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 23 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 bought [...]
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 Rag paper, [...]
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.
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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.
Posted in Macintosh, Photo Editing Software, Photo Resources on Apr 27th, 2007 No Comments »
Free online seminar at Apple: Aperture for iPhoto Users. If you use iPhoto and are considering Aperture this should help you decide.
Posted in Macintosh, Photo Editing Software, Photo Resources on Mar 4th, 2007 No Comments »
Aperture Downloads is Apple’s collection of add-ons and plugins for Mac OS X Aperture.
(Source Daring Fireball Linked List.)
Posted in Macintosh, Photo Editing Software, Photo Sites on Dec 10th, 2006 No Comments »
Connected Flow’s Flickr Export plugin for Aperture is out. James Duncan Davidson recommends it.
(Source Daring Fireball Linked List.)
Posted in Macintosh, Photo Editing Software on Apr 15th, 2006 2 Comments »
Two things have happened recently that are significant for PowerBook users who are also photographers like me:
1. Apple has released the MacBook Pro which is powerful enough to drive any external flat screen display at any size and has enough balls to run higher end applications, such as Aperture.
2. Apple has released Aperture 1.1, a [...]
Posted in Macintosh, Photo Editing Software on Mar 28th, 2006 No Comments »
iPhoto Batch Enhancer is a tool for applying the adjustment settings used in one photograph to a batch of photographs, reminiscent of Aperture. I’ve not tried it but it looks quite useful.
Posted in Macintosh, Photo Editing Software on Feb 2nd, 2006 2 Comments »
Serious Editing in iPhoto 6 is a PDF eBook that looks quite good (I just bought it) and updates are free forever. Given the fact that iPhoto is turning into a much more serious tool for editing an storing images and comes with little documentation, this seems like a decent investment.
Posted in Macro, Photo Editing Software, Photo Resources on Jan 9th, 2006 2 Comments »
The pile of vitamins I choke down every morning with a glass of orange juice looming behind.
This is my first attempt to process a RAW image with Adobe’s new Lightroom application.
You can download the public beta of Lightroom at Adobe Labs. There’s just an OS X version now, Windows version coming soon.
I have never been [...]
Posted in Photo Editing Software, Photo Resources on Jan 9th, 2006 3 Comments »
Michael Reichmann at The Luminous Landscape takes a first look at Adobe Lightroom, Adobe’s new high-end digital photography workflow tool.
You can download the public beta of Lightroom at Adobe Labs. There’s just an OS X version now, Windows version coming soon.
Lightroom directly competes with Apple’s Aperture and after reading the review in Luminous Landscape, I’d [...]
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