Comments on: Aperture 2.0 Wishlist http://nslog.com/2007/03/16/aperture_20_wishlist The Weblog of Erik J. Barzeski Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:34:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Brian http://nslog.com/2007/03/16/aperture_20_wishlist#comment-45567 Brian Mon, 28 Jan 2008 06:17:12 +0000 http://nslog.com/2007/03/16/aperture_20_wishlist#comment-45567 It feels like Apple allocated engineering talent away from Aperture, perhaps to support Leopard. In any event, I'd be delighted with any and all of the wish-list items included above and in Fraser Speirs recent post. I have a really, really simple request: I haven't figured out a way to get the Keyword HUD to NOT collapse all the Keywords to their highest rank order when you X it. Our ranching business (yes, even ranchers use Aperture...) has a significant ongoing scientific effort that uses, among many other approaches, photomonitoring of photo point transects. Keywords are critical (unit, drainage, allotment, cognizant public landlord, season, etc., etc. -- pushing 100 keywords). It would be great if the HUD would remember what was open and bring it back up that way, or provide preference settings to do the same thing, or at least allow the user to minimize the HUD (to avoid closing it and collapsing the keyword hierarchy). Also, the drag and drop to assign keywords is fine, but it would be better to make them "tactile" -- mouse click them in quick sequence -- this would save a lot of time... Sometimes the simple things are the most important to certain users! It feels like Apple allocated engineering talent away from Aperture, perhaps to support Leopard.

In any event, I'd be delighted with any and all of the wish-list items included above and in Fraser Speirs recent post.

I have a really, really simple request: I haven't figured out a way to get the Keyword HUD to NOT collapse all the Keywords to their highest rank order when you X it. Our ranching business (yes, even ranchers use Aperture...) has a significant ongoing scientific effort that uses, among many other approaches, photomonitoring of photo point transects. Keywords are critical (unit, drainage, allotment, cognizant public landlord, season, etc., etc. -- pushing 100 keywords). It would be great if the HUD would remember what was open and bring it back up that way, or provide preference settings to do the same thing, or at least allow the user to minimize the HUD (to avoid closing it and collapsing the keyword hierarchy). Also, the drag and drop to assign keywords is fine, but it would be better to make them "tactile" -- mouse click them in quick sequence -- this would save a lot of time...

Sometimes the simple things are the most important to certain users!

]]> By: Linh http://nslog.com/2007/03/16/aperture_20_wishlist#comment-45070 Linh Fri, 28 Dec 2007 04:53:57 +0000 http://nslog.com/2007/03/16/aperture_20_wishlist#comment-45070 Speed is my main concern. This is a hobby for me, and I'm not getting a Mac Pro just for Aperture. Given that, I've been playing more with Lightroom. I'm uncertain I'll stay in the Apple camp... With that said, given this post was waaay back in March, I'd simply like to see SOME kind of announcement next month... Speed is my main concern. This is a hobby for me, and I'm not getting a Mac Pro just for Aperture. Given that, I've been playing more with Lightroom. I'm uncertain I'll stay in the Apple camp...

With that said, given this post was waaay back in March, I'd simply like to see SOME kind of announcement next month...

]]> By: Evan Agee http://nslog.com/2007/03/16/aperture_20_wishlist#comment-45010 Evan Agee Thu, 20 Dec 2007 20:55:09 +0000 http://nslog.com/2007/03/16/aperture_20_wishlist#comment-45010 I'd love to see a new gradient filter tool for aperture. Picassa already has a decent implementation of this tool and I loved it in the Windows days. I'd love to see a new gradient filter tool for aperture. Picassa already has a decent implementation of this tool and I loved it in the Windows days.

]]> By: soeren says » Blog Archive » Aperture 2.0 Wishlist http://nslog.com/2007/03/16/aperture_20_wishlist#comment-40995 soeren says » Blog Archive » Aperture 2.0 Wishlist Tue, 03 Apr 2007 15:24:08 +0000 http://nslog.com/2007/03/16/aperture_20_wishlist#comment-40995 [...] has one, and I’ve been meaning to make one as well, so here it is (with significant overlap with [...] [...] has one, and I’ve been meaning to make one as well, so here it is (with significant overlap with [...]

