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I finally got a MAC...what's next?
Carleton Q. Hall, Photographer
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Baltimore | MD | USA | Posted: 10:23 AM on 11.21.03 |
->> Yep, I finally got a Mac. Nothin' special, a PowerMac G4 second hand. I've never been so happy. It was like bringing a puppy home for the first time .
I got thousands of dollars of PC software. You name it (XP Pro, Office XP Pro, Win 2000 Pro, Acobat, Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver Studio, Visio...)
I got NOTHING for Mac.
OK, so what goodies do I need to get? What's free?
Later,
Carleton |
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Steven E. Frischling, Photographer
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Amherst | MA | USA | Posted: 10:28 AM on 11.21.03 |
->> Photoshop
PhotoStation
Panic's Transmit (for FTP)
Lexar Image Rescue (if you use Lexar)
Mac Offic X (or use Apple Works v6)
Chess (should be pre-installed)
Norton for virus scans (or McAffe)
.....that is my basic list for working as a photog, there are many others which are nice to have |
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Kevin P. Tucker, Photographer
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Rockland | DE | USA | Posted: 10:48 AM on 11.21.03 |
->> External Hard Drive.
In simple terms: Backup, Backup, Backup.
LaCie 120GB Hard Drive.
Best purchase to make after software. |
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Dave Prelosky, Photographer
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Lower Burrell | Pa | US | Posted: 10:52 AM on 11.21.03 |
| ->> Keep in mind that Image Rescue requires some version of OS-X. That's a diferent upgrade. |
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Paul Stephen, Photographer
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Thad Parsons, Photographer
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Durham | NC | USA | Posted: 10:59 AM on 11.21.03 |
->> Mine is in the mail ...
Decided to go Mac for my next photo computer because I was going to have to buy new software anyway ... damn upgrades! |
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Michael J. Treola, Photographer
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Neptune | NJ | USA | Posted: 11:02 AM on 11.21.03 |
->> If you plan on moving to Mac forever you can transfer your PC license to Mac. Most companies allow this is you sign a promise to destroy your PC version.
The basics of Photoshop, PhotoMechanic, FTP or other communication software, Microtech card reader, and CD burner (if not already) will get you off the ground quickly. |
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Jerry Laizure, Photographer, Assistant
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Norman | OK | USA | Posted: 11:23 AM on 11.21.03 |
| ->> Disk Warrior |
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Ken Murray, Photographer
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Broomfield | CO | USA | Posted: 12:04 PM on 11.21.03 |
| ->> Hey Carleton: I had to get a new monitor yesterday and I have 2 JBL speakers that came with it you're welcome to have. Shoot me your address if you want them. |
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Yuli Wu, Photographer
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Ann Arbor | MI | | Posted: 12:40 PM on 11.21.03 |
->> Hi Steven,
What is Photostation? Is it similar to Photo Mechanic? And where can you purchase a copy of Lexar Image Rescue?
Carlton,
Photo mechanic is a must. Best digital contact sheet editing program designed for photojournalists. |
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Tony Donaldson, Photographer
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Sherman Oaks | CA | USA | Posted: 12:46 PM on 11.21.03 |
->> Carleton,
Congrats. One you go Mac, you'll never go back!
As for the comment on external drives, I have 4 physical drives in my G4 case, and just replaced my 1x Superdrive with a 4x (Pioneer 106) for archiving to CD or DVD. As well as making DVDs of my short films to watch.
You'll definitely need Photoshop and PhotoMechanic. I miss Fotostation, there's still not an OS X version, so thankfully most (not all) of the features I like about Fotostation are in PhotoMechanic. I use "Fetch" for uploading, mainly because I have all my shortcuts set up for it and I'm too lazy to try any of the others, Fetch just works.
I'd also suggest "Toast", it's much more useful than Apple's "Diskbummer", I mean "Diskburner" ;-) |
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Steven E. Frischling, Photographer
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Amherst | MA | USA | Posted: 12:46 PM on 11.21.03 |
->> Yuli:
D'oh!
I was typing in Photo Mechanic and FotoStation while trying to settle a dispute between my 3 year old and our dog. I seemed to make them into program (wouldn't that be great!).
Photo Mechanic is what I use primarily, I love the software. I have it for both my Mac and Win2k machines, it is an absolute must.
I use FotoStation for archive searching. Until another program (Camera Bits are you listening?) can search the caption info as well as FotoStation, I am stuck using both programs.
