With a wide range of integration possibilities and reporting flexibility, Sage Intacct might be the right financial management software for your organization. In this review, guest contributor Stewart Urist highlights a few of the key functionalities that have improved his organization's daily workflow and the quality of the financial information available, and flags some pitfalls to keep in mind along the way.
Amidst a host of negative reviews, season three of The Bear seems to epitomize the promise of prestige television -- bigger stars, bigger budgets, and higher production quality. Season three is ambitious and challenging, and it doesn’t allow the limitations of the television medium to dictate how the stories it wants to tell should be told.
At the core of fundraising is the relationship between a nonprofit and those constituents who are most passionate about that organization’s mission. As development professionals it is vital to find touchpoints that cultivate and maintain these mutualistic relationships. Convenience for the donor is critical to getting a first gift that leads to a sustained philanthropic relationship. DipJar offers a unique giving opportunity for organizations “on the road,” those with a facility, or those hosting fundraising special events.
Many have likely browsed the internet long enough to have been fooled by an AI-generated image or two at some point. Text-to-image models like DALL·E , Midjourney, and Stable Diffusion have advanced enough that most people only have about a 50%-60% chance of discerning if an image is AI generated, and the odds aren’t improving - but are these models good enough to forego using human artists altogether? This article provides a comparative review of the various offerings of Midjourney.
In the last two years, more than a dozen Virtual Reality tools have emerged, offering artists a wide range of mediums to express their creativity. These VR platforms have allowed every type of artist to showcase their talents in the Metaverse. This article delves into an exploration and comparison of VR, 2D painting software applications, comparing their capabilities against traditional oil and acrylic painting techniques. If you are an artist considering investing in a headset for your artistic endeavors or simply choosing an app, this article will provide a comprehensive side-by-side comparison of these programs with their real-life counterparts.
Adobe’s Photoshop Neural Filters utilize artificial intelligence to retouch images in seconds. As the name suggests, Adobe has developed an artificial neural network that can identify patterns in the images and then use that information to make the edits. But how well does it work? This review will answer that question, focusing on the Super Zoom effect.
Partially because of the pandemic, the world of art and museums is changing with the implementation of new technology and platforms. VOMA, or “Virtual Online Museum of Art,” is the first fully interactive virtual museum. This review discusses its pros and cons in the context of other recently created virtual museums.
“Virtual museum tours” was the second most common Google search in 2020. Since the Covid-19 pandemic began, virtual museum tours have grown in popularity, and now many museums are wondering what role they will play post-pandemic. As an international example, this review looks at the Benaki Museum’s tour from Athens, Greece.
#SelfCare is an application designed with a gamification approach to self-care. It was named one of Apple’s best self-care apps of 2018, when self-care was also named one of Apple’s top trends. Unlike most apps, #SelfCare has no advertisements, does not ask for a subscription when signing up, and sends out few notifications, which can also be turned off easily. It is difficult to obtain the number of downloads from the App Store, but as of 2019, it had more than two million downloads. This review looks at the application in a post-pandemic context wherein being alone is the new norm, at least for the time being.
Procreate, launched in 2011, is a digital drawing software that can be used on an iPad. It offers hundreds of brushes, filters, supports files with many layers, and has a very simple design interface. This review will go into the details about Procreate to give you better insight on what sets it apart from other digital drawing software.
In the arts sector, many have attempted to make art history accessible to the uninitiated viewer. This is no less prevalent in the realm of apps. Smart Art – Art History Escape is another recent bid to promote interest in art history with educational materials through the lenses of stories and pictures.
Colin Post is an Assistant Professor in Library and Information Science at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. With a deep interest in technology, such as virtual reality and creative programming languages, Post has conducted research on historical perspectives on these technologies as well as on relevant preservation issues at the intersection of cultural production, art history, and information science. In this interview, Post makes great suggestions specifically related to digital preservation for developers in addition to sharing about apps that he uses in his daily life. He also introduces an interesting app called First Look: Artists' VR to arts managers. Following the interview, a product review shows how to navigate this application and evaluates its pros and cons for anyone interested in the VR artworks on this platform.
More than a half-century of history exists between computers and dance. The same techniques used to evaluate and represent data in the scientific realm can also analyze the shapes of the movements of the artistic world. Software developments allow choreographers to create motion outside the studio, capture rehearsal ideas in the form of virtual sketchbooks, and preserve the ephemeral form of dance through digital documentation. Breathe life into movement ideas with DanceForms2 from Credo Interactive.
