This article considers geotagging photos from a Mac perspective, looking at automatic and manual methods, and explaining terms such as data loggers, track points, waypoints, and routes. It lists OS X software options for connecting to data loggers, converting track log formats, geo-locating photos, and writing that data to EXIF for both raw and JPEG images. It also covers the importance of time synchronization, what you can do with geotagged photos, workflow, choosing a data logger and controlling it from your Mac.
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Well, not for dummies—but for non-professional photographers, amateurs, or prosumers (as you like). This article represents my evolving understanding of the options you have during raw conversion with ACR 3.1, and during post-processing in Photoshop CS2 (following nearly 3 years of shooting JPEG, ignoring colour management, and tinkering with Photoshop 7). I like a "one product does it all" solution. I descibe a workflow that will hopefully make sense for most images—assuming that like me you want to work on one at a time, to edit once, and your interest is in capturing what's there and not "faking it". I'll make changes as I discover what does or doesn't work, and acquire new knowledge (maybe even skill?). Your feedback and suggestions would be much appreciated. This is a fairly long article, but there's a graphic summary at the end!
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I've already looked at raw ability in Photoshop CS2, together with image editing features for post-processing. The question is should I upgrade to CS2 (from Photoshop 7 and Elements 3) when my Nikon D70 arrives, or spend similar money on Nikon Capture instead. How do they broadly compare in terms of features? At this point I'm not interested in technical subtleties, just a broad feature run-down for Joe Average.
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Up to this point, because I didn't know better, I've done my image post-processing in 8-bit mode. What does this mean, and how does it affect the quality of the image? What software do I need to edit in a 16-bit workspace? Here are the results of my investigation of these questions...
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A review of Photoshop Elements 3 on dpreview.com suggested that the Camera Raw plug-in in Elements was feature-limited relative to Camera Raw 2.3 as shipped with Photoshop CS. Since, however, Photoshop CS2 has been released as has Camera Raw 3.1, which requires either CS2 or Elements 3. So if it's the same plug-in, does it have the same functionality when used with Elements as it does with CS2?
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I have a recently superseded Nikon D70 on order and have begun thinking about a workflow for handling raw images on the Mac. Another useful feature of Tiger (I've not seen it documented, or noticed it in Panther) is support for NEF right in the Finder itself. Furthermore, Preview can open and display the full-sized image.
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