Yes. And I see no revolution on this *web* thing you people've been doing.
You could communicate with people far away instantly (hello telephone). You could write or receive written content from fiends / work for a long time (letters are pretty old stuff).
The only "difference" between those and 1930 is just Usability / Demographics / Price.
Demographics and Usability are EVERYTHING (specially since they are key factor to price )
Sorry but i think I didn't express my self very well. I didn't mean Aperture would have all of Photoshop's features. Photoshop is also used in layout composition and other industries. Photoshop stopped being a photographer's only app a long time ago. Also, even though you're right, photoshop will be the tool for very heavy picture editing, most of the time you need simple stuff like color correction, etc, and Aperture seems to deal with those very well.
What I meant is this: today most pro photographers I know will shoot about 100+ shots a day for a job, and very often 200 to 300. He then must upload them to the computer, where he must do a lot of "organizing", like selecting best shots, making sequences and organizing proofs for his client. From what I've seen in Apple's Aperture, the software is superb in doing just that. Take the loupe tool for example, it looks very intuitive and fast to use, making things like checking focus and small details a breeze. Sure, when setting up your own exhibit with the 20 perfect prints, Photoshop it to hell, else, the at daily task of deliverying many shots to a client asap, Photoshop sucks...
Keep in mind that for a pro photographer, US$500,00 for a tool that will save him hours in his work flow is a no brainer. Also, Aperture seems to be optimized to hell (that's why you have very restrictive system requirements), meaning it's performance should be very good, doinaling a lot on the gpu. That alone can make many people switch.
It's like the iPod. All if it's features were somewhat available or are now in other mp3 players, it's the combination of many design / interface features that made it a killer gadget. Check slashdot's thread the day the iPod shipped, most people were saying "bah, x player is similar and cheaper" and look at what happened.
As for having Aperture's feature in free software, I really hope it does come true, but I am not holding my breath. Just look at GIMP, which is supposed to be Photoshop like...
p.s.: Adobe Bridge and Capture One Pro's interface suck compared to Aperture's....
Photoshop was created a long time ago, when no professional photographers were using digital cameras. It's feature set / interface is actually very cumbersome for people shooting large number of pictures on a professional basis.
With Aperture, Apple has spent a long time analyzing photographer's workflow, and design the app on top of it. It has just what is needed for pros, a clean workflow that includes: - easy import of raw images - easy way to see / search metadata - non destructive editing - project management - easy backup of negatives (raw files) - differentiation between masters (raw) and versions (treated images) - easy export and soft color spoofing - easy backup on masters and collections
I can't wait o get my hands on this one...
p.s.: Aperture is to iPhoto somewhat like Solaris is to windows 95...
you're right, but irrelevance is pretty bad too...
I am not saying it will (i don't think so) but there are many os project's that have been abandoned. just take a look around sourceforge.
the fact that big corporations(IBM etc) have embarked on the linux bandwagon, plus the large userbase/developers will probably make linux relevant on the long run.
I am pretty sure this will make a lot of parents very happy.
no more leashes or other low tech brat-controlling hardware. maybe I will give parenthood a shot once this is working well enough... and scriptable through python...
sorry for being, lazy, I didn't read the fucking repository but... a) why is this different from the vault of parnassus? b) missed the cheese joke (not a big m. python fan I guess...)
yes, his advice is sound, and his work backs it up.
but using bleeding edge technology on browsers is much harder for a lonely coder / small team. how much money / time / man hours do you think google had to get around the fact that ie can use VML and firefox png + a linear description?
I just hope that with all these evidence/. will create a "your health" section.
With the carefull review of our dear editors and the amazing quality of stories submited I might simply stop seeing a doctor altogether.
And for the hypochondriacs out there, all the dupes will make sure we don't miss one single disease we might have.
it's not like anyone is really gona read TFA. they will just: a) bash this 'kurtzweil' character. who the f**k does this dude thinks he is? b) complain about the pdf format...
this is the kind of thing that will make a difference towards the elusive real smart phone.
its not a 10 megapizel camera that will make these things very useful. only when there's good software for them, people will buy into it, really. we are waiting for the killer apps in cell phones.
giving developers choice (seriers 60 already has a python port and many phones do have java 2me) is what will help the next kille apps come to life...
yes. the documentation in mtasc's site is very confusing. I also had a few doubts about it. in the eclipse ide lik I posted above, there is a way to handle lybrary symbols without the flash ide. and then mtasc can compile it.
I know emacs poeple are very happy with their ide and rarely switch over but, if you havent, give sepy a try. its open source, it runs on any platform python/wxPython runs and its great (I dunno about emac's support for thing like auto-completion / auto format, etc...)
actually, this could be the case but it isn't. At this point, you can author flash movies enterely without using the flash 'ide'. A tutorial on how to do it using eclispe.
at this point there is the open source mtasc copiler, which not only is free, but is much faster and can be customizes the macromedia's.
personally, I use another open source editor called sepy which rocks!
now there are quite a few alternatives to authoring flash content away from macromedia.
no need to create a conspiracy where there is none. and yes, svg cannot do many things the flash player can, go check it.
well, the matrix oracle smokes a lot (in fact her cigarette brand is called 'double destiny'). now its clear to me why she is a smoker in the movie.;-)
has any one experience with python development in OSX?
these features of xcode, like getting undo for free. are/will they be available for python coders?
I dont do any c++ or objective c, so I would not know. I guess those things would requires wrapers for python to deal with them , right?
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but if you will consider his opinion more throughly:
paul graham's take on it.
Yes. And I see no revolution on this *web* thing you people've been doing.
You could communicate with people far away instantly (hello telephone).
You could write or receive written content from fiends / work for a long time (letters are pretty old stuff).
