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(Review) ASKetch for the iPad

October 24, 2011 By Dr. Michael N. Roach 3 Comments

OK, I'm still playing with my iPad and loving it, and I found another software App that is a lot of fun. ASKetch by Andrew Kern is supposed to work with finger motions and strokes alone, and not be used with a stylus or pen tool. I'll tell you what it is supposed to do (and it does it very well). Let's look at ASKetch as Mr. Kern meant it to be. First, I'll quote: ASKetch is a simple black & white procedural sketching program for drawing with your fingers. It is designed from the ground … [Read more...]

Filed Under: apps, Digital Lifestyles, Gadgets, iOS SDK, iPad, Reviews, Workflow Tagged With: chiaroscuro, drawing, drawing on the ipad, drawing ont eh iphone, ios, ipad, iPhone, iPod touch, Sketch, stylus

(Review) FileApp: A Great iOS File Manager

September 23, 2011 By madbadcat Leave a Comment

The iPad is a great thing. It is not, however, a computer. It's a shift away from the familiar hard drive directories. The new iPad owner has to surrender to a new way : you can't really root around the hard drive looking for a file, all user experience is controlled by an app, and getting the right app is key. As most of us have found out, finding that right app is a bizarre mixture of dumb luck, suggestions from co-workers and friends and the endless lists of best 10 apps proliferating on the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: apps, iOS SDK, iPad, Reviews, Workflow Tagged With: file manager, file system, ios, ipad, iPhone, iPod touch

Screenshots of FileApp on my Ipad

September 23, 2011 By madbadcat 1 Comment

App Store - FileApp (Documents & Files reader)

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Filed Under: apps, iOS SDK, iPad, Workflow Tagged With: file manager, file system, ios, ipad, iPhone, iPod touch

(Review) Genius Scan: A Scanner App for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch

September 21, 2011 By Dr. Michael N. Roach 3 Comments

OK, I admit from the start that I am in love with my iPad2; but it is the availability of Apps for it that make it such a part of my current life. I just encountered a new App that I think is going to be extremely useful in the future. It's an App called Genius Scan from Grizzly Labs that is intended for use on the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. In short, it uses the back facing camera of the iPad (or iPhone or iPod Touch) to take an image that can be corrected and then mailed—that's in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: apps, Gadgets, iPad, Workflow Tagged With: ios, ipad, iPhone, iPod touch, receipts, scan, scanner, scanner app for ipad

Review: Dr. Roach’s Photoshop Tutorial App for the Ipad

September 12, 2011 By Britt Stokes Leave a Comment

Dr. Michael Roach’s newest version of Photoshop tutorial is a hit. Roach takes aim at photographers and artists who are ready to take a systematic, measured approach to learning arguably one of the most difficult photo editing programs to master. With this tutorial open on an iPad in view, a user can go through and unlock many of Photoshop’s mysteries. Systematic is a word that best describes Roach. During his tenure of 30+ years teaching photography at an East Texas university, Roach … [Read more...]

Filed Under: iPad, Photoshop Tagged With: ipad, photoshop, tutorial

For The iPad- Adobe Photoshop CS5: Tutorial for Beginners Available in the Apple Store

August 23, 2011 By Dr. Michael N. Roach 2 Comments

If you have noticed my free version of Adobe Photoshop CS4 Tutorial which has been available here for download at DigitalAppleJuice.com, I have to tell you that Apple has just accepted my Adobe Photoshop CS5—A Tutorial for Beginners as an App in the iPad section of the Apple App Store.Searching by my name from your iPad is the fastest way to find it, and it is available for $3.99 until the first week in October (October 9, to be exact) as a "Back to School Special." After that it returns to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: iPad, Photoshop, Software Tagged With: app, ipad, photoshop, training, tutorial

iPad2 Review: OK, I MUST BE A FANBOY

March 30, 2011 By Dr. Michael N. Roach 8 Comments

On March 11, the first day iPad 2's were available for order, at 5 A.M. I got up to go to the bathroom (something common when you are 73 years old), and on a whim sat down at the computer and ordered an iPad. White, 64GB wifi only, with a spare power supply, a Camera Connection package, VGA and Digital AV Adapters, and a red leather cover. I had intended to make this order eventually, and the computer seemed to call to me as I returned from the bathroom. It was a good thing too, as within 24 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Digital Lifestyles, iPad, Workflow Tagged With: apple, computers, ios, ios 4.3, Ios4.3, ipad, ipad 2, ipad 2 review, tablet

Why I got rid of my HP b9180

April 19, 2010 By madbadcat 5 Comments

It's a lovely printer, the HP b9180 is. When I finally understood the printer's need for control and set the color management to "Printer controls color", the blacks came out smooth and velvety, the print always true to what I saw on the screen. Since that fateful discovery, I have yet to see a single horizontal track streaking across large fields of color in a print. Image quality is superb. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Gadgets, Graphics, Hardware, Workflow Tagged With: b9180, epson, Photography, printer, r2400, Ultrachrome K3, Vivera

A MacBook Pro and a Dying Battery

December 1, 2009 By David Alison

I've gotten a lot of e-mail lately asking why I haven't been updating my blog. Frankly it's because of two reasons: my business has kept me busier than a one-armed wall-paper hanger and my Macs have just worked. With my adjustment period from Windows to Mac firmly in the rear view mirror and a well rounded set of applications available for use, I haven't really had any issues to speak of. That is, until this last weekend when my MacBook Pro's battery decided to act … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hardware, Parallel Desktops Tagged With: apple, battery, dead battery, macbook pro, will not charge

Shopping for your Favorite Technophile just got easier.

November 30, 2009 By madbadcat Leave a Comment

If you are over shopping Black Friday's doorbusters and are now concentrating on buying your favorite technophile their gift of choice, Popular Science has published their PopSci Genius Guide to Tech Buying. (download from zinio) In case you don't feel like downloading the guide, topical excerpts are available on their website: Read Tech Buyer's Guide For Netbooks The PopSci Top Pick? HP Mini 311-1000NR 11.6-Inch Black Netbook Read Tech Buyer's Guide For … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Gadgets, Hardware, The Not-So-Daily Edition Tagged With: gift, Popular Science, shopping, Tech buyer

Review: Mustek Scan Express A3 1200 Pro USB Large Format Scanner

November 30, 2009 By madbadcat 5 Comments

Mustek Scan Express A3 1200 Pro USB Large Format Scanner is the most reasonably priced tabloid-size (11.7 x 16.5) scanner on that market at this time. It definitely outperforms expectations, especially at this pricepoint (i paid $167 at Amazon) though it should not be confused with the less-for-more Mustek ScanExpress A3 USB Flatbed Scanner The first scanner I ever bought way back in 1998 was also a tabloid sized scsi scanner by Epson for which I paid around $500- a hefty chunk of that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Hardware, Workflow Tagged With: epson, features, flatbed scanner product reviews, mustek, pictures, scanner, scrap-booking, Software, specs, tabloid

Monitor Calibration : Xrite i1Display 2

October 28, 2009 By Dr. Michael N. Roach 2 Comments

The road from getting the color you see on the computer monitor to that you see on an inkjet print is a long and torturous path. What-you-see-is-what-you-get (WYSIWYG) is not what is going to happen with a printer right out of the box, your monitor, and bargin inkjet paper from the office supply store. Without taking time in this article to give you a background in additive color(projective color—ie: your monitor—color built with Red, Green, and Blue) and subtractive color(printed … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hardware, Photography Tagged With: calibration device, color management, color matching, colorimeter, graphic art, graphic design, Hardware, monitor, monitor optimizer, Photography, Software, spectrophotometer, X-Rite