Hello All,
Here are my Notes for the SLO Bytes Photo Group Meeting of 08/08/2021

TOPIC: Textures
In the First Segment, Connie Sutter shared her Notes on Texture as it applies to photos and paintings.

Texture Notes
by Connie Sutter
Texture- Visual Arts
perceived surface quality of work of art
element of 2D & 3D perceived visual & physical properties
conveys messages & emotions
Visual texture           Tactile texture
shiny, speckled      Smooth, wavy
Infer depth in 2D   
slant   

Infer
smooth/rough
soft/hard
matt/glossy

Natural Texture:
wood, sandpaper, canvas, rocks, glass, granite, metal
brush strokes in painting create texture to see/feel
buildup of paint on surface making actual texture is called impasto
1 hard/soft
2 woven/bumpy
3 jagged/irregular
4 ridged

Smooth - slick, soft, slimy, glossy
Rough – bumpy, scaly, coarse, sandy, rocky, fuzzy, gritty, lumpy, hairy

Fabric Textures
Ceiling Textures
Wall Texture
Carpet Texture

Ralph Sutter shared footage of his recovered drone that flew away in February 2021 and was returned in August undamaged thanks to the thoughtful individual who returned it.

The Second Segment opened with Ralph offering images of his kayaking trip to the San Juan Islands, WA from July 26-30, 2021 as well as close ups of freeze dried fruits and vegetables

Kaye Raul followed showing scenes from the Betteravia Sugar Processing Plant, along with closeups of succulents and small objects

Connie also moved in close to examine the texture of countertops, cabinet sides, furniture and window shades

Stanford Brown followed suit with textures seen on quilts, walls, carpet, garden stones and fabric.

The Third Segment elicited minimal discussion.  Ralph again played footage of his drone’s errant flight for those who joined the session after the video had been played.

Our next meeting will take place on September 12th
The topic is Each One Teach One; Demonstrate a skill that you have learned regarding image editing, whether on a computer or on a smart phone.
The meeting will take place via Zoom.

A Zoom invitation will be e-mailed to Photo Group members shortly before the meeting

The meeting schedule for the remainder of 2021 is as follows
   October 10
   November 14
   December 12
See the Links page; https://www.slobytes.org/digital/links.html,  for tutorials and other resources

Ralph Sutter

Hello All,
This is a re-post of information that I received from SLO Bytes Parent Organization, APCUG, regarding their ongoing free webinars
Ralph Sutter

APCUG July Wednesday Workshops. 
July 14 – Evernote Basics for 2021 & OneNote
July 21 – Linux #10
July 28 – Email 101 & ProntonMail
 
9am PT, 10am MT, 11am CT, 12pm ET
 
7/14
 
Evernote Basics for 2021 with Hewie Poplock, Central Florida Computer Society
Evernote gives you everything you need to keep life organized—great notetaking, project planning, and easy ways to find what you need when you need it. You can capture anything by adding more than text to your notes, including photos, files, and to-do lists. You can keep it together by creating a personal space for all your most important ideas and information. You can find it fast and get the right note right away with powerful search and keyword tags. You can sync your notes to all your devices, so they stay with you, even if you are offline. Hewie has used Evernote since 2008 and has almost 17,000 notes. He talks about the differences in the Free and Premium plans and demonstrates Evernote's search speed and accuracy. If you use Evernote, he will show you some of the differences between version 6 and version 10.
 
OneNote with Mark Schulman, Central Florida Computer Society
This presentation provides a brief overview of Microsoft OneNote and how people can organize the flood of information we all have to deal with. Topics include How information is organized in OneNote, creating Notebooks, editing information, including graphs, tables, audio, video, and drawings, sharing information with others, including real-time collaboration, where to get OneNote, add-ins, and searching.

Evernote & OneNote registration closes at 11:30 pm (ET) on July 16.
https://forms.gle/RwVcdskywdacd6vL7
 
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7/21/21
 
Linux – Gnome Desktop Environment and more with the Linux Team
John Kennedy, Orv Beach, and Cal Esneault, Cajun Clickers Computer Club
The 10th edition of the Learning Linux Wednesday Workshop will include "the Gnome Desktop Environment, reviewing what is featured in the Gnome 3 version - to the new generation of totally redesigned Gnome 40; digging deeper into the sharing of files in the Linux network with the use of SSH; and Partitioning of internal/external drives along with discussing the custom installation of Linux."  And we may even address some other items.

