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Iphoto 5 SCREAMS!!!!!
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Red Eye
Red eye has been my main reason for not using iPhoto more in my workflow. I find the best results when using a paintbrush to selectively apply redeye reduction. Is this available in the new iPhoto? If not, how effective is the included method? Also, I use the "clone" and "airbrush" tools alot; are these in the new iPhoto?
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Red eye has been my main reason for not using iPhoto more in my workflow. I find the best results when using a paintbrush to selectively apply redeye reduction. Is this available in the new iPhoto? If not, how effective is the included method? Also, I use the "clone" and "airbrush" tools alot; are these in the new iPhoto?
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Dave00 said:
Previous versions you had to draw a marquee around the area, and press the red-eye. The new version, you press red-eye and then you select the center of each eye that needs reduction. So far, in my tests, it has worked well. You don't get control over how dark it goes, but I believe there is some algorithm that iPhoto uses to determine the level and extent of the reduction.
You wont find any clone or airbrush tools in this version. The only new feature is the Adjustments dashboard, which allows greater control of the image as a whole. The best features are cool/warm, sharpening, and exposure adjustment. I'd still recommend Photoshop for the heavy lifting. iPhoto is really geared towards people who are afraid of using PS, or don't have the time to learn it.
well it took 5 versions but...
apple finally got it right.
I switched all my photos from there nicely organized folders and put them into iphoto. Its all about the hierarchal folders. that was the feature I most wanted. Also the calendar view is ingenius.
on a 2 1/2 year old ibook it works as expected. Not speedy but neither is safari for me... a lot better than previous versions thats for sure
apple finally got it right.
I switched all my photos from there nicely organized folders and put them into iphoto. Its all about the hierarchal folders. that was the feature I most wanted. Also the calendar view is ingenius.
on a 2 1/2 year old ibook it works as expected. Not speedy but neither is safari for me... a lot better than previous versions thats for sure
What iBook are you running on??? My iBook G4 800mhz is very sluggish with iPhoto 4, even with only 2500 or so images (4 mpixels or greater). I end up archiving all but the most current photos. I dream of the day when I can have all my 20,000 or so photos in one album. I guess that's the day I get myself a dual 3.0 ghz Power Mac.howard said:
amin said:
RAW support is fairly cruddy - much slower than JPGs, and it doesn't support the RAW photos produced by my FinePix E550. Bah!
Other than that, a *massive* improvement - very nippy on my 1ghz 12" PB with 768MB RAM. New adjustments etc are fantastic, faster than messing with stuff in PS, that's for sure. Great to see the search, calendar & keywords stuff as they really do their thing, and do it well. The albums/folders thing is a but confusing, it took me a while to get nested albums working properly, but easy when you know how. Would like to have been able to create subfolders of Smart Albums etc, instead of creating a folder and then creating smart albums from within it.
Anybody want screenshots, just ask...
Only gripe is the RAW support, pretty gutted about that but have submitted it as a feature request.
mrjamin said:
I'll take you up on your offer if you don't mind - my copy won't be here until the 29th (Canada) and I'm dying for iPhoto 5.
I'm curious about:
- new edit dashboard floater
- have they changed the Keyword system? It's my biggest gripe with 4, and adding the searchbar was a HUGE step
- some examples of the book themes
- Making a slideshow
And anything else that's caught your eye.
Take this is a way to clear your conscience for... getting iPhoto so soon, shall we say, lol.
No but anyways, that'd be great!
chameeeleon said:
The searchbar is a huge step and it works great except for the odd time i get pictures in my search results that have no keywords even close to the keyword i searched for but whatever...
They made it a bit annoying to add new keywords to the list...you have to go in through iphoto prefs to add or change keywords. Assigning keywords to photos is nicer, you get checkboxes for the keywords you want to apply...one annoying think I've found in both iphoto 4 and 5 is that there is no way to sort the keywords. It's quite frustrating to have to search through a randomly sorted list of keywords when you have tons of them. Anyone know of any 3rd party apps to sort keywords?
just got an email from apple saying my iLife order has shipped via fedex 2-day. so, i should get it by friday? wishful thinking...at least by saturday (does fedex ship on saturdays?)
looking forward to iphoto, which is the only i-app i really use (not counting itunes). don't have a vid cam yet so don't do imovie or idvd or garageband...but i'm looking forward to some fast rendering on my PM G5 2.0.
looking forward to iphoto, which is the only i-app i really use (not counting itunes). don't have a vid cam yet so don't do imovie or idvd or garageband...but i'm looking forward to some fast rendering on my PM G5 2.0.
adam1185 said:
Do you mean you still can't reorder the keywords? I hated that in 4 too - it would be much easier if I could group all of my say, "People" keywords together at the top, or all of my "Holiday" ones below it, etc. Actually - there's an idea for iPhoto 6! Keyword groups! ... Too bad it'll be a year before they add it.
Oh, and btw - for your searches with the random pictures, do you by chance have any of those words in the title/comments?
andysmith said:Yeah, all them bastards 'pirating' free software.. bound to force up the price
Nah, it makes sense if you think about it. Massive piracy of iLife 04 at $49 is a possible reason for iLive 05 being more.
Don't agree personally - I reckon Apple wanted to have it at $99 all along, but staggered it to make it more acceptable. It'll reach $99 next year, just wait and see.
Another quick question - can iPhoto 5 now choose to "Import Some" instead of ALL the photos on my digital camera when I plug it in?
Lacero said:
The alternative train of thought is 'if so many people pirate it when it's cheap, we may as well increase the price by 30%, expecting that less than 30% of the previous buyers will drop out'. It seems like a tactic a large company like Apple could pull off, especially with staple software like iLife.
heres a picture of iPhoto5. yes, it is much faster than previous versions.
this a pic of the new Adjustments pane.... very dashboard-like
mods, if this isnt allowed, feel free to take it down... I dont want Apple Legal on me for posting a picture of an already-released (for some) product
this a pic of the new Adjustments pane.... very dashboard-like
mods, if this isnt allowed, feel free to take it down... I dont want Apple Legal on me for posting a picture of an already-released (for some) product
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adam1185 said:wow, that is the lowest quality screenshot i've ever seen
lol, I had to compress it to go under 100k to post here
you people are all crazy
I picked up my copy from fedex today. The new GUI is a nice improvement, and the speed is bumped up a bit. I have noticed some weird graphical glitches, and I can't find a way to get 'right click->edit in external editor' to work. I have done this in previous versions and I know how the preferences are supposed to work, but no matter what I do it stays grayed out. Has anyone got this to work?
I picked up my copy from fedex today. The new GUI is a nice improvement, and the speed is bumped up a bit. I have noticed some weird graphical glitches, and I can't find a way to get 'right click->edit in external editor' to work. I have done this in previous versions and I know how the preferences are supposed to work, but no matter what I do it stays grayed out. Has anyone got this to work?