PhotoApps Podcast (Audio only) by PhotoApps.Expert

Backing up your photos, is it important? Only if your pictures matter. In this episode we talk to Backblaze, the cloud backup service that keeps your most precious data safe and sound so easily, you'll forget it's there. Until you need it, that is.

Backblaze

Backing up your photos, is it important? Only if your pictures matter. In this episode we talk to Backblaze, the cloud backup service that keeps your most precious data safe and sound so easily, you'll forget it's there. Until you need it, that is.

In this show we discuss the technicalities behind the backup (there is no cloud; it's just somebody else's computer!), how safe your data really is, speed of backups and overall strategies. We also learn about Backblaze's B2 Cloud Storage, which is a great alternative to Amazon S3 and can even be used like an infinite external hard drive.

If you don't have a cloud backup, you need one. It doesn't matter if you have a slow connection or "too much" data. Start today and if it takes a month or a year or more to get the first backup done, at least it's happening. Sign up today at http://PhotoApps.Expert/backblaze.

Find out more about Backblaze at:

website: http://photoapps.expert/backblaze

twitter: @backblaze

other: https://www.backblaze.com/blog/vault-cloud-storage-architecture

We hope you enjoy the PhotoApps.Expert podcast, and be sure to watch other episodes to learn about many of the other photo apps available today!

When you hear Adobe, you think of huge apps like Photoshop, Lightroom and Premiere. But it turns out they also make a series of smaller, simpler, more approachable apps that anyone can use. On today's show we'll be exploring the Spark collection; a trio of apps that let you create dynamic web pages, compelling videos, and engaging images for social media. Follow along to see just how easily you can create eye catching, exciting content to promote your business, share your vacation, or drive traffic wherever you like.

Adobe Spark

From the app descriptions

Adobe Spark Post is the fun, fast and easy way to create stunning graphics for all occasions. Get started in seconds with professionally designed, eye-catching templates you can easily tweak with just a few taps. Choose your photos, add some text and apply Design Filters to instantly create beautiful graphics. Each tap gives you completely new layouts, color palettes, typography styles and filters, no design experience required. Easily share your design via your favorite social platforms, text or email to engage your audience.

Spark Page makes it easy for anyone to turn words and images into a beautiful gliding web story. Transform your next newsletter, report, invitation or travel adventure into a gorgeous visual story that delights readers on any device. Get inspired by a wide variety of curated designs, then simply tap to select a beautiful, unique look. Gorgeous fonts, color and magazine-style design are automatically incorporated, no design experience required. Fluid movement and elegant motion happen instantly. Share your Page to grab attention, increase awareness and inspire action. You can even access, edit and share your web story from a browser with Adobe Spark for web.

Spark Video helps anyone create compelling animated videos in minutes. Easily add and trim video clips to make your videos stand out on social. Pick from over 25,000 beautiful iconic images or add your own photos to highlight what you have to say. Select the soundtrack that works best. Then Spark automatically adds striking cinematic motion to your story; no design experience needed. Share your video to make an impact: Persuade, inform and inspire your audience. You can even access, edit and share your video from a browser using Adobe Spark for web.&

Find out more about Adobe Spark at:

website: http://spark.adobe.com

twitter: @adobespark

We hope you enjoy the PhotoApps.Expert podcast, and be sure to watch other episodes to learn about many of the other photo apps available today!

Calculating long exposures, sun, moon and star positions, or even the date and time to be somewhere for that perfect shot can be a real headache. Fortunately, we have the photo app your medicine; PhotoPills. One little PhotoPill will clear your head and help you make legendary photos.

PhotoPills

Calculating long exposures, sun, moon and star positions, or even the date and time to be somewhere for that perfect shot can be a real headache. PhotoPills aims to be the medicine for what ails you. A single photo app full of little "pills", this iOS and Android app will help you calculate the position of the sun or moon at a specific date - or more importantly, find out exactly when the sun or moon will be in the exact position you want for that epic shot you have in your mind!

