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Equipment & Techniques => Medium Format / Film / Digital Backs – and Large Sensor Photography => Topic started by: Bruce MacNeil on May 14, 2008, 08:24:39 pm

Title: H3D - Aperture
Post by: Bruce MacNeil on May 14, 2008, 08:24:39 pm

I like Aperture and I want to use the H3D and process the files with Aperture. Is anyone doing this? Comments?

Thanks - B

Title: H3D - Aperture
Post by: Jeff-Grant on May 14, 2008, 08:38:46 pm

I want to use it too, a lot. With Aperture, I can look at FFF files along with TIF and PSD, which is an enormous advantage for me. I tried the latest version and hit 2 showstoppers very quickly:

1. There is an OS X bug which prevents it from displaying some layered PSD files
2. and the real showstopper. The Loupe tool doesn't work with most FFF images on an Imac. I bought my Imac late last year, so it is a current model.

According to Apple, they know of the Loupe problem but weren't quoting any time when they might fix it.

I guess that I will keep trying it occasionally in the hope that they may fix it. Odd that I would think that this couldn't happen with hardware and software from the same company.

Cheers,
Jeff

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I like Aperture and I want to use the H3D and process the files with Aperture. Is anyone doing this? Comments?

Thanks - B
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Title: H3D - Aperture
Post by: Snook on May 14, 2008, 10:29:05 pm

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I want to use it too, a lot. With Aperture, I can look at FFF files along with TIF and PSD, which is an enormous advantage for me. I tried the latest version and hit 2 showstoppers very quickly:

1. There is an OS X bug which prevents it from displaying some layered PSD files
2. and the real showstopper. The Loupe tool doesn't work with most FFF images on an Imac. I bought my Imac late last year, so it is a current model.

According to Apple, they know of the Loupe problem but weren't quoting any time when they might fix it.

I guess that I will keep trying it occasionally in the hope that they may fix it. Odd that I would think that this couldn't happen with hardware and software from the same company.

Cheers,
Jeff
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Lightroom?

Title: H3D - Aperture
Post by: Jeff-Grant on May 15, 2008, 03:39:11 am

AFAIK, Lightroom does not Hasselblad FFF files. That is the enormous appeal of Aperture for me. I can get sufficient quality for most things straight from Aperture without the TIF or JPG conversion kerfuffle.

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Lightroom?
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