Edwin Braun

Edwin Braun

@edwinbraun.bsky.social

Vancouver Island Photography, Software Developer, Visual Effects Tools

416 Followers 597 Following 133 Posts Joined Nov 2024
3 weeks ago
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AI PhotoSegmenter - Download and install on Windows | Microsoft Store AI PhotoSegmenter – Fast & Private Object Selection ===================================== AI PhotoSegmenter is a fast, private, and easy-to-use image editing tool that helps you select objects, creat...

AI PhotoSegmenter: Finally, AI that actually saves you time.

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1 month ago
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I Cropped 1,000 Images in Minutes! 🤯 New AI Crop Tool (No Cloud Required) YouTube video by Cebas Visual Technology

Stop masking by hand! 🛑✂️

We just added a game-changing feature to metaSort: AI Natural Language Cropping. You can now select and cut out objects simply by typing what you see.
Watch the full workflow on YouTube to see the magic in action!

Check here: youtu.be/NzDDa6ecZvA

#PhotoEditing #AI-Tools

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3 months ago
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I know, I know long time no post! Crazy few months!
We finished our biggest update so far. Check out our www.metasort.app software. We added 2 new AI-Photo tools all are NON GENERATIVE!! This means no harm is done to your original pixels!
Enjoy this little Fall snapshot from #vanoucverisland

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6 months ago
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Dinner Time! Spiders also gotta eat!

Shot through a window, 35mm, close up.
Spiders are out in masses on Vancouver Island!

#photography #spider #vancouverisland #canada

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6 months ago
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The simple things, we do forget the most.

#photography #oceanside #vancouverisland #canada
#sunset #bluesky #art

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6 months ago
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Approaching Vancouver, image shot from BC Ferry with Zoom-Lens. Too bad it was not tha clear but you can see Vancouver in the back!

#photography #vancouverisland #ferry #vancouver #bluesky
#industrial #harbour

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6 months ago
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Gulf Islands as seen from the ferry - very early morning yesterday.
#vancouverisland #westcoast #canada #truenorth #dawn #sunrise #ocean

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6 months ago
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Returning to Victoria from a trip to Vancouver. Too bad Mt. Baker is 200km away (line of sight). So a lot of haze adds up into the far distance :)
Still a great shot I think.
At times we see Mt. Baker much clearer from Victoria

#photography #vancouverisland #canada #bcferries #ocean

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6 months ago
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Browse 3ds Max Scenes WITHOUT Opening 3ds Max! YouTube video by Cebas Visual Technology

3ds Max users, what if you could search inside your scenes... without opening 3ds Max?

Find scenes by renderer, version, or any plugin instantly. It's real.
Get the free Trial and see yourself: www.metasort.app

I show you how in my new video:

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6 months ago
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Talking about missed opportunities!

This Tree Froggy did miss a great lunch! This happens when you look the wrong direction!

#photography #nature #treefrogs #bluesky #vancouverisland #canada #animal #wild #frog

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7 months ago
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Lunch Time!
Enjoy your lunch!

#photography #bee #flowers #pollinators

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7 months ago
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Stop Using JPG in 2025. I Can Prove It! YouTube video by Cebas Visual Technology

I can prove it's time to stop using JPG!

My new YouTube video is an all-out war between image formats, and I bring the receipts (and a custom-built heatmap tool).

The winner shrinks a 96MB file by 99.5%. The loser is... well, you know.

Watch here:
youtu.be/X5Tq4H4qVEc

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7 months ago
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A little collage, done with www.metaSort.app!
This long weekend was perfect for a stroll through Butchart Gardens! If you ever want to see Colors go there - it is overwhelmingly colorful. And guess what! All natural no artificial colors at all 🙂
#photogrpahy #flowers #garden #metaSort

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7 months ago
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Tiny, often overlooked, even swatted away, yet bees are an essential part of our food system.
Without them, our plates would empty and our landscapes would fade to gray.
Bee kind. Protect them!
#photography #bees #flowers #bluesky #pollination

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7 months ago
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What a morning! I arrived early and stayed way into the afternoon wandering Victoria’s Inner Harbour at Northwest Deuce Days 2025.
A thousand+ hot rods invaded the waterfront under perfect sunshine and blue sky weather.
#photogprahy #cars #chrome #hotrod #deuce

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7 months ago
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metaSort Tutorial: From Zero to Fully Organized in 20 Minutes. YouTube video by Cebas Visual Technology

OUR PHOTO FOLDER IS A MESS, ISN'T IT? 👀
I just dropped the video that will fix it. For good. In 20 minutes.

