Questions regarding the Apple Mac hardware, and by extension the Mac OS X operating system.
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How do I speed up Apple Aperture?
For my photo post processing software, currently Aperture is my program of choice. However it is extremely slow with my computer. I consider myself having a decent piece of hardware. I'm using the ...
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Is there a way to find only progressive jpegs on Mac using Adobe CS or other apps? [migrated]
To put my work up on my website, I initially collected some images and converted them to progressive jpegs. But later I went in and added more. I now can't tell simply by file size which ones are ...
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How do I process photos on a Mac so they look right on Windows computers?
Apple computers use another color profile different than the one used by Windows. Therefore, images are displayed differently in a Mac computer than in a Windows machine.
Processing a picture in ...
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Most effective lossless compression for sending RAW (CR2) images over the internet from OS X
I am looking for a compression software to work on folders full of RAW (CR2) files with the following characteristics:
Lossless
Excellent compression ratio (>70% would be nice)
Reasonable ...
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Best way to move photos to another drive (Lightroom)?
My wife uses Lightroom for her Photography business. Her main drive is filling up and I installed another drive into our Mac Pro to be used as an archive. She has groups of files (Weddings, since ...
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How can I capture images from two cameras simultaneously, directly to my Mac?
I am looking to use this feature for two purposes: scanning books (one camera pointed at each of a pair of pages), and for stereo 3D photography.
I would like to be able to preview and capture photos ...
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A good library-less photo manager for Mac?
I am looking for a photo manager that would be clean and simple and most importantly, would allow me to simply browse directories on my drive and view photos there directly without the concept of ...
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Photo Management software which stores Profile / Bio Info
Looking for photo management software to do the following:
Image or multi images with the capability of adding bio/info for each profile. For example lets say we have a model, and would like to have ...
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How to safely disconnect EOS camera from Mac?
I just started using my Canon 500D camera with a Mac. I was expecting to see a new external drive appear in Finder, which I could eject when I need to safely disconnect the camera from the computer.
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Export sidecar JPEG from Lightroom
When I import RAW+JPEG in Lightroom I uncheck the option "Treat JPEG files next to raw files as separate photos" because I don't like the clutter this causes.
Sometimes I do want to have a sidecar ...
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Getting Canon 6d raw to work on OS X Lion
I recently got a Canon 6d, and though it says that OS X Lion has native support for it's raw format, iPhoto reports that the file format is unknown. It works fine using Adobe Lightroom, but it would ...
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What is the color reproduction accuracy on mid-2012 non-Retina Macbook Pro-s and how applicable it is for photo editing?
What is the color reproduction accuracy (sRGB color space coverage) for Apple Macbook Pro non-Retina models from mid-2012 and how applicable it is for photo editing?
I read that MBP Retina display ...
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Scan using Image Capture at more than 8-bits bit depth
I have an HP Deskjet 3054. I'm scanning using Apple's Image Capture app, and am trying to set the bit-depth to something higher than the default as all of my images come into Photoshop as 8-bit.
I'd ...
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Rename a group of photos
I want to remane a group of photo of my holidays. For example, I have:
DSC_0001.JPG
DSC_0002.JPG
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And I want to obtain:
Malta-(date)-01.jpg
Malta-(date)-02.jpg
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Where Malta is the name I ...
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Family Mac workflow to enable family editing/viewing of images/movies
What is the best software/hardware solution for editing/storage/viewing of a family's digital images/movies on multiple Macs? The family wants to collaborate on editing using Aperture and iMovie. We ...
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What is must have software for image editing on Mac?
Currently, I have downloaded Gimp on my Mac and using it to edit images. I don't mind spending money to buy other software if it makes things easier or faster. What is must have software for image ...
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What photo editor for Mac offers image filters with live previews, HDR composition and photo stitching?
I am looking for a photo editor that offers to...
...choose filters by comparing live previews, not via contextual menus
...create panoramas by photo stitching
...create HDR images
I would be nice ...
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Recommendations for Photo Editing/Organization Software?
I have a MacBook Pro, while my wife has a PC. We have a NAS device on our network where we store all of our pictures. This gives us the ability to both view our photos from one simple location, ...
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Is it possible to export metadata, including facial tags, from Windows Live Photo Gallery to iPhoto?
I am moving my photos from my PC to my Mac. My photos are tagged using Windows Photo Gallery. I have tags for the photos and also some tags for people in the photos using 'People Tags'.
Is there any ...
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How can I use Canon Photo Print Pro with 64-bit Photoshop CS5?
I have a Canon Pixma Pro 9000, I use the photoshop plugin "Canon Easy Photo Print Pro" on a Mac with Snow Leopard with Photoshop CS4.
