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If your volume is formatted with APFS, you can just duplicate the file in the Finder. APFS will not use any additional disk space in that case (unless you directly modify the file, which Nitro does not do). Then you can make different edits. That is more stable than using an alias or soft link.
Hi Gary,
It sounds like you have a good technical understanding of how labels work (stored in extended attributes). The app does indeed use the extended attribute API to read and write tags. That is because that is the only API that works on both Mac and iOS.
However, I am unclear about the problem you are seeing. The app is storing the string for the label and it is reading the color + the label name from the system to provide the UI.
Strings are the only way labels work in the Finder (color is not actually stored as part of the file’s tag – just the tag name). Nitro uses the same names as the Finder. If you add tags to the Finder (or change names), the app will use them (you have to quit and reopen the app for it to read those though).
You can favorite an image at any point. You do not need to be in edit. If you are in the grid (no viewer), press the “.” button. If you are viewing the image, you can click the heart on the left side (with the ratings interface).
I have received some reports of that happening sometimes, but I have not been able to reproduce this myself. If you can help identify what might be the trigger for this happening, I would appreciate it.
If you create a Smart Album, then sorting is allowed. I just looked at the app and the sort interface is enabled for a Smart Album that I made. If I click on the “Smart Albums” folder, then the sort interface is disabled, but that is a designed. So, I do not know why it is not enabled in your case. Perhaps if you quit and restart the app?
Hi Mike,
It’s an interesting idea. I have not looked at Affinity so I don’t know what is involved there. The range of the sliders is basically black to white, so that should be the full range, but perhaps the way it works is not optimal.
No, the app does not have either feature you describe. It’s possible, but the way the UI is built, presets and LUTs are not included in the list of operations for masks. I’ll make a note for the future.
I don’t know. The priority is getting the iOS app out which won’t have those features. I deliberately left them out because they are actually rather complicated to implement.
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).
