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In our vol. 3 Juno -2020 issue 6
5 CE MAGAZINE LINKS TABLET
6 Hey Pete! Tripod
10 Biz Cards board!! Hey its free
11 From amazon - Selfie Stick &
Tripod with Bluetooth remote
13 Want to Take Better Smartphone
Photos? Try These 10 Tips From Pro
Photographers
18 SLIDE earbuds
20 State of the Art Print Technology
23 Turn your smartphone photo into wall
art with an app
27 Something to enlighten you up
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From
Pete’s Desk!
Welcome to Pete‘s Desk and if this is your
1 st time reading CE Magazine we welcome
you aboard. We here at CE Magazine comb
the internet for those great articles that
remain in obscurity. We find them and bring
them back to the light once more for you,
our readers; hence we do your searching for
you.
Our virtual CE Magazine is free and if you
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Our June issue you can say is part 2 of May
issue, in this issue it‘s about photographs
using only your cell phone. There are some
great links you will find in CE Magazine
Links Tablet and throughout the magazine.
One of the apps that I played with is
Automatic Background and you can find it
in Google Play Store (for Android). You
take a picture either live or from your file,
then crop it and change the background, let
me say it‘s a great app to play with as you
can see the before and after pictures
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Enjoy our magazine and we hope you
find it very informative.
Peter
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CE MAGAZINE LINKS TABLET
By Nomar Shaw
Better Mobile Phone Photography– 7 Easy Tips
35+ Mobile Photography Tips For Taking
Incredible Smartphone Photos
How to Take Flattering Photos of Yourself
How to take great holiday photos with your
smartphone camera
How to be a Photographer using Mobile Phone
Fast & Easy Tips: How to Take Good Photos with
Any Camera
How to Create a Surreal Self-Portrait That Shows
You Holding Yourself
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How do you do that?
Last month issue we showed a 8" Selfie Ring Light with Tripod Stand & Cell Phone Holder,
this month I’m showing you a Selfie Stick & Tripod with Bluetooth remote this is the best
$25.99 investment you can make and you will love it!
This picture taken shows you can angle it
horizontal and take a picture of an item
you may be selling or in our case, Slide
Earbuds layout for an article on them on
page 18. After you have taken the picture,
transfer the picture to your computer, then
crop the picture and adjust color if you
have to. This is the result and no
adjustment to picture was necessary.
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To further the testing of the tripod,
I went to a local park nearby (now
normally the pond is loaded with
ducks and swans, but, not today)
and took a series of pictures…
TOP:
Sun was bright on a cloudy day
and the reflection you see is from
my shirt… a hint: I recommend do
all your settings in the car or
shaded area. The top picture was
shot with my Cyber-shot by Sony.
Middle:
The Cell phone on the tripod is a
Samsung Galaxy S6 and using the
remote that comes with the tripod
was shot. No alterations were
done to the picture
Bottom… The Selfie and again no alterations were done to the picture and the best
feature is NO SHAKING AND BLURRY PICTURES WITH THE TRIPOD!!
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Shot with my Cyber-shot by Sony
Samsung Galaxy S6 Shot
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Circa 6-2020
And Have Fun With Your Selfies
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TIME
Want to Take Better Smartphone Photos?
Try These 10 Tips From Pro Photographers
A woman photographs a rainbow over Cardiff City centre on May 27, 2019 in
Cardiff, United Kingdom.
Matthew Horwood—Getty Images
By Patrick Lucas Austin
August 26, 2019 12:44 PM EDT
Smartphone cameras have only gotten more phenomenal in the past three years,
with companies beefing up photo resolution, adding more lenses, and integrating
photo storage options that keep you snapping without fear of filling your camera
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oll. Ask anyone with an Instagram account and you‘ll soon discover the camera is
the killer feature on any smartphone.
If you‘ve got the latest and greatest smartphone, you should step up your
photography game to match. So here are some tips from professionals, along with
some accessory recommendations, that will take your snapshot game from amateur
to Ansel Adams.
First, start with a clean slate
Before you shoot a single picture, you‘ll want to make sure your gear is in order.
