Ubermind has released a new Aperture plug-in that allows you to easily geotag your images using Google Maps. Geotagging is all the rage as of late and Maperture will allow you to keep pace without a significant interruption to your workflow. Best of all - it’s free!
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PS I heard about this plug-in on the This Week in Photography podcast. Check it out at http://twipphoto.com!
PSS If you don’t have Aperture, you can purchase it from B&H
Aperture offers a number of tools for editing your digital images. I’ve been experimenting with the desaturation option included in the Dodge and Burn plug-in. This tool allows you to quickly remove all color from selected areas of your image, resulting in a selectively colored black and white image. The plug-in gives you control of brush size, softness, and opacity.
Here is an example of an image produced for a Photrade contest using the desaturation tool:
BEFORE
AFTER
You can purchase Aperture 2.0 at B&H
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Margined Leatherwing Beetles
Sell photos on photrade | By erbephoto
Sell photos on photrade | By erbephoto
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If you are submitting to stock agencies, you know how much time is involved in uploading images. Depending on the number of images that you are uploading, as well as the number of sites that you are uploading to, the process can take hours.
ProStockMaster eases the pain of multiple image uploads by allowing you to simultaneously upload a selected set of images to multiple sites. These include Alamy (traditional stock) as well as several microstock sites such as:
ProStockMaster is easy to use. Simply select the images that you wish to upload and check the appropriate agencies for each image. ProStockMaster then handles the uploading for you - you can literally upload while you sleep. In addition, ProStockMaster offers a keywording utility and keeps track of your uploads and earnings at each site.
It is worth noting that you may still need to complete some aspects of the upload process on your own. For example, some agencies will require you to add categories before your images are placed in the review queue. Be sure to check your pending images at each agency after ProStockMaster has completed the upload.
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In the previous post about color space, I mentioned that I’ve been using AdobeRGB (without much second thought) for my web posts. I think that the comparison below makes it clear that it will be worth the “effort” to use sRGB as the color space for the web. The only difference between these two images is the color space itself - no additional editing has been done. Note the increased color saturation in the sRGB image, particularly in the greens.
AdobeRGB (1998) sRGB
I put “effort” in quotes because, after a bit of research, I realized that this will require no effort at all. I use Aperture 2 to export my watermarked images and Aperture makes it as simple as the click of a button to change the color space of the exported images.
You can purchase Aperture at B&H.
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