The Best Cheaper Alternatives to Photoshop

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What We're Reading This section contains what we're reading from around the web, along with commentary from our editors. Think of it like your daily digest of the most interesting things online. Disney deny negotiating with Carrie Fisher's estate for rights to her digital image The actor had completed filming on Star Wars: Episode VIII, but Princess Leia is also supposed to have a significant role in Episode IX [The Guardian] Why Open Offices Are Bad For Us It's not just loud and sniffly, open offices are actually hurting our brains. Now some businesses are bringing back walls and doors. [BBC] "OK Facebook"—Why stop at assistants? Facebook has grander ambitions for modern AI Facebook's machine learning pipeline—from research to production—is aimed at an AI future. [ArsTechnica] The Best Cheaper Alternatives to Photoshop Adobe Photoshop is the professional image editor. It's name is now a verb for image editing (which is something that Adobe absolutely hates). Photoshop though, isn't the only editor in town. Over the last few years, new image editing apps have come along that are almost as good as Photoshop, for a fraction of the price. Let's have a look at some of them. Read This Article → The Best Chromebooks You Can Buy, 2017 Edition While once considered a novelty item by many tech enthusiasts, Chromebooks have broken out of the “just a browser” mold and become legitimate laptops. They’re full-featured, lightweight machines that can do everything most users need them to do. Best of all, they’re more secure and often more affordable than the competition. Read This Article → How to Turn an Old iPad Into the Ultimate Kid’s Tablet You’ve got a shiny new iPad, and an old one that’s about to start gathering dust. Don’t let it languish in a drawer—turn it into the ultimate kid’s tablet by cleaning it up, locking it down, and installing kid-friendly apps. Read This Article → How to Take a Screenshot on Your iPhone or iPad Snapping a screenshot of your iPhone is a great way to preserve exactly what you see on the screen and, thankfully, it’s dead simple to do since the shortcut is built right into iOS. Read This Article → How to Set Up MyQ to Open Your Garage Door from Your Smartphone If you have a newer garage door opener from Chamberlain (or its professional brand LiftMaster), it’s likely that it comes with MyQ. Here’s how to set it up so that you can open and close your garage door remotely using your smartphone. Read This Article → Lost Your Roku Remote? It Can Make a Sound Until You Find It You sit down to watch something, only to realize you don’t know where your remote is. All hope is lost. Read This Article → How to Fix Apple Mail Sending Emails From the Wrong Email Address on Your Mac Apple Mail, the email application included with macOS, has some confusing account setup screens. If emails you send appear to be coming from the wrong address—for example, emails you send from your personal address are being sent from your work address, or vice versa—you can tweak your email account settings to fix this problem. Read This Article → How to Change the Unit of Measurement in LibreOffice Writer LibreOffice Writer allows you to measure your margins, tabs, etc. in several different sets of units, such as inches, centimeters, and points. If you use something other than the default of inches it's easy to change the unit of measurement in Writer. Read This Article → How to Use Snapchat’s Virtual Reality "Lenses" Snapchat’s “Lenses” feature can make all kinds of silly alterations to your Snaps. If you've ever seen a photo of a friend with cute, cartoon-esque dog ears or "face-swapping" with someone else, it was a Snapchat Lens. Read This Article → Everything You Need to Know About Using HomeGroups in Windows Windows HomeGroups are great for setting up quick and easy sharing on home and small business networks. Here’s what you need to know to use them. Read This Article → Advertisement Download the Essentials of Information Security Kit: Includes a Free PC Security Handbook - 2nd Edition eBook The Essentials of Information Security brings together the latest in information, coverage of important developments, and expert commentary to help with your Information Security related decisions. Click here to download