You can download Lexar Image Rescue from www.lexarmedia.com , but you need Lexar USB/JumpShot CF cards and a Lexra USB/JumpShot card reader to make it work. |
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Joshua Brown, Photographer, Assistant
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Salt Lake City | UT | USA | Posted: 12:51 PM on 11.21.03 |
->> This is some of my fav shareware and freeware off versiontracker.com and apple.com
Apple Backup-now lets you backup to .mac OR external
Carbon Copy Cloner-make bootable backups
Export Artwork-grab album art for iTunes off Amazon
iTunes Catalog-create searchable HTML libraries of your iTunes playlist
Synergy-iTunes add on
Mozilla Firebird-really fast browser
Omni Outliner
Nicecast-broadcast your own radio station
osXigen-FTP client
PhoneAgent-for Bluetooth phones
SWF n Slide-quick Flash slideshows
Speed Download
SilverKeeper-for Lacie firewire external hardrives
Acquisition-peer to peer client
CandyBar-change your icon set systemwide
iPhoto Diet-reduce bloated size of iPhoto
Macstumbler-find all wireless networks available
Xbench-benchmarking utility
Xupport-cheap system utility
ShapeShifter-change the entire look of your desktop theme
Cleardock-get rid of annoying white dock
Fire-instant message client for yahoo, aol, msn, icq, et al.
And I would HIGHLY recommend upgrading to Panther if you dont have it installed...I got a 20 percent speed increase and Expose alone is worth the upgrade.
Here are a few programs that I am paying for..or will be shortly:
.mac account
Adobe Creative Suite
Final Cut Pro 4
Pro Tools 6
Photo Mechanic
Macromedia Studio 2004
DayLite
Toast 6
TechTool Pro 4
Quicken 2004
Quickbooks 5
Photoquote
PhotoMechanic
Nik Tools
Photo Kit
Portfolio 6
Capture One 1.2
Guess thats about it. Have fun. |
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Steven E. Frischling, Photographer
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Amherst | MA | USA | Posted: 12:55 PM on 11.21.03 |
->> FotoStation Pro v5.0 should be out for Mac OS X by the end of the year. The Windows version is being released this week, and will be available for a 30 day demo at www.fotoware.com
The cool think with FotoStation is you can burn a FotoStation browser to a CD for your clients. It is nice for them to have the photos, and have them come in the form of a contact sheet., where they can click into full size images. FotoStation is also a great program for when you have someone else working quickly on your photos to transmit them. It is much easier to teach than Photoshop. |
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Carleton Q. Hall, Photographer
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Baltimore | MD | USA | Posted: 4:07 PM on 11.21.03 |
| ->> Thanks for the feedback guys. |
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Yuli Wu, Photographer
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Ann Arbor | MI | | Posted: 11:45 PM on 11.21.03 |
->> By the way y'all PhotoMechanic is coming out with a new version for MAC users this December around X-Mas time... I got this info from Reed Hoffman at the SportShooter Luau. The best part (drum rolls please) it has a dictionary and spell check for people like me who can't type. :)
Steven,
Thanks for clearing it up. |
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Yuli Wu, Photographer
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Ann Arbor | MI | | Posted: 11:47 PM on 11.21.03 |
->> Steven,
The Lexar Image Rescue, I have a card reader but it's firewire, will it work with Lexar card readers with firewire?
Gracias,
YW |
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Robert Dall, Photographer, Assistant
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Portage la Prairie | MB | Canada | Posted: 11:51 PM on 11.21.03 |
->> WOW! that is something I could really use, a spell checker. . .
but colour is still spelt with a U. . . |
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Charles Chao, Photographer
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New York | ny | USA | Posted: 12:32 AM on 11.22.03 |
->> are there any software similar to breezesys Downloader Pro
for the mac? |
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Ken Murray, Photographer
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Broomfield | CO | USA | Posted: 12:23 PM on 11.22.03 |
| ->> Hey Carleton: On the way! You should see them Tuesday via us postal. |
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Cameron Davidson, Photographer
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Arlington | VA | USA | Posted: 2:04 PM on 11.22.03 |
->> These are the tools/goodies I use.
Photoshop CS
IView or Photo Mechanic (PM is a killer program!)
Transmit (FTP)
Keynote for digital presentations (Apple Program)
FotoBiz or InView (for invoicing)
FileMaker Pro
AppleWorks or Nisus or Office X for writing
Quickbooks Pro (for keeping the money gods in order)
Art Directors Toolkit (conversions and such)
Palm Desktop (killer calendar - based on the old Claris/Apple Organizer)
macGPS Pro (map - tracking - location)
Marine Aquarium (for grins)
Roxio Toast (have to have it !)
Watson (a must have - blow Sherlock out of the water! Incredible little program)
ImageBuddy
PhotoKit + Photo Sharpener by Pixel Genius (Schewe, Resnick and crew - a great add-on to PhotoShop)
Cameron Davidson |
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Steven E. Frischling, Photographer
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Amherst | MA | USA | Posted: 4:46 PM on 11.22.03 |
->> Yuli:
You need the Lexar USB JumpShot card reader with Lexar Image Rescue, and obviously Lexar cards which are USB JumpShot enabled.
Most of my cards are Lexar JumpShot cards. The Lexar FireWire card reader will not allow you to use Image Rescue.
There are programs which will let you recover your images, such as Photo Rescue (http://www.photorescue.us). Photo Rescue s $29, and is awsome. I have used it a number of times, and is well worth the $29 (worth about $3,000 in recovered images from older Microdrives when I used them). |
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Carleton Q. Hall, Photographer
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Baltimore | MD | USA | Posted: 8:06 PM on 11.22.03 |
| ->> Ken: Sweeeeet! |
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