I know I drone on and on about this but I thought a few of you Aperture/Nikon shooters out there and maybe even some Leica M9 shooters may find it interesting there seems to be a strange connection in the way that Aperture renders NEF color and the way the Leica M9 renders color in it’s JPG’s. Well not really a connection but an interesting similarity of “issues”. This is going to take some leaps of faith on your part to follow along. This is a code word for...
Or any other “presets” for that matter are not evil. I feel compelled to say that and get my official position out there after some mis-understandings of prior posts and a few emails regarding the subject after my “HDR preset” post went viral. First off, I do use presets, my own, not presets I buy. I however am not a fan of for sale presets. I will re-explain why in a second without the subtle sarcasm so I am clear along with some advice in setting up your own...
Well it may be a day late and a dollar short but the Aperture 3 update to the Organization eBook is finally done and ready for download. I wish it didn’t take me so stinking long. I swear I started it the week after Aperture 3 was release. I wanted to do a good job, I wanted to rephrase some of the things in the old eBook, and I guess I got distracted by numerous other of life’s little obstacles. After all this is more a labor of love....
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I thought I would follow up the Nik HDR Efex Pro announcement with a free preset for all of you Aperture 3 people. If you haven’t been reading for a while you probably don’t know that I am not a big fan of HDR but I thought that this preset might be a fun way to introduce you to the power and the glory of Aperture’s Highlights and Shadows adjustment. Here is an old tutorial on Highlights and Shadows. Let’s not get into the “bad HDR” vs “good HDR”...
Oooh – ooooh, I just can’t wait for this to be out. Apple’s latest wonderfulness, new support “communities”. Read all about it here. You’ll never guess this next part – are you ready – it is going to be more “social”. But wait there is more… And get this – you can soon earn “reputation” points – how innovative. WTF? Really? I do try to help some of the seemingly cooler people with issues over there while I am waiting for my film to dry but you have got...
One of the features introduced with Aperture 3 that I pretty much ignored was flags and labels. I ignored them because I’ve been there and done that with a pile of other software since the beginning of time. Not that there is anything inherently bad or wrong with these two devices, it’s just that I developed better ways of doing things since I started using Aperture – way way back in ancient times. By and large I “flag” and “label” things in my work-flow by grouping them together in...
Disclaimer – I still think Adobe ACR and camera profiles are a decent way of going about the RAW conversion business and that Apple has it’s collective head up it’s you know what when it comes to NEF processing but… Being the ever color vigilant – I noticed something about the updates for the latest greatest ACR (supported versions) on some (not all Nikon NEF files). I am going to show you a camera that is near and dear to my heart and one that now seems to be...
As most of you already know but some may not, I am an avid Nikon shooter, black and white photographer, ex-commercial/fashion photographer, and film shooter. So what does this have to do with Aperture 3 and digital photography? Believe it or not a whole lot but you need to know how I arrived where I am and also get some context about what I am about to recommend. Being a Nikon digital shooter since the way way back time of a decade ago, I am very familiar with Nikon...
