As with its little brother, though, the flash was borderline useless -- washing out anything in the foreground and casting the background into almost complete darkness.

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Also, in many common situations, such as taking a simple picture of a single face or object, the refocusing ability just doesn't come into play, since it works best when there are multiple objects arranged so that some are in the foreground and some are in the background.

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Magisto will soon offer even more sophisticated effects like morphing between faces and creating a 3D effect by manipulating the background and foreground of integrated images.

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As soon as you back off, say by switching off the background music and allowing your foreground process to have all the processing power (and thereby complete its task more quickly), the benefits of having a dual-core machine will become far less tangible.

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Martel shoots her movie with rapt attention to faces and bodies in the foreground while the life of the hotel spins loosely in the background.

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