Ok .. this one I've been waiting for a while now ... I've been getting progressively excited about Aperture 2! And now, it's finally here. The biggest thing that I am looking for is improvement in raw processing and speed. But, to begin with, Aperture 1.5's raw processing was already excellent to begin with! And the speed wasn't bad.

The real difference is in how fast you can achieve quality results. For standard photo processing, the differences are not going to be huge. You definitely have more creative control without having to export to Photoshop for some photo tricks, but in the end it's still another tool.

One of my favorite photo effects that I REALLY wished Aperture had was (more...)

Hey Guys ... so I was VERY fortunate to have the amazing experience of having a video shot on the new Red One video camera a couple of months ago ... the video is going to be released in a few weeks!

First off ...

This camera is nuts (and expensive)!! Imagine, for moment, that you could take a Canon 5d and make it snap photos at 24 frames a second .... that's right! 12mp at 24 frames a second. But wait! There's more. It can not only double, but triple that speed!! In the movie industry they call this resolution "4k". It's basically 35mm film, only saved to compact flash card!

Some stills ...

Ok, so these aren't 4k stills ... not even standard definition stills! But they're (more...)