Demos for Class 4 - Fall 2018

For class our minds will be expanded by Clarence & Chad. Clarence has been posting photos were he uses the Apple Pencil on his iPad Pro in Photos. Apple Pencils are a fine point stylus that connects to an iPad via Bluetooth and recharges from its Lightning port. If you have a different stylus, you will still learn new tricks! Chad has been working with photos in Leonardo and other apps on his iPhone and iPad. Be ready for Insight 2.0!

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There is a powerful app on our list: Snapseed. You will appreciate the features and the price tag (free). Here are two links to help you see the potential in your mobile darkroom / photo studio:

Tutorial: Create Double Exposures with a Phone and Snapseed App! - YouTube
https://youtu.be/DEdQmqAG24Q

Snapseed 2.0 - KelbyOne - Real World First Look - YouTube
https://youtu.be/IyhoXMshX7Q

You will want to play with Snapseed for 20-30 minutes before watching these videos all the way through. Then you might want to select photos from your Camera Roll and rewind to follow along. I can definitely see that watching these videos two or three times will help me "play" with the features in Snapseed and create new artwork.

Here are my hints on Snapseed. Copying the edits from one image to another is a powerful feature.

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Any app will have familiar features for editing photos. Because of your desktop editing experiences you will find mobile editing features implemented for touch gestures. The motto is: Touch Every Button. The icons only hint at what power lies within.

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Fall 2018 Class 5 will be our Table Top Shooting Day.
Fall 2018 Class 6 will be a field trip to Loomis, High Hand Nursery.

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Sharing Discoveries

Our website grows each semester. Much of the binder I keep is filled with scribbled notes and instructional details. Now the binder is overflowing yet some of the notes would be better shared.

New pages have been created under a "Discoveries" theme:

• Discoveries: Snapseed - from Shared Album posts
• Discoveries: Leonardo - Selections & Masks
• Discoveries: Available Space - "Stylized Winter" 
• Discoveries: Native File Formats 
• Discoveries: Enlight - 
• Discoveries: Blend Modes - 
• Discoveries: Large Prints - 3' x 4' 
• Discoveries: what say you? 

I'd love for you to share details of your workflow process, not only in class, but in a short written form that can be posted here.

Think of this as "long-term memory." Because we can search the posts on this website. Ha!

Apple Announcements - Soon!

Rumor has it Apple will announce new iOS devices, operating systems for iOS and Mac and reveal upgraded computers on Wednesday, September 12, 2018.

How is it that their fall announcements always come after back-to-school sales?

Clip Art for Play and Discovery

In the updated version of Apple Keynote there are additional graphics and shapes available. Download any of these images to work with Selections, Masks and Blending Modes.

Hint: the blue silhouettes might need to be re-colored for your work.

Touch any image below to load in your browser. Touch and hold on the large image to see the pop-up menu options: Save Image or Copy. If you Save the graphic will go to your Camera Roll/All Photos. If you Copy, the graphic goes to the Clipboard and you will need to go to an application that recognizes Clipboard as a source for Paste.

   

  

Why not Save the graphics to your Camera Roll and practice making a new Album inside your Photos > Studio Folder. 

Begin to Fall

Before our first class...

Download and print

• Revised PDF Apps Reference includes icons and brief descriptions
• Open Cheatsheet page in Reading View and print - organized by features or open 2-up version of the 12 pages and print. 

Review website: Home, Prep, Videos, Day 1.

Bring your iPhone & iPad fully charged on Thursday.