photo editing
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Mylio Photos is the safe, private way to organize, curate, and protect your most important photos.
Read Essay →: Mylio Photos is the safe, private way to organize, curate, and protect your most important photos.This is a sponsored message from Mylio Photos One thing we can safely say about parents: We take a ton…
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Instagram trick: How to find all those cool Instagram Story filters everyone else seems to have.
Read Essay →: Instagram trick: How to find all those cool Instagram Story filters everyone else seems to have.We used to say “photos or it didn’t happen,” but it feels like 2020 is all about “filters or it…
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How to take better holiday photos: 6 fantastic online photo tutorials to make your holidays merrier and brighter. (But not too bright – just the right white balance.)
Read Essay →: How to take better holiday photos: 6 fantastic online photo tutorials to make your holidays merrier and brighter. (But not too bright – just the right white balance.)Every parent wants to know how to take better pictures, especially around Christmas. A few years ago I received the…
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How to take great photos of your kids? Use this trick my teenager taught me.
Read Essay →: How to take great photos of your kids? Use this trick my teenager taught me.A few weeks ago, my teenager asked me to take a few photos of her while we were visiting my…
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Is the FaceApp safe? Read these tips from experts first.
Read Essay →: Is the FaceApp safe? Read these tips from experts first.Our social media feeds are blowing up photos from the FaceApp, thanks to the new FaceApp Challenge, but is it…
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A Design Kit: The fabulous new type overlay and stickers app to keep your Insta stories on point
Read Essay →: A Design Kit: The fabulous new type overlay and stickers app to keep your Insta stories on pointLast year, I fell in love with the A Color Story app for photo editing, and named it my cool pick of…
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A free photo effects app that turns ordinary shots into works of art
Read Essay →: A free photo effects app that turns ordinary shots into works of artAs someone who is definitely not a pro photographer, I’m all about the photo apps that help make my snapshots…let’s…
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Prisma app: Our cool free app of the week
Read Essay →: Prisma app: Our cool free app of the weekBeyond cropping out background noise or scrolling through a few Instagram filters, I don’t usually spend a ton of time messing…
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6 fantastic last-minute Father’s Day gift ideas you can create online right now. Hurry!
Read Essay →: 6 fantastic last-minute Father’s Day gift ideas you can create online right now. Hurry!Did June 19 sneak up on you this year? We hear you! If you’re looking for a cool, thoughtful last-minute Father’s…
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5 terrific pro photography tips for kids who want to get beyond selfies. (And you can learn from them, too!)
Read Essay →: 5 terrific pro photography tips for kids who want to get beyond selfies. (And you can learn from them, too!)As our kids get older, they’re often more excited to be behind the camera than in front of it. Or, maybe…
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Sponsored Message: VidMob helps you turn your home videos into masterpieces
Read Essay →: Sponsored Message: VidMob helps you turn your home videos into masterpiecesThis is a sponsored message from VidMob Take all those videos of school concerts, soccer games, even family vacations sucking…
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Must-read info: How your Instagram photos could be used by brands. And what to do about it.
Read Essay →: Must-read info: How your Instagram photos could be used by brands. And what to do about it.Just a few days ago while perusing new Cool Mom Picks Instagram followers (hey, thanks new followers!), I clicked over…
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DxO One connected camera: The tiny device that turns your iPhone into a pro DSLR camera.
Read Essay →: DxO One connected camera: The tiny device that turns your iPhone into a pro DSLR camera.I’ve taken hundreds of photos of my kids just in the last couple months. And almost every single one was…
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7 simple tips for taking photos at night, so your Halloween photos come out scary good
Read Essay →: 7 simple tips for taking photos at night, so your Halloween photos come out scary goodCalling all you ghosts, pirates, zombies, superheroes, and that small army of Queen Elsas — it’s time for your closeup. Because one of the…
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Tips from a pro for taking better family vacation photos. Good timing, right?
Read Essay →: Tips from a pro for taking better family vacation photos. Good timing, right?If you’re like us, you’re counting down the days to a summer vacation, whether it’s a weekend at the grandparents’ place…
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Sound the alarms! The new game-changing Google Photos app is pure fire.
Read Essay →: Sound the alarms! The new game-changing Google Photos app is pure fire.I am a longtime, shameless, all-things-Apple fan. But that doesn’t mean I don’t tip my hat frequently to cool, non-iOS products.…
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2 super easy new photo book apps for iPhone that will have the dad or grad in your life smiling
Read Essay →: 2 super easy new photo book apps for iPhone that will have the dad or grad in your life smilingWe’re very pro-photo book around here. Actually, we support any service or app that helps us get all the digital pics we…
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Instagram apps that allows you to add text over photos? Reader Q & A.
Read Essay →: Instagram apps that allows you to add text over photos? Reader Q & A.Hey Cool Mom Tech! Do y’all know of an Instagram app for iPad that allows you to add text or make…
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5 things to knock off your tech to-do list, and how to find the time. Thanks to Gretchen Rubin.
Read Essay →: 5 things to knock off your tech to-do list, and how to find the time. Thanks to Gretchen Rubin.Do you have some basic tech chore to do — say, deleting old digital photos — but you just never seem to…
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15 Instagram tips every user should know. We think you’ll heart-emoji them.
Read Essay →: 15 Instagram tips every user should know. We think you’ll heart-emoji them.Truth be told, I abandoned my BlackBerry for the iPhone specifically because of Instagram. And, believe me, I was quite…