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Camera Modes: A for Aperture Priority

March 9, 2015 By Eric Reagan

Understanding-Aperture-Priority-Mode

So you’ve got a fancy DSLR or mirrorless camera but it stays on full auto (aka the little green camera) or P on the mode dial (maybe because that lets you choose when to turn on the flash).

You stick with these modes because the camera makes most of the decisions for you and all you really have to think about is where to point the camera.

Neither of those modes are necessarily bad to use – especially if you are getting the photos you want. However, there are other things on the camera’s mode dial that allow you to be more creative.

And maybe you aren’t getting the shots you want but you don’t necessarily know how to turn the photo that is in your mind into reality. Maybe you just want to understand more about how your camera works.

Whatever the case, understanding the effect and usefulness of operating in the Aperture Priority mode is a worthwhile endeavor for any budding photographer. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Learn Tagged With: aperture, Aperture Priority, camera modes

 

Adobe Releases Free Aperture to Lightroom Migration Tool

October 16, 2014 By Eric Reagan

Aperture to Lightroom Plug-in

Adobe has released a new Lightroom plug-in for Lightroom 5.6 and up that allows you to import an existing Apple Aperture library into Lightroom. [Read more…]

Filed Under: apple, Lightroom Tagged With: adobe, aperture, apple, lightroom, plug-in

Capture One Pro 8 Unveiled; Features Apple Aperture Migrate Option

October 1, 2014 By Eric Reagan

Capture One Pro 8

Last month, Phase One announced Capture One Pro 8 with a big statement to essentially became the “other” RAW processing and file management application on the opposite side of Adobe’s Lightroom. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Software Tagged With: aperture, Capture One Pro 8, lightroom, phase one, raw, Software

Apple Digital Camera RAW Compatibility Update 5.06

August 11, 2014 By Eric Reagan

Aperture 3

Apple has issued an update to Digital Camera RAW to version 5.06, which adds RAW image compatibility for the following cameras to Aperture 3 and iPhoto ’11.

  • Nikon COOLPIX P340
  • Nikon 1 V3
  • Olympus OM-D E-M10
  • Olympus STYLUS 1
  • Panasonic LUMIX DMC-GH4
  • Sony Alpha A7S
  • Sony Alpha A5000
  • Sony Alpha A6000
  • Sony Alpha SLT-A77 II
  • Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 III

You can download the update from Apple’s website.

Filed Under: apple Tagged With: aperture, apple, iphoto

Adobe Releases Guide for Moving from Aperture to Lightroom

August 6, 2014 By Eric Reagan

Switch from Aperture to Lightroom

With the recent news that Apple is killing off Aperture, many users are flocking to Adobe Lightroom, while others are waiting it out to see what Apple has in store with its new Photos app due in OS X 10.10 Yosemite.

In the mean time, Adobe has created a guide for those who are interested in transitioning from Aperture to Lightroom. You can download the guide here on Adobe’s website. While Adobe pushes pretty heavy for the Creative Cloud Photography plan on the page where you find the guide, you can still buy a perpetual license for Lightroom.

Filed Under: Adobe, apple Tagged With: adobe, aperture, apple, lightroom

Export Your Aperture Library to Lightroom

July 19, 2014 By Eric Reagan

Aperture 3

Now that Apple is killing off Aperture, many users are choosing to move to Lightroom. But what to do with those thousands of images in your Aperture library?

Aperture Exporter is a new plugin that is currently in beta and delivers what is probably the simplest export process thus far. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Adobe, apple Tagged With: aperture, apple, lightroom

Apple Kills Aperture and iPhoto

June 28, 2014 By Eric Reagan

Aperture 3

Apple has killed further development of Aperture and iPhoto. Both programs will be replaced by the built-in Photos app that is coming to OS X next year. [Read more…]

Filed Under: apple Tagged With: aperture, apple, iphoto

Corel Takes Another Stab at Lightroom’s Market Share with AfterShot Pro 2

May 21, 2014 By Eric Reagan

AfterShot Pro 2

Corel AfterShot Pro was hyped as a serious Lightroom competitor when it was announced over two years ago. While the program received a few updates along the way, it was quickly forgotten and written off by most photographers. Adobe’s Lightroom and Apple’s Aperture were just too well oiled to let AfterShot Pro in the door. However, that hasn’t stopped Corel from building a better version of AfterShot Pro. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Software Tagged With: AfterShot Pro 2, aperture, corel, lightroom, Software

Digital Camera RAW Compatibility Update 5.05

May 20, 2014 By Eric Reagan

Aperture 3

Apple has issued an update to Digital Camera RAW to version 5.05, which adds RAW image compatibility for the following cameras to Aperture 3 and iPhoto ’11.

  • Canon EOS Rebel T5 / 1200D / Kiss X70
  • Canon PowerShot G1 X Mark II
  • Nikon D4S
  • Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX10

You can download the update from Apple’s website.

Filed Under: apple Tagged With: aperture, apple, iphoto, raw

Perfect Photo Suite 8.5 Released

May 17, 2014 By Eric Reagan

Perfect Photo Suite 8_All Editions-lf

onOne Software has released Perfect Photo Suite 8.5, which includes speed and productivity enhancements to the Perfect Photo Suite’s Browse module, improved performance with the Perfect Eraser tool, and enhanced masking support in Perfect Effects and Perfect Layers. RAW file support is also included with the Standard Edition in version 8.5.

Perfect Photo Suite 8.5 has grown into a full-featured photo editor, which works as a plug-in with Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, and Apple Aperture, as well as a standalone app. 

Perfect Photo Suite 8.5 includes 8 integrated photo processing applications, described by onOne below. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Software Tagged With: aperture, lightroom, onOne, Perfect Photo Suite, Perfect Photo Suite 8.5, Photoshop, Software

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