Adobe introduces a new pattern-making feature to Capture CC, adding a whole new layer into the app. Android and iOS users can create patterns from one photo and save on their Creative Cloud Libraries for later use. You can pinch and drag to zoom on a picture to change up an image; it can be everything from a repeated image to geometric shapes. It’s up to you to play around in the app. Check out the link below to see how you can create different patterns. You can access the finished product via panels in Photoshop CC when you’re creating on your computer. You need version 2.0 Capture CC to get access to the new feature.
What can be seen as Apple trying to get into the good graces of the Chinese and its authorities is the latest update to GarageBand. The music creation software adds a variety of Chinese instruments to celebrate the “rich history of Chinese music.” Apple has added instruments like the pipa, erhu, and Chinese percussion offerings that include drums, cymbals, gongs, and wood blocks. According to Apple, it has created 300 Chinese musical loops and these have been made from various instruments and styles ranging from the likes of guzheng, to dizi, to Peking Opera, to name a few. These instruments have different playing articulations as well such as rapid picking and note bend for the pipa and trill, grace note, and glissando for the erhu.
Apple has also added two new Chinese templates for Live Loops and sharing options for popular Chinese social networks like Youku and QQ. All the new instruments are available on iOS and Mac versions of GarageBand. These features are automatically enabled for users in Greater China. Mac outside of China also have these features automatically enabled, while iOS users outside of Greater China can enable this through the advanced settings menu. Chinese localization is also enhanced across the entire app, with all sounds, loops and instruments now translated to Simplified Chinese or Traditional Chinese. GarageBand 2.1.1 for iOS and GarageBand 10.1.2 for Mac updates are free for all existing users, and GarageBand is available for free with all new iOS and Mac devices. Customers with older, non-qualifying devices can purchase the app for US$4.99 (around CA$6) via the App Store and Mac App Store.
The web client for WhatsApp isn’t being left behind after the release of the desktop client. WhatsApp is bringing it up to par with mobile apps by letting users share documents. Before you could only share photos and videos as well as take photos using a webcam. To access the feature, simply head over to the attachment icon in the conversation window.
To share YouTube clips, what you’d usually do is copy the URL and send it using some other app. YouTube wants to keep you within its app by introducing a new messaging feature. They are currently testing it out with a small number of users on iOS and Android to see if it’s a viable addition to the app. Having their own messaging feature will encourage users to stay within the app and ease the sharing process for its users. It will also give YouTube more opportunity to show more ads to over one billion users of the service.
Tuesday, May 17, 2016 at 12:57AM 
