It's OK to be a little shaky. Screenshot: Sonder Creative/YouTube
A relatively simple technique can double the resolution of an iPhone image. Shockingly, the trick is best executed with shaky hands.
What sounds counterintuitive will make sense when you see the steps in the video at the end of this post. It shows how a little hand movement helps make a sharper image.
As the great D:Ream once sang, things can only get better. Photo: Apple
Adobe is finally close to bringing real Photoshop to iPad. But before you get too excited, you should know that the first version of the app will ship without some key features.
Early testers have described the current state of Photoshop as “rudimentary,” according to a new report. It seems it won’t be replacing its desktop counterpart anytime soon.
This massively discounted tutorial bundle covers all of Adobe's industry standard Creative Cloud apps. Photo: Cult of Mac Deals
Adobe’s creative apps are the industry standard for all kinds of visual creative professionals. But being so powerful, they’re also super-complex. And they can be pretty intimidating to learn. That makes this massively discounted bundle of Adobe Creative Cloud lessons extremely enticing.
“Real Photoshop” is coming to the iPad this year. Screenshot: Adobe
Adobe is working on a brand new Photoshop app that will bring its most powerful editing tools to iPad. It will make its debut sometime this year, but a lucky few will get the chance to test it early.
Creative Cloud subscribers can now sign up for a chance to get access to the beta.
Apple is the Goliath of the wearables market. Photo: @SCOTUSPlaces/Twitter
Vincent Van Gogh might have been kinder to his ear if only AirPods were around when he was alive and painting.
Art already gives us so much to ponder. As does Twitter, which a New York City creative agency used to call on followers to Photoshop Apple AirPods into famous works of art.
Download Pixelmator Pro 1.3 today. Photo: Pixelmator
Pixelmator Pro, one of the finest and more affordable alternatives to Photoshop, just got a big new update that adds a bunch of new features and improvements on macOS.
Image editors can take advantage of clipping masks, layer tags, quick opacity and blending controls, and more in version 1.3.
A keyboard is as essential to Photoshop as a screen. Photo: Charlie Sorrel/Cult of Mac
When Photoshop comes to the iPad next year, it will apparently be the full desktop version, with the same code base, shrunk down to run on iOS. At launch, a few features will be missing, but the plan is parity between desktop and iOS versions.
But there’s one thing that will ruin the iPad version of Photoshop from day one — a lack of keyboard shortcuts.
The iPad is going to get a powerful new graphics tool. Photo: Ian Fuchs/Cult of Mac
There are some great graphics apps available for iPad. One which has been largely absent up until now? The proper full version of Adobe Photoshop.
Fortunately, that looks like it will change this year as Adobe Systems plans to launch the full version of the iconic photo-editing app for iPad. The move is part of a new strategy designed to boost subscription sales by focusing on mobile apps.
Learn the ins and outs of Adobe's entire Creative Cloud app suite with this loaded lesson bundle. Photo: Cult of Mac Deals
Want to work with digital photos or graphic design? You’ve got to deal with Adobe. Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, and the rest of the Creative Cloud apps are industry standards that need no introduction.
Learn the many facets of Photoshop through hands-on lessons. Photo: Cult of Mac Deals
Almost anyone can benefit from learning Photoshop. For anyone who enjoys photography or toying with images, it’s the ultimate playground. But it’s also a great addition to any resume or professional skill set.
Gain skills in Adobe's graphic design apps, and the credentials to back them up. Photo: Cult of Mac Deals
In today’s workplace, digital design skills are at a premium. So knowing how to use Adobe’s industry standard apps for graphic design — Photoshop, InDesign, and Illustrator, etc — means having an advantage in your job search.
Get the skills you need with Adobe's creative apps for whatever you want to pay. Photo: Cult of Mac Deals
As time goes on, the digital is becoming more and more synonymous with the visual. If you want to work in the digital space at all, it really pays to learn some graphic design or photo editing skills. So that means getting familiar with Adobe’s software.
Get pro-level tools and guidance for screenwriting, graphic design, coding, and more. Photo: Cult of Mac Deals
We’re right in the middle of the dog days of summer. But the hottest place you’ll find is at the Cult of Mac Store. We’ve been busy stacking up a bunch of new deals that are ideal for digital creatives. We’ve got a set of lessons in coding for the all new iOS 11, and Adobe’s suite of graphic design apps. There’s also the industry standard app for screenwriters, and a rugged phone tripod for mobile photography and video. Discounts range from 40 percent to 95 percent off, read on for more details:
The Photos app in macOS High Sierra comes packed with great new features. Photo: Cult of Mac
In macOS High Sierra, the built-in Photos app packs some great new tools as well as lots of small improvements. It brings better organization, new editing tools (like selective color and curves), and extended integration with third-party apps.
