Aperture 3

February 9th, 2010 at 11:12 pm

I downloaded a trial copy of Apple’s Aperture 3 today. After playing around with it for a few minutes, I gave up because it’s damn slow! I don’t really have an amazing computer, so i guess that’s the reason for the poor performance. At least in Adobe Lightroom I can actually work at a reasonable speed. I guess I’ll be sticking to Lightroom until I buy a new Mac. Actually I’ll probably just always stick to Lightroom anyway because I like the way that it works and the way the interface is laid out. Aperture is all very ‘iPhoto-ish’ to me, and I have never enjoyed iPhoto.

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Merry Christmas!

December 25th, 2009 at 12:09 am

If you don’t really do the christmas thing, Happy… (insert appropriate holiday)!!!
I hope you all have a wonderful time with your family and friends.

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It’s Been A While…

December 15th, 2009 at 12:01 am

I was going through my Lightroom catalog and stumbled across this photo. It was shot at a temple somewhere in Cambodia. I don’t remember the name of it. Actually, I don’t think I ever knew the name of it. It’s always cool to browse through the archives and discover images that I didn’t really take note of during my initial run-through.
That’s all folks! I like to make pictures, not words…

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SFC Conference 2009 in Maryland

September 21st, 2009 at 5:16 pm

Congrats to the British Columbia crew that won the dance portion of the conference.
I think they won other stuff too.. thanks for the link Fronda!

So what does this have to do with me? I did the music mix that they are dancing to. That’s all.. enjoy!

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Adobe Lightroom Vignetting

September 8th, 2009 at 2:19 am

Aaaaaaaahhhhhhhh!

Why does Lightroom’s Post-Crop Vignette tool have to look crappy compared to the Lens Correction tool. The Post-Crop tool looks like the equivalent of going into Photoshop, painting with black over top of the image, and then varying the opacity. Vignetting by way of the Lens Correction tool in the ‘Vignettes’ panel is much more pleasing in my opinion. Rather than sticking some black over your image, it seems to affect the exposure level instead. This look is more akin to using Levels/Curves in PS, and then masking out the appropriate areas.

Why can’t we have the wonderful look of the Lens Correction tool, with the flexibility of the Post-Crop Vignetting tool?

Okay that’s the end of my rant. Peace!

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