Posted in Macintosh, Photo Editing Software on Sep 29th, 2009 No Comments »
Adobe Lightroom, Camera Raw bug hits PowerPC users
If any of you out there are still using G4 and G5 Macs, this post’s for you. Those of you using newer Intel hardware can skip this.
However, when combined with the general dissatisfaction with Adobe’s user interface design of Macintosh products it will no doubt add to the [...]
Posted in Art and Design, Ideas, Opinion, Photo Editing Software on Sep 28th, 2009 No Comments »
A Move to Curb Digitally Altered Photos in Ads
Concerned that girls and women feel excessive pressure to live up to the digitally Botoxed and liposuctioned images of human perfection they see in glossy magazines, lawmakers in Britain and France are trying to push advertisers to get real.
Under their proposals, ads containing altered photos of models [...]
Posted in Architecture, Macintosh, Photo Editing Software on Aug 23rd, 2009 8 Comments »
I’m experimenting with an application called PTLens which corrects pincushion/barrel distortion, vignetting, chromatic aberration, and perspective.
In this case, the 24mm end of the Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L causes distortion in the perspective on buildings left and right of center.
Before:
After:
The image would need to be cropped to remove the black areas left and right of bottom [...]
Posted in Macintosh, Photo Editing Software, Photo Gear on Jul 15th, 2009 No Comments »
Apple considering matte option on more Macs?
Yes, this is great news. Consider, then adopt Apple.
Posted in Photo Editing Software, Social Software on Jan 8th, 2009 2 Comments »
Tilt-Shift maker
This site creates a tilt-shift visual effect to existing photos.
Warning, the site seems to be getting hit hard from the boing boing link, maybe wait a few days for things to calm down.
[via Boing Boing]
Posted in Macintosh, Photo Editing Software, Social Software on Jan 7th, 2009 8 Comments »
Picassa for Mac (beta) is out and some folks, despite the reviews, are using and liking it. I’ll be curious if any iPhoto users will consider it and why.
Posted in Macintosh, Photo Editing Software on Aug 24th, 2008 No Comments »
Speed up Lightroom 2.0 on Intel Macs and other modern computers.
Pretty simple solution. Not sure it’s a solution just yet but it can’t hurt.
Posted in Photo Editing Software on Aug 21st, 2008 No Comments »
4 Quick Ways to Boost Lightroom 2 Performance
Oh boy, I need this bad. LR 2 is a bit sluggish between modes at the moment.
[via Gary Sharp]
Posted in Macintosh, Photo Editing Software on Aug 2nd, 2008 17 Comments »
I’ve got Lightroom 2 downloaded and installed and it’s working quite well. I read that a few found it slower than version 1.4 but I wasn’t sure what type of computers they were using. On my 2.5 Ghz MacBook Pro with 4 gigs of memory it seems plenty fast, much faster, in fact, than 1.4 [...]
Posted in Opinion, Photo Editing Software on Jul 30th, 2008 No Comments »
Useful write up by Thomas Hawk: The 10 Best Things About the New Adobe Lightroom 2.0.
I’m planning on waiting a while longer before doing this upgrade but many of the updated features are appealing.
Posted in Photo Editing Software on Jul 29th, 2008 5 Comments »
Lightroom 2 released to suspecting public
I didn’t play with the beta and will no doubt upgrade at some point but I think I’ll wait for 2.1. No rush, the current version works fine for me.
Posted in Photo Editing Software on Apr 11th, 2008 6 Comments »
Lightroom 1.4.1 and Camera Raw 4.4.1
I know I’m late with this, I’ve been flying all day. I’ve not done this update yet, anyone done it? Feedback please.
Posted in Photo Editing Software, Photo Resources on Mar 27th, 2008 1 Comment »
Adobe Photoshop Express is a free, flash-based online image editor, picture organizer and gallery. It has a nice feel but feels like version 1/beta software in terms of responsiveness. I can’t tell if the slowness and problems I had with it just now are it being in beta or Safari not working too well with [...]
Posted in Photo Editing Software on Mar 14th, 2008 No Comments »
Joe Barrett maintains the Image-Space Lightroom Photography Resource which is both a personal site but also a reference site for Lightroom users.
I recommend downloading the free Image-Space Lightroom Tips eBook which includes useful tips for those of us who don’t read manuals cover to cover.
Posted in Macintosh, Photo Editing Software on Mar 11th, 2008 No Comments »
Aperture 2.0: the Ars Technica review
An excellent and thorough review of the new version of Aperture vs. the earlier version and the various competing products.
As posted earlier, I’m sticking with Lightroom although it too is far from perfect.
[via Edward McKeown]
Posted in Macintosh, Photo Editing Software on Mar 4th, 2008 No Comments »
Lightroom Wins – Round Two
More on the movement back and forth from Aperture to Lightroom to Aperture 2 to Lightroom.
[via 20SEVEN]
Posted in Macintosh, Photo Editing Software on Feb 25th, 2008 2 Comments »
Aperture World Tour
Beginning in March, Apple takes Aperture 2 on tour around the world. Join us and enjoy a close look at the next generation of Apple’s powerful photo editing and management software.
Even though I’ve effectively moved to Lightroom I think I’ll go. Hey, a free day in New York with a bunch of other [...]
Posted in Macintosh, Photo Editing Software on Feb 16th, 2008 No Comments »
My friend Greg Newman has written a great post on Aperture 2.0 and Why I Didn’t Switch to Lightroom.
Greg has essentially the same computer as I do: 17” MacBook Pro 2.16 GHz. I have the 15″ model of same.
For me, Aperture 2 definitely cleared up some of the speed issues associated with the earlier [...]
Posted in Macintosh, Photo Editing Software on Feb 12th, 2008 12 Comments »
Apple just released the long overdo Aperture 2.0 and for those of us who have owned Aperture 1 for a while it’s a $99 upgrade. That’s not too bad for a high end pro product like this.
Because I use a 2.16 ghz MacBook Pro with 2 gigs of memory, I had a hard time with [...]
Posted in Photo Editing Software on Feb 5th, 2008 2 Comments »
Get The Dust Off in Seconds
Fantastic tutorial, not only on dust spot removal, but also on making a preset.
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