iPhoto 7 is an immense improvement over previous versions. I find it does just about everything I need it to do.
On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 5:04 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Apr 02, 2009 at 03:29:06PM -0500, Nick Wright wrote: >> I am really impressed with iPhoto's conversions of my photos. >> >> Here's a gallery comparing a 3200 iso shot converted with Bibble and iPhoto. >> >> http://is.gd/qmKQ > > When I tried iPhoto I found it to be the single worst user interface > that I have ever had the misfortune to use. It was the epitome of the > macintologist philosophy that if you don't want to do something our > way, you are Shit Out of Luck. My first gripe was the fact that it put > every photo into the same library, no matter how big and clunky that > made the library, or if for example you had some photos that you > didn't want to share with everybody that might look through the > library. There was, it turned out, an aftermarket program that would > change which library it looked at, but there were many other things > about iPhoto that I absolutely despised. > > It may have improved since then, but the memories of trying to use it > still make my skin crawl. > > As to noise reduction in Bibble, you do realize that the amount of > noise reduction and sharpening in bibble are both adjustable? You can > crank up the NR, and recover some of the sharpness by bringing the > sharpening back up. > > I've heard that the best NR algorithm is in DCRAW, that it uses a > wavelet algorithm that reduces noise without causing extra > smeariness. > > -- > The fastest way to get your question answered on the net is to post > the wrong answer. > Larry Colen [email protected] http://www.red4est.com/lrc > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- ~Nick David Wright http://www.nickdavidwright.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
