The iPAD PRO MAY BE A GAME CHANGER FOR PHOTO RETOUCHING

As we sit in the afterglow of all of Apple's announcements yesterday, I'm pondering the newest iPad. Apple's iPad Pro just might be a game changer for all kinds of people, and in particular, for photographers.

The iPad Pro has an incredible 12.9 inch screen. Apple claims that the display is the largest and best screen of any of their products. The 2732 x 2048 pixel screen is insanely amazing packing a total of  5.6 megapixels. By far, the new iPad Pro is the most powerful iPad yet. Apple even claims that it's more powerful than 80-90% of PCs sold in the last year. This new iPad is so powerful, it can run 3 4K video streams at once. There are many desktop computers, mine included, that struggle with that.

There's a smart keyboard, for those that prefer to type that way. It acts as a cover as well. But the most exciting accessory is the Apple Pencil. It's only $99 and from the looks of it, could turn your iPad Pro into something similar to a Wacom Cintiq. The Pencil can detect position, pressure, and tilt. The claim is that it's so precise, you can actually touch a single pixel.

All the players are in place. There's a great new iPad and a stylus to compliment it. Now, we just need some solid editing apps and this could really be a game changer for photographers and retouchers. Unfortunately, there are none. Adobe is promising "Adobe Fix", but there's no indication of where or not there will be any support for layers. They claim is can edit a 50 megapixel image.

If there is support for layers, then this iPad Pro will be everything that I'm looking for in a mobile device to add to my workflow. If not, then I will heave a huge sigh, shed some tears, and probably get a Cintiq or even a Surface. I'd love to stick with Apple, but I won't force it. Apple has laid the groundwork for a fantastic device. Let's see what the developers can create to compliment it.

FIRST FIRMWARE WORM FOR MAC - WINDOWS FANBOYS EVERYWHERE REJOICE

I'm a Mac user. Always have been. I'm not such a fanboy to think that one system is better than another. That's just ridiculous. I love the Apple environment. It works for me, and that's all I need. I used to get worked up over the argument about viruses and Macs. Now, I just shrug it off because it's pointless really. Macs are not immune. There's no super power that this particular machine has when it comes to dealing with viruses. The people concocting these viruses just aren't really making them for Mac. Theres less of these machines in the market place.

I saw on WIRED the the world's first firmware worm that infects Macs was announced. I'm guessing Windows fanboys and gals everywhere are rejoicing. Let the finger pointing begin. It makes me giggle. A worm is essentially a sub-class of a virus and can travel from computer to computer, but the kicker is that it can travel without human interaction.

The video above will give you a good idea of what happens. It basically changes the code built into the motherboard which means that swapping the hard drive will have no effect and neither will reinstalling the OS X. Apple has started patching these security issues, and I'm sure they will completely patch this all up in the near future.