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Grip and Shoot
The all-in-one Photo/Video Rig
By Jasmine D’Katz
Everyone enjoys taking photo and video with
your smartphone but sometime find it difficult to
hold it steady, or in my case, keeping my paws
out of the way. I recently ran across a device
that helps me use just one had to stabilize my
phone as well as offering remote control and a
tripod mount for my phone.
The Grip & Shoot is an Bluetooth Smart Grip
adapter with a spring -loaded grip to hold your
phone safe and secure. The feature I like the
most is that it will hold my phone is its OttoBox
case there for I don’t have to remove it from the
case. You will need to download the free
Grip&Shoot camera app from iTunes of if you
have an Android phone the app can be down-
loaded from Google Play.
Once your phone is mounted, all you need to
do is squeeze the trigger to wake up the grip
and you are ready to capture pictures and vide-
os. Now just squeeze the button again to cap-
ture photos or Start/Stop your video. The plus/
minus button on the back of the grip is your
Zoom Control Exposure, Switch, or anything
you’d like! They’re completely customizable.
One of the neatest features when you disen-
gage the bottom of the grip to access the Re-
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movable Stand, the stand can be connected
to your phone to a tripod and the remainder of
the grip can be used as a remote to control
your device over 100ft away.
The Grip&Shoot comes with the universal
holder, leather carrying cas and wrist lanyard.
You can choose between black or white color,
and the price is $99.95.
www.gripandshoot.com
Review
Adobe Document Cloud
Eric Moore, President, Greely Computer User
Group, CO
May 2016 newsletter, Random Access
www.cugg.org
moore.e.s@att.net
In Adobe’s words, Adobe Document Cloud is "a
set of integrated services that use a consistent
online profile and personal document hub." The
goal behind Document Cloud (DC for short) is to
provide a means for users to create, review, sign,
and track Adobe PDF documents. Documents
may be stored on a desktop or mobile device, or
uploaded to a cloud service provided by Adobe.
The cloud service enables the user to access PDF
documents from any device with an Internet con-
nection and the Adobe Acrobat DC software. The
cloud service is available for a 30-day trial, after
which the user must pay for a subscription or a
one-time fee.
The Adobe Acrobat DC program functions as Ac-
robat Reader in terms of opening and printing
PDF documents and is free to use without the DC
service, but it also includes support for DC ser-
vices. Documents may be uploaded to the cloud
for easy access from any other device with the
Acrobat DC. An eSign service is provided with
every subscription to Adobe DC. Users may elec-
tronically send and sign documents from any de-
vice. A feature called Fill & Sign makes signing
anything fast and easy and includes autofill across
devices. The autofill feature allows you to pre-
enter commonly entered information such as your
name, address, and phone number, so you can
quickly enter the information into a form without
typing. You may also synchronize your electronic
signature across the web.
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