, POSTER CAMERA, FUNNY CAMERA, TILT-SHIFT CAMERA, AUDIO CAMERA, VIDEO AND MORE)
[Feature Details]
1. New Homepage
Camera360 provides quick access to select features such as Effect Camera, Selfie Camera, Camera Store, New Effects, Cloud Album and more…
2. New Camera Store. ALL FREE!
10+ creative cameras in the "Camera Store" where you can add and manage your favorite camera modes. Different Camera modes including Effect Camera, Selfie Camera, Easy Camera, Scene Camera, Funny Camera, Tilt-shift Camera, Color-shift Camera, Audio Camera, Video Camera, all available for Free! Customize your own Camera360 now.
3. New Effect Store. ALL FREE
Camera360 has 200+ amazing exclusive filters are in the Effect Store where you can add and manage your own effects. New HDR "Storm" brings visual storm!
4. User Friendly Photo Album
Camera360 helps you classifying the photos by date for easy photo search and management. Photos in phone gallery can be browsed and edited in "Other Album".
5. Professional Photo Editing UI and UX
Crop, Rotate, Blur, Texture, Adjust and more professional grade editing features are available.
6. Custom Ratio
Resize photo with ratio (16:9/4:3/1:1) while shooting.
7. Faster and better Cloud Service
Secure and smart cloud album for photo storage, management, editing, sharing and more. Support auto synchronization under uploading settings of Camera360 Cloud. Photos can be browsed on multiple devices via cloud.camera360.com
8. Beautiful Design
With beautiful and simplistic design, the app brings you the most fluid photography experience on the go.
9. Photo Share
Photos can be shared easily via Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Instagram, WeChat and more.
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Candy Camera for Selfie
1. Take beautiful photo with the available 100+ unique artistic filters
2. Edit the photo with simple and easy photo editing options
3. Share the photo on social media such as Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and etc.
Capture the precious moments with ease and elegance without the hassle of applying filters afterwards!
★Best photo editing app for selfies with 100+ unique artistic filters
★Simple and Easy to use – Take selfies, edit, and share them right away!
★50,000,000 downloads & 5,000,000 active daily users
Candy Camera for Selfie Features:
✔ Real-time filters that do not require post-correction
100+ artistic and unique filters, including a skin correction filter specifically for selfies.
✔ Simple & Easy editing: Change brightness, contrast, saturation, resolution, crop &
rotate photos, Mosaic function, and Lomo effect
✔ Beautification & makeup with a single touch: Skin whitening effect, Blemish removal,
Make-up functions - eyeliner, mascara and blush, and Slimming effect - no blurring, only
natural slimming functions
✔ Tell your own story through decorations: Make your pictures artsy with light effects,
make your pictures stand out with about 100 picture frames available, and create a
unique picture of your own with a diverse range of stickers
✔Instantly share photos to Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and more
Download Candy Camera for Selfie now, have fun putting beautiful effects and indulge
yourself and others in the world of beautiful, fascinating, and memorable photos. Create
an impression that will last forever!
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Camera for Android
You can easily to shoot excellent photos, utilizing all advantage of your phone or tablet.
- Camera, video recorder & panorama features
- White balance settings(Incandescent, Fluorescent, Auto, Daylight,Cloudy)
- Screen mode settings(Action, Night, Sunset, Play)
- Dynamic user interface (phone/tablet)
- Pinch to zoom
- Smart panorama shooting
- Wide screen pictures
- Picture quality setting
- Exposure
- Location targeting
- Configurable volume keys
- Countdown Timer
Retrica also comes with trendy logos to make your photos more noticeable. And with over 100 filters, you'll never run out of options.
More than 100 million photos are taken per day with Retrica. The Guardian reviewed it as one of "20 best Android apps this week." Download Retrica today, and see what all the buzz is about!
Check out these awesome features when you download Retrica:
Endless possibilities: All of your favorite moments can be photographed and remembered with 100+ filters.
Real-time filters: Preview your photos before you snap.
Vignette: Add a classic vignette border with the touch of a button.
Collage: Set the time interval, and take consecutive photos using the collage feature; it's like being in a photo booth! Take fun and quirky pictures with your friends.
Watermark: You have the option to add Retrica's watermark logo, so everyone can see the fun you're having with Retrica!
Timer: No photographer necessary - set the timer, choose your interval, and you're good to go.
Blur: Your subjects can be placed in and out of focus with this feature.
Build your social network: Upload your photos to your favorite social networking sites – be the talk of the town.
This app records precise location data into the EXIF data for JPEG photos users take. This allows users to review the location they have taken the photos in a very precise manner.
HD Camera Ultra
● Optical/digital zoom
● Screen long press for making photo
● Focus mode(Auto,Infinity,Macro)
● White balance(Auto,Incadecent,Daylight,etc.)
● Exposure
● Disabling shutter sound(may not work on some devices)
● Additional photo effects
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HD Camera for Android
Key features:
- camera and video features
- 3 modes: camera, video recorder & panorama
- Pinch to zoom
- smart panorama shooting
- Countdown Timer
- Dynamic user interface (phone/tablet)
- Wide screen pictures
- Picture quality setting
- White balance settings(Incandescent, Fluorescent, Auto, Daylight,Cloudy)
- Screen mode settings(Action, Night, Sunset, Play)
- Exposure
- Location targeting
- Configurable volume keys
Although in the current market, there are have many kinds of camera applications, but we still think this android native application is the most efficient and able to meet a user needs. Here only as a supplement for those devices are not installed android native system provides an additional option.
The special permissions for use
1, android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION
HD Camera can remember your photos and videos location if you wish. Other apps can access this information along with your saved images.
2, android.permission.READ_CONTACTS
After you take a photo, you can share with others. HD Camera need to read the contacts information and help you share photos via email, SMS, or other apps.
This app is based on native android camera code, and licensed under the Apache License.
code: https://github.com/CyanogenMod/android_packages_apps_Camera2
Apache Licens: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
BeautyPlus - Magical Camera
** Over 50 million people are using it to get their selfies perfectly beautiful. **
** Free for limited time. **
BeautyPlus —— the ultimate selfie camera app that will automatically enhance your beauty in an instant!
