There were nine members at this month’s meeting.
We had a very interesting presentation titled 'Twiddling Type', given by Euan from Dorchester.
He started by emphasizing that when a page or poster had been created using good style and appearance, it should not be distracting to the person reading it in any way. Euan then covered the development of type, page design and printing and their interaction.
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A good turnout of 18 came to see some of the features of the new versions of iOS11 and High Sierra demonstrated and explained respectively on videos from the Apple and other web sites. Some of the new features are strictly for the advanced and for developers, others promise to make life a lot easier and working a lot quicker. We look forward to the final version that is to be released “this autumn&rdquo…
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Brian showed some features of the cameras on iPods and iPads (all the features can be found on iPhone as well but not shown) our portable Mac have two cameras a still and a movie camera. a facing camera is the iSight and the front camera both are high quality you can take photos and movies on both.
The still camera will take a single shots but holding the shutter down longer and…
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After our Q&A slot, Mick explained how the Photos apps on both Mac OS and IOS work together with iCloud with its options: iCloud Photo Library, Photo Stream and Photo Sharing.
Using iCloud Photo Library ensures that every photo or video“taken on each connected device is uploaded to iCloud Library in the full original format including Camera Raw files. Devices with iCloud Photo library turned on have access to…
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After a short Q&A
Mick presented, Photos, he compared iCloud Photo Library and My Photo Stream. iCloud Photo Library will uploaded all your photos to all devices.
When using iCloud Photo Library in iOS, the 'Camera Roll' folder is replaced with 'All Photos', and 'My Photo Stream' is moved into All Photos'. edited photos in iCloud Photo Library, will also appear on your other Mac devices.
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A select group of 8 members braved the thunderstorm and gathered to hear Tony talk about using still photos in movies, specifically using iMovie.
Tony talked about the issues of integrating still photos into a movie where the image is a fixed shape (different from most still cameras) and expected to move, so a still photo following a video clip can be jarring. There is also a problem with stills shot in portrait mode…
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Guest speaker and professional photographer Clive Whaley offered our audience (38 members) stunning photos using an iPhone and explained his concepts and methods. A serious runner, Clive can easily take a good camera with him by carrying his iPhone in an arm band. His runs take him along our wonderful coastline and many of the photos were in familiar settings such as West Bay, often including people whether in groups or singly, always catching the…
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Ten members attended this month's meeting.
Mick gave us a talk about three features relating to photos, first he compared iCloud Photo Library and My Photo Stream.
iCloud Photo Library uploads all photos on all devices, however My Photo Stream will only upload recent photos taken within the last 30 days or up to 1000 photos. When using iCloud Photo Library in iOS, the 'Camera Roll' folder is replaced with 'All Photos…
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A smaller than usual attendance of 12 was proof that on summer evenings it is sometimes more attractive to be out and about or having a barbecue!
There were two presentations - a very brief one by Michael, giving the case for using the keyboard instead of the cursor to carry out a number of actions on a Mac. The least known at Ctrl+T which will swap the letters on either side of the cursor…
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Euan Williams gave us a very interesting presentation about type, logos and layout, and the influence of printing technology on design, “Twiddling Type”.
After some conceptual quotations from several leading European type designers he discussed line and letter spacing options in Apple’s Pages application showing how adjustments to leading, kerning and column width can make the words read and fit better. Some advanced typographic features within the professional QuarkXpress…
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