According to Wikipedia, “An oil painting is painterly when there are visible brushstrokes, the result of applying paint in a less than completely controlled manner, generally without closely following carefully drawn lines.” It also describes the effects created by a …[Continue]
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How to Backup Your Phone’s Photos to Amazon Cloud Drive
Although many consumers think of Amazon as an online book store, it is also a leader is cloud storage for businesses. And recently Amazon announced free unlimited photo storage for their Prime members. Yup. Unlimted Storage. Free. By the way, …[Continue]
What is Facebook Scrapbook?
Last week, Facebook announced a new feature that allows kids under 13 to have a presence on Facebook managed by their parents. Called Scrapbook, it a new way to organize Facebook photos, much like an Album but with additional features. …[Continue]
How to Make an Animated GIF
Animated GIFs have been around for nearly 20 years, but have enjoyed a recent resurgence in popularity because they can tell a story, or convey an emotion better than a static image, yet are shorter and more portable than full-fledged …[Continue]
How to Delete Comments on Instagram
Yes, you can delete your own Instagram comments, whether posted on your photo or someone else’s. And (best of all!) you can delete any comment on one your Instagram posts. I recently received a hate storm of vicious comments on …[Continue]
Why Zipping Images Doesn’t Make them Smaller
ZIP is a popular file format that is supported by many software programs on both Mac and Windows. We ZIP files for two reasons: to make them smaller, and to combine multiple files into a single file. Have you ever …[Continue]
How to Stop Broadcasting Your Kid’s Location
Did you know that unless you specifically turn it off, your phone includes exact location details with each photo you take? This means that your home address, your kids’ school, their favorite park (and so on) is being transmitted via …[Continue]
Add Instagram Pix and Videos to Your Blog
This week Instagram announced that both photos and videos can be embedded on external websites and blogs. To embed an Instagram photo, visit Instagram.com in a web browser (don’t try this with the app) and look for the “share” icon. …[Continue]