- Auto beauty enhancement and auto face-lift in one fast tap! All you need to do is press the shutter and we'll do all the rest!
- Enhance beauty while retaining the natural look of your skin and hair and even improving the image quality.
- Intelligent Exposure allows you to take clear and glowing pictures of yourself even in low-light conditions.
-------------- Intelligent Selfie ----------------
- 5 levels of beauty enhancement adjustability to choose from in one fast tap.
- Intelligent Exposure enables you to easily take great shots at night or in darker environment.
- Multiple face recognition in real time. Have fun taking photos together with your friends!
- 3 second delay auto timer allows you to get the perfect shot hands-free!
- Instantly share your beauty on Facebook, Twitter, etc.
-------------- Beautify – More powerful photo editing options --------------
- Beauty Filters: 11 quality one – tap effects specially designed for portraits that will make you stunningly beautiful in an instant!
- Smooth and whiten skin: Remove wrinkles, optimize skin tones and give your skin a perfect look.
- Remove blemishes:Tap to remove acne, blemishes or any other skin imperfections.
- Slimming:Face-lift or weight-lose with the touch of your fingers. Get the perfect body shape that you always wanted.
- Remove dark circles and bags under the eyes.
- Enhance eyes: Brighten and enlarge your eyes to look amazingly attractive!
-------------- Magic Brush – New magical editing experience --------------
- Fancy Brush: Give your photos a fantastic new look with our unique effect brushes: Glow, Neon, Stars, Hearts and much more!
- Cartoon Brush: Decorate your photos with a variety of cute roller stamps.
- Pen: Enjoy finger painting with numerous colors that you can choose.
What are you waiting for? Try it now and impress your friends with your beautiful photos!
• Supports iOS 5 and above.
• iOS 6 requires turning ON in "iPhone's Settings – Privacy – Photos - BeautyPlus" in order to save photos to Camera Roll.
• Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/beautypluscom
• Twitter: http://twitter.com/beautypluscom
• Instagram: @beautypluscom
• LINE: beautypluscam
For any feedbacks, contact us through: firstname.lastname@example.com
Cymera - Photo Editor, Collage
No retouch necessary! With live filters and silent mode, take the best selfie and express your personality!
By utilizing many editing features such as(collage, stickers, retouch, beauty/liquify), and with new item shop, creating unique/fun photos has never been this easy!!
Share your beautiful and funny pictures created by Cymera with friends!
■ No retouch necessary! Live filters
- Take the best selfies by snapping your moments with free 15 live filters!
(Popular filters: SUNNY, CREAM, SHINE, CRYSTAL, LOVELY and more)
■ Many camera options for selfies
- 7 fascinating camera lenses (Divided lenses, fisheye, toy/lomo camera and more)
- Silent mode/anti-shake/timer/selfie/out-focusing options
■ Powerful photo editing tools and features
- Brightness/contrast/mosaic/crop/rotate and more features just like Photoshop
- Approximately 100 filters/lights/borders/vignette to maximize photo effects
■ Collages(Grid) and text/decorations feature
- Collage feature to combine your photos into 1 story
- Funny stickers using the powerful face recognition feature (Comic masks, fancy frames)
- Many styles of hand writing/drawing with brush items
- Texts feature with many different styles of fonts
■ Automatic face recognition for beauty feature (Make up)
- One-tap beautify feature with automatic face recognition such as enlarge eyes/smile/slim
- Liquify, skin correction (brightening, whitening, concealers, etc.)
■ Upgrade your photo with item shop
- From trendy characters to comic masks that automatically sticks to faces
- Realistic and natural make-up/hair items
- Lights/border effect items to bring the shine to your photo
■ Sharing photos and smart gallery
- Gallery of categories such as locations, selfies, etc.
- Editing photos taken by 'Photo wonder, Picsart, Candy Camera, Retrica, Camera 360, Pomelo, B612'
- SNS sharing to Facebook, Instagram, Tumblr, Twitter, Weibo, Mixi, VK, and more
- Photo sharing to messengers such as 'KakaoTalk, Snapchat, Line, Wechat, Whatsapp, etc.
■ Free photo back up and sharing albums
- If you sign up with Cymera, you can back up all photos in your device by albums regardless of capacity
(ex: Dropbox, Google drive, etc.)
- Backed up photos can be shared and edited with your friends through 'share albums' to have memorable moments
■ Language Support
- Korean, English, Spanish, German, Japanese, Chinese (Traditional and simplified), Thai, Portuguese, Russian, and Indonesian.
"So much fun! I love using this app to edit photos with stickers and filters, and to create collages. Nice interface, plenty of choices and options". - Cadi
"Cymera No problems at all, over 2 yrs working with this camera, best i've worked with, paid or not, great enhancement features. This is the 1." -G. Robinson
"Very good and must have app Nice program... very ideal for editing picture from camera.... always have this app on all my android" - Indra Ganx
*Get connected easily with us through your current app! URL: http://api.cymera.com/api
For more information, check out our Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/CymeraApp
If you have any problems or would like to give us feedback, email us at email@example.com or go to Cymera->Settings>Feedback
Thank you for using Cymera.
