I recently discovered a rather under publicised feature of OS X ‘Address Book’, the ability to send and receive SMS messages via the ‘Address Book’ interface. The process could not really be any easier, all you need is a compatible mobile phone and a bluetooth enabled Mac. Read more
Jackson Pollock is considered to be one of the commanding figures in the Abstract Expressionist movement. Pollock (1912-56) began to study painting in 1929 at the Art Students’ League, New York, under the Regionalist painter Thomas Hart Benton. During the 1930s he worked in the manner of the Regionalists, Read more
Apple have started shipping their Apple TV device. Once known as iTV, Apple TV was officially unveiled at Macworld 2007. With its built-in hard drive and 802.11n wireless streaming, this little white box finally brings together iTunes and the TV. Read more
Connect360 automatically indexes your iTunes library, iPhoto library and Movies folder and shares them to your Xbox 360. You can then use the Xbox 360 Dashboard to browse and play your media, organized in the exact same way that it is on your Mac. Read more
Chroma keying is a really useful skill to add to your effects creation toolset. The only trouble is that it is rather a black art. That is, keys are rarely achieved with precisely the same settings and it takes skill and practice to do it well. Read more
