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Point2 Agent Email Migration Has Started!

The Point2 Agent email migration for current members to the new Rackspace email system has begun!*
Starting today, and until October 9, all current Point2 Agent accounts are being migrated to new Rackspace email accounts, which provide extensive spam filtering, organizational tools, and email messaging options.
Current members’ migration dates will be different, due to the volume of email addresses [...]

How To: Creating 360° Virtual Tours

360 degree virtual tour

The growing demand for 360° virtual tours has led to a onslaught of new software, hardware and professional services.  Although there are a variety of uses for these tours, real estate stands as one of the top markets that consistently use them. Before I get started on how to create one, I just want to [...]

HDR for Real Estate Photography

HDR exposures

If you’re a seasoned astronomy buff, you might remember reading about the negative-stacking techniques photographers used back in the film days to produce rich, detailed prints of the deep sky.  The process of preparing a usable ‘film sandwich’ was one filled with pitfalls though, and most everyone has turned to digital as a much more [...]

Serve It Up, My Way

Coffee

I am Canadian.  It goes without saying that I should be obsessed with Tim Hortons like the rest of the Canadian population seems to be.  I know my dad is.  He has to have his ‘Timmy’s’ coffee at least once every day. 
I prefer Starbucks.

Attack of the Clones

Clones of Photoshop

If you’ve read the latest copy of The Point, then you may have perused the article outlining some basic photo edits that can improve the overall look of listing photos, or any photos for that matter. I wanted to further expand on that article in two ways:
What types of image editors exist out there, and [...]

Grease is timeless; software design not so much

Grease

My two year old has been showing a tonne of interest in singing and dancing lately, so my wife put Grease on for her tonight.

She was utterly transfixed.
She loved Grease.  Her level of excitement couldn’t have been higher if she had just discovered that she could fly, that there was in fact a fourth Doodlebop, or that she now would be [...]