I have now changed to a New Mac running Lion and upgraded to ...
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Does Adobe DNG Converter remove EXIF information?
I shoot all my pictures in the DNG format (supported natively by the Pentax cameras), but they come uncompressed.
I am now going through the process of compressing my entire library using the Adobe ...
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Photo sorting software / method / workflow [closed]
Finally went with a DSLR, Nikon D5100 after deliberating for a few years. (Not that I was in a hurry – I don't particularly need a DLSR but really like to take photographs, so time wasn't an issue.)
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I need some free panorama stitching software [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Which tools are good for creating panoramas/stitching multiple photos?
I have iPad and a Mac. The software could be for either, but I really need it to be free or very ...
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How do I merge bracketed files together into an HDR image on a Mac?
I'm looking for software in order to put files from bracketing together under Lion and create HDR image.
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How do I software-calibrate my IPS monitor under Mac OS X?
I just purchased a HP ZR24W after reading several reviews for IPS monitors. I am a novice photographer and have never done any monitor calibration or owned an IPS panel before. I have a 2009 13 inch ...
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Which image viewers and editors for the Mac are able to handle really large files?
Are there any editors or viewers (other than Photoshop CSx) for MacOS that can handle files larger than 30000x30000 pixels?
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Why am I having trouble reading photos on my Canon 550D via USB with standard Mac software?
I have a Canon 550D that I want to connect via USB to my Mac, but I'd rather not install all this Canon software. However when I connect it nothing happens on the Mac, and iPhoto and Finder see ...
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Suggestions for shared cross-platform photo management?
I have a Mac, my wife has a Win7 machine. Currently I take all of our photos and put them into iPhoto. There's about 35K images in there now. The problem is that they are all accessible only from my ...
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Is there any software available on Mac OS X that can remotely control my Canon G10?
I'd like software to remotely (via USB tether) control my G10 from my MacBook running OS X 10.6. This software seems to do exactly what I want, but for Windows:
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Best opensource/ free stacking software for mac for astrophotography
I am using snow leopard and mainly want it to automate the stacking as much as possible. I have seen that PixInSight looks pretty awesome, but that's not free, in-fact far from it, so I want something ...
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Long exposure mac / android apps?
I would love to start playing around with long exposure photography, more specifically light painting. I sadly don't have any camera except the iSight built into my Macbook Pro and my mid-range ...
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Is the version of Aperture on the Apple Mac App Store identical to boxed version?
I noticed that the Mac App Store offers Aperture at a significantly reduced price - £44.95 or $79.99 (depending on region).
Does anyone know if there are any differences between this online version ...
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What are the better HDR software apps for the mac?
I am thinking about doing some more HDR photos and thinking about the software side. I have CS5 but have never been happy about the speed or the quality of the final images. I have heard about ...
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Is sips lossless when used for JPEG rotation?
I am organizing a group of old images on OS X. Many are JPEG and predate the EXIF tag for camera rotation. Of course, many tools degrade the image (Question '10') if you edit the image. It is possible ...
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How do I get Spyder3Express to work on a Mac OS X dual screen setup?
I've heard that Spyder3Express applies one calibrated colour profiles on multiple screens, hence they try to get you to upgrade to the Pro version and twice the price for that pleasure.
Can owners ...
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What software lets me quickly browse and zoom images on a Mac?
I am looking for an image viewer for mac with the following characteristics:
Lightweight - loads fast
Full screen mode
Magnifier
Can load a directory for browsing
Any suggestions?
(iPhoto 11 has ...
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Macbook & Aperture Editing Program
I've recently started my photography course at uni and have now been exposed to the program "Aperture".
After finding this program extremely helpful and easy to use I get told its Mac-based only and ...
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Is it normal for memory usage in Lightroom 3 to exceed 1.5GB, and what can I do about it?
I'm currently running a 2008 unibody 15" MacBook Pro 2.53 with 320GB 5400 RPM hard drive and 4GB of system memory. I've upgraded to Snow Leopard and I'm running Lightroom 3 (64-bit).
I have two ...
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Apple Aperture or Adobe Lightroom: which is better for post processing RAW photos?
This is probably an old chestnut, but I'm trying to decide between purchasing Adobe Lightroom or Aperture for Mac, and would appreciate any pointers that would help me decide.
I think I've outgrown ...
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Please suggest a workflow on Mac using only free/open source software
I own a D90 with a Nikon 50mm f/1.8 prime lens. However ever since buying my camera I am struggling to find a proper workflow to process RAW images on my Mac which does at least the following
Adjust ...
