Heading to the podiatrist soon to find out why my heel is so unhappy. š£ Trying to avoid having it screw my exercise routine for any longer.
Heading to the podiatrist soon to find out why my heel is so unhappy. š£ Trying to avoid having it screw my exercise routine for any longer.
My entry in the ānot dad of the year contestā: letting my son have a chocolate donut for breakfast today.
My entry in the ānot dad of the year contestā: letting my son have a chocolate donut for breakfast today.
My about face on Live Photos; also thanks Snapthread!
When Apple first introduced Live photos I thought they were just a gimmick - a bit of flash for some marketing buzz. After all, almost no one but the owner would ever see the live version, right? Fast forward a couple of years and I needed a new phone and after holding one at an Apple store I splurged for an iPhone X for Christmas. A couple days later we leave for a vacation and it happensā¦ a complete 180 degree turn in my opinion. Why you may ask?
Live Photos are an amazing way to capture the perfect moment when photographing an individual or group. Remember how often someone’s expression is just slightly off, or they have just started to blink and their eyes aren’t completely open? Live Photos capture a few seconds in time and based on taking a few hundred photos on the trip are amazingly effective at capturing those ājust rightā expressions. All you need to do is scan through each frame of the Live Photo and pick the right key frame.
I also discovered another thing about Live Photos. There can be a lot of humor captured in those few seconds as people start to mug for the camera or relax just after they think the photo is done. I found value in Live Photos even in landscape photos (e.g. at the beach). Those few seconds are often the prefect amount of time to capture a wave crashing on the beach or trees rustling in a forest - without the hassle of starting and stopping a movie capture. It just seems more natural and it really encourages short snippets of motion. At least for me, I always hated to fire up the video mode unless I was recording something that took awhile. It all sounds great, right, but ā¦
Apple in one of those odd decisions it makes provides no way to really leverage and share the motion captured in Live Photos. I was incredibly frustrated by this because many of the Live Photos I captured on the trip would have made a great video when stitched together. I did some searching for an iOS app to help and all the ones I found initially were lacking. Then, by some miracle, one of the women I follow on Twitter retweeted a request from @becky for beta testers for an app called Snapthread. She kindly agreed to add me as a beta tester and at first I wasn’t sure I could pull off my project with the app. I feared I was still going to have to jump through the hoops to get them all into iMovie - not something I looked forward to at all. But I made a few suggestions to @becky which she implemented virtually over night and viola I had the perfect iOS app for creating videos out of stitched together Live Photos. In fact Snapthread worked so well I integrated some movies taken from the trip with the Live Photos. When it was all said and done I and created 48 clips in Snapthread (from a few seconds to a few minutes)! Becky’s app allowed me to quickly create and share memories from our vacation in a way just having some photos or videos could never have accomplished. And all made using my iPhone. Thank you Becky! Obviously I highly recommend Snapthread and Becky is absolutely justified in saying this is the best app for combining and sharing Live Photos.
My about face on Live Photos; also thanks Snapthread!
When Apple first introduced Live photos I thought they were just a gimmick - a bit of flash for some marketing buzz. After all, almost no one but the owner would ever see the live version, right? Fast forward a couple of years and I needed a new phone and after holding one at an Apple store I splurged for an iPhone X for Christmas. A couple days later we leave for a vacation and it happensā¦ a complete 180 degree turn in my opinion. Why you may ask?
Live Photos are an amazing way to capture the perfect moment when photographing an individual or group. Remember how often someone’s expression is just slightly off, or they have just started to blink and their eyes aren’t completely open? Live Photos capture a few seconds in time and based on taking a few hundred photos on the trip are amazingly effective at capturing those ājust rightā expressions. All you need to do is scan through each frame of the Live Photo and pick the right key frame.
I also discovered another thing about Live Photos. There can be a lot of humor captured in those few seconds as people start to mug for the camera or relax just after they think the photo is done. I found value in Live Photos even in landscape photos (e.g. at the beach). Those few seconds are often the prefect amount of time to capture a wave crashing on the beach or trees rustling in a forest - without the hassle of starting and stopping a movie capture. It just seems more natural and it really encourages short snippets of motion. At least for me, I always hated to fire up the video mode unless I was recording something that took awhile. It all sounds great, right, but ā¦
Apple in one of those odd decisions it makes provides no way to really leverage and share the motion captured in Live Photos. I was incredibly frustrated by this because many of the Live Photos I captured on the trip would have made a great video when stitched together. I did some searching for an iOS app to help and all the ones I found initially were lacking. Then, by some miracle, one of the women I follow on Twitter retweeted a request from @becky for beta testers for an app called Snapthread. She kindly agreed to add me as a beta tester and at first I wasn’t sure I could pull off my project with the app. I feared I was still going to have to jump through the hoops to get them all into iMovie - not something I looked forward to at all. But I made a few suggestions to @becky which she implemented virtually over night and viola I had the perfect iOS app for creating videos out of stitched together Live Photos. In fact Snapthread worked so well I integrated some movies taken from the trip with the Live Photos. When it was all said and done I and created 48 clips in Snapthread (from a few seconds to a few minutes)! Becky’s app allowed me to quickly create and share memories from our vacation in a way just having some photos or videos could never have accomplished. And all made using my iPhone. Thank you Becky! Obviously I highly recommend Snapthread and Becky is absolutely justified in saying this is the best app for combining and sharing Live Photos.
ATM I am trying to explain what Physics is about to my 9 year old son and failing miserably. Think Iāll jump straight to the theory of relativity instead.
ATM I am trying to explain what Physics is about to my 9 year old son and failing miserably. Think Iāll jump straight to the theory of relativity instead.
Merlot and MMA
Todayās father son activity
LEGO project status. A bit over half done. Every once in a while my 9 yo son lets me place a few pieces.
LEGO project status. A bit over half done. Every once in a while my 9 yo son lets me place a few pieces.
Todayās father son activity
I find myself wishing I could add a reaction to other peopleās posts (a la Slack and Discord)
Does Sunlit require a photo in order to make a post? I canāt seem to create a story with body text without a photo. I can enter the title but no where else.
Does Sunlit require a photo in order to make a post? I canāt seem to create a story with body text without a photo. I can enter the title but no where else.
Hmm. I put a title on that last post, didnāt expect the whole thing on the timeline. Maybe my final edit took it under 280?
Hmm. I put a title on that last post, didnāt expect the whole thing on the timeline. Maybe my final edit took it under 280?
Does anyone know of a simple tool for MacOS that can split MP4 & WMV videos into multiple files?
Does anyone know of a simple tool for MacOS that can split MP4 & WMV videos into multiple files?
I find this stuff fascinating. Candid camera: Dutch hacked Russians hacking DNC, including security cameras, Ars Technica
I find this stuff fascinating. Candid camera: Dutch hacked Russians hacking DNC, including security cameras, Ars Technica
Hopefully this post with link will work. Not sure why posting from the Safari share tool doesnāt. Jupiterās Stormy North
Hopefully this post with link will work. Not sure why posting from the Safari share tool doesnāt. Jupiterās Stormy North
Wow, this picture of Jupiter is amazing! Jupiterās Stormy North, Mission Juno