== Tools to Perfect Photos==
• Tune image - use to auto adjust for instant fixes, use Ambience to create depth and vibrancy that uniquely adapts to colors and fine tune brightness, saturation, contrast, and more
• Details - enhance details with traditional sharpening or the unique Structure control that makes a photo's subject pop
• Crop - crop images to standard aspect ratios or free crop
• Rotate - easily rotate 90°, straighten or free rotate how you like
• Transform - adjust perspective across vertical and horizontal axes, then fill in empty areas after rotation
• Brush - selectively apply effects to regions of an image
• Selective adjust - make precise selections and enhancements to specific areas of your photos in seconds with Nik Software's revolutionary U Point technology
• Spot repair - remove dust and dirt from the image without leaving a trace
• Vignette - adjust brightness around the the subject of an image, includes a control to freely position the effect
== Filters to Add Style ==
• Lens Blur - draw attention to the subject of your photo by blurring and adjusting the brightness of the surrounding background
• Glamour Glow - add a glow to the image that is particularly useful for glamour and fashion photography
• Tonal Contrast - bring out fine contrasts across shadows and highlights, with precise exposure control
• HDR Scape - bring a stunning look to your images by creating the effect of multiple exposures
• Drama - add style with an effect specifically tailored to your photo, ranging from subtle textures to wildly artistic effects
• Grunge - an edgy look with strong styles and texture overlays
• Grainy film - get modern film looks with a realistic grain engine
• Vintage - make any photo look like a vintage color film photo from the 50's, 60's or 70's
• Retrolux - make your photos look truly retro with light leaks, scratches, film styles, and more
• Noir - modern Black-and-White film looks with a realistic grain engine and the all-new "wash" effect
• Black & White - get that classic Black and White look with this darkroom-inspired filter
• Frames - add stylized borders to photos for the perfect finishing touch
== Stacks for Managing your Edits==
• Stacks provide a list of applied filters that you can re-edit or copy and apply to another image
• Use Stacks to go back in time visually
• Re-edit any filter at any time!
• Remove a filter at any position in the stack
• Use the new Stacks Brush to paint in or out any applied filter
Open Camera
* Option to auto-stabilize so your pictures are perfectly level no matter what (see example image).
* Zoom via multi-touch gesture and single-touch control.
* Touch to select focus area and metering area (metering area is used to determine exposure).
* Support for flash, torch, focus modes, scene modes, color effects, white balance, ISO, exposure compensation, exposure lock, face detection.
* Video recording (with optional audio, and support for video stabilization).
* Option to lock orientation to portrait or landscape for photo or video.
* Timer.
* Auto-repeat mode, with configurable delay.
* Optimise GUI for left or right-handed users.
* Configurable volume keys.
* Choice of save folder (though note Google have blocked write access to external SD cards in Android 4.4, see http://bit.ly/1eTBWCx ).
* Disable shutter sound.
* Overlay a choice of grids (including "rule of thirds") and crop guides.
* Optional GPS location tagging (geotagging) of photos and videos; for photos this includes compass direction (GPSImgDirection, GPSImgDirectionRef).
* Apply a date and timestamp, location coordinates, and custom text to photos.
* Support for external microphones (may not be supported by all devices).
* Widget to automatically take a photo after launching.
* Experimental support for Android 5 Camera2 API: manual focus distance; manual ISO; manual exposure time.
* Small file size.
* Completely free and ad-free, unlike most Android apps. Open Source.
(Some features may not be available on all devices, as they may depend on hardware or camera features, the Android version, etc.)
If you wish you can show your appreciation and support future development of Open Camera by donating! This can be done by purchasing my donation app at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=harman.mark.donation . Thanks!
FAQ: http://opencamera.sourceforge.net/#faq
Forums: https://sourceforge.net/p/opencamera/discussion/
Source: https://sourceforge.net/p/opencamera/code/
Privacy Policy: Location permission is required for geotagging of photos, but this is disabled by default. If enabled, your location is encoded in the saved image files (and it is only used for this purpose).
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YouCam Perfect - Selfie Cam
This app includes an extensive set of tools to further perfect your shots. Re-touching effects let you edit tired eyes, adjust skin tone, add filters, easily remove wrinkles and reshape your face in just a few touches!
Beauty Circle - The Social Community for All Things Beauty
◇ Explore and discover the latest in makeup, fashion and style
◇ Follow expert "Beautyists" and other Beauty Circlers whose photos or posts inspire you
◇ Share your style by posting photos to your profile and tagging the products used in your looks
◇ Shop and review products from all your favorite makeup brands
◇ Access Beauty Circle through YouCam Makeup or YouCam Perfect
Real-Time Skin Beautifying Effects in Beauty Camera & Video Selfies
◇ Real-time beautifying effects make you look perfect in every frame
◇ Bring selfies to life with short videos (Android 4.3 above is required)
** Note: Video selfie feature requires Android 4.3 or above.
Beautify your portrait in seconds!
◇ Multi-face detection lets you touch-up every face in your group shots or "usies"
◇ Instantly choose from 6 beautification levels – from natural to glamorous
Simple Steps for a Flawless & Luminous Face in Every Shot
◇ Skin smoother makes dry skin, wrinkles, and fine lines all disappear
◇ Add Blush & Remove Shine to reveal a vivid face, even without make up
Face Reshaper gives you the facial shape you've always wanted
◇ A symmetric oval face can be a reality in just a few touches
◇ Add contours to your face to bring out its true beauty
Three Features that Make Your Eyes Shine!
◇ Eye Enlarger lets your eyes really stand out & give that perfect dreamy appearance
◇ Eye Bag Remover diminishes under eye circles and reduces puffiness
◇ Double Eyelid creator gives you natural looking double eyelids to make eyes look bigger
Perfect Your Full-Body Portraits with Longer Legs
◇ Add height to your body shots in one touch with the Lengthen Legs feature
◇ Look taller and leaner without wearing uncomfortable high heels
Object Remover Makes It All About You!
◇ The unique intelligent object removal tool that you can't find in other beauty apps
◇ Erase unwanted background objects or people, so that your photo is all about you!
Stylize & Share with Friends!
◇ Insert your selfie photo into fun scenes and templates! Make your selfies creative and unique!
◇ With Effects and Frames you can quickly stylize or change the mood of your shots
◇ Magic brush adds pizazz to photos with a burst of shapes and colors wherever you touch!
Perfect Corp. would love to hear your suggestions and feedback! Please continue to send questions, suggestions and ideas to:
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Selfie Camera -Facial Beauty-
Use facial beauty and charm-enhancing filters to make your pics super cute☆ And super sweet★
Be the radiant girl as a grown up cutie or sweet princess, it's all up to youヽ(*´∀`*)ノ
Cun (kjún) is the onomatopoeia that expresses the sound when you feel your heart throb and beat with excitement.
