Procreate is one of the apps that Today at Apple sessions introduce to iPad owners. It is digital art on steroids, especially when paired with the Apple Pencil.
Leaving myself a note here about Art With Flo YouTube Channel or her website. where you will find tutorials building skills from beginner to intermediate to advanced. Some tutorials are free; come with brushes, color palettes and notebook.
Forget that you've used an iPhone for years! Now that we have iOS 18.2 and Apple Intelligence, it is time to erase our past experience with the Camera app and the Photos app. Especially the Photos app!
Our muscle memory is not helpful now. How we interacted with our devices is ancient history. Put those visual clues out of your mind. Look at the app as if 1) this is your first time seeing it ... touch every button; 2) you are a 7 year old child exploring this screen for the first time -- swipe up, down, left and right.
You know, "touch every button" is not a complete thought. There are gestures that have become more useful and the "when and where" to use gestures is not ... intuitive. Yet. We will build new habits this semester.
The Apple Tips app refreshes in many ways. The brief content is updated with an iPad/iOS update and the tip categories switch out content. Two important features are here: 1) easy access to the User Guide for devices you own, 2) Setup Checklist to review features to take full advantage of your device. There is an item covering Gestures, but it is missing an important skill. Look for yourself.
Yes, AI is everywhere and always on. I have successfully updated all my devices, iOS 18.1 and iPadOS 18.1 and just this week, MacOS 15.1 Sequoia. All photo and editing apps seem to be working. A few of my other productivity apps are showing signs of not keeping-up-with-the-times and I am looking for replacements.
In December and then in early 2025 we can expect updates to operating systems that will introduce additional AI tools.
Go to the source at Apple Intelligence.
A new proposed class for Spring 2025 to run 6 meetings on Zoom or photo walks, Thursdays 10 am to noon beginning February 6th and ending on March 13th. Our class will be closed to new participants - previous Studio participants will be moved from Waitlist to Enrolled once registration begins. Please keep a list of potential venues for photo walks.
The RenSoc open house is Jan 17th and online class registration opens that week. Our Shared Photo Album will be open to new postings until January 22nd.
In these AI (artificial intelligence) days we need to know about how images are created and edited. Often we look at the information attached to a photo, metadata, and know ISO-Aperture-ShutterSpeed and location. After editing, some apps add to metadata with their name and Photos Search feature (iOS 17.x) can find other images edited with the same app.
But what about images generated by AI? What about deepfake images? What do we see in metadata? How do we spot photo manipulation?
This post will share recent articles to increase our understanding of the information behind our images.
Content Authenticity Initiative is a site to watch:
more later ...