Aperture 3. Finally.

Shashwat Parhi — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 01:01:43 +0000

I have been using Aperture ever since it came out, like 5 years ago. Loved the update to 2.0. But had lots of gripes about Aperture in general. Certainly not enough to make me want to switch to LightRoom. Still, with no support for Canon sRAW files, a really limited slideshow module, Dodge and Burn as destructive adjustments, no localized adjustments, there was a lot to be desired.

Well, it seems Apple has been listening really hard to all of our demands and has definitely taken it’s time to update Aperture for all of us. But here it is. Looks like they have resolved most of my gripes at least. And with the new Faces, Places features, importing of audio and video files… I am ordering my copy right away, while downloading the trial version.

Here is a really nice article by David Schloss, of Aperture Users Network.

This one must be my favorite feature addition:

Finally, you can do continous zooming from 25% to 1000%, not just a zoom on/off by way of the Z keyboard shorcut.

Be sure to read the comments. And for a more in-depth feature by feature coverage, read Apple’s own site for the 200+ new features.

We’re All Gonna Die – 100 meters of existence

Shashwat Parhi — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 17:34:41 +0000

I came across this project online, which though morbid by title, is actually a very interesting concept. Simon Hoegsberg shot 178 portraits in 20 days, from the exact same place on a railroad bridge in Berlin and stitched them together into a 100m piece of work.

What I really like about these shots is the unaware body-language of the subjects, and also how the background is completely overexposed, abstracting the shots completely from context and location. Except maybe for a plane taking off at some point.

take a look. Would love to do this kind of project.

We’re All Gonna Die – 100 meters of existence

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Aperture 3. Finally.

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