Up until this point, I read two articles concerning a 19 year old Harvard kid’s highly publicized first novel. I didn’t think much of it (on balance), until an article changed my mind.
When did you go digital?
John Koontz has an interesting short commentary asking what convinced you to go digital?
This did:
DxO updated to 3.55a
DxO Optics Pro has been upgraded to 3.55a as a free update.
Most of the new changes are cosmetic/UI changes:
- New configurable “docked palette†mode for easy access to all adjustment tools;
- Improved configuration wizard;
- The “Automatic†mode of DxO Optics Pro is now easily and fully configurable thanks to a “Default preset”;
- Option to save or not .dxo sidecar files;
- Option to set application level output setting preferences (can be locally overridden);
LX1 and Aperture
In order to get the Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX1 (or Leica DIGILUX-2) to work in Aperture you first have to convert it to DNG using Adobe DNG Converter. Then you follow these directions which a commenter provides the trick.
- Open “/System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/
Versions/A/Frameworks/ImageIO.framework/Versions/
A/Resources/Raw.plist” as an administrator. - Search “DMC-LC1” and copy the chunk of XML in there
- Replace the “DMC-LX1” with “DMC-LC1” and the “C-LUX 1” with “DIGILUX 2”
- Save file
Now you can import the DNGs into Aperture or iPhoto and the previews will now work.
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17" MacBookPro is a good deal
The 17″ MacBook Pro was announced today at NAB for $2800.
It has the following differences from the high-end 15.4″ MacBook Pro ($2500 retail):
- 17″ 1680×1050 display vs. 15.4″ 1440×900 display (my current 1.5Ghz Powerbook G4 is a 17″ 1440×900 display).
- Firewire 800
- an extra USB port
- 8x dual layer SuperDrive instead of a 4x single layer SuperDrive
- 2.16 Ghz Intel Core Duo instead of 2.0Ghz
- 120GB 5400rpm HD instead of 100GB 5400rpm HD
Here is a strange quirk. If you build-to-order the latter with the last two additions (2.16Ghz processor for $300 and 120GB HD for $100), it ends up costing $100 more than the 17″ computer. So you can get a larger screen, firewire 800, dual layer higher speed burner, and an extra USB port for $100 less!
(I figure the Firewire 800 addition is because the better heat dissipation qualities of the larger notebook. If that is the case, I wonder if they stopped underclocking the video chip in this model. I’d have thought the dual layer burner in a 17″ would only be because it was thicker than the 15.4″, except that it isn’t—they’re both 1 inch thick. This specification may have a lot to do with the target market (video) and their penchant to be willing to pay for the top of the line.)
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Taking your Aperture keywords with you
Here is a small Aperture tip I forgot to mention.
I work on Aperture on two machines, my Powerbook G4 and my girlfriend’s PowerMac G5 when I can sneak in some time. One problem I ran into was finding that the keywords (and also various export settings) I have set up in Aperture are not carried with the Aperture Library.
The trick is realizing that they are stored in your home directory in: “~/Library/Application Support/Apertureâ€
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Switcher annoyances
A general computer purchasing tip…
Well it’s official…I live in a cave.
Until today, I had no idea who Natalee Holloway is. According to an old Kuro5hin article, this means I live in a cave.
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Adobe Flash Player 8.5b1
If you have a Macintosh, don’t install Adobe Flash Player beta (formerly Macromedia Flash).
It will crash Safari (and other applications that use the entire WebKit like DEVONthink) after my Powerbook (Mac OS X 10.4.6) wakes from sleep.Continue reading