Often, that means doing a bit of pre-shot cleaning. ―That‘s the first rule for me,‖
says portrait and fine art photographer Henry Oji. ―Always clean your phone
camera lens before you take an image.‖
While wiping your lens on your jeans might do the job, using coarse materials, like
a cotton shirt, or a napkin you dipped in water, may end up damaging your lens
over time. If you‘d like to keep scratches at bay, use a softer material — like a
microfiber cloth — to clean any smudges off your camera lens.
A little framing goes a long way
Artfully framing shots may require a more creative state of mind, but that doesn‘t
mean you have to line everything up all by yourself. Luckily, you can employ your
camera to assist you when it comes to framing and composing your shots.
In iOS, visit Settings and select Camera. From there, enable ―Grid‖ to deploy a
rule-of-thirds overlay in the Camera app. That grid will help you better compose
your image, and keep your shot parallel with any vertical or horizontal lines in your
shot. On Android devices, visit Settings > Apps > Camera, and select ―Grid
Lines‖ to choose between a rule-of-thirds overlay or a square overlay for perfectly
framed Instagram images.
That framing is one part of composing the image itself — and so is making sure
you‘re not capturing any unwanted subjects while you shoot. ―Composition,
composition, composition!‖ says portrait and nightlife photographer Kenny
Rodriguez, whose subjects rarely stay in one place for long. ―I would suggest
making sure that everything in the frame is there because you want it there.‖
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Ditch the digital zoom
As much as you‘d love to get a closer look at that dog across the field, you might
have to be content with a picture. But zooming in before you take the shot is not the
solution. Digital zoom shots are simply cropped and resized images, unlike the
optical zoom functionality you might find on a full-blown camera. Digital zoom
will not only yield a grainy image, it will reduce the resolution of the overall photo
and exacerbate any vibrations from your hands, leaving you with an inferior
representation of that adorable canine. That includes shots taken on phones with
multiple camera lenses, like the iPhone XS or Samsung Galaxy Note 10+.
In general, avoid digital zoom as often as possible — but knock yourself out with
the telephoto lens on your smartphone, if it has one.
Look for light before making your own
The flash of an LED light from a smartphone doesn‘t flatter anyone, no matter what
pose you‘re striking. And that glaring light coming from a single source will more
often than not give your images a harsh, odd-colored look compared to light being
diffused from one or multiple sources.
Instead of depending on an underpowered light to properly illuminate your subject,
try to find other sources of light you can use, be it the waning sun, some indoor
lights, or even some candlelight if you want to get artsy with it. If you‘re really at a
loss for light, you could always employ another smartphone‘s flashlight mode to
provide a more consistent light source.
Watch out for cloud storage shenanigans
Cloud storage services, like Google Photos or iCloud, can be a great way to take a
ton of photos without worrying about how much space is left on your phone. But
some of these services don‘t automatically store the highest possible resolution
version of your photos, or, if you take lots of pictures, you may have to pay a
monthly fee to back up all your high-res photos. ―A cloud-based backup service is
actually one of the best investments you can make,‖ says architecture photographer
João Morgado.
If you‘re willing to sacrifice image quality for increased storage space, then feel
free to send only low-res photos to the cloud. But if you want to hold onto every
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pixel, or prize image quality above everything, storing photos in their original
format and paying the premium of a few bucks each month might be worth it.
Steady yourself — or use a tripod
If your shots of the city skyline look a little off-kilter, or your images during sunset
seem a bit blurry, you should familiarize yourself with the photographer‘s most
useful tool: the tripod. ―A good tripod … is absolutely essential, but for smartphone
photographers it is usually left out,‖ says Morgado.
Sure, a steady hand is always better than a shaky one, but neither can match the
tripod‘s versatility when it comes to putting your own spin on your photos. ―It gives
you an amazing range of new techniques and photography styles: long-exposures,
time-lapse, low light photography, light painting and many many other uses.‖
Pocket-sized tripods are perfect for smartphone photography, and are often deviceagnostic,
meaning you can use it with almost any phone. You can even purchase
smartphone cases with built-in mounting threads to stick them on more professional
tripods or other camera accessories like shoulder straps.
Go remote with a shutter button
Hate setting a timer and sprinting into frame only to get an awful picture out of it?
