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Post by millstonebarn on Aug 6, 2010 19:15:41 GMT
iStore! Love it! Thanks for 105 Will.
Signing off now, to TMS ...
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Post by Alex on Aug 7, 2010 12:57:23 GMT
Listened to 105 yesterday. I thought it was a good one this week, but next time you talk to Gav can you make his voice a bit louder on the levels? I thought it was really quiet when he was talking about Light Room/Aperture and then when you started talking again it blew my head off!
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Post by gavin on Aug 7, 2010 17:25:41 GMT
Listened to 105 yesterday. I thought it was a good one this week, but next time you talk to Gav can you make his voice a bit louder on the levels? I thought it was really quiet when he was talking about Light Room/Aperture and then when you started talking again it blew my head off! I know what you mean Alex - this is quite tricky for us to get right. We use my machine to record a Skype call. I can hear Will through my headphones but not myself. I have to try and guess where to set my microphone levels to match Will's level. I then email him the file which he (sometimes ) edits. Any suggestions on this will be gratefully received.
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Post by gavin on Aug 7, 2010 17:28:59 GMT
I also need to make a correction to one of the "facts" about Aperture. Not ALL of the adjustments can be brushed. White Balance & Exposure are global adjustments & cannot be locally altered. Thanks to Nick Green for setting me straight on that one.
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Post by Alex on Aug 7, 2010 22:21:46 GMT
^Is there no way for your voice to be recorded on a different track to Will's? Then both could be levelled properly.
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Post by beerbum on Aug 8, 2010 17:52:15 GMT
^Is there no way for your voice to be recorded on a different track to Will's? Then both could be levelled properly. I seem to remember hearing that by using iChat rather than Skype you get different tracks…. I may have been imagining it though...
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Post by DaveB on Aug 11, 2010 23:56:41 GMT
Really enjoyed the aperture/lightroom comparison, not sure about the ref - how could he have not seen that goal! ;D lol
I do have a question for gav/anyone. I currently use photoshop/cameraraw for photo editing then batch convert into jpegs ending up in iphoto.
What's the advantage of using aperture/lightroom over this method? I assume if I went for lightroom it would still be using the same adobe camera raw? And as I already have photoshop I have more than enough editing power...
I've never really looked into either of these applications, am I missing something?
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Post by gavin on Aug 12, 2010 12:30:51 GMT
Really enjoyed the aperture/lightroom comparison, not sure about the ref - how could he have not seen that goal! ;D lol I do have a question for gav/anyone. I currently use photoshop/cameraraw for photo editing then batch convert into jpegs ending up in iphoto. What's the advantage of using aperture/lightroom over this method? I assume if I went for lightroom it would still be using the same adobe camera raw? And as I already have photoshop I have more than enough editing power... I've never really looked into either of these applications, am I missing something? An excellent question. So good in fact, it prompted me to write this blog post. wp.me/p2VtZ-1N
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Post by Alex on Aug 12, 2010 13:43:59 GMT
When you were talking about RAW images it made me sad that my camera, as much as I love it, doesn't do RAW files. Only .jpg. I'll make sure my next one does.
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Post by gavin on Aug 12, 2010 18:05:28 GMT
I'll make sure my next one does. On your next one sure. In the mean time though, don't give it a second thought. Your camera is not inferior and will still make awesome images. You'll just have less flexibility to correct later. All the more motivation to get it right in camera! In fact on that topic, check out this article on Why your camera doesn't matter.
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Post by Alex on Aug 12, 2010 22:38:20 GMT
^No, I know. But if I have a chance to go on a massive, potentially life-changing trip I will certainly upgrade. I went to Honduras in 2008 with a Smasung point-and-shoot because I didn't want to risk damaging/losing the Fuji. I really missed the 10x optical zoom! The Samsung only had 3x. Maybe I'll have a chance for my gap year after Uni, I want to go to Canada, then work down slowly until I get to the bottom of Chile. I'd certainly get another Fuji FinePix. I'm incredibly impressed with this one, so will definitely look there first for an upgrade. Also I think the Olympus Pen EP-1 looks great, but a bit out of my price range!
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Post by DaveB on Aug 12, 2010 23:19:18 GMT
An excellent question. So good in fact, it prompted me to write this blog post. wp.me/p2VtZ-1NHey, thanks for the post, after reading it I find more questions! ;D lol Think I'll have to download the trials to really see how they work, but just wanted to clarify a few points. First of all, I'll just clarify my process... - Copy Raws from memory card into a folder. - Open up Bridge, then go straight into Camera Raw(do main exposure/sharpness adjustments) - When happy, batch convert to jpegs - Import into iphoto where I usually do any cropping Btw I convert to jpegs as they're fine for general use/ 90% of the time. It also means I can get the raws archived and regain space on the computer. You mentioned in your post that LR/Ap converts raws on import, does that mean you can't adjust the raw files before converting to something else or were you just pointing out an automatic feature...? @alex Nice camera. I switched to a dslr last summer(d5000). It was deff the right decision as I had reached the boundaries of what my then current camera could do(bridge style camera). However I do miss the convenience, compactness and value that a bridge offers...
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Post by gavin on Aug 13, 2010 12:23:34 GMT
You mentioned in your post that LR/Ap converts raws on import, does that mean you can't adjust the raw files before converting to something else or were you just pointing out an automatic feature...? For clarity I have changed the blog post to read "RAW conversion/processing". I didn't mean conversion to JPEG. Whether it's Lightroom, CameraRAW, Aperture, DxO Optics, or one of the myriad other applications out there, they all need to perform some processing on RAW files before you can use them. Converting to JPEG is fine and a great way to save space if you're happy with your images. This is particularly true of family happy snaps. I would however make sure to keep RAWs of anything you're particularly pleased with. The reason being that with time, software improvements allow you to extract more detail from the highlights and the shadows of your images. Take a raw file that was processed 5 years ago and compare it to the same file run through a modern package - the difference can be significant.
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