When we left our hero at the end of Part 1, he… I… had a working set of controls for my NanoLeaf lights. Once I had my buttons working, I decided I wanted to have some nice images to place on them to make the actions clear, and which were nice to look at. The […]
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Using the Serif Affinity Suite for Fun and Profit
Hello NosillaCastaways, it’s Allister Jenks here from New Zealand once again. I recently mentioned in the NosillaCast Slack that I use TextExpander to expand DMC embroidery cotton numbers to the official colour names. Allison asked why I did this and when I explained, she put me on the hook for this contribution. In a nutshell, […]
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Affinity Publisher First Look
Hi. Allister Jenks here, back again with a first look at some fantastic new software. Years ago my wife started a small business designing and selling cross stitch patterns online. While she is the one with artistic flair in our family when it comes to putting together a printed product, that falls to my technical abilities. […]
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NC #688 Parallels Update, Bellus3D FaceApp, Affinity Designer for iPad, Security Bits
We’re off to Macstock Expo next week so the show will be 2 days late next week. In this week’s show I’ll explain why even though I’m retired, it was a really stressful week (and why). I’ll tell you why Steven Goetz was only partially right when he said we need to make the Mojave […]
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Affinity Designer for iPad is Here!
You know I’m a huge fan of Affinity Photo, the Photoshop replacement for the Mac (and Windows) and iOS. In December 2016, Allister Jenks came on Chit Chat Across the Pond to tell us about Affinity Designer for the Mac, which is their vector-design program for the Mac and Windows. Think Adobe Illustrator except much […]
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