Finally, enter the term 'money' and your results dwindle to 22. Now, this is where theįun starts: enter 'rolled' and you get 39 results add 'paper' and the results refine to 27 hits. I launched the Hemera Photo-Objects application and entered the keywords in the search box. System is deceptively simple yet powerful. Yet, searching for that elusive element can be frustrating. You might find art collections of more than a million designs. The entire collection is stored in Hemera's proprietary HPI format, which means that you can view, save or export the Photo-Objects only through Hemera's own Since all thumbnails are installed anyway into your hard disk. The Image Catalog has very tiny previews-but you might not need it at all in the first place, With thumbnails of all Photo-Objects classified across categories. There is also a User's Guide booklet and a thicker Image Catalog BackĮach of the volumes contain the entire Photo-Objects collection spread over eight CDs each. So, I uninstalledĪll collections and reinstalled them in the suggested sequence, and everything worked fine thereafter.Īll put together, both collections require more than 200 mb of hard disk space-but that may be space well spent, as we shall discover later in this review. This did not cause both collections to work from a single interface.Ī quick look at the FAQs on Hemera's site revealed that the preferred order of installation is reverse - i.e. Predictably, I installed Volume I before Volume II.
#Hemera review install#
I needed to install both Volume I and II of Photo-Objects 50,000. That's not as bad as it sounds, because the 50,000 volumes comprise the entire Photo-Objects range, and all other collections are The other products are sold through the web even those willīe subsequently discontinued. Currently, the 'premium objects' collections come in five labels:Ī theme collection called Photo-Objects Holidays & Festivities is also available.Ĭurrently, only Photo-Objects 50,000 Volume I and II are available through retail channels. Photo-Objects are available in a variety of collections. You'll discover it combines the virtues of both vectors and photographs! Back Photo-Object of an apple looks like a real apple, since it originated from a photograph in the first place! Place it over any other picture or backdrop, and Even if you have the patience to undertake such a task, you'll soon realize that it can be a time-consumingĮnter Photo-Objects: a technology, a medium and a product from Hemera that provides you with readymade objects created from real photographs. Just pick up an apple from a picture of a bowl of fruit without first masking it in a dedicated image editing application likeĪdobe Photoshop. Nevertheless, photographs are more of compositions than objects-you cannot Photographs are more 'real', since they are recorded realities. In other words, it's like a representation of a real thing, and not the Vector clip media has its disadvantages: it's similar to a pencil sketch or an illustration.
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Most clip media consist of vector art, characterized as art without a background-something you could place as superimposed on any creative composition. In its most simple explanation, a Photo-Object is both a photo and an object. its a whole new medium for realistic photo quality graphics, as opposed to conventional vectorįind more about Hemera at their web site:
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Founded in 1997, Hemera is known for its path-breakingĬollection of Photo-Objects that has won accolades the world over. Hemera Technologies, headquartered in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada is a top tier vendor of high quality clip media. Thank her for the incessant coordination, clarifications and correspondence. Here's something you need to remember before reading further: we're not examining any of the Photo-Objects boxed products here this review encompassesįinally, let me introduce you to Erica Comeau, Hemera's communication manager, who has been my contact at Hemera for this review. Photo-Objects is indeed the new generation of clip art. That may not be as farther from the truth as you would like to believe. Here’s some wild imagination: your clip art collection died! What's more, it has been redefined, reincarnated and reborn as Photo-Objects.
#Hemera review full#
You'llįind a full review of that product elsewhere on this site. Since then, Hemera has introduced Volume III of Photo-Objects. When this review was written, there were only two Photo-Objects collections.