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Continue reading →: Aperture ImageDate Format
My investigations of Aperture’s internals continue with a question from John: There’s no way in Aperture to change the image date value Aperture stores in its database. We know it doesn’t have to be the same as the embedded image metadata value because if you import from iPhoto Aperture stores…
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Continue reading →: AppleScript stringWithFormat
The task today for Annoture is localization. I’ve been looking far and wide across the Internet for an AppleScript equivalent to Cocoa’s stringWithFormat method to no avail. The lack of such a native function makes localizing an AppleScript Studio application difficult, as you can’t easily create formatted localized strings such…
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Continue reading →: Montebello Road
If you’re on the West Coast, by the time you’ve read this entry, Jorge and I will have climbed Montebello Road. I’m doing this to gauge my fitness level before Saturday’s possible ascent up the road for the inaugural Low-Key Hill Climb ride. My Forte shoes from Performance were a…
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Continue reading →: Your Five Best Photos and Digital Rebel XTi
The October 2006 meeting of the Camera Owners of the Bay Area (COBA) user group will be held this Wednesday, October 11, 2006 in Cordura Hall 100 at Stanford University from 7:30-10:00 pm. Photokina Wrapup Photokina 2006 is in the books. We’ll recap some of the most interesting news and…
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Continue reading →: Low-Key Hillclimbs are back!
The Bay Area Low-Key Hillclimbs are back! The first ascent will be up Montebello road, a climb that I’m very familiar with. I’m somewhat apprehensive about all of this, mainly because I’m about 10 pounds over my normal climbing weight. I have to hit the road hard in the next…
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Continue reading →: Annoture Update
I’m putting the finishing touches on a revision of Annoture which will bring compatibility with iView 3.x and Aperture 1.5. Star ratings and faster processing of images are some of the highlights of this release. Once the app passes a few more tests, I’ll release it out to the world.…
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Continue reading →: Aperture 1.5 AppleScript
This post will detail some of the new AppleScript goodies and oddities of Aperture 1.5. Goodies Selection: I can’t stress how much I love this feature. It will certainly make development of new features much faster now that I have access to the currently selected images. Oddities Selection: If you…
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Continue reading →: Aperture 1.5!
It’s available via Software Update! One feature that I’m eager to test out is the AppleScript selection property of the Aperture application: selection (list of anything, r/o) : The objects currently selected in the browser Right now, I’m upgrading my Library to 1.5 format. There’s no turning back now. I’m…
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Continue reading →: Aperture 1.5 Can't Be Far Away
Aperture owners across the world are no doubt clicking on the Software Update Check Now button every hour to see when version 1.5 is available. Yesterday, iTunes 7.0.1 was released, and today the iLife suite was updated. This update includes media browser support for Aperture. Thus, 1.5 is just around…
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Continue reading →: Family Tree Maker?
Peter inquired last night at the SNUG meeting if anyone has a copy of Family Tree Maker, a popular genealogy program. He needs to convert a file from Family Tree Maker format into the generic GEDCOM format. If anyone has a copy of FTM, chime in and we’ll broker a…
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Welcome to tow.com, my home on the internet since 1995. I’m an indie software artist and creator of apps such as Action Phrase, MixEffect, MsgFiler, RouteEffect, Wipe My Screen, and more. I’m also the producer and co-director of Autumn Gem. Enjoy your visit here!