Sounds like you need a remote shutter, an ideal accessory for shooting images that
require a more steady hand, or self-portraits. ―Tapping the screen, no matter how
careful you are, it will cause vibrations that will affect your photography,‖ says
Morgado, whose architecture photography often requires long exposures. ―It is a
no-brainer for long exposures and night photography and it will for sure improve
your technique.‖
Some devices, like Samsung‘s Galaxy Note series of smartphones, feature an
included stylus that doubles as an inconspicuous remote shutter button, and can be
concealed in your hand or pocket when you‘re ready to take the shot. Not an
Android fan? Remote shutters are pocketable, inexpensive, and connect to your
phone via Bluetooth.
Or tell your (Android) phone to take a picture
Since your smartphone‘s already constantly listening, waiting for you to demand its
attention, why not make it take your selfies, too?
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On Android smartphones, you can ask your Google Assistant to take a photo, selfie,
or timed image and watch your smartphone open the camera app. On Google‘s
Pixel smartphones, you can have Google automatically detect the perfect moment
for a photo, be it a big smile or a kiss, thanks to its AI-powered face detection
features like Top Shot and Photobooth.
On iOS, Siri will open the camera app for you, though you‘ll have to press the
button yourself.
Experiment with exposure
Exposure can make or break any photo, and is the difference between showcasing a
subject in all their splendor, or ending up with a shot that leaves them looking like a
shadow of their real self. ―Always tap the screen to lock focus on the subject you‘re
photographing,‖ says Oji. ―This is particularly useful when shooting people against
skies. It prevents you from having dark images.‖
Of course, if that‘s the artistic look you‘re hoping to showcase to all of your
followers, there‘s an easy fix. ―If you want silhouettes, just tap the sky, to
underexpose your subjects.‖
Portrait Mode works when there’s light
Using any device‘s ―portrait mode‖ feature, which simulates the shallow depth of
field found in photos shot on professional cameras, will usually net you a more
visually appealing shot. ―It‘s better for taking portraits of people,‖ says Oji.
While everyone loves the look of a photo from an expensive ―real‖ camera, relying
on it too much can hurt more than it helps, especially if your environment isn‘t
exactly conducive to portrait shots, like in dimly lit rooms. ―But if you‘re using an
iPhone, use portrait mode only when you have sufficient light.‖
Note:
For more information on this article and links click HERE
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By Rodrigo Esperanza
Here at CE Magazine and Computer-Ease we are always trying all sorts
earbuds that plug in the cell phone, but, not the wireless until know.
Enter on the boss desktop SLIDE
WIRELESS EARBUDS WITH MIC, now I
would expect some were from 25 to 40
dollars until I looked at the receipt for
5.95 plus tax, DO WHAT!! The boss
walk in and said ―not bad, eh! Bought it at
Five Below go-ahead and try it then write
about it‖ Well how could I say no about
writing this article about it, I tried it for 4
days and I honestly say it is the bomb,
music is clear and the control works real
good and the cell phone calls nicely clear, bass is little on the deep side. I
put my cell phone in my pocket after setting up the bluetooth and plug the
earbuds in my ears and may I say super comfortable and I could not feel
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them in my ears. Lasting battery power is only 3 hrs and I do recommend
a battery bank for recharging on the go, personally I would not use a
cigarette plug charge on it.
Here is the whole package;
If you don‘t have a Five Below nearby you then click on the highlighted
link: SLIDE
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So, you want a
State of the Art Print Technology
How about this!
Eh!
Or this..
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Maybe this…this one by Vertical wall printing machine
This is one of the newest technologies in printing, not on
paper, but, on your wall! One such outfit is WallPen and
they give a tour on their wall printing machine click the
highlighted WallPen and when it comes up click on play me.
How Much You Ask? Well click on wall printing machine
and Google will open to all the different wall printer
machines.
Now, not all of us can afford that, but, there is a alternative
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Click on WALL PRINTS and the price range is in our reach,
here is one example from GEATBIGCANVAS …
And they also will do your best cell phone pictures for you
to hang up on your wall Create your own .
So, go out and shoot your best picture, oh, don‘t forget your
best background for your Selfies!
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The Seattle Times
Business
Technology
Turn your smartphone photo into wall art with an app
Dec. 6, 2019 at 8:02 pm Updated Dec. 7, 2019 at 8:50 am
Apps like Prisma use sophisticated filters to turn ordinary photographs into digital artwork in a variety of
painting and illustration styles. Several apps transform a memorable portrait or vacation shot into a ―painting‖
suitable for hanging over the couch or sharing this holiday season. (Prisma via The New York Times) Less
By J.D. Biersdorfer
The New York Times
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Tired of the usual attention-getting filters you use to make your photos pop with
stronger contrast or deeper color saturation? If you want to make a different type of
eye-catching picture, consider an app that turns your images into artwork.
