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Clone and a limited spot/wire removal tool are in the new Nitro app. I am researching a more powerful healing feature, but that’s not imminent.
Pito, are you in light or dark mode when using Nitro? What do you mean by “more prominent”? Are you asking for the color to be brighter?
There is an app called Retroactive which can run Aperture on newer OS versions, but in my experience, various Aperture features do not work 100% even with Retroactive.
There is also an app called Avalanche which people have had good luck with.
–Nik
This is a complicated question with many parts. I doubt I can cover all of the issues comprehensively here.
A few things I recommend:
1. Avoid using referenced files with Photos, unless you are absolutely certain that you will NEVER move the files again. Photos has pathetic referenced file support – moving files is a one-at-a-time activity. If you have an Aperture library, consolidate the images before moving to Photos, or moving them all to a giant drive.2. Make sure all of your images are online and have full-size previews made for them. That’s important because Photos will not copy your adjustment data over – just the preview. It will try to make a preview for you, but there are bugs in the implementation.
3. Keywords are copied over. Ratings are turned into keywords.
4. Photos doesn’t have projects, so you need to make albums. It also doesn’t allow a lot of the complex nesting that Aperture did.
5. Photos is superior to the Finder if you want to have albums, keywords, smart albums etc. If you have a strict organizational system and can stick with it, then the Finder is good for that.
I will be adding more shortcuts over time. Some are easy, and some aren’t (like crop – because images may need to be downloaded, the app has to “remember” the crop key, wait for all of the downloading to complete, load the image, check if you changed the selection (which means it has to start over again), and then, finally, (maybe) enter crop mode).
That’s why, if I write a manual, it will be HTML based and not written using a conventional word processor
The app also has an FAQ inside of it. If you have topics you think should be in the FAQ, email me and I can add them.
The RAW Power manual is a giant PDF written in Word, and is a hassle to make and maintain (and translate). At some point, I will work on an HTML-based manual which I can add to over time (so the initial manual won’t be complete, but at least people will get it sooner).
If the app always centers, then when you select images for n-up or a batch operation, the image you selected moves out from underneath your cursor. That is either super handy or super annoying.
Clipping indicators are already in the app (as they are in RAW Power). The colored circles above the histogram indicate which channels are clipped. You can click them to show hot/cold pixels. The white circle shows hot/cold like Aperture. The other ones show hot pixels per channel.
RAW Power has a few features Nitro does not. For example, RAW Power can edit a single image by dragging an image to the app icon. RAW Power has favorite folders and Recently Viewed. There are some other small differences.
Pay once for all future updates. There will not be a version 2 or whatever you have to pay again for. It’s quite a deal.
Right now, my only priority is shipping the iOS app. Everything else is taking a back seat.
After that, I will be reviewing my (very very long) feature backlog and making videos.I don’t plan to publish my roadmap because my competitors watch me closely.
Releases will come out frequently. I get a lot of suggestions (including from you), and I try to put some of those into each release.
THe only non-goal I have for sure is that I am not trying to make Photoshop.
These are interesting ideas. However, I’m not convinced they are less work, and wikis can devolve into debates instead of information.
The other problem is that these will not help non-English speakers. The app will be localized in 6 languages (plus English). Videos get close captioning automatically which is helpful in those cases (if not perfect).
I’ll keep it in mind. Thanks for the suggestion.