Linux #10 registration closes at 11:30 pm (ET) on July 20.
https://forms.gle/i62MmV2THE9191Kq6
 
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7/28/21
 
Email 101 with Dale Harrington, MICRO-PC
Let's talk about email. Is it dying? All about it! How to use it effectively
 
ProtonMail by John Kennedy
John will tell us about how we can ensure our emails stay private with end-to-end encryption and they are stored on ProtonMail servers in an encrypted format. So not even ProtonMail can read our emails. It is a 100% free community, open-source service hosted in Switzerland that has the world's strongest privacy law

Email 101 and ProntonMail registration closes at 11:30 pm (ET) on July 27.
https://forms.gle/r5rZeDigmMVD8W167
 



 



   



   










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Hello All,
Here are my notes from the SLO Bytes Photo Group meeting of 06/13/2021

TOPIC: The topic is Favorite Images from Nature; Please share scenes of a place free from human interaction

In the First Segment, Alan Raul and Bob Ward reflected nostalgically over their earlier years diving for abalone locally and further up the California coastline. Ralph Sutter shared pictures of Santa Cruz Island's Painted Cave and Lopez Cave. Stanford Brown showed scenes from his frequent walks

The Second Session opened with Ralph offering images of the his backyard trees and pond followed by water scenes from Santa Margarita Lake and Morro Bay.

Kaye Raul took us down country roads, visiting See Canyon and the beach at Morro Bay.

Alan Raul walked the Bob Jones Trail and presented shots of the coastline at Shell Beach. See his images at https://www.365.acdsee.com/en/album/alan/2194471/thumbnails

Connie Sutter focused on trees, showing them from unusual angles.

The Third Session opened with Ralph playing videos from the club's web site. They included
Layer Masks in Photoshop Elements 2021; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5ykEjX2kpE
Vignetting in Luminar AI; https://www.fullbean.com/tutorials/luminar-ai-vignetting.mp4 and
How to Load Your Own Skies a Luminar FAQ; https://insiders.skylum.com/posts/how-to-load-your-own-skies

Alan Raul showed the Clone Stamp in Adobe Photoshop Elements

Kaye Raul demonstrated Adobe's free app, Lightroom Mobile

Our next meeting will take place on July 11th
The topic is Follow That Creature; create a portfolio based on a single animal. The meeting will take place via Zoom.

A Zoom invitation will be e-mailed to Photo Group members shortly before the meeting
The meeting schedule for the remainder of 2021 is as follows
   August 8
   September 12
   October 10
   November 14
   December 12
See the Links page; https://www.slobytes.org/digital/links.html,  for tutorials and other resources

Ralph Sutter

Logitech says "This mouse allows the user to MULTI-DEVICE FLOW
Use M720 to work seamlessly between computers, laptops, tablets. Pair your mouse to up to three different devices, and switch between them with the Easy-Switch™ button. Use Flow™ to fly through your tasks: seamlessly move text, images, and files across computers – and operating systems – with a simple copy and paste."

Logitech M720-Triathlon Mouse Description
 https://www.logitech.com/en-us/products/mice/m720-triathlon.910-004790.html

Logitech M720 Setup
https://www.logitech.com/assets/64937/m720-web-qsg.pdf

Logitech Options Software – mouse customization
https://www.logitech.com/en-us/product/options

Logitech Flow  - cross-computer control and file sharing
https://support.logi.com/hc/en-us/articles/360023359293-Set-up-and-enable-Logitech-Flow-for-use-with-a-mouse
https://www.logitech.com/en-us/product/options/page/flow-multi-device-control

Caveat – Key injection vulnerability
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/logitech-unifying-receivers-vulnerable-to-key-injection-attacks/

I purchased the Logitech M720 Triathlon Mouse at Costco San Luis Obispo on 06/02/2021 for $29.99

Ralph Sutter

Hello All,
The link below allows you to take a virtual drive through the streets of numerous cities around the world.  You can vary the drive speed, enable or disable the traffic noise and listen to or mute a local radio station.
https://driveandlisten.herokuapp.com/

Ralph Sutter

Hello All,
Here are my Notes from the 05/16/2021 meeting of SLO Bytes' Photo Group

TOPIC: Vivid Color; The meeting took place via Zoom

In the First Segment, Stanford Brown looked back at flowers, landscapes and structures from around the world, each with one or more dominant colors.