This is the ultimate getting-started guide to our app, metaSort, how to go from chaos to perfectly organized!

#metaSort #PhotoOrganization #Photography #Productivity

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7 months ago
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We just harvested our Lavender to get some essential oil out of it. We still kept many strands standing so that our favorite #bees can have some delicious treats!
#photography #bee #nectar #lavender #bluesky

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8 months ago

In the video, I walk through the entire workflow using our app, @metaSort.app, to convert camera RAWs into perfectly preserved, losslessly compressed, 16-bit JXL digital negatives. Come nerd out with me! 🤓

#JXL #Photography #RAW #Archiving #FutureProof

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8 months ago

Proprietary formats are a dead end. TIFFs are way too big. JPEGs are a quality disaster. The solution is creating a "RAW-Linear" file, and the key is a format most people haven't heard of yet: JXL.

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8 months ago
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Your RAW Files Are a Time Bomb: The JXL Fix Nobody Knows YouTube video by Cebas Visual Technology

Your RAW files are probably not safe for the future. Here's why.

I just dropped a new video explaining how to solve the biggest problem in digital photography: long-term archiving.

youtu.be/tvQYKMPSfSk
#JXL #Photography #RAW #Archiving #FutureProof

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8 months ago
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Photography Pitfalls: What's a RAW file, REALLY? I Built a Tool to Show You! YouTube video by Cebas Visual Technology

Ever wonder why your RAW files look so dark?

I built two custom software tools to SHOW what's really happening inside your camera sensor!
If you've ever wanted to truly understand why you must shoot in RAW, this video breaks it all down for you.

#Photography #RAWvsJPEG #PhotoEditing #TechExplained

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8 months ago
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Using a Real Brain to Create an AI I coded an AI-Model from Scratch - Oh boy was it a messy thing! For whatever reason - you know - the human brain - the place where real neurons are firing gave me the idea: "Hey let's try coding my ow...

I went on a journey to create my own AI from scratch. My goal was to build a tool that is genuinely helpful for tedious tasks and, most importantly, respects the source data.
Guess what - it worked! My first AI model from scratch.

#AI #DataIntegrity #Python #Developer #photographytools #photography

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9 months ago
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trying to catch those Bald Eagles, I still need to practice more shooting with the tele-lens - I always forget to dial up the ISO even in bright daylight! Eagles are fast moving - getting them sharp is a challenge. Also my tele-lens maxes out at 240mm :(
#vancouverisland #baldeagle #photography

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9 months ago
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What a spectacle.. I heard squeaking outside and saw large shadows over me. 4 Bald Eagles were fighting it out right above my head. had to rush to get my camera and put the tele-lens on.
They were gaining height so fast - unbelievable!
#vancouverisland #baldeagle #eagles #photography

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9 months ago
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A few shots from today .. Feed er is empty - have to cook new food for them!

#hummingbird #vancouverisland #bluesky
#canada #bird #photography

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9 months ago
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When out in our backyard I waited and waited, I tried to catch those lighting fast Hummingbirds. Standing still, holding a Tele-Lens in mid air for 20 minutes and not moving to avoid scaring them away. Keeping them in Focus and and and

Here comes the AI-Photographer: types 6 WORDS, gets an Image

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9 months ago
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At Witty's Lagoon, lowest tide this year! What an Amazing Day! Come to Vancouver Island.

#vancouverisland #photography #kingtide #lowtide
#ocean #bluesky

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9 months ago
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And believe it or not - todau there where some moments when the Clouds opened up! West Coast weather!
Short after it was all gray again :(

#vancouverisland #canada #photography #bluesky

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9 months ago
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Lunch Time! It was a cloudy day here in BC. I hope my Canadian fellows in BC had a Happy Victoria Day.

I got some decent shots from this Heron catching some fish. I'm still using my sub-optimal tele lens :(
#vacounverisland #canada #photography #birds #bluesky #victoriaday

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10 months ago
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Vancouver Island looking at USA mountains of sorrow oops I mean Olympic mountains.
#vancouverisland #photography #mountains #landscape #canada

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