
Using an app such as Pages, Numbers or Keynote on iOS or macOS select a shape that suits the theme and compliments or frames your photo.
Follow the link — Preview button — for the method illustrated with four screenshots.
Members attending the Creativity SIG are interested in obtaining more joy from using apps on their Macs or iPad such as Pages, Numbers and Keynote. The emphasis is on using our devices in a creative way. The Creativity SIG currently meets at 10am during each Saturday Main Meeting. For further details see Events under Quick Links.
A Keynote file with details for presenting an image with a vignette effect is available for download at
Shapes can be used to create drawings. The file below provides a few shapes that are the building blocks to produce images of animals.
Use this file to discover which shapes were used and try to create other animals using this system.
Download the numbers document
I have a suggestion for the AUSOM Community this Holiday Season. I have almost finished writing a series of articles for our Newsletter.
All of the articles are on the Mom and Pop developer team of Boy Howdy Technologies. They’re mind-stimulating and fun games for the young and young-at-heart, ranging from Card games, matching games and even crossword puzzles. They push you to think creatively to succeed, but have fun doing so.
Some of these items will be in AUSOM News, February 2023 but you can also look at all the games by searching Boy Howdy Technologies.
Why not Repurpose those old iPads or iPhones and load them up with these fun thinking games, plus Apple’s suite of school Apps?
What a treat that could be, keeping those youngsters and oldsters happy.
A gift like this for older people or those sick in Hospitals would help while away the hours.
—George Engel
Have you found the new Markup tools in the Notes app?
They are a little hard to find and at this stage, I cannot find them in any other iPad apps.
Let me know in the Comments if you find these posts useful.
We may look at these new tools in the Creativity SIG in February if there is any interest.