Alan Raul followed, shifting focus to harbors of California's Central Coast featuring Coast Guard vessels private craft

John Waller , using extensive color masking, shared images of aircraft, fire engines, and landscapes.

Alan Raul opened the Second Session displaying flowers and lawn art. His images are available on-line here

Ralph Sutter treated today's session as an opportunity to enhance the colors of flowers and children's toys

Stanford Brown shared many very vivid flowers

Kaye Raul also found colorful flowers as well as brightly colored buildings and gates. She enhanced these scenes by selective color removal.

Connie Sutter contributed images of fruit trees and flowers

In the Third Session, Ralph called attention to Adobe's Digital Negative Converter, free software that allows image editors to manipulate RAW photos when the software does not natively convert the camera that produced those images.

Kaye showed how she selectively removed color from photos using Selective Color.
She offered the following documentation
  in Luminar - https://jimnix.com/blog/2019/3/13/selective-color-in-luminar
  in Lightroom - https://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-easily-create-selective-color-using-lightroom/
  in Luminar AI - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPLMD0KWn9M

John demonstrated how he used both Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Lightroom to highlight a single color and convert others to grey. He explained the workings of Adobe's object selection tool
Our next meeting will take place on June 13th beginning at 1:00 pm
The topic is Favorite Images from Nature; Please share scenes of a place free from human interaction

Ralph Sutter

Hello All,
Below is a re-post of a message from SLO Bytes' parent group, APCUG announcing its May workshops
Ralph Sutter

5/12/21
9 am PT, 10 am MT, 11 am CT, 12 pm ET
WYZE Home Security Cameras
Register at https://forms.gle/YUMVt5p7jLaQTgBJ7
Registration closes at 11:30 pm (PT) on May 11
 
Join Larry Fortna, President, Lake At Leesburg Technology & Computer Club, for a presentation on WYZE home security cameras with a cookbook of apps that can be leveraged to provide all sorts of options for security, notification, and operations.
 
Some of the apps you will learn about will have uses outside of the security realm.
•   IFTTT - a website that provides automation of tasks between many different services.
•   Telegram - a messaging app that can be used to notify a group of people when triggers from IFTTT trip.
•   Kasa - an app for controlling TP-Link Wi-Fi light switches that can be activated by various means.
•   Tasker - an Android app that can perform all kinds of automation on an Android phone.
•   ApowerMirror - an app that lets you mirror your Android phone screen with your PC and will be used in this presentation.
•   Alexa - a smartphone app with customizable routines.
•   Reverb - an app for sending voice commands to Alexa.
•   TinyCam PRO - an Android Swiss Army Knife app for controlling/monitoring all brands of security cameras including the WYZE cameras.
•   Bluestacks - a MAC/PC application that allows you to run Android tasks on your PC.
This will be a lengthy discussion and a PDF file will be available for later reference.
 
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5/19/21
9 am PT, 10 am MT, 11 am CT, 12 pm ET
Learning Linux Workshop #8
Register at https://forms.gle/HYewRn3vrmR1ANEc7

If you registered for a Linux Workshop this year,
you do not need to register again.
Registration closes at 11:30 pm (PT) on
Tuesday, 5/18
 
Potpourri with Orv Beach and John Kennedy, Linux Evangelists. Backing up, printing, security, networking, and more with an extended Q&A for follow-up questions you might have from past workshops.

 
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5/26/21
 9 am PT, 10 am MT, 11 am CT, 12 pm ET
MeWe and Online Privacy
Register at https://forms.gle/jpczxf6bfEGuEz6y5
Registration closes at 11:30 pm (PT) on May 25
 
MeWe, a secure alternative to Facebook with Mike Ungerman, Central Florida Computer Society past president. No ads - no spyware - your life isn’t 4-sale.
 
