At our October meeting, held on the 9th, DavidB showed how he created an impressive video in DaVinci Resolve. Robert demonstrated some of the new features in the recently released ‘27 OS versions, concentrating on Siri AI. Members also mentioned other topics.
DaVinic Resolve
DavidB showed us an impressive video project he’d created in DaVinci Resolve by compositing several videos and still images.
Some of the features David used were:
- Magic mask to isolate moving objects from their original background (this requires the paid version of Resolve).
- Fast Noise to give movement to a static background image.
David mentioned the power and complexity of Resolve. The manual for the latest version, 21, is 4444 pages long!
DaVinic Resolve is available in a fully usable free version with additional features in the paid Studio version.
‘27 OS Versions
Robert talked about the new features common to the recently released ‘27 Apple OS versions including MacOS Golden Gate, iOS 27 and iPad OS 27.
Siri AI is the key feature added to these new versions. Robert noted that Siri AI needs to be enabled in addition to the standard Siri. There is a waiting list, but all the members who had activated it recently said they only waited a few minutes.
The features Robert demonstrated included:
- The new Liquid Glass slider offering more control over transparency in the interface.
- Siri AI:
- Integration into Spotlight.
- Stand-alone app where you can review past conversations with Siri however they are started.
- Answering questions taking into account your personal context such as messages and emails.
- Visual Intelligence to ask about items on your screen (and in photos) and find dates to add to Calendar.
- AI editing in Photos using the Clean Up, Extend and Reframe tools.
- Safari AI features, tab organisation and site notifications.
Member Topics
- DaveK had got a new printer and asked about using it without installing the manufacturer supplied drivers on Mac. We suggested trying AirPrint and checked that it was supported by his model.
- Ferrers mentioned Go64 from St. Clair Software. This app can scan your Mac for Intel only software which will nolonger be supported from MacOS 28 next year (when Rosetta is dropped).
- Ben talked about portable photo printers using Zink and Dye Sublimation technologies.