Posts Tagged ‘mac’

I have recently discovered that use of the utility application “Clean My Mac” can break CS5′s ability to update itself. Clean My Mac, in it’s default setting, will remove international language files from applications to recover the “wasted” disk space. In most cases, this is action is harmless to the operation of your Mac. However, [...]

In addition to a range of new photographer-oriented features, Phocus 2.5 for Apple computers allows users to import RAW files from more than 150 DSLR cameras, and features support for most standard image file formats, making Phocus more flexible and powerful than ever before.

CUPERTINO, Calif., Feb. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Apple® today introduced Aperture™ 3, the next major release of its powerful photo editing and management software, with over 200 new features including Faces, Places and Brushes. Building on the innovative Faces and Places features introduced in iPhoto® ’09, Aperture 3 makes it even easier and faster to organize [...]

Fifteen months after it was announced, Bibble Labs has released its namesake Bibble 5 Pro. Bibble 5 Pro is the 5th generation of RAW conversion software from Bibble Labs. This version sports many new features including layers, digital asset management (DAM), and a whole new plug-in structure. versions are available for Windows, Mac and Linux. [...]

COPENHAGEN, October 28, 2009 — Phase One, the world’s leader in open-platform medium format camera systems and solutions, today released Capture One 5 PRO. Known for rendering superior quality images from a wide range of pro DSLR, Mamiya and Phase One medium format cameras, Capture One PRO is now enhanced with workflow accelerators to handle [...]

Canon, who was apparently caught flat-footed by Apple’s release of Snow Leopard, has announced the schedule of availability of printer drivers for it’s ImagePROGRAF line of professional printers. Model Release Date (on web server) iPF5100, iPF6100, iPF6200, iPF8100, iPF9100 October 7, 2009 iPF5000, iPF8000, iPF9000 October 9, 2009 iPF500, iPF600, iPF700 October 9, 2009 iPF6000S, [...]

As I reported previously, one of the casualties of upgrading to Snow Leopard was the loss of my Canon ImagePROGRAF W6400 large format printer. As a professional photographer, this was a bad thing. Not fatal by any means, as I could submit my prints to a service for printing, but I lost my ability to [...]

Fedex swung by today, dropping off my Snow Leopard upgrade. I happily slit open the box with my Swiss Army Knife and pulled out the teeny-weeny package inside. Consisting of one DVD, the Snow Leopard upgrade held the promise of unlocking the power of my Mac Pro. Almost. The upgrade itself was for all intents [...]

Tired of spending money on “canned air” to remove dust particles from your precious gear? Worried about balancing your desire for equipment hygiene and the ozone layer? Fear no more! The fine folks at Metropolitan Vacuum Cleaner Co. of Suffern, NY have the answer: The DataVacED! This little beauty packs a 500W, .75HP electric blower [...]

Apple Aperture 2 is very flexible regarding importing files. However, I have discovered that if you have symbolic links in the path to your image files, Aperture 2 will report the file as an unsupported format. Case in point: I added a data drive to my Mac Pro and moved all of the data over [...]