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Aperture and Lightroom/ACR RAW handling
Someone on a flickr forum asked a question about how Aperture handles RAW files and if it was possible to send RAW files for RAW processing to another program. Also another question raised was comparing the two different programs in how they handle RAW processing. @ Aperture handling sending RAW files to another program, Yes,…
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Some Serious Panoramics
I stumbled across this site the other day. The company xRez has built a buisnees around extreme resolution panoramic pictures. On their website they have examples and you can zoom in and and out. I’ve never seen anything like it and really blew my socks off. They use a Canon MarkII 16mp camerea and they…
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peeling the layers off….
peeling the layers off…., originally uploaded by mdshivers. it’s spring time again and everything is buzzing. I’m trying to get in the creative, feelin’ good mode, but I am having a hard time. either I am too tired or too busy. Strange thing is that I have found some of the best music I have…
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Adobe CS3- March 27th Release Date
For those who use the Adobe Creative Suite Software- I’d wait on the purchase. They are announcing CS3 on March 27th and shipping it later this spring. For Mac users, this will be Intel ready. Adobe calls it “the largest software release in it’s 25 history.” http://www.macworld.com/news/2007/03/05/cs3/index.php
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reflections pass by
reflections pass by, originally uploaded by mdshivers. Taken during last weekend’s trip to the mountains, this photo struck a cord with me. The symbolism here is that I took this photo and the raw version really didn’t come out the way I wanted. But after some tweaks and work, it came out better than I…
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fill ‘er up
fill ‘er up, originally uploaded by mdshivers. this past weekend we took a trip up to the mountains in North Carolina. It was one of those times where you are just dying to get out of the city. Seems to be a recurrent theme lately. But the mountains were excellent. So quiet that my ears…
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still farming
still farming, originally uploaded by mdshivers. I was able to take a quick trip out to the country and see the ol’ kicking group. I have quickly forgotten how pretty the country side of Georgia can be. I’m going to make a trip back soon, and spend all day taking photos. Its great to get…
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Backing up Aperture with optical discs
I’ve joined in on several discussions and blogs talking about the best way to backup your Aperture library immediately and long term. Obviously you can use Aperture’s great backup feature called the “Vault”. That is smart actions that you take to choose a location to where you want to backup Aperture’s files and when you…