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Find out how the Aperture auto stack feature can save you hours (almost)

September 23, 2013 by Rod Lawton Leave a Comment

Find out how the Aperture auto stack feature can save you hours (almost)

How did we ever manage without stacks? For those who don't know, cataloguing programs like Aperture, Lightroom and others can group related images together and display them as a single thumbnail image or expand the stack so that all the images in the stack are visible. This has many different uses. You can keep bracketed exposures together, for … [Read more...]

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Filed Under: Aperture, Apple, Software Tagged With: Organising

The secrets of stacking in Aperture

August 19, 2013 by Rod Lawton Leave a Comment

The secrets of stacking in Aperture

The ability to 'stack' related images is, I think, one of the single most important features of image cataloguing applications. And Aperture's stacking system is the simplest, most effective and most versatile of all. To show how it works, I've set up a project with just a single image. It's going to be a lot easier to see what's happening if … [Read more...]

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Filed Under: Aperture, Apple Tagged With: Organising

Find your photos fast with Aperture’s Smart Albums

August 12, 2013 by Rod Lawton Leave a Comment

Find your photos fast with Aperture’s Smart Albums

This is one of the strengths of an image cataloguing program like Aperture – the ability to quickly find a specific set of images out of a collection of tens, or even hundreds of thousands. It's where the limitations of Photoshop and Bridge become so apparent – they're fine if you want to work on individual images and you know where you've stored … [Read more...]

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Filed Under: Aperture, Apple Tagged With: Organising

Capture One Pro 7’s offline mode springs a surprise

July 16, 2013 by Rod Lawton Leave a Comment

Capture One Pro 7’s offline mode springs a surprise

Capture One Pro 7 is a big upgrade on the previous version, and one of the biggest additions is the built-in library function. It now works just like Adobe Lightroom, storing all your images in a searchable database, complete with Lightroom-style Collections and Smart Collections. You can also use it in offline mode. This means that you keep the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Capture One Pro, Phase One, Software Tagged With: Organising

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