For September, 14 members gathered in Solutions' new shop to try out our new venue. We found an immediate benefit by using the permanently installed large screen Apple TV display to demonstrate iOS 11 live as Tony and David presented its features.
The OS had been available for about 24 hours and Tony pointed out a number of differences from the Beta Test versions discussed on the Web. We concentrated on the iPad…
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Michael showed us extensive range of capabilities of Preview in document and image management, from scanning, editing images, adding texts and highlights etc using the markup menu and converting documents to different formats. Preview comes as part of the Apple bundled software and the version is related to the operating system and cannot be updated independently. Working with pdfs Preview enables the combining of documents, re-sorting, deleting and adding pages. Combine this to the…
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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.
He told us…
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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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