Aperture 3 the day after: nitpicks and bugs
I stand by my first impression: Aperture 3 is a great update. That said, now that the dust has settled and I’m over the rush of new technology, there are things appearing that are less than what I anticipated - as well as the inevitable bugs of any new version.
Current 32 bit plugins don’t run [...]
Aperture 3: big things, little things.
It’s been a verrrrry long time coming. But having spent the past hour playing around with the new version of Aperture, all I can say is: thank you. My stubbornness feels completely repaid.
This upgrade adresses everything that was lacking and adds a ton of features, big and small. It’s as though Apple actually read every [...]
A few (more) words on Apple’s iPad
Everyone’s talking about the iPad right now. So I’m not going to pretend I have anything to add that hasn’t already been said at some point during the last 18 hours or so. But for what it’s worth, here’s my take:
This past year I moved my reading habit to my iPod Touch. I’m the first [...]
The new iMac and Aperture: quite a difference
Just before Christmas I received a new 27 in quad-core i7 iMac loaded with 8gb of ram. For those wondering about the performance gains in Aperture all I can say is: night and day. Working in Aperture 2.1.4 after the SL upgrade had become an exercise in frustration, making my work tedious and my temper… [...]
It’s here! It has no visible cracks!
Just received my brand new iMac 27 Quad-Core i7 – yay!
I haven’t plugged it in yet, which is completely out of character for me. I’m usually like a kid at Christmas with this stuff. But the poor thing is freezing cold and I figured it might be a good idea to let it warm [...]
the orbis arm
When I purchased the Orbis ring flash last summer one thing was immediately clear: it needed a way to stay attached to the camera without the need for constant handholding. There was already an accessory in the works promising to do just that. A few weeks ago it finally started shipping.
From the official site: The [...]
10.6.2: Aperture printing is back baby!
Just installed 10.6.2 and immediately did a print test. Results?
1) We can now turn Black Point Compensation back on and use paper profiles. Goodbye purple!
2) Aperture sends the right tray info to my R2880 so no more Preview workaround!!!
Number 2 had me worried: it didn’t work the first time I tried it, giving me the [...]
LR3 beta – a followup
Alright. I know it’s quick but I’ve just spent the past hour playing with the new LR3 beta and while all the core advantages from LR2 remain, it’s still no fun to work with. The interface is just as messy as before and most of the improvements – at least as far as I can [...]
LR3 beta 1
Chris alerted me to it this morning in the comments: is this sad or what?
Only bright side I can think of is the kick in the pants this is going to give Apple – if they care anything about our community and business.
Some of the highlights of the new version according to Adobe Labs:
Brand new [...]
new iMacs: the machine I was waiting for
Quick reaction: I’m an iMac guy. I know I should be Mac Pro given what I do but I’ve always been a sucker for design and the combo of 24in iMac with an added 20in screen for less than the price of a Mac Pro well… it’s hard to resist. Add ultra-silent operation to the [...]
of snow leopard, aperture and epson
Allright, so after two weeks I’m still on Snow Leopard and have decided to live with the very annoying printing bug. In fact as of this morning I’m on 10.6.1 which unfortunately - after a few more tests – doesn’t solve anything. Why not revert to Leopard? Well frankly, the rest of the system feels [...]
epson r2880 and snow leopard: sweating bullets
I just spent a good 30 minutes sweating bullets upon discovering the new 10.6 compatible driver for my Epson R2880 printer was seriously crippled. Turns out that my installation of Snow Leopard had not included Rosetta, even though I had specified it through the custom install options. After reading a forum thread mentioning the problem [...]
snow leopard and aperture – a quick glance UPDATED
UPDATE:
I’m having serious printing problems with my Epson R2880: when trying to print from Aperture (2.1.4) any paper I choose is apparently stuck at roll paper, giving a wrong source error when it reaches the printer. I now have to hit preview, select the correct page setup and profile and print from there. So far [...]
Aperture 3 – Wishes. Expectations. Anticipation.
Quick Recap
When Apple unveiled Aperture in 2005, the photography landscape was in dire need of consolidation: the digital workflow was a hodge podge of various solutions combining RAW converters, editing software and asset management applications. Working with RAW files was unwieldy, involving conversions and file multiplication if you needed different versions of the same picture. [...]
ring light, ring bright.
The ring light look has been a staple of fashion photography for years. It produces perfect catchlights as well as a very clean, shadowless look. Which isn’t something I thought I’d like to be honest, since I pretty much live for the shadows and the contrast between light and darkness. Yeah… I’m a bit of [...]
that multiple exposures thingy
I’ve said it before: Zack Arias’s blog is a must-read for me. I love his pictures and I love how much he shares with the community. This week he posted a series he shot with the band Living Things where he used the Multiple Exposure mode on his D3 which also happens to be available [...]
hilite and arias
Started playing around with my 6×7 Hilite from Lastolite. I have to say that in my very small studio it’s shaping up to be an absolute godsend. Especially for the seamless-white-background-high-key-look I’ve been using for portraits. Given the dimensions – we’re talking around 8 x 9 here – I had a hell of a [...]
Softlighter
I was in Boston for the Easter weekend and picked up the Photek 46′ Softlighter II. It’s an umbrella that doubles as a softbox. I had to hack together a Manfrotto clamp, light stand and flash bracket to get my SB-900 to line-up with the unit correctly (when mounting the flash on the bracket it [...]
