(Originally published on Blogcritics.org) Xara Designer Pro X11 is an all-in-one design tool that handles bit maps, vector illustration, photo editing, page layout, and website design/publishing. It combines the features found in Xara’s stand-alone products — Xara Web Designer 11 Premium, Xara Page & Layout Designer 11, and Xara Photo & Graphic Designer 11 –…
Want to become a drone expert? Here are some resources, provided at Interdrone, to get you started!
(Originally published on Blogcritics.org) In Sunset Boulevard, Gloria Swanson’s character Norma Desmond says, “Just us, the cameras, and those wonderful people out there in the dark!… All right, Mr. DeMille, I’m ready for my close-up.” ”Now there is one more element to that mix: drones. And that close-up can pull back, rise up into the…
There is a problem with selfies and grammar. “Selfies”, for those of you over the age of 75, are self-portraits taken with a cell phone, usually with an arm extended or more recently with an attachment for extending one’s reach called a selfie-stick. When one takes a picture of one’s self, then, certainly, “selfie” would be…
(Originally published on Blogcritics.org) It’s not often a technical manual can deliver an epiphany. That is what happened for me as I dove intoThe Filmmaker’s Guide to Digital Imaging by Blain Brown. I go way back with cameras and film. I shot 8mm movies, developed my own 35mm film and watched as images appeared on paper…
“Live from your cell phone, it’s Saturday night!” or any other showtime. QIK (pronounced “quick”), for Android phones, lets you stream live video directly from your cell phone to the Internet and then automatically shares it on social networks and blogs. Does this really work? The application downloaded and installed without a hitch on my HTC Hero.…