Entries by Nicole Batac (11988)

Monday
Jul272020

Adobe Photoshop for iPad gets better edge selection with Refine Edge 

At the request of its users, Adobe is working to make the iPad version of its Photoshop app a bit more useful. The latest feature it's getting is the Refine Edge Tool, which helps select or crop objects with more complex edges (like curly hair, animal fur, etc.). The company tweaked the interface a bit for the iPad, but it supposedly works similarly to the desktop counterpart.

Aside from getting Refine Edge, Photoshop for iPad now has a two-finger rotation gesture, allowing you to rotate and zoom in on the canvas simultaneously. The rotation can snap at 0, 90, 180, 270 degrees, but it's possible to switch off both snapping and rotation itself in settings.

Source: Engadget

Monday
Jul272020

Samsung teases five new devices in new Unpacked teaser

 

We've already heard about what devices Samsung plans to launch during Unpacked on August 5. But now we get confirmation from the company through a teaser trailer for the event. We get to see the silhouettes of the Galaxy Note 20, Galaxy Z Fold 2, Galaxy Tab S7, Galaxy Buds Live, and the Galaxy Watch 3. Ahead of the event, Samsung revealed the Galaxy Z Flip 5G. And now we're just days away from learning about these new gadgets. Which one are you the most excited to see?

Monday
Jul272020

Pixel 4a tipped to come out on August 3

After months of delays (partly due to COVID-19), the Google Pixel 4a might come out after all. Tech analyst Jon Prosser tweeted that the Pixel 4a will launch on August 3, just a couple of days before Samsung's Unpacked event. And as Prosser noted, do you even care that it's coming out? While Pixel devices are the only ones to get speedy Android updates, the line has been plagued with hardware issues. Is that enough for buyers to consider the new phone? Or is it too little too late for the Pixel 4a?

Source: SlashGear

Sunday
Jul262020

YouTube Music gets Android TV integration through YouTube app

It's a solution, but a hastily put together one, it seems. YouTube Music comes to Android TV through a server-side update that introduces a new Music tab in the app with YouTube Music's logo on it. It shows a lot of your regular YouTube recommendations and the content taken from your account. You'll get access to things like "Your likes" and playlists you've subscribed to, "Your mix," "Discover mix," some genre and mood stations, your playlists, artists stations based on your listening habits, and recommended playlists. And it has an instant playback function that starts when you highlight a mix, playlist or artist station. 

Beyond that, though, it's basic integration, lacking a lot of features that would be better introduced through a dedicated YouTube Music app. It doesn't offer background playback, shuffle or repeat, audio/video toggle, playlist management, full library access including to your uploaded music, and synchronized lyrics. Here's to hoping Google fixes these lapses and give its subscribers a better app to work with.

Source: Android Police