Snap and substitute

S is for Snapseed, Superimpose and SanDisk

A-Z Challenge: Apps in April

 

Snapseed

Snapseed has become one of my favourite photo editing tools. It is embedded within the Google family of acquisitions so works well with Google photos and Drive. The promotional description lists the range of features.

Tune image • Enhance details • Crop • Rotate • Transform • Brush • Selective adjust • Healing • Vignette
Filters: • Lens Blur • Glamour glow • Tonal contrast • HDR-scape • Drama • Grunge • Grainy film • Vintage • Retrolux • Noir • Black & white • Frames

Available for iOS, Android and Chrome. The Snapseed channel on Youtube has a  comprehensive list of short videos to help get the best from this app.

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Superimpose

Superimpose and juxtapose, blend and mix photos to create a unique image. Insert a background image then add a foreground. Use a wide range of tools and shapes to mask out the unwanted parts of the foreground image. 

Move, scale, resize or rotate as needed, then move it into position on the background image. Areas of the foreground image can be made transparent too.

Adjust the colours and tones of both images to match and then save the blended image. This app has sophisticated editing tools that previously I would have used in a photo editing suite on a desktop computer.

Available for iOS and Android. Go ahead put yourself at the top of that unclimbed mountain! Substitute the dog’s head for the cat’s. Have some fun with this app. 

Check out the video tutorials.

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SanDisk Connect Wireless Flash Drive

Simply one of the best investments I made for mobile devices. This app connects my SanDisk wireless flash drive to any of my devices iOS or Android.

It lets me view and transfer files wirelessly between my and my husband’s devices using the local Wi-Fi installed on the USB. This means when travelling we can transfer photos to the flash drive so creating a local back-up without having to rely on hotel or other wi-fi networks to upload our captures to online services.

Files such as video, photos and documents stored on the flash drive can be viewed locally on any computer or device connected via the device’s  Wi-Fi.

Available for iOS and Android.

Next up T - Tune in and type

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Read and remember

R is for Readability, Readly and Remembering Them

A-Z Challenge – Apps in April

Readability

Readability clears the clutter from web pages and lets you save them to read later. Inbuilt are font variations and sizes along with day or night viewing.
Build a list to read later. Articles can be shared with others.
Readability is similar to both Pocket and Instapaper. I suggest you try them all to find the one that suits you.
Available for iOS and Android. I like the Chrome extension as I can send articles to my Kindle.

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Readly

Readly provides access to more than 1500 popular magazine titles. I do not usually recommend apps that involve subscriptions but if you are a magazine reader this one is worth taking for a free trial run. Choose your favourite genres and create a profile. A subscription can be shared with the family on up to five individual devices so each reader creates a profile for the magazines they like to read. Some of my favourites are the sewing, computing and travel magazines.
Magazines can be downloaded for offline reading. Visit the website to view the categories available or simply download the app for iOS or Android to have a look.

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Remembering Them

On the 25th April each year, Anzac Day, Australia and New Zealand commemorate their wartime dead and all those who have served. This app has a comprehensive coverage of Australia’s wartime sites with concise histories about each site.
It covers Memorials, War Graves, Defence sites and Museums as well as honour rolls, RSL clubs along with customs, traditions and history.
The app is available for both iOS and Android.

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Next up S – Snap and substitute

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Quick response

Q is for QR codes and Queensland

A-Z challenge – Apps in April

QR codes

Quick Response codes are two-dimensional barcodes made up of a series of dots against a white background. They were originally invented in 1994 for tracking components in the car industry but have become popular in a wide range of situations. They can be used to direct a user to a website, a video, a map location, plain text, a telephone number, an email address and many other varieties of information.

i-nigma

This app turns your mobile device into a QR and barcode reader. It uses the camera to scan the printed codes you find in magazines to access more information about a story on the internet whether that be video, text or music.

Scan the barcode on the back of the book to be directed to a website about the book, or a product barcode to find comparative prices from a range of shopping outlets near you. It is quick and reliable.

i-nigma is available for iOS and Android.

Scan this code with i-nigma or your favourite QR code scanner to find out about another excellent app.

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Outback Queensland Traveller’s Guide

This excellent app is a 116 page illustrated magazine providing in-depth detail about all the major towns in outback Queensland - Charleville, Cunnamulla, Quilpie, Roma, Birdsville, Barcaldine, Longreach, Winton, Charters Towers, Cloncurry, Hughenden and Mount Isa, as well as tiny towns with populations as low as 20 people.

It covers town information, festivals, visitor information centres, history and culture, national parks and a services directory along with a wealth of travellers tips. 

This one is worth downloading even if you never make it to outback Queensland. Available for iOS and Android.

This is Queensland

Designed by Tourism Queensland the app suggests places to go and things to see incorporating detailed local maps. 

Using location based services it suggests nearby  venues and attractions. It helps visitors locate the nearest Information Centres and provides tips from local experts.

Available for iOS and Android.


Here’s another QR code leading you to an interesting list of bloggers participating in the A-Z challenge 2016. There are many places on the web where QR codes can be generated. This colourful one was made at QR stuff.


Next up R – Read and remember

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