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Use Instant Alpha to quickly cut out images in Preview
Preview is the application that opens by default when you double-click on a JPG, PNG or other image file on your Mac. As OS X has matured, Preview has taken on some interesting features that are not...
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Learn iCloud Week: How to set up Photo Stream on your Mac
Photo Stream is an excellent concept, letting users share and back up their latest and greatest photographs with little to no effort. The system is based on iCloud, so you will need to have OS X Lion...
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Learn iCloud Week: How to quickly cancel Photo Stream
There are a number of reasons why you may want to cancel Photo Stream, whether it’s a space issue on your iPad or iPhone, or just an urge to set the system up again with fresh snaps. The only way to...
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Aperture Tutorial: Learn how to use Brushes
If you’re used to iPhoto, you’ll know that you can alter and otherwise improve your photos with the help of a few adjustment tools, but there’s a problem inherent with all these features – you have to...
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iCreate 112 On Sale Now!
We know that you’ve all been waiting for this week for a long time – it’s a huge launch, and we’re already seeing huge queues outside the bigger shopping centres. That’s right, folks – the latest issue...
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Tutorial: How to get richer looking photos in Aperture
Aperture’s available adjustments can work wonders with your images, but if you’re new to image manipulation, try to avoid the temptation of dragging those Brightness and Contrast sliders, as more often...
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Tutorial: Master effects in Aperture
You would expect most tools in Aperture’s repertoire to be about tweaking the image to make it look its best, and certainly adjustments like White Balance, Exposure, Enhance and Straighten aim to do...
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Aperture: Work with RAW images
As technology advances and becomes cheaper, it often means that amateur photographers have the tools at their disposal to produce the same high-quality images as professional photographers. Most DSLR...
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Aperture tutorial: How to use select Black and White brushes
You’ve mastered the basics of image editing, now to get creative. Photographic editing has come on leaps and bounds as technology has evolved. Photos can be edited creatively, with effects being...
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iPhoto and Aperture updated with new Photo Stream features
Apple has bolstered iPhoto and Aperture’s Photo Stream integration in its latest round of updates. Along with a number of general bug fixes and RAW compatibility improvements, both apps have received...
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Hacker’s guide to Macs out now
The third volume of Mac Tips, Tricks, Apps & Hacks really is something. Kicking off with a series of features that show you how to set up a home media hub, how to speed up and maintain your Mac,...
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Master keyboard shortcuts in Aperture for Mac
The fast-paced world we live in means that, more often than not, we have to get things done quickly and on-demand. It’s important that you know how to be an efficient Mac user when you need to be, but...
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Aperture tutorial: Learn and master keyboard shortcuts
The fast-paced world we live in means that, more often than not, we have to get things done quickly and on-demand. It’s important that you know how to be an efficient Mac user when you need to be, but...
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iPhoto tutorial: How to integrate iPhoto with Facebook
Just as Apple added Facebook support to all of Mountain Lion’s built-in apps, iPhoto also saw an upgrade that allows users to do more with their shots on the popular social network. Of course, iPhoto...
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Aperture tutorial: Get to grips with Aperture’s print options
Aperture is one of the best photo-editing suites available, and that’s also true when it comes to printing. In an age when photos are usually shared digitally, it’s rare for people to learn the best...
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Aperture tutoral: How to use tethered shooting on your Mac
There are many good reasons for shooting straight into your computer. You get to see your image at full size, on a large screen. This is far better than using a tiny LCD viewfinder. You can recompose...
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How to use colour isolation effects in Aperture [Tutorial]
Aperture is widely accepted as one of the best ways to organise your photo library, with plenty of useful tools for sorting your photos and quickly finding what you want. However, it’s less known for...
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How to use colour isolation effects in Aperture [Tutorial]
Aperture is widely accepted as one of the best ways to organise your photo library, with plenty of useful tools for sorting your photos and quickly finding what you want. However, it’s less known for...
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How to remove lens flare from iPhone photos in Aperture
Lens flare is caused by light reflecting internally off the elements inside your camera’s lens and onto the image sensor, and usually appears as a coloured haze in your shots. Typically, it occurs when...
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Create a time-lapse video in Aperture [Tutorial]
When it comes to creating time-lapse movies, there is plenty of misleading information around the web suggesting that it’s not possible in Aperture, and that you need to use a third-party app or...
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