The only "difference" between those and 1930 is just Usability / Demographics / Price.
Demographics and Usability are EVERYTHING (specially since they are key factor to price )
django is coming out great...
Sorry but i think I didn't express my self very well. I didn't mean Aperture would have all of Photoshop's features. Photoshop is also used in layout composition and other industries. Photoshop stopped being a photographer's only app a long time ago. Also, even though you're right, photoshop will be the tool for very heavy picture editing, most of the time you need simple stuff like color correction, etc, and Aperture seems to deal with those very well.
What I meant is this: today most pro photographers I know will shoot about 100+ shots a day for a job, and very often 200 to 300. He then must upload them to the computer, where he must do a lot of "organizing", like selecting best shots, making sequences and organizing proofs for his client. From what I've seen in Apple's Aperture, the software is superb in doing just that. Take the loupe tool for example, it looks very intuitive and fast to use, making things like checking focus and small details a breeze. Sure, when setting up your own exhibit with the 20 perfect prints, Photoshop it to hell, else, the at daily task of deliverying many shots to a client asap, Photoshop sucks...
Keep in mind that for a pro photographer, US$500,00 for a tool that will save him hours in his work flow is a no brainer.
Also, Aperture seems to be optimized to hell (that's why you have very restrictive system requirements), meaning it's performance should be very good, doinaling a lot on the gpu. That alone can make many people switch.
It's like the iPod. All if it's features were somewhat available or are now in other mp3 players, it's the combination of many design / interface features that made it a killer gadget. Check slashdot's thread the day the iPod shipped, most people were saying "bah, x player is similar and cheaper" and look at what happened.
As for having Aperture's feature in free software, I really hope it does come true, but I am not holding my breath. Just look at GIMP, which is supposed to be Photoshop like...
p.s.: Adobe Bridge and Capture One Pro's interface suck compared to Aperture's....
Photoshop was created a long time ago, when no professional photographers were using digital cameras. It's feature set / interface is actually very cumbersome for people shooting large number of pictures on a professional basis.
With Aperture, Apple has spent a long time analyzing photographer's workflow, and design the app on top of it. It has just what is needed for pros, a clean workflow that includes:
- easy import of raw images
- easy way to see / search metadata
- non destructive editing
- project management
- easy backup of negatives (raw files)
- differentiation between masters (raw) and versions (treated images)
- easy export and soft color spoofing
- easy backup on masters and collections
I can't wait o get my hands on this one...
p.s.: Aperture is to iPhoto somewhat like Solaris is to windows 95...
and sun is also the name of a star...
and there is a fruit called apple...
isn't science an art?
and art also a science?
I am not saying it will (i don't think so) but there are many os project's that have been abandoned. just take a look around sourceforge.
the fact that big corporations(IBM etc) have embarked on the linux bandwagon, plus the large userbase/developers will probably make linux relevant on the long run.
I am pretty sure this will make a lot of parents very happy.
no more leashes or other low tech brat-controlling hardware.
maybe I will give parenthood a shot once this is working well enough... and scriptable through python...
don't mean to flame, but this is one of the reasons why there is so much buggy / useless software out there.
as they say, premature optimization is the root of all evil, maybe the first optimization is the programming language + framework you choose...
sorry for being, lazy, I didn't read the fucking repository but...
a) why is this different from the vault of parnassus?
b) missed the cheese joke (not a big m. python fan I guess...)
yes, his advice is sound, and his work backs it up.
but using bleeding edge technology on browsers is much harder for a lonely coder / small team. how much money / time / man hours do you think google had to get around the fact that ie can use VML and firefox png + a linear description?
With the carefull review of our dear editors and the amazing quality of stories submited I might simply stop seeing a doctor altogether.
And for the hypochondriacs out there, all the dupes will make sure we don't miss one single disease we might have.
ah, come on!
:
/.ers... gee...
it's not like anyone is really gona read TFA. they will just
a) bash this 'kurtzweil' character. who the f**k does this dude thinks he is?
b) complain about the pdf format...
if the futue depends on
lot's of folks talking about how good/bad this will be for apple, intel, mac users, amd.
how about IBM, does this actually hurts them?
shareholders
shareholders
shareholders
its not a 10 megapizel camera that will make these things very useful. only when there's good software for them, people will buy into it, really. we are waiting for the killer apps in cell phones.
giving developers choice (seriers 60 already has a python port and many phones do have java 2me) is what will help the next kille apps come to life...
in the eclipse ide lik I posted above, there is a way to handle lybrary symbols without the flash ide. and then mtasc can compile it.
I know emacs poeple are very happy with their ide and rarely switch over but, if you havent, give sepy a try. its open source, it runs on any platform python/wxPython runs and its great (I dunno about emac's support for thing like auto-completion / auto format, etc...)
cheers
arthur
at this point there is the open source mtasc copiler, which not only is free, but is much faster and can be customizes the macromedia's.
personally, I use another open source editor called sepy which rocks!
now there are quite a few alternatives to authoring flash content away from macromedia.
no need to create a conspiracy where there is none.
and yes, svg cannot do many things the flash player can, go check it.
John Underkoffler came from MIT's tangible media group
well, the matrix oracle smokes a lot (in fact her cigarette brand is called 'double destiny'). now its clear to me why she is a smoker in the movie. ;-)
in the matrix movie "Know Thyself" is also what the sign in the oracle's kitchen says.
has any one experience with python development in OSX? these features of xcode, like getting undo for free. are/will they be available for python coders? I dont do any c++ or objective c, so I would not know. I guess those things would requires wrapers for python to deal with them , right?
actually, the bombs were dropped during the II World War, that is 1945. it will mark the 60th anniversarie.
a very specific item but, those learning python can use the excellent and free dive into python .