Over on The Sweet Setup, I put together my thoughts on Pixelmator Photo’s latest update. Pixelmator Photo 1.2 introduces ML Match Colors to the iPad, allowing you to match the colour palettes between photos.
ML Match Colors is very simple to implement too, now that Pixelmator Photo also has Split View support. Simply drag Photos to the right or left of Pixelmator Photo, grab the photo you want to match colours with, and drop it onto your photo in Pixelmator Photo. Ba da bing, ba da boom. Super easy.
This was a fun piece to write — in the end, you can’t use ML Match Colors to steal your favourite photographers’ colour palettes. This is good news, for everyone.
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A couple weeks ago ago, my first week look at the smaller 2020 iPad Pro went live on The Sweet Setup, and it’s a column I’m somewhat proud of. By no stretch is it a “review” — I don’t think I mention a single thing about the new and improved cameras, the new(ish) processor, the LiDar scanner, or anything else Apple updated this time around.
Instead, I focused solely on the impact of moving from the larger 12.9-inch iPad Pro to the smaller 11-inch iPad Pro.
The photos for this first impressions piece don’t have the classiest back story, honestly. It was a nice and overcast day flowing through our front window — what should have been perfect light for shooting this post. I put in some fill light with an off-camera flash, just to round things out.
However, after importing into Lightroom, it was clear I’m still learning a new camera. All the photos came in much, much darker than I would have liked and required a significant exposure push to get to where I wanted. This resulted in noise, which meant I had to hide the noise with some artificial grain.
And on it goes.
Sometimes though, these shoots can still turn out. I like the result as they are, and learned a few things along the way.
The Retro Tweetbot app icon is the best app icon ever made.
Ready for the easiest tip of all time? Simply tip the Tapbots crew inside the latest Tweetbot app for iPhone and iPad and unlock three extra app icons and a range of different themes for the app.
Though I’d say Reeder was likely the first app to really get me into apps, it was Tweetbot that really put me into Twitter. (For better or worse, of course.) To me, Tweetbot has been the best and most pure form of Twitter available.
The latest iteration of the app looks great, as always. But the original app — with all its machinations, clicks, beeps, and droidian character — is, perhaps, my single favourite app design of all time.
The retro Tweetbot icon may also be the greatest icon ever made for iOS. Ever. I could be persuaded of others taking the crown. But for now, Tweetbot’s retro icon takes the prize.
All you have to do to return to the former Tweetbot glory days is provide a small tip to the Tapbots team. Pretty easy peasy, especially considering it’s been quite awhile since the Tapbots crew released an app you can pay for. After tipping, “Retro”, “Retro Noir”, “Modern”, and “Modern Noir” are unlocked and can be seen above. Retro is, quite simply, the best.
A tip also generates a few additional app themes, though nothing like the former droidian glory days. Here’s a smattering of additional themes in post-tip Tweetbot 5.
There’s nothing earth-shattering to today’s blog post. Just a simple, cheap, and easy way to make your home screen feel both young and old again. To provide a dash of classic iOS. And to remember at least a touch of how Tweetbot made Twitter so much fun to use.