It will also help you calculate depth of field, long exposure times, and any other number of mathematical puzzles that will help you create your most interesting images.

Finally, all this technical info at hand is useless if you don't know how to actually capture the scene. But PhotoPills will help there, too! The Academy provides how-to articles and video tutorials, provided in depth to teach you everything you need to achieve your goals. Once you've made that epic shot, you can even submit it for an award, and become a PhotoPills Legend!

Find out more about PhotoPills at:

website: http://photopills.com

twitter: @photopills

other: https://www.joshuacripps.com/shop/workshop/photopills-1-day-mammoth-camp/

We hope you enjoy the PhotoApps.Expert podcast, and be sure to watch other episodes to learn about many of the other photo apps available today!

Macphun's latest release of Luminar, codenamed "Neptune", is out of this world. With space-age tools, an all new Artificial Intelligence "Accent" filter, and masking flexibility that's essentially universal, see why Luminar is one of the photo apps you'll want in your mission to stellar photos.

Macphun Luminar

Macphun has been around for a while now, creating increasingly interesting apps for photographers on the Mac (and soon for Windows users, too!). Their latest powerhouse, Luminar, is an impressive app designed for photographers of any level of experience. With an interface that grows with you, amateurs and pros alike can find power and delight in their editing workflow. Professionals will appreciate the incredibly flexible masking tools and advanced effects, while beginners (well, and pros too, to be honest) will be blown away by the new Artificial Intelligence "Accent" filter.

Luminar has been growing steadily since it was first introduced, and if you haven't given it a close look lately, now's your chance to revisit it and see just what it can do.

Find out more about Macphun Luminar at:

website: https://macphun.com/luminar

twitter: @wearemacphun

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We hope you enjoy the PhotoApps.Expert podcast, and be sure to watch other episodes to learn about many of the other photo apps available today!

Cinemagraphs are stunning, compelling, visually arresting photos... no, videos... no, photos... well, whatever you call them, they're simply magical.

Flixel Cinemagraph Pro

Creating a Cinemagraph is a new form of visual storytelling that is sure to impress your clients, grab attention on social media, and help you to tell your story in a most exciting new way. By simply taking short video clips and painting in the parts you want to move, you can quickly create hybrid images that blur the line between still photos and video.

A good Cinemagraph will catch your attention by being unexpected. A ball bouncing while the child stands perfectly still, a frozen busy street while the clouds tumble overhead, a perfectly posed bride with her veil dancing in the wind. Whatever your vision, Cinemagraph Pro by Flixel is the photo app that will bring new life, new vision, and new creativity to your portfolio. Whether you traditionally work in still photography or in video, Cinemagraphs will give you a whole new way tell your story.

Find out more about Flixel Cinemagraph Pro at:

website: https://flixel.com/products/mac/cinemagraph-pro/

twitter: @flixel

discount: PHOTOJOSEPH for 10% off annual plan at http://flixel.com

We hope you enjoy the PhotoApps.Expert podcast, and be sure to watch other episodes to learn about many of the other photo apps available today!

Fundy is the fantastically fun, photo friendly, feature fertile, favorite tour de force photo app for photographers to design their photo albums! And it's here, on the PhotoApps Podcast.

Fundy Designer

It'd be pretty unusual to hear from any wedding or portrait professional photographer that their favorite part of the production is album design. Unless you're a professional book designer (and if you're a photographer, odds are you're not), then designing something great can be a tedious, tumultuous affair. And let's not even talk about the actual book ordering process! Fortunately, Fundy Software Inc. has a photo app solution that makes this process not only easy, but also gorgeous and fun. Literally with just a few clicks, an entire book can be designed -- and not a generic book, but one that is intended to tell the story of your event. Customization couldn't be simpler, and honestly you'll want to customize just because it's so easy and dynamic to do! And with a connection to over 100 labs worldwide, ordering your printed book couldn't be easier.