→→→ The sister app of DECOPIC and Petapic, which are downloaded over 29 million times worldwide ←←←
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♥Make your selfie superb in a snap
Use super-sweet features to make your selfie superb in a snap!
There are over 20 different super-sweet filters -- let's find your very own!
♥Bright, soft, and supple skin
Use the facial beauty enhancer to make your skin look soft and smooth.
Then use the skin whitening enhancer to give your skin a healthy, pink-ochre look!
Together, you'll be as sweet and soft as a newborn baby.
♥Brighten your charm with super cute filters
Much more than classics like sepia and retro effects!
Over 30 super cute filters will give you the look you want!
♥Adjust brightness and contrast freely
Lighten up dark pics by easily adjusting brightness and contrast and make them look nice!
♥Create pics like a pro with blur
Blur the background and make your pic look like a genuine fashion photo!
♥Share your selfie with friends
Send your pic directly over LINE、Facebook、Twitter、mixi、Instagram、Kakao Talk、WeChat、WhatsApp、Path、Dropbox!
Share your super sweet selfies with everyone using CunPic(*'ω'*)
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CunPic is a sister app of DECOPIC and Petapic, and is jam-packed with cute and lovely features!
Take your everyday nail pics and profile pics and make them a hundred times cuter with CunPic!
Give it a try... we know you'll love it d(ゝω・o)
Use this application after agreeing to the Yahoo! JAPAN Terms of Use (including the Software Guidelines).
■Yahoo! JAPANTerms of Use
■Privacy Policy
■Software Guidelines
■Community service rules (guidelines)
Camera MX
New: The innovative "Shoot The Past" mode allows you to easily capture difficult-to-photograph moments of moving motives (e.g. laughing babies, house pets, lightning). It lets you go back in time to just before the shot. Retroactively select and save what happened before the actual photo. Tons of effects (HDR, Lomo, mirror, kaleidoscope, auto optimization, overlays and textures) and optimization options (brightness, photo + video rotation, contrast, color temperature, aspect ratio) help you create truly unique photos and videos. Cut videos right on your smartphone or tablet. Keep only the best parts and save storage space. Camera MX also contains an excellent media manager which can be used to keep track of all your photos and videos, as well as move, delete and edit them. Online Album is a platform where you can save, archive, share and view all your images.
"The ability to add real-time effects to the pictures as you are about to take them would be amazing, and that is where Camera MX steps up to the table in a big way."i
✔ Simple user interface - The intuitive user interface in Camera MX makes recording videos and photos quicker and easier.
✔ Superior photo quality - Visibly sharper results thanks to intelligent image processing.
✔ Extensive photo and video editing - Create spectacular photos and videos with countless effects (HDR, Lomo, mirror, kaleidoscope, auto optimization, overlays and textures) and optimization options (brightness, photo + video rotation, contrast, color temperature, aspect ratio). You can also cut and trim photos and videos, as well as change the size and resolution.
✔ Shoot The Past - This innovation feature lets you capture what happened before the actual photo. Capture hard-to-photograph moments (e.g. laughing babies, lightning, animals) and never miss anything again!
✔ Scene modes - Always get the right settings thanks to corresponding scene modes (selfie, night, sunset, snow, landscape, etc).
✔ Supports 16:9 recordings - even if the standard camera doesn't
✔ Clearly arranged media manager - Keep track of all your photos and videos. Use multi-selection to quickly delete, move or copy several files at once. You can also manually sort files.
✔ Tablet compatible - can even be used without a camera!
✔ Online Album - Save, archive, share and view your photos and videos.
✔ Send photos as postcards - You can easily send your favorite shots as postcards to your loved ones.
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Google Photos
• VISUAL SEARCH: Your photos are now searchable by the people, places and things that appear in your photos. Looking for that fish taco you ate in Hawaii? Just search "Hawaii" or "food" to find it even if it doesn't have a description. Note: Face grouping is not available in all countries.
• AUTO BACKUP: Keep all your photos and videos safe and accessible from any device. Choose free, unlimited cloud storage available at high quality, or store up to 15GB original size for free (shared across your Google account).
• SAVE SPACE ON YOUR DEVICE: Google Photos can help you clear safely backed up photos and videos from your device so you never have to worry about deleting a photo to make space.
• BRING PHOTOS TO LIFE: Automatically create montage movies, interactive stories, collages, animations, and more.
• EDITING: Transform photos with the tap of a finger. Use simple, yet powerful, photo and video editing tools to apply filters, adjust colors, and more.
• SHARING: Share hundreds of photos instantly with shareable links and use whichever apps you'd like to share.
aillis (formerly LINE camera)
Whether you're shooting selfies or professional photographs, the powerful editing tools featured in this app allow you to unleash your inner creativity. Produce quality collages, add adorable personal touches, and do much, much more with aillis.
Selfies: Snap a quick photo with your inner camera. Use the Live filter and Beauty feature to show the world the real you.
Camera features: aillis comes complete with a timer, flash, mirror mode, level, grid, and all the other features you need to take the perfect picture.
Filters: Brighten up shadowy photos, make your lunch snapshots look even more delicious, or choose from any one of a myriad of ways to make your pics stand out.
Add Text: Create your own movie posters by adding catchy slogans to your pictures, scribble poppy messages, or add your favorite meme. You can even choose the font!
Brushes: Go Picasso on your pictures with options that let you pick the color and brush size.
Stamps: Decorate your photos with over 20,000 unique stamps just waiting to be discovered.
Collages: Combine multiple photos into one, perfect collage and relive the memories all over again.
Share: Upload your fixed-up photos instantly to Facebook, Instagram, or the social network of your choice.
Multilingual support: aillis offers support for Chinese, English, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and more.
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Z Camera & Private Gallery
After taking photo, it's very easy to beautify the picture by simple operations. You can choose to crop, rotate, apply filters, adjust the image parameters, doodle as you like, and share the pictures on social media such as Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and etc.
