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Can macOS 10.13 High Sierra write HEIF/HEIC image files?

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Which apps can write image files using High Sierra’s wonderful new HEIF? I can’t find one, can you?

October 19, 2017 Macs, Technology

Last Week on my Mac: Workflow efficiency

All too often, we select apps on the basis of features. Support for performing repetitive tasks efficiently and without error is much more important.

January 15, 2017 General, Macs, Technology

Colour and computers for the non-pro: 5

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How to prepare images for colour-critical situations, such as submission to a jury, or for giclée printing.

July 18, 2016 General, Macs, Painting, Technology

Q&A: Which app to edit a logo?

I want an app which I can use to edit some logos, and to process my photos. Would Photoshop Elements do both?

January 10, 2016 Macs, Technology

Photo editing: why was it not sans Serif?

Lobotomy may not be mandatory in corporate growth, but there comes a point beyond which companies become more ponderous, less imaginative, and more stultified.

July 13, 2015 General, Macs, Technology

Affinity Photo in action: adjusting distortion, and cropping

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No longer do you need Photoshop to correct lens distortion in macro photos of paintings, etc.

July 12, 2015 Macs, Painting, Technology

Affinity Photo in action: basic RAW to JPEG development

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An example workflow to convert RAW photo images and save them in JPEG format.

July 12, 2015 Macs, Painting, Technology

Adobe Tax Avoidance: a CC alternative for the prosumer

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For prosumers, who need high-end power but can choose how we get it, Adobe CC posed the problem of how to assemble a suite of apps which could do much the same thing, only without the interminable cost.

July 12, 2015 Macs, Technology
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