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Apple Seeds First OS X 10.10.3 Yosemite Beta to Developers With Mac Photos App
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I dunno... Pages has been out how long now, with how many updates and it still hasn't regained the ability to do some pretty basic word processing tasks that it used to do without issue. For example, it still can't do facing pages. Really? A publication platform can't do facing pages? *really*?
And yeah, I watched the Verge review. It's as I feared. Great for basics, not great for anyone who wants to take their photos past simple point and shoot memories.
When it came to photos, Apple totally shafted the Pros. At least Videographers and musicians got awesome software. We got... this.
Thanks, Apple.
Well, there's always Lightroom
So they are letting developers have a crack at it. (Says so at the end of the Verge review video.)
If it works as well as the iOS app store has then Photos could potentially be an Aperture replacement. Done to its full potential, this thing could threaten Lightroom.
Or perhaps it won't attract that much attention and it will remain a consumer product. Way too soon to tell.
Think I'll keep using Aperture while we wait and see.
If it works as well as the iOS app store has then Photos could potentially be an Aperture replacement. Done to its full potential, this thing could threaten Lightroom.
Or perhaps it won't attract that much attention and it will remain a consumer product. Way too soon to tell.
Think I'll keep using Aperture while we wait and see.
And eventually be drawn into the monthy cash suck that is Creative Cloud. Adobe can shove it.
The truth is, there's very few options left for pros who want good tools that remain their own.
Really, I wouldn't care at all. I'm happy with the current Aperture coupled with Photoshop CS6. I can't imagine my photography would get any better given different tools. The *real* concern is when these software packages no longer function after a few OS upgrades. It's years away, true. But it will happen.
I only hope that by then, whatever path Apple is starting down with this will be something that benefits those who think of their photography as more of an art form than simple documentary of their lives.
I'm hoping they split the app store and iTunes store up to separate apps (combine mac app store with iOS app store) and then create a separate Music/Video app.
Just a guess. I think Albums are Events. Events used to be called Albums in the "brushed aluminum" days of iPhoto.
But they're not safe, right? It's possible for anyone who grabs your iPhone to permanently erase something off of your Mac, right?
Photostream was great in that it worked one way. With Photos, as far as I can tell there's no way to lock down a "master" version of your library where the synced edits and deletions can't get to.
Am I right? I really, really want to be wrong. Someone please tell me I'm wrong. I won't be able to use this software if I'm right and I think it looks nice.
EDIT: From an article: For those who are not comfortable with storing their photos in the cloud, the feature is optional. You can simply store your images locally on your computer and use the Photos app for managing your files and editing.
Ok, so that's one way out, but is there any way to get the benefits of syncing but still protect my Mac's versions from being erased?
Sigh. Really, I just miss photostream.
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It's not definitive, but in the video they show the albums in Photos and it really seems to me as if it had taken his iPhoto events and turned them into albums during import.
From The Verge's more in-dpeth review of Photos:
Using Hearts rather than stars seems deeply cynical to me.
Using Hearts rather than stars seems deeply cynical to me.
I've given up on hoping that they fix the backup part of Time Machine
Worked fine in Mavericks, rewritten for Yosemite and almost totally borked.
Worked fine in Mavericks, rewritten for Yosemite and almost totally borked.
For all that is that good....third party hosting or this will never go anywhere. iCloud drive, photostreaming, icloud photos...this is a complete and total mess. How hard is it to allow for using dropbox, flickr, or onedrive. I have over 50GB of pictures currently on onedrive. No way would I even attempt to figure out how this app would try to handle that.
I thought Creative Cloud was if you wanted the full Adobe suite of products? Is it not possible to purchase Lightroom as a separate license, outside of Creative Cloud?
They sell a Photographer package that includes Photoshop and Lightroom for $10/month.