Online Privacy by Joe Kissell, Publisher & Author, TakeControlBooks. Joe’s VTC presentation maxed out at 100 attendees with many not having an opportunity to get a ‘seat’ so we thought we would offer it again since security is always a timely topic.

Nowadays, it can be difficult to complete ordinary activities without placing your personal data online, but having your data online puts you at risk for theft, embarrassment, and all manner of trouble. Joe’s presentation covers practical advice that we need to handle common online privacy problems and how to develop a sensible online privacy strategy, customized for our needs.




 

Hello All,
This is a repost from SLO Bytes' parent organization, APCUG
Ralph Sutter

Welcome to APCUG’s
May 1, 2021
Virtual Technology Conference (VTC)
 
Click here to register-- https://forms.gle/4Mn1tz5pR8efWFYN6

Registration closes at 11:30 pm on Friday, April 30 PT
 
More information and bios: https://apcug2.org/apcug-2021-spring-vtc/

You do not need a Zoom account to attend the VTC. Please update to the latest version of Zoom before attending the conference. www.zoom.us/download
 
Unlike the Wednesday Workshops, you do not have access to the microphone. Please ask your questions in the Chatbox; the moderators (Bill James, Track 1 and John Kennedy, Track 2) will ask the questions. If there isn’t time for all of the questions to be answered, Judy will send them to the speaker and forward the answers to those who put their first and last name (only) into the Chatbox for each presentation they attend.
 
If there are any handouts for a presentation, those who have added their names to the Chatbox will receive them as well as the YouTube link to the presentation.
 
Track 1 – Presentation #1
9am PT – 10am MT – 11am CT – 12pm ET
 
Learn all about a VPN (Virtual Private Network)
Don Arrowsmith, President
Philadelphia Area Computer Society
 
What it is; Why you would want one; How you can get one; and How to use one. You can run your own for free if you have the right router, network file server, or even a Raspberry Pi. There will be detailed information about setting up a VPN on a router with that feature available.
 
Track 2 – Presentation #1
9am PT – 10am MT – 11am CT – 12pm ET
 
Sharan Kalwani, President
SouthEastern Michigan Computer Organization
 
The Audio in Audacity!
Audacity is a versatile program that can be used to record audio, edit sound files, and convert them to various formats. Audacity is Open Source; it is free. It is readily available to the public for download. This tutorial is designed to introduce new users to the basic features of the program.
 
Avidemux - open-source software for non-linear video editing
Avidemux is a very simple basic video editing tool. Of course, it is free and fun to use. This tutorial on Avidemux will introduce beginners to use this to cut, join, split, rotate videos as well as add filters.
 
Both of these programs are free cross-platform apps: Linux, BSD, Mac OS X, and Microsoft Windows.
 
Track 1 – Presentation #2
10am PT – 11am MT – 12pm CT – 1pm ET
 
Using the Control Center on your iPad
Brooke Thomas, President
Central Kentucky Computer Society
 
Brooke will demonstrate where the iPad Control Center is, how to customize it, and an overview of the different controls available within the Control Center.
 
Track 2 – Presentation #2
10am PT – 11am MT – 12pm ET – 1pm ET
 
Your Online Privacy
Joe Kissell, Author and Publisher
Take Control Books
 
Nowadays, it can be difficult to complete ordinary activities without placing our personal data online, but having our data online puts us at risk for theft, embarrassment, and all manner of trouble. Joe gives practical advice that we need to handle common online privacy problems and to develop a sensible online privacy strategy customized for our needs.
 
Track 1 – Presentation #3
11am PT – 12pm MT – 1pm CT – 2pm ET
 
Music in the Car
Ray Baxter, President
Payson Meetup Club
 
Remember when it was so "cool" to have a push-button AM radio in the car? This presentation will review how to utilize your existing Compact Disc collection, now that many new vehicles no longer have a CD player, by streaming from an online service, using Bluetooth, flash drives, smartphones, etc.
 
Track 2 – Presentation #3
11am PT – 12pm MT – 1pm CT – 2pm ET
 
Word Tips and Tricks
Jerry Heaton, Member
Central Kentucky Computer Society
 
During this presentation, you will be amazed at the available tools in the current version of Word. These handy tools will enhance your word processing experience. Speech recognition and editing assistance will also be covered.