• Real-time filter - Preview your photos before you take photo.
• Amazing filter – Many filters available when photograph and photo-editing.
• Fastest capture – Just 1s to capture photo after press the shutter button.
• Simple interface - Intuitive interface, and quickly switch to video and selfie.
• HDR – Open HDR to improve images captured in low light, and backlit scenes.
• Beauty selfie – Just one tap to beautify your photo.
• Private gallery – Keep your private photo safe.
• Tilt-Shift – Tilt-Shift enables you to control perfect lens blur.
Users saying:
"ZCamera is the best app for pictures. Make yourself or someone look more beautiful and flawless with out too much effort." –GREEN
"ZCamera is super gorgeous and easy. Excellent performance in my device. I would give it 5 stars" – Scott Garcia
"Obviously! This camera application will allow you to make excellent pictures very fast and easy. " – Shelley
"Great! I'm enjoying this photography app with powerful camera and photo editor!!!!" – Claudia
Dear friends, your feedback even criticism means much to us.
Those all make us better and we are quite appreciating your support.
Stay connected!
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Google Photos
• VISUAL SEARCH: Your photos are now searchable by the people, places and things that appear in your photos. Looking for that fish taco you ate in Hawaii? Just search "Hawaii" or "food" to find it even if it doesn't have a description. Note: Face grouping is not available in all countries.
• AUTO BACKUP: Keep all your photos and videos safe and accessible from any device. Choose free, unlimited cloud storage available at high quality, or store up to 15GB original size for free (shared across your Google account).
• SAVE SPACE ON YOUR DEVICE: Google Photos can help you clear safely backed up photos and videos from your device so you never have to worry about deleting a photo to make space.
• BRING PHOTOS TO LIFE: Automatically create montage movies, interactive stories, collages, animations, and more.
• EDITING: Transform photos with the tap of a finger. Use simple, yet powerful, photo and video editing tools to apply filters, adjust colors, and more.
• SHARING: Share hundreds of photos instantly with shareable links and use whichever apps you'd like to share.
Google Play Games
• Achievements - Complete challenges, earn awards, and track them all right from the app.
• Leaderboards - See how you stack up against other players.
• Multiplayer - Play friends in real-time and turn-based matches.
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Re: Re: Re: GF4 Ti 4400 Twinview and Console
Originally posted by bwkaz
Works with mine... what's the problem on your end? Is rivafb in the kernel (either permanently or as a loaded module)? -- it shouldn't be...
You need to say yes, in your kernel config, to "VGA text console", "Support for framebuffer devices", and "VESA VGA graphics console". You probably also need to say yes to "Prompt for development and/or incomplete code/drivers".
I'm pretty sure I did build a kernel without rivafb and with vesa enabled - though I might have left it as a module... I'll try it again soon, just to make sure I didn't make a mistake (that was my first attempt at kernel compiling).
After looking around a little bit, I figure it might be the card's BIOS (which may vary from manufacturer to manufacturer) which doesn't support vesa. My own card is a MSI GeForce4 Ti 4400.
Just out of curiosity, what does your vga=xxx line say in lilo.conf?
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I generally listen jazz music, especially trios (generally drum, piano and double bass.. sometimes saxophone). So I need really really good sound stage and instrument separation. I'm not a basshead but I want to hear every string of double bass with details. I read lots of things (really so many comparisons) but I'm not sure if everybody in here use both headphones.. So I need your help..
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imagine me, I will just sit on the seat and listen jazz.. which one will be better?
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Elder Scrolls Online: The Post-50 Experience to be Overhauled
News & Features Discussion « General Discussion
Originally posted by shane242
Pretty much. Sad. If they could have just taken it more seriously, game felt so amateur. Simple rookie mistakes.
The reason WoW is 1 size fits all, and why WoW clones fail. The simple things most developers overlook.
The Pub at MMORPG.COM « General Discussion
Originally posted by Elandrial
Most of this website doesn't seem to like wow, I am perfectly aware of that.
I loved wow, I won't deny that. But now it just feels like the same-old-same-old, even with all of the new additions. I have moved on, but...
My point is that for a themepark, hell, mmo in general, there are unlimited paths you can take to progress through the game. In games like Rift, SWTOR, etc, if you are a certain level on a certain side, there is one, MAYBE TWO zones for you, a couple of instances, and a handful of instanced pvp zones. But in the "real mmo world" you are limited to one level-whatever play area. In wow, you can take that Dwarf, skip the entire beginning zone, and travel to whatever beginning zone you can make it to without dying, Name another "themepark" mmo that has done that since Wow.
Even my beloved Wildstar cannot boast that.
For a themepark, Wow has become quite the sandbox, you can play so many different ways, way more than most other mmo's I have experienced.
The reason WoW is 1 size fits all, and why WoW clones fail. The simple things most developers overlook.
The Pub at MMORPG.COM « General Discussion
Originally posted by Loktofeit
You are complaining about WoW being on rails, but you also claim to be playing ESO, the most on rails game I have ever played.
For a theme park WoW has by far the most options for leveling. You don't even have to go to crossroads, ever.
Why so many will return to WoW...
The Pub at MMORPG.COM « General Discussion
I enjoyed my time in WoW, but that is over. I just have no interest in this next expansion. Right now I am playing Wildstar and will likely be playing it for the next 6 months or so, after that I will just take a break from MMOs until something drastically new comes to the market. I'm tired of the theme park treadmills, Wildstar is good because of the combat, but I'm sure that after the newness wears off I will find myself once again bored of MMOs.
Please for the love of God, can someone please make a decent sandbox? I just want to farm moisture again. I don't need to be "the" hero in another themepark.
Leveling through pvp?
General Discussion « Elder Scrolls Online
This was my biggest frustration with ESO. Once I got to my mid-20's in level I realized I would have to grind quests if I wanted to keep up in PVP. Dumb.
