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Darkroom for iOS; Fun Editing App with Curves and Saveable Presets

February 25, 2015 - 9:17pm

Darkroom is one of the newest iOS photo editing apps to gain popularity. While it’s a little light on adjustments, it does offer curves. But two of its best features are the ability to save your own filter presets, and an infinite history list!

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Lightroom Keywords Through Aperture Eyes

By Scott Davenport

February 24, 2015 - 9:00pm

With Aperture no longer being developed and OS X Photos not making muster for professionals and advanced users, many of us are looking at Lightroom. How does Lightroom’s keyword tagging capability stack up to Aperture?

Beginner

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 6 Leaked?

By PhotoJoseph

February 19, 2015 - 4:51pm

According to several rumor sites, Adobe Photoshop Lightroom version 6 has been leaked by retail stores in France and Australia for a March 9th, 2015 release date. The primary feature I’m seeing excitement around is GPU acceleration.

Beginner

SKRWT, A Great iOS App for Squaring Up Perspective

By PhotoJoseph

February 17, 2015 - 9:30pm

Ever shot an image on your iPhone, or transferred a photo from another camera, and wished you could correct the perspective before sharing? That’s what SKRWT aims to do and does it impressively well!

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Photo Mechanic; A Metadata and Ratings Alternative to Photos

By Tim Kennedy

February 16, 2015 - 9:00pm

According to the early reviews, the current beta of Photos lacks the metadata and ratings power of Aperture. Photo Mechanic offers a possible solution, if you need metadata control but are determined to use Photos.

Advanced

Luminosity Masking for Photoshop (Über Advanced Editing Techniques)

By PhotoJoseph

February 14, 2015 - 9:00pm

I’m going to kick off the “non-Aperture, non-Photos” posts with something crazy advanced. Luminosity masks are not for the faint of heart, but once you get your head around them, WOW you can do amazing things. I’m not going to try to teach you this stuff — I barely get it myself! — but I am going to point you in the right direction.

The Future of The Photos Expert is PhotoApps.Expert

By PhotoJoseph

February 13, 2015 - 10:00pm

With Photos for OS X now a known commodity, this site has to change again. I wish I could avoid it but this is inevitable. Read on to see what that means.

Photos… What It Is, What It Isn't, What It Shall Be

By PhotoJoseph

February 12, 2015 - 6:00pm

Photos for OS X is – and isn’t – a lot of things. It is an awesome app, but it isn’t an Aperture replacement. That much we speculated in advance, and now we know it to be certain. So the big question is… will it ever be? And how will this site evolve to support that answer?

Beginner

Photos for OS X Beta is in OS X 10.10.3 Developer Release

By PhotoJoseph

February 5, 2015 - 9:47pm

This is it… Photos beta for OS X is here. Well, it’s here if you’re a developer.

Intermediate

Geotagging App "GeoTagr" Updated for iOS 8; Embed GPS Without Duplicating Photo

By PhotoJoseph

February 2, 2015 - 9:00pm

If you’re a GeoTagr user (and if not, now’s a great time to try it), you’ll love this update. Now when adding GPS data to your photos, the OS no longer has to duplicate every photo to do it.

Beginner

Subtle, Adjustable Filters in "Litely" by Litely LLC

By Matthew Morse

January 28, 2015 - 9:00pm

Litely is a clever, easy to use and often beautiful iOS app that you’ll enjoy as an alternative to the built-in Photos app for many common adjustments and mild effects.

Beginner

Great Spot Retouching in "Photo Editor+" by Axiem

By PhotoJoseph

January 9, 2015 - 9:00pm

One of my most missed features from iPhoto for iOS is the retouching brush. Often I want to remove a little blemish from a photo, and Photos for iOS doesn’t have this. I recently discovered “Photo Editor+” by Axiom, and while it’s a complete editing tool, the retouching brush is the one thing I want to focus on here.

Intermediate

Really Smart Photos with onOne and Aperture

By Tim Kennedy

December 24, 2014 - 9:00pm

The advantage of Aperture’s Round Trip is that it keeps all your work packaged up neatly in an easy-to-handle Library. One of the disadvantages is that many of the plug-ins that work with Aperture’s Library also fix their results permanently upon exit. If you wish to go back and tweak later, you’re stuck with starting over with your last Aperture version. The latest version of onOne Software's Perfect Photo Suite 9 aims to address that.

Beginner

Afterlight for iOS; a Quick Look

By PhotoJoseph

December 17, 2014 - 9:00pm

“Afterlight” is a powerful photo editing app featuring filters, textures, light leaks, masks and more. And of course, you can access it from the Photos app via Extensions.

Intermediate

Living Earth Desktop's Potentially Dangerous Conflict with Aperture

By Tom Wolski

December 12, 2014 - 9:00pm

If you’re running the app Living Earth, and also seeing unexplained Aperture problems, then Living Earth may be the culprit. Red one user’s experience and what it took to figure it out.

Intermediate

How to Sort Photos in the Import Window in Aperture 3

By PhotoJoseph

December 10, 2014 - 9:00pm

Have you ever scratched your head at what you’re seeing in the import dialog… positive you have newer work than what’s there, or that the image on the bottom simply isn’t the most recent photo you shot? Read on to see how to sort the images on your card in the import window.

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