]]> By: Erik J. Barzeski http://nslog.com/2007/03/16/aperture_20_wishlist#comment-40803 Erik J. Barzeski Sun, 25 Mar 2007 17:10:55 +0000 http://nslog.com/2007/03/16/aperture_20_wishlist#comment-40803 [quote comment="40741"]These nice not-so-little programs are "viewer" programs.[/quote] Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight… [quote comment="40741"]I have over 21 years as a full-time professional photographer earning his living from taking pictures.[/quote] That doesn't make you a good judge of new technology. Clearly. [quote comment="40741"]A raw file, if it is to be used for anything will be changed to a tiff.[/quote] Or, you know, not. Gary Lloyd said on March 24, 2007:

These nice not-so-little programs are "viewer" programs.

Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight…

Gary Lloyd said on March 24, 2007:

I have over 21 years as a full-time professional photographer earning his living from taking pictures.

That doesn't make you a good judge of new technology. Clearly.

Gary Lloyd said on March 24, 2007:

A raw file, if it is to be used for anything will be changed to a tiff.

Or, you know, not.

]]> By: Gary Lloyd http://nslog.com/2007/03/16/aperture_20_wishlist#comment-40741 Gary Lloyd Sat, 24 Mar 2007 04:42:37 +0000 http://nslog.com/2007/03/16/aperture_20_wishlist#comment-40741 So, what do we all think? Do we think Aperture or Lightroom are going to replace Photoshop? Get a grip folks. Learn Photoshop and be happy. Never look back. These nice not-so-little programs are "viewer" programs. They are to be used to show images to clients with the intent of selecting the final versions to be printed. You aren't supposed to retouch, or refine, other than, e.g., make a really dark photo lighter and vice-versa. I have over 21 years as a full-time professional photographer earning his living from taking pictures. If I were to charge $10 for a 5x7, please, just shoot me and put me out of my misery. If you are going to spend $300 for Aperture, what a pity. Just bite the bullet, buy Photoshop if you have the decent credit for a credit card, buy a how-to book, dig in and get it together! And, by the way, dng is sort of a joke. One could think of dng as a pdf. Dng was created to make an image compatible with whatever image editing program. Like, uhh, whatdaya think a tiff is? A raw file, if it is to be used for anything will be changed to a tiff. So, what do we all think? Do we think Aperture or Lightroom are going to replace Photoshop? Get a grip folks. Learn Photoshop and be happy. Never look back. These nice not-so-little programs are "viewer" programs. They are to be used to show images to clients with the intent of selecting the final versions to be printed. You aren't supposed to retouch, or refine, other than, e.g., make a really dark photo lighter and vice-versa. I have over 21 years as a full-time professional photographer earning his living from taking pictures. If I were to charge $10 for a 5x7, please, just shoot me and put me out of my misery. If you are going to spend $300 for Aperture, what a pity. Just bite the bullet, buy Photoshop if you have the decent credit for a credit card, buy a how-to book, dig in and get it together! And, by the way, dng is sort of a joke. One could think of dng as a pdf. Dng was created to make an image compatible with whatever image editing program. Like, uhh, whatdaya think a tiff is? A raw file, if it is to be used for anything will be changed to a tiff.

]]> By: James Duncan Davidson http://nslog.com/2007/03/16/aperture_20_wishlist#comment-40146 James Duncan Davidson Fri, 16 Mar 2007 20:36:58 +0000 http://nslog.com/2007/03/16/aperture_20_wishlist#comment-40146 As I've written about over on the Insider Aperture blog, I think mine come down to speed, RAW decode quality, speed, printing improvements, speed, oh and speed. As I've written about over on the Insider Aperture blog, I think mine come down to speed, RAW decode quality, speed, printing improvements, speed, oh and speed.

]]> By: John Evans http://nslog.com/2007/03/16/aperture_20_wishlist#comment-40138 John Evans Fri, 16 Mar 2007 16:34:54 +0000 http://nslog.com/2007/03/16/aperture_20_wishlist#comment-40138 I would like to see the Lightroom 'click and drag in the respective part of the histogram to recover whites, blacks, saturation and fill light' tool. Wonder if it has a real name. I would like so see xmp sidecar files and also metadata templates al la Lightroom also. I would like to see the Lightroom 'click and drag in the respective part of the histogram to recover whites, blacks, saturation and fill light' tool. Wonder if it has a real name.

I would like so see xmp sidecar files and also metadata templates al la Lightroom also.

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