Stu Maschwitz
@prolost.com
Filmmaking nerd. Prolost, Slugline, Chief Creative Officer at Maxon. Follow @pics.prolost.com on Flashes, and @video.prolost.com on Skylight.
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This is a screen capture from an actual app! Right now Prolost Beta subscribers are testing VECTATE, a vector-graphics fidget toy/sketchpad for iPhone.
November 13, 2025 at 6:04 PM
This is a screen capture from an actual app! Right now Prolost Beta subscribers are testing VECTATE, a vector-graphics fidget toy/sketchpad for iPhone.
Finding new ways to be back on my BS
November 10, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Finding new ways to be back on my BS
New Prolost Apple Log LUTs coming soon! Prolost Beta subscribers get them first.
September 30, 2025 at 6:24 PM
New Prolost Apple Log LUTs coming soon! Prolost Beta subscribers get them first.
Yep, very. I filed a FB. Also strange that my icon is missing here. What version of iOS are you on?
September 20, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Yep, very. I filed a FB. Also strange that my icon is missing here. What version of iOS are you on?
Thanks, nice to see how it’s supposed to work! But I’m never presented with that menu to choose the Shortcut. (iOS 26.0 (23A345))
September 20, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Thanks, nice to see how it’s supposed to work! But I’m never presented with that menu to choose the Shortcut. (iOS 26.0 (23A345))
So cool! But iOS 26 is defeating me as I try to set this up. I create a new Run Shortcut button but I’m never given the option to choose a Shortcut. I can create one, but that created Shortcut doesn’t get linked to the button.
September 20, 2025 at 3:23 PM
So cool! But iOS 26 is defeating me as I try to set this up. I create a new Run Shortcut button but I’m never given the option to choose a Shortcut. I can create one, but that created Shortcut doesn’t get linked to the button.
One thing I’ve not seen discussed: When you set up your 17 Pro, the Camera Control Button defaults to not enabling the fussy half-press and swipe controls. Apple quietly admitting these features didn’t land the way they’d hoped.
September 19, 2025 at 5:47 PM
One thing I’ve not seen discussed: When you set up your 17 Pro, the Camera Control Button defaults to not enabling the fussy half-press and swipe controls. Apple quietly admitting these features didn’t land the way they’d hoped.
The orange is not super vibrant. I love orange but I don’t love this. The blue is more Indigo, the kind of you haven’t seen in movies in a decade because colorists nudge it toward teal. The silver is nearly white and has a very pleasing “truth in materials” vibe, especially on the camera mesa.
September 19, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The orange is not super vibrant. I love orange but I don’t love this. The blue is more Indigo, the kind of you haven’t seen in movies in a decade because colorists nudge it toward teal. The silver is nearly white and has a very pleasing “truth in materials” vibe, especially on the camera mesa.
When I’d told it to share facts, not opinions, here’s what I got:
September 4, 2025 at 6:49 PM
When I’d told it to share facts, not opinions, here’s what I got:
I customized ChatGPT by telling it to be concise. So it adds extra nonsense to its responses telling me how concise and no-nonsense it’s being.
September 4, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I customized ChatGPT by telling it to be concise. So it adds extra nonsense to its responses telling me how concise and no-nonsense it’s being.
This developer email from Apple kinda just shows off how great iOS 26 would look if it wasn’t glassy.
August 5, 2025 at 10:49 PM
This developer email from Apple kinda just shows off how great iOS 26 would look if it wasn’t glassy.
If you do pick up a Sony RX1R III, save yourself $250 and get this third-party lens hood: Haoge LH-S245N Bayonet Square Metal Lens Hood
August 2, 2025 at 8:57 PM
If you do pick up a Sony RX1R III, save yourself $250 and get this third-party lens hood: Haoge LH-S245N Bayonet Square Metal Lens Hood
If you beg Sony for 10 years to make a camera, you’re kinda obligated to buy it, right?
August 2, 2025 at 8:01 PM
If you beg Sony for 10 years to make a camera, you’re kinda obligated to buy it, right?
I loved my RX1R II, but the landscape is so different now. My daily driver, the a7CR, is actually quite compact.
July 15, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I loved my RX1R II, but the landscape is so different now. My daily driver, the a7CR, is actually quite compact.
Prolost Beta subscribers are about to get Prolost Handcrank 2, an update to one of my longest-running After Effects presets that creates a realistic simulation of a hand-cranked camera.
July 14, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Prolost Beta subscribers are about to get Prolost Handcrank 2, an update to one of my longest-running After Effects presets that creates a realistic simulation of a hand-cranked camera.
BA 605 Pisa to London, waiting for the restroom.
July 9, 2025 at 3:29 AM
BA 605 Pisa to London, waiting for the restroom.
Or just copy/paste one from any Prolost post. I set them with non-breaking half-spaces so they look real purdy.
July 7, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Or just copy/paste one from any Prolost post. I set them with non-breaking half-spaces so they look real purdy.
The app is otherwise very polished and makes some nice images. I’m still figuring out best practices in Lightroom, as the raws are optimized for HDR.
June 26, 2025 at 8:01 AM
The app is otherwise very polished and makes some nice images. I’m still figuring out best practices in Lightroom, as the raws are optimized for HDR.
POV: You’re beta-testing Adobe’s new Indigo camera app in Venice in June.
June 25, 2025 at 3:56 PM
POV: You’re beta-testing Adobe’s new Indigo camera app in Venice in June.
I absolutely guessed the distance-based decimation. I did not guess that it would also incorporate silhouette preservation. You absolutely feel this attention to detail in the Apple environments.
June 12, 2025 at 10:49 PM
I absolutely guessed the distance-based decimation. I did not guess that it would also incorporate silhouette preservation. You absolutely feel this attention to detail in the Apple environments.
As if any game developers are even supporting AVP to begin with. Apple really should leverage their Arcade partnerships to build some must-have games. Pickleball is fine but I’ll take one VADER: IMMORTAL sequel please.
June 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
As if any game developers are even supporting AVP to begin with. Apple really should leverage their Arcade partnerships to build some must-have games. Pickleball is fine but I’ll take one VADER: IMMORTAL sequel please.
It’s absolutely the right thing for Apple Vision Pro to support hand controllers, but they need to ship in the box before any game developers will bother to support them.
June 9, 2025 at 7:49 PM
It’s absolutely the right thing for Apple Vision Pro to support hand controllers, but they need to ship in the box before any game developers will bother to support them.
Me and like six other dorks know a hack for turning Markdown into a rich-text Apple Note, but it’s cumbersome. Nevertheless, it enabled this fun idea: A Note that can update itself!
June 8, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Me and like six other dorks know a hack for turning Markdown into a rich-text Apple Note, but it’s cumbersome. Nevertheless, it enabled this fun idea: A Note that can update itself!