Rift, WoW, SWTOR, Wildstar, etc. made it reasonably easy to level through PVP. ESO, a game that made a huge deal about their 3 way PVP decided for whatever reason to force PVPers to PVE through 60 levels. Makes no sense to me.
My God, how do you get past playing a cartoon?
General Discussion « WildStar
Graphics or art style are far down on my list of things I worry about in games. Much more important to me is if the game is fun, has plenty of multiplayer content, easy to use UI, and enough customization to be somewhat unique. Wildstar excels in all of these areas in my opinion.
Also, I enjoy WS's lore and art style.
[Column] WildStar: Serious Business
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Originally posted by Foobarx
Maybe, I guess it just depends on which one of us can see into the future better. It seems odd to me that everyone just assumes that every MMO that will launch in the future will be a disappointment. There will be games that buck the trend. Wow did ten years ago, I think Wildstar will now, and I am sure there will be a couple more eventually.
Given the track record of MMOs over the last decade, it is not a surprise that a lot of people are now extremely skeptical, I was one of them until Wildstar.
[Column] WildStar: Serious Business
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Wildstar is the best MMO launch I have been a part of, ever. I missed Wow's launch by a couple of months and SWG at launch was a mess. The more recent launches have been a disappointment across the board.
If they could somehow take SWTOR type of questing and put it into Wildstar, and maybe add a sandboxy PVP planet, it would be my perfect mmo.
Either way Wildstar is going to be a big hit, and I expect it to buck the recent mmo trend of mass exodus after the first month. I think it will continue to grow as more and more former WoW players and other disgruntled mmoers give it a shot.
Why play a game you find crappy ?
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I'm not rich, but the price/entry fee have nothing to do with me buying or playing. The only thing that matters to me is if the game is fun and if I still look forward to logging in.
I purchased ESO for $80, played it for a couple of weeks and uninstalled. I purchased WS for 75.00 and will be subbing. I am a bit upset that I spent $80 on ESO only to find it gets worse as you level, but that is the price I have to pay in order to find the next mmo I like. Luckily for me it didn't take to long to find it.
I have tried a few F2P games only to uninstall once I found how un-fun they were, had they actually been fun I would have spent a few bucks on them and continued playing.
How does Wildstar compare to World of Warcraft?
General Discussion « WildStar
Originally posted by Distopia
The combat system makes the game, it is way different than Rift and FFXIV
How does Wildstar compare to World of Warcraft?
General Discussion « WildStar
Originally posted by TraceOfDustMites
People underrate how much combat systems totally change the game. They spend too much time analysing quest patterns and graphics.
This is the first "clone" of WoW in the sense they got it right, but this is not WoW 2.0. The telegraph combat system is completely different from WoW's tab target system. It makes the game play totally different.
How does Wildstar compare to World of Warcraft?
General Discussion « WildStar
Originally posted by Torvaldr
Charm is subjective. I always thought I would love WoW in space, sci fi has wallowed in the indy and half assed big budget for far too long. Finally a true sci-fi themepark.
What makes this game special to me is the combat. It is intriguing because it is new for me in an mmo. It really changes everything, this is coming from an "action mmo" hater. Wildstar does non-tab target right. I seriously think this will be the first theme-park mmo since wow to gain customers after the first month. Good thing for Blizzard they delayed Titan, they will need to take lessons from this game.
Also, housing is fun.
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Sorry I am lazy. Here are my passes. Enjoy!
I'm back.. and I can't believe it!
General Discussion « Star Wars: The Old Republic
The last time I was subbed to SWTOR was when Sim City launched. Once I realized how ripped off I was for that purchase I unsubbed SWTOR and have not purchased a single game with the EA lable attached to it since.
SWTOR was/is better than most on this website will give it credit for, they actually made questing fun, but EA will not get another penny from me for a long, long time.
Finally, after 9 long years...
General Discussion « WildStar
Fun game so far! Pvp is chaotic and sometimes I rock and sometimes I suck, but it has been fun.
I stuck up for ESO, but now I'm done ( list )
Reviews & Impressions « Elder Scrolls Online
Originally posted by Jockan
I have the same problem. I don't wan to spoil the fun of launch and I don't want to get burnt out playing a toon that will be wiped. So I play for a few levels, and if everything seems to work I decide to buy or not.
This has backed fired on me twice with Sim City and ESO. I'm hoping it will not be the same with Wildstar.
I had total fun in the open beta!
General Discussion « WildStar
I haven't had this much fun playing an MMO in a long time. Finally something I could see myself playing for longer than three weeks.
This game has great balance imo, which is something that has been lacking in recent MMOs. Rift had a fun class system, but was too generic of fantasy story for my taste. SWTOR had a great story, but the PVP was a disappointment. GW2 had nice easy grouping, but the lack of set roles ruined it for me. I don't even want to talk about ESO, what a waste of $80. Everything I did in Wildstar was fun, quirky, and was mixed in with a bit of light humor. I enjoyed the setting and the gameplay.
Only 10 more days!
My opinion of ESO's end game.
General Discussion « Elder Scrolls Online
Originally posted by JDis25
MMO developers need to stop this. Release a complete game or postpone launch. At least ESO realized this for the console launch, but it is too late for the PC launch. I might come back, but I doubt it, they should have given me a better first impression.
Proclaiming it PVP game then forcing PVPers to grind out VR levels PVEing was retarded too.
Wildstar's PvP = Brainless Aimless PvP. Proof inside.
General Discussion « WildStar
Originally posted by azzamasin
It is obvious you never tried PVP in Wildstar.
Wildstar's PvP = Brainless Aimless PvP. Proof inside.
General Discussion « WildStar
I enjoyed the PVP in Wildstar. I liked the frantic pace, but I'm sure as muscle memory starts to take hold the PVP will become more structured and less random.
I see Wildstar being a 6 month MMO for me, which would be longer than any MMO since WoW. The PVP being a large part of that. I always thought I would like massive open world type of PVP, but since experiencing that very same thing in WAR, GW2, and ESO I am beginning to think that I actually like smaller scale 10v10 type of PVP where individual actions and skill matter a whole lot more than just having numbers. Those numbers end up screwing it up when one side starts losing and people reroll to the winning sides.
