Aperture 3 and GPS

I’m testing out the new Aperture 3 for 4 hours now, and I must say I am a little impressed, but not all the way.

One thing that I wanted to try out was the GPS tagging feature, and this works like a dream. Being an Iphone user I love the fact that I can use GPS data from my iPhone photos without having to import them first, this is great. When out on a shoot, just snap one with my iPhone at important locations, and then when I get home I assign the places with the photos.

It seams that the GPS tags are only stored on JPEG’s. The GPS tag on RAW files is only stored within the catalogue file. So after exporting the RAW file as a RAW the data is lost (it stays when exporting as JPEG). This is a little frustrating. I’m not so happy about using photo editing programs that store data in catalogues. I prefer the way that Bridge does it. Having a XMP file with all the adjustments is much easier and I don’t have to worry about the catalogue crashing. And at a point everything seams to slow down when there are to many files to handle.

I am also trying out an app called Geologtag that logs locations and exports as a GPX file that Aperture also can handle. Using this method will bring up a travel path on the map rather then the hot sports that comes from using the iPhone photo method. There is a lite version to try out.

A note on catalogue crash: I was at my parents house 1 week ago, and my farther could not understand why some of the pictures in iPhoto could not be viewed full screen and not edited. After 10 minutes of looking around I found out that all the pictures from 2006-2009 was gone, and only the preview files was there. Like Aperture Iphoto has a package file that it uses to store the files in. I don’t think my farther have been playing around in there and this is something that really makes me anxious. What if this happens to all my stuff while its in there? Back up, back up back up, i know, but still…

Time machine saved the day once again and we could bring all the files from 2006-2009 back.

Published on February 27, 2010 5:40 pm.
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More from the depth

Still browsing my hard drives, and still finding old photos that sets a good mood around me.

Right after I was done with my work at the refugee camps around Aleppo, Ein El Tal and Neirap, I bumped into two German guys, Jan and Kris, that was traveling Syira and Lebanon. We fell into a conversation and ended up traveling to Latakia together for some days of relaxing. After that we split up, I went to Damascus and they went to Lebanon for a bit of an adventure with the Hisbollah. Taking photos in the wrong part of Beirut can get you into trouble if you don’t know what your doing.

We joined in Damascus after they got released in the Omayyad Mose, for a drink of water in the shade of the sun. Then back to my house for some food, a swim and yet again to be split up.

This photo here is at a buss stop in Latakia. We just arrived from a day of drive in the mountains. The view from up there was amazing.

Published on February 11, 2010 11:23 pm.
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Finding lost treasure

While working on a very special project I have come across some pictures that just stood out and got me in the right mood. Once more they do a fine job and I just wanted to share one of them with you. This also means that the COP15 pictures will be held back, but priorities have taken over.

This one is from the fantastic city of Damascus. A place I’d like to call my second home.

Published on February 9, 2010 12:52 am.
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