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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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.
Posted in Macintosh, Photo Editing Software on Jan 31st, 2008 4 Comments »
Apple hints at new Aperture We’re constantly working to make Aperture an even better tool for users, and will soon release an upgrade that includes RAW format support for new cameras and other exciting new features. Please stay tuned. My word, it’s about time. Of course, they might not release it for another year. Argh.
Posted in Art and Design, Photo Editing Software, Photographers, Places on Jan 21st, 2008 No Comments »
This HDR (high dynamic range) image was taken and made by heiwa4126 in Tokyo, Japan. This is a great example of using the HDR technique to create an image that looks more like a realistic illustration than a photograph and in fact, many traditional photographers would say that this is not a photograph but in [...]
Posted in Macintosh, Photo Editing Software on Jan 4th, 2008 1 Comment »
Photon looks like a great tool for those of us who’s not upgraded to Leopard yet and want a faster way to make a first pass through and cull large batches of RAW images. Preview is quite slow although I’ve heard Leopard’s Finder the cover flow view is a huge improvement over Preview in Tiger. [...]
Posted in Macintosh, Photo Editing Software, Photo Printing on Dec 17th, 2007 2 Comments »
Printing on Leopard with Lightroom 1.3.1 Update from Adobe on printing from Lightroom essentially telling everyone to check to see if your printer drivers are Leopard compatible. For what it’s worth, I found that the current driver for my Canon Pixma Pro 9000 is both Tiger and Leopard compatible and should work fine with Lightroom [...]
Posted in Photo Editing Software, Photo Resources on Dec 6th, 2007 No Comments »
Tourist Remover looks like an interesting online service for taking unwanted “tourists” or cars or anything out of a photograph. Frankly, I just like the name. I’d like to “run it” on this place during leaf season in the fall, get rid of all those drive by “peepers.” [via Cool Tools]
Posted in Macintosh, Photo Editing Software on Dec 4th, 2007 2 Comments »
32 ways to speed up Aperture I should try some of these before I dump Aperture over the side for Lightroom. Aperture has many features that I miss but not enough so that I’m tempted to switch back. I think I’m tipped already. Still some of you reading might want to try some of these, [...]
Posted in Macintosh, Photo Editing Software on Nov 9th, 2007 6 Comments »
Naked light is a new image editor for the Macintosh (Mac OS 10.5 Leopard only) that looks quite interesting and there’s a free public beta available later today. I won’t be able to test it (no Leopard yet) but I’ll be interested in hearing from those of you who do. [via 20Seven]
Posted in Macintosh, Photo Editing Software on Oct 30th, 2007 25 Comments »
It seems I’m at a crossroads with my photo image editing on the Macintosh (again) and I hate these types of big decisions, they paralyze me. Maybe going slow is good in that there are many things to consider and I have a hard time crunching all the data easily in one fell swoop. I [...]
Posted in Macintosh, Photo Editing Software on Aug 15th, 2007 2 Comments »
iPhoto ’08 Tagging covers the new tagging/keyword UI in the new iPhoto that was released with iLife ’08. Looks great and now I’m going to get off my backside and install it (I have it, just not installed). [via Daring Fireball Linked List.]
Posted in Macintosh, Photo Editing Software, Photo Printing on Jun 27th, 2007 No Comments »
This is a tip and/or reminder for anyone out there using Aperture. Aperture has a feature called “Onscreen Proofing” that allows you to set the color-space (proofing profile) you’re doing your adjustments in; sRGB, Adobe RGB and any paper profiles you have installed. Because I sometimes print direct from Aperture on Canon Fine Art Photo [...]
Posted in Macintosh, Photo Editing Software on Jun 25th, 2007 No Comments »
Ric LePage, who has been around the Macintosh world since the beginning and is one of the better reviewers compares Aperture and Lightroom for photo editing and organization. [via Daring Fireball Linked List.]
Posted in Photo Editing Software, Photo Resources on Jun 13th, 2007 No Comments »
Aperture Plugged In looks like a useful support site for Apple’s Aperture photo editing software.
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