Less than two weeks! I can't wait!


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Elephant Garlic Salad With Spring Vegetables
|Elephant garlic
|1 Clove (5 gm), cloves separated and halved impeded
|Dry white wine
|2 Cup (32 tbs)
|1 Pound, trimmed and cut on the diagonal into 1 inch pieces
|Sugar snap peas
|1⁄2 Pound, trimmed
|3 Large, cut into large dice
|Fresh basil leaves
|1 Cup (16 tbs), cut into chiffonade (Packed For Measuring)
|Olive oil
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
|Orange juice
|1⁄4 Cup (4 tbs)
|2 Small, trimmed
|Goat cheese
|1⁄3 Pound, crumbled
|Toasted pistachios
|1 Cup (16 tbs), coarsely chopped (For Garnish)
|To Taste
|To Taste
Place the garlic and wine in a heavy-bottomed saucepan and bring to a boil over high heat.
Reduce the heat to moderate and poach for 25 to 30 minutes or until the garlic is soft, but not mushy.
Drain, and cool to room temperature.
Remove and discard the skins.
Cut the cloves into slivers and set aside until needed.
Cook the asparagus and sugar peas in a pot of salted boiling water for 30 seconds.
Drain, and refresh in ice water.
Dry on paper towels and place in a bowl.
Add the tomatoes, basil, olive oil, orange juice, and the reserved garlic; mix gently.
Season with salt and pepper.
Place the watercress on a large serving plate.
Arrange the vegetable mixture over the greens and top with the goat cheese.
Garnish with the pistachio nuts, and serve at cool room temperature.


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Week One…
I have been back on deck for a week… And Blogging each morning. When I took a break from blogging I was wondering if it would be something I missed or if it was something that I would not look forward to doing again. Well I missed blogging and glad to be back blogging. I look forward to continue to blog and share about my life, experiences, adventures and lessons.
Over the last week I have shared a mixed bag from my personal challenges over the last six months, the help and advice I have recieved, my children, to the life lessons I have discovered this last week. What does the future hold? More of the same…. I will share about my life, passions and adventures.
- What is your passion?
- What are the lessons you discovered this last week?
- What experiences are you looking forward to in the future?
I look forward to continuing the conversation with you and also hearing from you. As we can inspire each other in living our life with passion and adventure.
Blog Posts this last week:
- I'm Back
- Be Kind to Myself
- Children Grow Up Fast
- The Next Phase of your Life
- Climbing 3 Mountains
- Taking the Hit…
- Getting Help
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Getting Help
As mentioned a few days ago I have had an interesting six months with highs and more lows than normal. It started about Christmas last year as I felt very weak and lacked energy. I had several tests done and there were indications that my body was fighting some bug, though not sure what. After several weeks I gain energy and my body had seemed to have beaten the bug in my system.
However, mentally I still felt drained and down in the dumps. Things just seemed to be going wrong for me, or at least my head was telling me so. This was not necessary the reality, and at the time I had many successful projects on the go. That said I was down more than I was up and needed help. Now, I am not the sort of person that normally goes out and gets help. I am a bit of a do it myself sort of person. I pride myself on being self made…. Well we all need and have the help of others.
When I thought about it, I asked myself the following question "If a friend of mine or a staff member of mine came to me with the issues that I am having, what would be my advice?" The answer was clear….. I needed professional help. With that I went to doctor, who referred me to a Psychologist. I have had two sessions and am starting to feel a lot better, starting with "Being kind to myself".
Reflecting on these last few months, I have learnt that it is often hard to ask for or seek out help. I am not sure why this is the case, but many times in my life I push on and try to find a solution myself to things, rather than seek out help to make the process quicker……
- What is an area of your life that you could use help with?
- What is stopping you from getting the help you require?
- How would the help improve your life or business?
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Taking the Hit…
Last week after our Army Exercise we bused home the participants in the Battle Group. This involved busses from Rockhampton, Queensland to various locations in New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory. This was not a great way to travel as it involved twenty plus hours on a bus for most people in order to get home. However it was what it was. Unfortunately there was a problem with the number of seats on the bus to Canberra, which was my destination. We were one short.
The solution was simple, the person who missed the coach would be bused to Holsworthy in Sydney and then a way home from there would be sorted. This would add another few hours to the trip. As the senior rank on the bus, I volunteered to stay behind and take the hit for the team. So the Canberra coach left first at 8am and I waved my goodbyes…
The Holsworthy bus that I was assigned to broke down before it got to the pick up point and hence the departure was delayed until 1pm…. This put me at about 6 hours later getting home, bummer! Sometimes as a leader we need to take the hit for the team or so I thought.
At midday the coordinator of the bus that I had been been assigned to came saw me with good and bad news…. Bad news first…. There are further delays for the arrival of the bus. It will not be here to pick us up until at least 5pm. My heart sank at least another 4 hours delay, "will I ever get home?" was the thought that went through my mind. But then the good news, the Commanding Officer had had enough and decided to fly the people on this bus home…. Oh Yeah, that is awesome…..I will be home that night.
So in the end I flew home, after thinking I was taking a hit and staying behind. I got back to Canberra about 9 hours ahead of the bus and meet the bus at the base on it's return. Not that I had volunteered to stay behind as I thought I would fly, but in this case it worked out okay… I learnt that sometimes things are just based on luck, however do the right thing anyway.
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Climbing 3 Mountains
The other day I caught up with a friend for a cuppa and got onto the topic of being overwhelmed by tasks at hand. There just seems to be so much to do in this fast moving world of ours. We talked about when there is so much to do we tend to get paralysed and do nothing. We tend to not even start when there is a lot to do. It is ironic that we stop at this point, instead of getting stuck into the task.
My friend and I talked about it as climbing three mountains. It is such a big task that we do not start climbing the first mountain. We get stuck at the bottom of the first mountain saying "We cannot climb 3 mountains today…. It is just too much". This way of thinking has us closing down our thinking to the possibilities and opportunities to get the task done.
