Don't bother forking out for something you can own when you can 'subscribe' and pay forever to use cloud software.
Quote from: slackline on May 08, 2013, 06:26:32 amDon't bother forking out for something you can own when you can 'subscribe' and pay forever to use cloud software.Eh? Are you being funny? (a) it's not cloud software, that's just shit, I don't call installing it on your own PC fucking cloud, and (b) are you being funny?
It was sarcasm at the notion of subscribing to software.
Quote from: slackline on May 09, 2013, 09:59:19 amIt was sarcasm at the notion of subscribing to software.This is far from unique. I don't get what your beef is. How do you feel about Redhat then?
Alternatively, if you're happy with the steep learning curve - for editing, use GIMP which is free
My understanding of their business model is that you subscribe to technical support when purchasing RHEL. You can still use their software for free without having to pay for support.
there are free (and open source) alternatives and I prefer to use them
Thanks for the all the advice everyone. I now realise that what I need is either Lightroom or Aperture.To be honest I'll have to find something amazing about Lightroom out to get that as it'll cost me about twice as much as Aperture and Dave seems very keen on the latter, which also seems to have a very appealing-looking interface. I've used GIMP and don't find it particularly great. My past experience with freeware puts me off trying other free options too.Anyone have any evidence to persuade me otherwise?
Aperture — so full of display bugs on dual-display systems as to be unusable.
And of course it's cross-platform available for two OS's
I can actually keep the same catalog in my dropbox and open it on either my pc or macbook - pretty impressive.
OT, but intrigued by this – sounds like a great idea. Presumably the actual photos are stored locally though, so although you can view the previews in your synced catalogue, you can't make edits to images stored on another computer...?Have you had any issues with dropbox creating a duplicate of your catalogue when you have it open on two machines?
Sub-par or not as good as Lightroom? I gave it a fair trial when I first bought the mac. It wasn't as good then, and since Adobe have added a load of decent functions to LR which I use all the time, and Apple isn't keeping up. The new processing engine is really impressive, and improved the noise reduction too - just basic everyday stuff done even better. And of course it's cross-platform. I can actually keep the same catalog in my dropbox and open it on either my pc or macbook - pretty impressive.
Sub-par or not as good as Lightroom? I gave it a fair trial when I first bought the mac. It wasn't as good then, and since Adobe have added a load of decent functions to LR which I use all the time, and Apple isn't keeping up. The new processing engine is really impressive, and improved the noise reduction too - just basic everyday stuff done even better. And of course it's cross-platform. I can actually keep the same catalog in my dropbox and open it on either my pc or macbook - pretty impressive. Whereas pretty much everything Apple have done in the last five years have been away from professional users and towards the mass-market, and towards locking you in. I have no desire to be locked into Apple operating systems in the future.See here: http://macperformanceguide.com/AppleCoreRot-intro.html Including:QuoteAperture — so full of display bugs on dual-display systems as to be unusable.If I was to use Aperture it would be exclusively on a dual display - macbook screens are not profilable. It would have to be a pretty fucking compelling feature set for me to even consider it given that lot. It isn't.
for instance once you're into the clone tool and zoomed in to 100% how to you move around the image with the clone tool still open?
Also any photos you take with your phone also just appear in aperture without you having to sync, transfer or download them which is genius.
Quote for instance once you're into the clone tool and zoomed in to 100% how to you move around the image with the clone tool still open?Press the spacebar. No idea on the b&w jpegs, not something I do, but I guess some of your issues might be down to familiarity.
The same is true for video editing, although probably not true for real time ray tracing.
Quote from: Lund on May 09, 2013, 12:38:33 pmThe same is true for video editing, although probably not true for real time ray tracing. BBC using open-source software to replace traditional tape decks in satellite broadcast including the use of FFMBC (a fork of FFMpeg for media and broadcasting) for editing video.
Having read about it, there is no way to toggle between JPEG and RAW in a pair in LR, amazing.