I’m writing this on the train on the way back from a personal shopping session at the Apple Store. I specifically went there to get some time on a MacBook Air, and it was really worthwhile to do so. They lent me a staff member for an hour to talk me through some stuff about […]
So I actually handled a MacBook Air today. I didn’t buy it, even though I had cleared with my wife that I would be permitted to live, should I bring one home. These thoughts are really more worthy of Twitter, but I couldn’t get it into 140 characters.
Firstly, as expected, the experience of having […]
A while ago, I blogged about my wish-list for Aperture 2. Now that we have the update, I thought I would take a look back:
GPS Metadata Editing
Still waiting for this one!
Ability to lock versions
Nope!
Comments field on Projects
Nope!
Better Handling of externally processed RAW Files
It appears that nothing has changed here since 1.5.
Allow the use of Adobe […]
I’ve migrated my entire library to Aperture 2, but I’m going to be a bit more careful about migrating to the new RAW 2.0 decoder, particularly with my best images. Here’s my plan of action:
I decided that I was happy to migrate en masse images with no adjustments. Fortunately, Aperture makes this easy. […]
Aperture 2 can extract metadata about the lens model you used from your image’s EXIF, if your camera writes it. A few little points I discovered about this:
Firstly, the field is not shown by default in the Metadata panel. You have to go to the Metadata tab, disclose the EXIF panel at the […]
I took my favourite RAW decoder torture test image into Aperture 2 last night to see if the claims of improved image quality held up. I think they do, and here is my example.
Firstly, this is the image processed by Aperture 1.5.4 using version 1.1 of their RAW decoder. It’s OK, but there’s […]
As I’m sure you know by now, Aperture 2 shipped today. I’m playing with the trial right now, and it appears to be quite impressive. I have a few thoughts already:
The speed argument is over. Perhaps, though, I should say that it has just begun. Nobody argued that Aperture 1.5 struggled for […]
The problem with blogging journalists is that it turns journalists into bloggers. This rather unedifying spectacle of Jack Schofield writing in the Guardian. It goes something like this:
Blogger: Steve Jobs is a liar because he used a 3D pie chart!
Commenter: Not really because X, Y and Z. Anyway, who cares?
Blogger: You’re clearly an Apple […]
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