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Blue Crowbar releases 500-wide, A 500px Plug-in for Aperture

Here’s an interesting press release I just received (you know you’r blog is all grown up when you start receiving press releases!). It’s for a 500 px plug in from Belgian company Blue Crowbar for an export plug-in for Aperture…

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Tip: Don’t Upgrade To Lion Straight Away

If you follow the news about Apple, and many of you probably do, you’re undoubtedly aware that WWDC is tomorrow. In all likelihood Apple will announce the ship date of Lion at the keynote. It might even be available straight…

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My Semi Annual Software Rant

Every 6 months or so some software annoys me to the point of wanting to delete it from my hard drive. Right now Aperture is doing that. I’m as big as an evangelist of the software as anyone (hence this…

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A Quick Look at Silver Efex Pro 2

After pre-announcing it a while ago, Nik software has finally released Silver Efex Pro 2 and I downloaded the trial yesterday to have a play with it. Here’s a few observations on my limited time experimenting. I’ll have a proper…

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Some “Not Quite Aperture Related But Cool Anyway” Stuff To Check Out

I’ve come across two really cool things this last week. They’re not directly Aperture related, but they are photo related and can be used with aperture, and they’re just soo good that I thought I’d share them anyway.
The first…

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And Silence Crossed the Land

By now you’ve probably been wondering where I’ve gotten to and why this blog has gone quiet for so long? Apologies dear readers. Unfortunately a perfect storm of events has happened over the last little while that’s interrupted my blogging…

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Another Slideshow Update released for Aperture

Another Slideshow Update released for Aperture

Apple have just released another update for Aperture. Once again the slideshow functionality is targeted in this release, specifically addressing issues with video playback. Available now from Apple or in your Software Update Panel…

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Nik Software Plugin Compatibility With Aperture 3

Nik Software Plugin Compatibility With Aperture 3

If you’re a fan of Nik Software’s plugins for Aperture (such as the excellent Silverfx Pro) and have been wondering when we might expect 64bit versions the companies website has the following statement regarding Aperture 3:
We are continuing to…

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Noise Ninja Updated To Support Aperture 3

Noise Ninja Updated To Support Aperture 3

The popular noise reduction plug in, Noise Ninja by Picture Code has been updated to support Aperture 3. The new version now runs in 64 bit mode and a free upgrade is available on the companies website.
(Via Rob Galbraith)…

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Pro Kit Upgrade

Pro Kit Upgrade

Apple has released an update for its Pro Apps, including Aperture. It addresses a number of issues, but of particular interest to Aperture users is the following:
Resolved memory leaks for improved performance.
Many of those who were having performance…

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