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Prepare images for blogging on iPad

Jacken — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:36:21 +0000

Image editing for blogging on iPad

When I first got my iPad I thought it was great for consuming media, but not for creating it. But after a year I do most of my writing and blogging from my iPad. With a connected Bluetooth keyboard it’s an excellent tool for writing. No spinning hard drive, no fan, just comfortable silence. And with apps like Writing Kit and Blogsy, I can do all the things I need for blogging. But handling images isn’t that easy. Here’s my tips on getting your images in shape directly on your iPad.

Color correction

My favorite image editor is Snapseed, who got Apples iPad app of the year award 2011. I’m not so interested in the filters, but the image editing features. To adjust brightness, ambience, contrast, saturation and color balance, you use the Tune Image feature. You select what you want to adjust by dragging up and down, then you set the amount to adjust with a left and right swipe.

Crop

Snapseed has a crop feature that is equally easy to use. There’s also an excellent sharpening feature.

Change size

Here’s the snag. There is no resize function in Snapseed. So you need to save your corrected image to the photo library and use another app for that. There are some free apps available, but I like to use Photoforge2 for that task. It also have some great features for advanced image editing, but I think that for most of the editing, Snapseed is faster and easier to use. The apps aren’t expensive, and you do remember what you paid for Photoshop, don’t you?

Upload the image to the blog

When the image is finished, I use Blogsy to upload the image. I then export my markdown file to HTML from Writing Kit and paste it into Blogsy.Now all you have to do is to post it, and feel happy about doing it all on your iPad.

Hunter and Son

Jacken — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 18:03:28 +0000

Galaxie

Jacken — Wed, 15 Jun 2005 22:09:19 +0000

My friend Johan bought a car and had it shipped over from the US. It’s a 60′s (I’m guessing 64, but I’m not sure) Ford Galaxie 500 in super mint condition. He didn’t have to sell his soul to buy it, because it’s a four-door, and they’re cheaper. The interior is original and it looks totally new. It’s in a mind-boggling shape. It’s great to ride around in an old American car again, I’ll never get bored of the sound of a V-8.

Now the lobbying starts to get Johan to buy four 20-inch rims, and take his souped up 429 Super Cobra Jet motor and put it in this one. I known him for like 20 years and he’s always had this newly renovated motor sitting in his garage. But he’s pledged to only put it in a Ford Torino 1970. Only time will tell. He’ll probably just put together a stroker 390 just to make everything simpler with motor mounts and transmission.

It seemed like a good idea at the time…

Jacken — Sat, 28 May 2005 18:32:37 +0000

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Nun and Dog

Jacken — Sun, 22 May 2005 18:38:25 +0000

Iron Mine

Jacken — Mon, 25 Apr 2005 18:31:01 +0000

Iron mine in J?nk?ping.

Arlanda

Jacken — Sat, 16 Apr 2005 15:36:35 +0000

Went out with the family today to the airport at Arlanda. Soon got bored photographing landing airplanes. Managed to get this one with both the moon and an airplane. Tacky!

World Press Photo of the Year 2004

Jacken — Fri, 11 Feb 2005 15:14:47 +0000

After checking out the winners of the World Press Photo of the Year 2004, I realized that the best pictures are in the sports category. And I hate sports. Weird.

God positions the stars

Jacken — Sun, 06 Feb 2005 22:47:26 +0000

Nyn?shamn

Jacken — Sat, 29 Jan 2005 16:53:43 +0000

Canon EOS 20D, Canon EF 17-40/4L. 1/80 sec, 13f Went for a walk with the family today. We ended up in Nynäshamn.