With the right app, you can render your favorite photo into a digital version of paint on canvas, giving it a
whole new look and feel. But you don‘t have to stop there: You can print your creation on canvas for home
display or as a unique gift. And you can do it all on your smartphone or tablet. Here‘s how.
Step 1: Go app shopping
App stores are overflowing with photo-filter programs. To find one that makes your
pictures look like handcrafted brushwork, narrow your search by using the keyword
―paintings‖ or ―art.‖
Check the app‘s specifications. If you want to eventually print your creation, you
need to make sure the software can export the final file at a high resolution.
Deep Art Effects is one of many apps that turn a cat snapshot into moody ethereal creations (much like cats
themselves). (Deep Art Effects via The New York Times)
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Popular apps in the category include Deep Art Effects, which uses artificial
intelligence to analyze the photo and apply a filter; the free app works on Android
and iOS but offers in-app purchases of additional filters and other features for about
$4. Prisma, a similar app for Android and iOS, has a free trial and a $30 annual
subscription fee.
If you favor the look of watercolors, the $5 Waterlogue for iOS may appeal. Other
inexpensive options include the free (but aggressively ad-supported) Art Filter
Photo Editor for Android. Visionist for iOS is also free, with in-app upgrades; the
same developer makes the $3 Oilist for iOS as well. The versatile Brushstroke for
iOS is $4, and additional paint styles can be purchased within the app.
Step 2: Pick a picture
Next, find your favorite vacation shot, pet portrait or other sentimental snap on your
phone (or import it from a camera or computer). Make sure its resolution is high
enough to print clearly at a large size. With newer smartphones capturing images at
8, 12 and even 16 megapixels, fuzziness shouldn‘t be a problem.
The printing service you use should provide guidelines for files sizes. To check the
size and dimensions of an image, open the file in Google Photos or in Apple‘s iOS
Files app.
Step 3: Fine-tune the photograph
Your art app may also include standard tools for adjusting a photo‘s color and
contrast. If not, use your device‘s regular image-editing program, like Apple‘s
Photos or Google Photos.
Take a moment and check the composition of the shot you want to use. If you‘d like
the subject to be more prominent, use the app‘s cropping tool to bring the focus
front and center. Cropping also trims out clutter in the background of your shot, like
that other tourist who wandered into your camera frame.
Step 4: Have fun with filters
Take your time to play around with the available filters and try out different looks
for your image. Many programs supply dozens of variations that can make your
photo look like a 17th-century oil painting or modern manga art — and just about
every style in between.
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In addition to preset filters, your app may include tools to manually adjust the look
and intensity of a particular filter so you can fine-tune the image to your liking.
Step 5: Print your ―painting‖
Once you have finished fussing with filters and saved your creation at the highest
resolution possible, it‘s time to turn it into physical art. Prices vary by size and
printing surface, and you may be able to order a print of your image on canvas right
from the app itself. For instance, Deep Art Effects and Brushstroke include their
own stores, and you can even order canvas prints right from Google Photos starting
at around $20.
If your app doesn‘t include printing options, sites like Canvas World and Easy
Canvas Prints offer high-quality reproductions. Just upload your image file, place
your order and pay. General photo-printing services like Snapfish and Shutterfly
also create canvas prints, and you can output your pictures on posters, cards, mugs
and other gift items. Drugstores like CVS , Walgreens and Bartells have similar
output offerings.
There‘s another advantage to making art out of your photos: It‘s a great way to dig
up those memories buried on your phone and get them out where you can see them.
For more on this article and links click HERE
This story was originally published at nytimes.com. Read it here.
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Something to enlighten you up
Where will technology take us – and what role will
be play in the creation of our own future at work?
By Max Eaglen | 12th October 2018 | Platform
Max Eaglen is a founding director of Platform, a brand consultancy that co-create
Customer Experience Centres and work with clients including Vodafone, TAG
Heuer and British Gas.