But the Fundy Design app isn't just for albums. It also lets you show your clients what their prints will look like on their walls, helping you to encourage them to order more and bigger prints. For photographers who spend time with their clients previewing the albums and showing print options in person, this photo app is assured to increase sales and help your clients get exactly what they want.

Find out more about Fundy Designer at:

website: http://fundy.com

twitter: @fundysoftware

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We hope you enjoy the PhotoApps.Expert podcast, and be sure to watch other episodes to learn about many of the other photo apps available today!

Today on the PhotoApps Podcast, we explore one app that has captured the heart of many pro photographers; Capture One Pro.



Phase One Capture One Pro



The landscape of digital asset managers (or DAM), the photo app we rely on to manage, organize, and ideally edit our images, isn’t particularly wide or deep. Fortunately there are a few very good options; Capture One Pro by Phase One being one of the top photo apps available today. Like Lightroom, Aperture, and even Photos, the purpose of Capture One Pro is to be a complete photo asset management tool and primary photo editor. You can always step out of your DAM into other apps, but ideally, we want to stay in one place as much as possible. Capture One Pro certainly delivers on this desire, and does it with tools that go beyond what you’ll find in nearly any other app. With a particular emphasis on quality over features, the editing tools found in Capture One Pro tend to be deep, complex and always with the focus of squeezing the last drop of quality from your photos possible. Those who use Capture One Pro (or C1 as it’s often referred to) swear by it. And of course if you’re a studio shooter, the tethering support in C1 is second to none. In this podcast, hear directly from David Grover, the Business Support & Development Manager at Phase One (the parent company) for Capture One Pro, and get a taste of just what this app has to offer.



Find out more about Phase One Capture One Pro at:



website: https://www.phaseone.com/en/Products/Software/Capture-One-Pro/


twitter: @CaptureOnePro




We hope you enjoy the PhotoApps.Expert podcast, and be sure to watch other episodes to learn about many of the other photo apps available today!

Today on the Photo Apps Podcast, getting model releases may not be fun, but they sure are important. And with Easy Release, they are definitely easy. 



EASY RELEASE

Property and model releases are critical for any type of commercial work, including advertising, marketing or even stock photography — and potentially even for using the photo on your own website! Getting a release created and signed, then delivered to the model or property owner or client or agency can be a lot of steps that are too easily overlooked. And unfortunately if you don’t get the release, then you didn't really get the shot — because you won’t be able to use it. The iOS and Android app Easy Release makes this, well, easy. In just a few taps, you can generate legal model and property releases, in multiple languages, which are accepted by the biggest stock agencies, and have your models sign on the spot, right on your handheld device. Join me and Robert Giroux, the creator of Easy Release, to learn all about it.



FIND OUT MORE ABOUT EASY RELEASE AT:

website: http://easyreleaseapp.com

twitter: @easyrelease

We hope you enjoy the PhotoApps.Expert podcast, and be sure to watch other episodes to learn about many of the other photo apps available today!

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Today on the Photo Apps Podcast, Josh Haftel from Adobe takes us into the ever more mobile world of photography with Adobe Lightroom Mobile.

Adobe Lightroom is one of, if not the, most popular photo management and editing apps in the world today. So it only makes sense that with the rise of mobile photography, and mobile photo editing, that Lightroom would go from the big screen, to the pocket one. Lightroom Mobile isn't new, but it is constantly evolving, getting closer and closer to matching the capabilities found in its big brother. Join me and Josh Haftel, the Senior Product Manager at Adobe overseeing mobile photography, as we learn some workflow tips, editing techniques, and even hidden features of the Lightroom Mobile app.

Find out more about Adobe Lightroom Mobile at:

website: http://lightroom.adobe.com

twitter: @lightroom

other: http://blogs.adobe.com/lightroomjournal/

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