Liquid Glass is fucking ugly and a user interface nightmare

OK so I have upgraded my iPhone and iPad to version 26, and while it certainly has some great new features and ability to customize, its signature feature Liquid Glass is just plain ugly! I haven’t upgraded my Mac to 26 yet as I am busy making sure I have digitized all of my DV tapes and Tahoe gets rid of FireWire support, so i have not seen it’s ugliness on the desktop as of yet, but on the iPad and iPhone it is just ugly. I have always hated transparency in a user interface because it lowers usability. By bleeding backgrounds into foregrounds things are harder to see and especially read! I hated it when Mac made the menu bar partially transparent and now it is fully transparent! WTF! And it obviously is more processor intensive, because it has screwed up the screen display many times! I have unlocked the phone and iPad and had it just freeze on the background! And I have had pages of apps all be clear, when I move to them. So I am sure it is more processor intensive, and I would rather have the os talk less processing more not more! Honestly it is so ugly, I feel like people will complain and iOS 27 will have to roll this back, it is just ugly, but also harder to use! And most reviews at best say you get used to it. I don’t want to get used to it!

What’s new in Premiere Pro September 2025

https://youtu.be/k24EWjrDgC0?si=qF-z1zYF7hjtaR7j I can honestly say I never saw Adobe buying Film Impact and adding over 90 real time effects for free! Premiere has had such a limited built in effects for so long that this is huge news! And being able to move clips while seeing waveforms is huge as is a faster timeline! All are so welcome!

What’s new in DaVinci Resolve 20.2

https://youtu.be/wOwvjUMvtS0?si=WgJ3QImwpH8MtGGY All new source and destination patching and sync lock controls and Dynamic Trimming, and auto cut out silence. it is amazing how quickly BlackMagic comes out with impressive new features.

Scott Simmons at PVC on generative AI and graphics issues

https://www.provideocoalition.com/i-would-have-thought-generative-ai-video-could-animate-this-one-correctly/ I actually feel good about this because we graphics artist still have jobs and that means generative AI is not smart and can only lean to do graphics by stealing and distilling other people’s work, and if it hasn’t distilled it, it can’t create it. And it will never do anything new.

Instagram for ipad is finally out (after 15 years) but defaults to Reels so is more Tik Tok than insta

So instagram has released a full iPad app, but it default home is Reels, so it is trying to be Tik Tok, not instagram. Soto get to the old home, you have to hit the button below home to get to that. Now you can re-order that tab to get the default content you want to see, but you still have to switch off reels ever time you open instagram, which is beyond frustrating. If you as annoyed with this as me, consider leaving a low rating on the app, to get Facebook to change this.

Is DJI making an L Mount Cine Camera?

https://www.sonyalpharumors.com/real-or-hoax-this-dji-mirrorless-camera-teaser-and-sony-fx3-competitor/ Probably not, but who knows! And damn it would be great! And with them owning Hasseblad, and all their gimbals it would really make sense, as they could build the smallest and best gimbal for it. And they have the sensor technology, so…

The Sony RX1R III is way overpriced at $5200!

https://www.provideocoalition.com/sony-electronics-introduces-the-rx1r-iii/?mc_cid=592041e53e&mc_eid=afd4705297 A fixed lens that is the same as the old model (that was too expensive at half this price). No image stabilization. Sure it has a 48 no sensor, but the video features aren’t great and the back screen is fixed. I don’t get it!