Saturday, September 7, 2019

Mastering Photos Search

On Day 2 Niel will demonstrate the search options for Photos on iOS. He will walk us through searching on our own devices. (... sounds sinister, but it is not ;-D).

Niel provided a handout and we have it online.

Friday, September 6, 2019

Shared Album - View Only

This semester our seminar is taking a new direction in creating our personal Visual Effects Catalog. For two weeks the shared album will be view only to give you a chance to gather images for collages. Then I will open the shared album for posting.

Yes, the delay will be frustrating. This change is also a demonstration of the power behind Apple's Shared Photo Albums. The creator of the album is the "owner" and the options are to invite viewers or contributors. To keep the album to members only or to create a random URL to share with non-Apple devices.

The reason I've removed members from past shared albums is to reduce the confusion of posting to the wrong album.

Wednesday, September 4, 2019

User Guides for iPhone & iPad

Just in case you have missed getting these free Apple Books, and thinking you might not update to iOS 13 immediately, here are links for the User Guides.
Other sites of interest include
Coming Soon! Return to Apple Books to download the User Guides for iOS 13 after it is released. Read about the new iPadOS features and enhancements - especially about Photos.

Tuesday, September 3, 2019

ArtVentures - expand your creative vision

You might wonder where to connect to the various art related seminars offered at Renaissance. Wonder no longer! Ivy Hendy has created the artventures.blog as a one-stop website for links to the local Sacramento Arts Scene.

The Heart in Art for Lifelong Learners. Visit often!

Maybe we can suggest events that catch our attention and share with others in RS.

Tuesday, August 27, 2019

Fall 2019 class is full

Hello, glad you found this space. Why don't you wander around and follow a few links here. You could be surprised and delighted.

The bad news is that this seminar registration has closed. We are full. Sorry about that.

Let me tell you a little secret, this seminar is based on my interest in all things photographic in the Apple ecosystem. I proposed this seminar to the committee and they agreed to list it. Yea! Other folks were interested too. So you want to know more. You want to find outlets to express your creativity, Why not propose a seminar? A good seminar leader is curious, enthusiastic and encourages those qualities in others. Notice I did not say a leader is an "expert" - and I know, I'm no artist!

Multiple Apps - Many Developers

As I am refreshing content for this semester I see so many apps that do similar things but in one way stand out from each other. That is what excites me about supporting a vibrant creative app community in the Apple ecosystem.

The Cheatsheet page on our site is edited often to note the latest discovery about an app or how apps fit into our workflow. I can't keep up with the changes on this page by creating a new PDF. Just keep visiting the Cheatsheet and I hope you will help make it better by adding your own discoveries.

Monday, August 26, 2019

Lynda.com is going away


Well Lynda.com is not going away at all. The company was bought by LinkedIn in 2015 and Microsoft bought LinkedIn in 2016. 

What is really changing is how the parent companies are digging into user's personal data. Libraries don't like to expose patron's data. So other online training sources will be researched, reviewed and offered on the Tech Skill Development page for Sacramento Public Library. 

Sunday, June 16, 2019

Our Galleries

I've selected a few collages for the Spring 2019 Gallery. I was looking for presentations showing a before and after or a workflow of images but here were surprises. There is no audio soundtrack.

Other recent work was posted at Spring 2018 Sample Gallery and 2017 Gallery iPhone Photography Seminar.

You inspire me!