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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]