What if we just started the task and focused on just one mountain. We just climbed one mountain. One mountain is climbable today. Just starting the climb builds momentum, it changes the way we think. All the sudden the task looks doable. Possibilities and options to achieve the task open up to us. Starting is the best tool we have to overcome overwhelming tasks, yet it is also the hardest thing.
I challenge you, as I do myself, the next time you come across an overwhelming task, just break a bit of it off and start to work towards achieve that bit. My experience through starting is that the overall tasks starts to look less overwhelming and other options that I had not thought of came to mind.
- Have you ever been overwhelmed by too much to do and get paralysed?
- Have you been able to break a little bit off and start?
- By starting did you start to see other options that reduced the level of overwhelm for the whole task?
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The Next Phase of your Life
Yesterday I was at the celebration for the retirement from Communities@Work of a long serving member, George. Retirement is something that I guess will impact us all at some point, however what is retirement? I like the way it was explained yesterday, as moving into a new phase of one's life. In this case it was about travel, bushwalking and grandchildren for George.
However in thinking about it, retirement or a new phase of one's life can occur whenever we want. It is about finances and passion, not age. As long as you earn at least what you need to live, then you can to chase your passion. However ideally your work is also your passion. Many of us have a job, because we need the money to live. This is no way to live our lives. There is many ways to earn money from our passions and to live the life we want to live. It may take some organising to get to that point, but it will be worth it.
- What is your passions?
- Is your work leading you towards your passions?
- What changes can you make to head towards your passions?
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Children Grow Up Fast
Yesterday I attended my son's school before work for a meeting about his selection of subjects for the last two years of High School…. Then I had the opportunity to have lunch with him later in the day. After being away for two weeks it was good to catch up with him and see him in action.
I was impressed at the school in the meeting in the way he had done his research on available subjects and thought through his options. He led the meeting with the teacher adviser, while his mother and I mostly observed. He communicated clear reasons for his decisions around his subjects while considering some of the longer term effects of these decisions.
Then at lunch we further discussed his choices and the happenings of the last two weeks. I was impressed during the conversation at the way he took responsibility for things in his life and had thought through reasons for his decisions moving forward into the future.
I know that there will be challenges in the future and life is not smooth sailing. While at the same time I look and see how fast my son has grown up. I am proud of what he has achieved and the way he is moving forward.
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Be Kind to Myself
During my break from blogging a number of projects that I was working had problems and issues develop. And I am talking about issues that are not within my control, as issues in my control can be overcome. These issues included areas that I had asked for help from higher and issues were I even suggested solutions but was ignored. Overall this was not a happy place to be. I felt responsible for the issues, even though I had no control over the solution and had communicated the problem to the appropriate persons.
This combination of feeling responsible and having no control of the situation can be quite depressing. It caused me all sorts of concerns and in the end my state of mind did not help the situation or me. It was also very frustrating to feel like I was being held responsible for issues that I had seeked help on and was ignored. Even worse was when with some issues I was being held to account by people superior to me.
- Have you ever felt responsible for issues that you did not have control over?
- Have you been held to account for issues that you do not have control over?
It is not a good feeling… I spoke with a number of professionals about some of the issues that I was experiencing and was advised that "I have to be kind to myself". What I was doing was stressing over things I do not control and that does not make for a healthier person or a good workplace. In the late Stephen Covey's book "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People" he talked about a circle of concern and a circle of influence. I was too focused on my circle of concern where I did not have influence and that actually has a negative spiralling effect.
So I have turned this around and started focusing on issues in my circle of influence and what is important to me. This is starting to have results. In what way? Firstly I am not concerning myself with issues that I do not control. I report the issue up with recommendations for solutions as appropriate and then go focus on something that I have influence over. And how do I feel? Much better… and I am sleeping better too….. Be kind to myself!
- What do you concern yourself with that you have no control over?
- How can you transfer this concern to the person that has influence over the issue?
- What is an area that you have influence over and can make a difference?
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I'm Back
I has been a few months since my last blog as I had taken a break from blogging on purpose….. The main reason for the break was that I had too many projects on at the time and was struggling to fit them all in. The break from blogging was good for a number of reasons though. It was a chance to review my blogging and see if this was something that I wanted to continue to do longer term and it was also a chance to think about why I was blogging.
The last six months has been a very interesting time in my life. There has been some highs, but very more lows than normal. In some ways I have struggled to get through the last six months. I will share some of these stories on the blog in the days to come. I will also share how I am getting back on my feet as well.
I hope that you are well and I look forward to picking up our conversation and discussion from previously. Please feel free to contact me if you wish and I look forward to sharing about my life and adventures through this blog into the future.
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Taking a Break
You may have noticed that I have not written a blog post for a little bit. I have been caught up with some big projects and for the first half of this year will be taking a break from blogging. I do enjoy connecting with others and writing my blogs, however at the current time I am lacking the time to write the blogs and stay up with my current projects. I look forward to restarting the blogging in the second half of the year.
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New Year, New Opportunities
The fireworks are done and the New Year has arrived around the world…. Many people have made New Years Resolutions and many have already broken them. Whether you believe in New Years resolutions or not, it is a good time of the year to review the past 12 months and plan for the next 12 months. Here are some questions to ask yourself:
- So what now?
- Is it going to be business as usual or are you going to make changes in your life?
- What was last year like?
- What changes would you like to make?
Firstly I like to review the last 12 months. There are things in the last 12 months that I am proud of and need to celebrate. While there are also things that I would like to change or improve for the future. By honestly reviewing the last 12 months I can see what parts of my life I want to continue the same way and what areas I would like to change or improve.
For me I do set goals for the future, however my focus is on who I am and who I want to be…. I think about my life in terms of my health, my family, my friends and my career. What a world of possibilities and opportunities? Looking to the rest of 2015 I look forward to achieving some great things in 2015, while at the same time becoming a better me and seizing the opportunities that lay ahead.
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