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Preparations for the update to OS X 10.10, Yosemite
Life, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 30/07/2014
» There was a small surprise last week when Apple released the public beta of OS X 10.10, Yosemite. Cupertino had announced this was to be in August, but testing appears to be going well. The public beta will produce feedback from more users, which should help improve OS X. However, there is no real expectation at the moment that the predicted mid-September release of Yosemite will be changed. This may not be at exactly the same time as the iOS 8 release apparently, even though some features need components of both to work.
The artistic app
Life, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 16/07/2014
» I visited the Art Institute of Chicago in the mid-1980s, where I was able to see Picasso’s The Old Guitarist and several impressionist works of art, including pieces by Monet and Georges Seurat’s magnificent A Sunday Afternoon On The Island Of La Grande Jatte.
Investing in limited-edition digital art
Life, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 09/07/2014
» There has been a great merging of media over the last few years. Many articles or books are now only available in digital format, but the ownership of digital art is a fairly new concept with exciting possibilities. With the devices I have — and the use of some interesting iOS apps — I can view digital art as well as other content on my large television screen.
No more Aperture updates
Life, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 02/07/2014
» At the weekend, a number of online sources had the news that Aperture, Apple’s photography workflow application, was no longer being developed. Although it will still work with the next version of OS X 10.10, Yosemite, Aperture and iPhoto are to be replaced with Photo, a new application that is being built from the ground up, but will not be available until early 2015.
Macs, strong but not invincible
Life, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 25/06/2014
» Last week Apple moved the goalposts again, slightly, with the release of an entry-level iMac with a 21.5-inch display. While it shares many of the components and specifications of the current range, there are at least two major differences: the dual-core 1.4GHz processor, that runs slower than the other iMacs, and the LPDDR3 memory.
iPhone video — slowing things down, speeding things up
Life, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 18/06/2014
» The last time I watched a football match was the World Cup final in 1966. I far prefer motor racing — four wheels and two. My satellite TV link usually has two channels that show MotoGP, but one has a poor picture and on the other they have not yet learned how to balance ambient noise with commentary.
iOS devices as photo graphers’ assistants
Life, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 07/05/2014
» I have a fairly high regard for the iPhone as a photographic device, in part because that is what many people use. From the iPhone or the iPad, output can be uploaded directly to Facebook, Instagram, Twitter or other sites, and that is all that most need. The best camera is the one you have with you.
Effect yourself
Life, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 30/04/2014
» Some photo apps for the iPhone and iPad can produce quite unusual results. One of my favourites is Distressed FX ($0.99; 32 baht). The name refers to effects we often see on designer jeans (think Diesel), giving them a worn look. Distressed FX has two main sets of effects: filters and textured papers.
Some excellent apps for photography on the iPhone
Life, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 23/04/2014
» The announcement of the iPhone launch in January 2007 was a game-changing event. I was there and was able to handle a pre-production model the very next day. It was dismissed as irrelevant then, and some still belittle it when they can.
Back the Mac up, fool
Life, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 02/04/2014
» I have one sure way to make my students laugh — I ask if they have backed up their computers. There is silence, then a slight giggle, then the class breaks into laughter. With all the work they put into classes and projects, they risk losing all, either by theft, loss, hard disk failure or software problems. My teaching colleagues admit to backing up once a month or less — maybe more when running a project. It took a burglary and the loss of a Mac with all my photographs for me to take backing up seriously.