There is a point of time somewhere around 2045, according to futurist Ray
Kurzweil, when our lives will be profoundly and irrevocably changed. At this point,
computers, or rather AI, will surpass humans as the smartest kids on the block – a
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super AI intelligence that has long since passed the Turing test (when a human is
unable to distinguish a computer from another human) and is now able conceive
ideas that no human has thought about in the past.
Depending on your viewpoint, it‘s a future of opportunity to do great things or a
deeply unsettling thought, and something that many will choose to ignore or refute.
But the signs are already there that AI is beginning to sow its seeds in ‗virtually‘
everything that we do – context aware web search, autonomous cars, drone
delivery, Siri answering your emails and Google‘s Virtual Assistant booking your
appointments.
Businesses that don‘t adopt the technological advances that we see becoming
mainstream may struggle against those that do.
We all know that today‘s race is the race for data. More data means more insights
and more intelligence.
As we delve deeper to discover the possibilities of what our clients‘ working and
personal lives might be like in 2025 and 2050 and beyond, I can‘t help thinking
―Where will technology take us and what role will we humans have to play in the
creation of our own future’?
As we exponentially create these new dynamics are we as human beings equipped
to be part of it? Are we synthetically engineering our businesses without the luxury
of time, of evolution? Without wanting to get too philosophical on the subject,
when in our early history did we develop a conscience? And is it a foregone
conclusion that AI will do the same?
Just how this all plays out is something in which we should all have a say, but in the
mean, non-virtual time, how should we, as human beings steer our businesses and
use these technologies in a way that that helps, rather than competes with,
humanity?
At Platform we have developed a 3D virtual city to show clients how technology
will help facilitate efficiencies in the future – an interactive city that can help clients
navigate their way to learning about all the clever technologies that will one day
make our lives easier – from buildings that efficiently manage their energy
requirements and occupancy, to smart roadways that manage traffic flows, from
neural lace technologies helping us to cloud enhance our ‗brain power‘ to precision
farming and 3D printed buildings.
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It helps to see technology in an ‗everyday‘ context, it helps us to understand how all
that big data may actually help us. Its also quite empowering to work ‗back from
the future‗, to see how and where these technologies started to appear and to think
about how we might leverage them in positive, helpful ways.
Digital technologies have influenced our working methodologies and how we work
as teams; remote, distributed, flat hierarchy, agile playing to our strengths. They
enable us to extract, process, utilise huge amounts of information and make
informed, rational decisions bringing new solutions to a problem.
We are already seeing examples of automation of tasks in the workplace – social
media sentiment analysis for customer services centres, chatbots, automated hiring
tools, meeting room booking systems, autofill, digital signatures, advanced
workflow automation, call/meeting transcriptions, machine learning contract
reviews.
But, as we are integrating more digital technologies into our workplaces are we
providing more space to think or more tools to do more work? And how do we, as
fallible human beings, stack up against self-learning computer power, who can
disagree that life has become busier and more stressful for most?
As creators of this technology the choice of where it leads is ours, we should make
choices not just on the advancement of technology for technology‘s sake but for the
betterment of humankind.
As for what role we play in business of the future. The answer I believe is to weave
tech into life and life into tech so that it tells us what we could do, but not what to
do.
I love technology but I also love being my own boss, I like making decisions, I like
gut feel, I like taking calculated risk, I like being informed, I like owning my future.
I know I get it wrong sometimes but, fundamentally, our fallibilities are what makes
us evolve.
If we consider technology to be the answer to everything then we also seal our own
fate. If we use technology to help us grow our business do things quicker and allow
ourselves to be more creative, inventive, inspiring, different, unpredictable,
spontaneous, compassionate, caring, considerate then I believe we will be on the
right track for many years to come.
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At Platform we embrace technology. We love taking journeys with our clients into
Smart Cities to illustrate what their place in the world might be in the future. Yet
we imagine people in that city. People making the decisions about how that tech
will evolve and guiding clients on the right way to facilitate that tech. Not just
making tech for tech‘s sake – but for humans‘ sake…
Interested in hearing leading global brands discuss subjects like this in person?
Find out more about Digital Marketing World Forum (#DMWF) Europe, London, North America, and
Singapore.
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On this 4 th of July keep your faithful companion and
your children safe. Keep on reassuring your dog it’s
alright and watch your little ones around the
fireworks. Have a happy, safe and wonderful 4 th !
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