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Project 365 & Daily Photos
nidding's first year of shooting - 365 2014
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<blockquote data-quote="piperbarb" data-source="post: 240634" data-attributes="member: 12214"><p><strong>Re: nidding's first year of shooting</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Since I have both a Macbook Pro with OS X 10.9 and a Dell XPS 17" (L702x) laptop running Ubuntu Linux 12.04, I like to have as much software as possible that is cross-platform compatible. I have found that Corel's AfterShot Pro fits the bill. I can do stuff on either computer without any problems. AfterShot Pro is basically Corel's answer to Aperture and Lightroom. They have a 30 day trial on their Website. If you buy it, you get the license key which can be used on any number of computers on any platform they support (OS X/Linus/Win). That's handy for multi-platform users. For editing that AfterShot Pro cannot do, I'll use Gimp. I like how it works on Linux, but it isn't as graceful on OS X. When I edit stuff in OS X that AfterShot Pro can't do, I use Pixelmator or Photoshop Elements. </p><p></p><p>I really didn't like DigiKam. I thought it was rather clunky. I have also used Darktable, which works pretty well, it's free, and there is also a Mac version. It does not have all the features of AfterShot Pro but it works pretty well.</p><p></p><p>I want to start playing around with tethering my camera to my laptop. In the Winter 2013 issue of Ubuntu User, I saw that gPhoto2 is a Linux-based tethering program. It runs either from the command line, or it allows you to tether and control your camera through Darktable. I have not tried it yet, so I cannot tell you how well it really works. I have to look into it more.</p><p></p><p>Hope that helps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="piperbarb, post: 240634, member: 12214"] [b]Re: nidding's first year of shooting[/b] Since I have both a Macbook Pro with OS X 10.9 and a Dell XPS 17" (L702x) laptop running Ubuntu Linux 12.04, I like to have as much software as possible that is cross-platform compatible. I have found that Corel's AfterShot Pro fits the bill. I can do stuff on either computer without any problems. AfterShot Pro is basically Corel's answer to Aperture and Lightroom. They have a 30 day trial on their Website. If you buy it, you get the license key which can be used on any number of computers on any platform they support (OS X/Linus/Win). That's handy for multi-platform users. For editing that AfterShot Pro cannot do, I'll use Gimp. I like how it works on Linux, but it isn't as graceful on OS X. When I edit stuff in OS X that AfterShot Pro can't do, I use Pixelmator or Photoshop Elements. I really didn't like DigiKam. I thought it was rather clunky. I have also used Darktable, which works pretty well, it's free, and there is also a Mac version. It does not have all the features of AfterShot Pro but it works pretty well. I want to start playing around with tethering my camera to my laptop. In the Winter 2013 issue of Ubuntu User, I saw that gPhoto2 is a Linux-based tethering program. It runs either from the command line, or it allows you to tether and control your camera through Darktable. I have not tried it yet, so I cannot tell you how well it really works. I have to look into it more. Hope that helps. [/QUOTE]
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