Check out all the new features and improvements in Apple’s Photos app.
Put a plane in your pocket, master Adobe Creative Suite, and more with this week's best deals. Photo: Cult of Mac Deals
Summer’s here, and along with the warm sunshine come hot new deals in the Cult of Mac Store. This week, we’ve got an awesome smartphone-controlled plane, a set of comprehensive courses in graphic design for Adobe Creative Suite, a time-saving task manager, and a powerful VPN. Read on for more details:
This tiny Mac can run tiny Photoshop for work on tiny pictures. Photo: Javier Rivera
Javier Rivera has a daughter, but the American Girl doll accessory he found on eBay was for him. It was a miniature Macintosh computer, a non-working toy for an 18-inch doll, and he had to have it.
The nerd in him believed he could make it run Photoshop.
Get the best image-editing app on iOS for under a dollar. Photo: Pixelmator
Pixelmator, one of the simplest yet most powerful image editing apps for iOS, costs a mere 99 cents for a limited time only. The discount saves you $4 and makes Pixelmator an even more affordable alternative to Photoshop.
The iPhone 7 Plus made 2016 a memorable year for photography. Illustration: Ste Smith/Cult of Mac
We roll our eyes when Tim Cook introduces a new iPhone and says, “This is the best iPhone ever” each year. But the iPhone 7 Plus will be different.
Sure, ambitious upgrades remain in the pipeline, but the remarkable camera in the iPhone 7 Plus will make this year’s model memorable. Fifty years from now, photography historians will talk about the iPhone 7 Plus they way they do the first Leica or the first Polaroid.
Want to try the new MacBook Pro Touch Bar without dropping a few grand? Photo: Apple
Apple’s new Touch Bar looks like the most exciting new feature we’ve seen on the MacBook Pro in years.
Instead of fumbling to remember shortcuts, Touch Bar puts a handful of commands at your fingertips and dynamically adjusts to whatever app you’re in.
That sounds pretty magical, but what will that actually be good for? Developers will need to add support for their apps, so it might take a few months before Touch Bar really takes off. But if you’re doubting the usefulness of having a touch screen bar at the top of your keyboard, here are the cool things you can do on the Touch Bar.
Steve is going to the hall of fame. Photo: Matthew Yohe/WikiCommons
Apple co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs is set to be posthumously inducted into the International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum in St. Louis Missouri later this year.
MeituPic lets you "fix" your selfies fast by removing blemishes, lightening skin tones, thinning your face, enlarging eyes, darkening eyebrows, etc. Screenshots: MeituPic
Mainland China is Apple’s second biggest market, and will one day be its first. The company is making a big push on the mainland, opening new stores and investing in home-grown companies. Why the interest? Because China is the new Japan — it’s where the future is happening. All this week we take a look at the cutting-edge apps that define mobile life on the mainland.
SHANGHAI CITY, China — A Chinese friend of mine recently started a fashion blog and asked me to take and edit some photos of her. We met up one sunny afternoon and I snapped various shots of her posing in a local park for an hour or so. After the shoot, we took a look at the photos together and she selected a few for me to edit. I took a crack at the photos in Photoshop, but she was far from satisfied.
“You barely even fixed my face,” she told me. “Just send me the photos and I’ll edit them on my iPhone.”
I was mystified. What iPhone app can rival the technology of Photoshop? How exactly was she going to “fix” her face?
You can now use Pixelmator tools right inside the Photos app. Photo: Pixelmator
Pixelmator, the incredible image editing app for Mac and iOS, now ships with a useful Photos extension on OS X that allows you to make quick edits to your images without leaving Apple’s app. The latest release also brings new selection tools.
Adobe has resurrected Bob Ross to promote Photoshop Sketch on the iPad Pro. Photo: Cult of Mac
Remember that iPad Pro tribute to departed public television legend Bob Ross that we posted back in December? We liked it, and it looks like Adobe did too… which is why they decided to rip-off the idea wholesale to promote Adobe Photoshop Sketch.
What would ads for iPhone look like if it came out in 1985? Photo: Apple
Apple’s marketing team creates gorgeous ads that show every minuscule detail of new iPhones, but what would the images look like if they were produced using the original Macintosh and MacPaint?
Some redditor with way too much time on his or her hands decided to dig out an old Mac and find out, and the results are actually pretty fantastic.