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...
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...
You may know that I don’t gush over equipment often. In fact I know I have too much “stuff” so even though there are a few lust items – mostly ridiculous things that I have wanted since my youth like that giant ParaFB. Take it seriously when I say that there is a lens I have come across that has my attencion. The image at the top was made by a friend of mine, you can tell because it is outside and not 10 feet away from my front...
If you visit the Apple Aperture support forum you may have noticed a couple of long running threads regarding an issue with the Aperture sharpening quick brush. The angry mob believes that there is an issue where this brushed in sharpening is not being exported. Over the last two weeks I have worked with more than a few people that thought they were experiencing this “issue”. Here are my findings. First off – I do not want to claim that this is the end all be all answer to...
It has been about a week since I released the Aperture 3 update of my file management eBook. I have been overwhelmed at the response of people that already purchased the last version that have upgraded to the new version for the low low price of a buck. Some of you that got the upgrade offer have actually paid the full price on purpose – for no good reason except generosity. I wanted to write a quick note to thank everyone for their continued support that bothered to upgrade....
I ran across this from a tweet from one of the very few people I follow on twitter. I am not much of a “twitterer”. I rarely post anything and definitely don’t spend my life recording what inane things I happen to be doing, which appears to be – mostly twittering for twitterers. Reminds me too much of phone conversations I overhear my teenage daughters having – “What are you doin’ – nothin’, what are you doin’, oh – nothin’, I’m bored – me too, what do you want...
Wooooo hoooooooo, heeeeeee haaaa. Finally I am finished the updates for the definitive guide to Aperture 3 file management. Sorry for how long it took, I thought that it would be easy but I was wrong. I told you about my little bout with the dreaded spring fever but that’s not the whole story. Not only my perennial distraction caused by the mix of warm weather, blue sky, water, pollen, flowers, etc. caused the lethargic release of the update. It was also a matter of how much work that...
I have big hopes for the iPad. I really do. I will tell you one thing – it is fantastic for web/audio/video content consumption – eBooks? we’ll see. I just am not attuned to the eBook consumption on the iPad yet. Love it for reference PDF’s but not long format word for word reading of 1000′s of pages. I am not there yet. I am still waiting for someone to deliver the killer app for us photo guys. I am sort of stunned that we’ll have iMovie for the...
Okay – so here is something that might surprise you. I am actually using Faces – not to the extent that Matthew Bergsma is – check him out but I am using it none the less. I still thing Apple has a lot of work to do with the UI but here are my suggestions on some of the ways to use Faces most effectively. I did this screencast the same day that I did stacks and albums – I decided to release it a little later because I...
Just wanted to share an observation that I had with my own Aperture library regarding Faces. I have installed the latest greatest 3.0.2 update and while it fixes a lot of things and appears to be much more stable – even with my limited 5 or 6 hours of use – the one thing it does not seem to help with is the “missing” face issue. Like a lot of you out there some of the face extracts from my photos are blank. When I look at the full...
