Advice needed about lens correction plugin's for Aperture 2.1

Please can I have some advice about lens correction plugin's for Aperture 2.1?
I see that the Apple Aperture Downloads site promotes two:
1)LensFix 4.3
An external editor. The Aperture Downloads site calls it Lens Fix 4.3 but when you go the developers site (Kekus Digital) it only shows LensFix CI is this the same thing? Am I supposed to download the PTLens database from epaperpress.com and install manually before it is any good?
OR
2)Edit FixLens 1.6
Their site looks very poorly designed and the link from the Apple page does not go to the Aperture plugin, you have to drill down until you find it! Does it use the exif data about your lens and the zoom setting it was on automatically or do you need to configure it each time?
Which one did you buy? Was it worth it?
Thanks for your time!

LensFix CI is the same thing. It has the standalone version, the PS plug-in and the Aperture plug-in.
I've used LensFix via PS for a long time. It's great but... it can be a bit buggy if the image in use is 16-bit. Often it will work on the first image or two and then crash on the next.
I am told it's not compatible with PS CS4.
Another option is PTLens. It's also a PS plug-in and an Aperture plug-in. It's supposed to be CS4 compatible.
http://epaperpress.com/ptlens/index.html
It uses the same database of lens corrections as LensFix.
FWIW, I've tended to do this kind of work in Photoshop, either round tripping an image in Aperture or exporting an image from Aperture. Since Aperture plug-ins are going to 16-bit Tiff files anyway and since most images (if they are final files for clients) need some more PS work, I just go that route.
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Ashok_Ora wrote:
Great -- thanks for the clarification.Thank YOU, my first post was indeed a bit confusing, at least about the reads on DB2.
Ashok_Ora wrote:
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Here are some alternatives to consider, for the reporting application:
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I found out in several benchmarks (there are not a lot, but I did find some ^^) that BDB amongst others is optimized for bunch queries, say that retrieving a whole lot of data is faster that, for instance, retrieving n times the same row. Is that right? Now, I guess that this is tightly related to the configuration and the server's performances...
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- Use the Oracle external table mechanism (Overview and how-to - http://docs.oracle.com/cd/B28359_01/server.111/b28319/et_concepts.htm) to query the data from Oracle database. Again, you don't need to move the data. You won't be able to create indices on the external tables. If you do want to move data from the BDB repository into Oracle DB, you can run a "insert into <oracle_table> select * from <external_table_in_DB2>;". As you know, Oracle database is excellent database for all sorts of applications, including complex reporting applications.
This is VERY interesting. VERY.
And Oracle DB is, you're, a very powerful and flexible database for every kind of processes.
I'll look into the docs carefully, many thanks for pointing that out (again!) :)
I have not yet decided if the final application would be free nor open source, but this will eventually be a real question. Right now, I don't want to think of it, and just find the best technical solution(s) to achieve the best possible results.
And BDB and Oracle DB are very serious competitors, definitely ;)
Ashok_Ora wrote:
Hope this was helpful. Let me know your thoughts.It definitely is so much useful! Makes things clearer and allow me to get more into BDB (and Oracle as well with your latest reply), and that's much appreciated. :)
As I said, my primary goal is to insure the highest write throughput - I cannot miss any incoming data as there is no (easy/efficient) way to re-ask for what would be lost and get it again being sure that it hadn't changed (the simple act of re-asking would induce data flaws, actually).
So, everything else (including reporting, stats, etc.) IS secondary, as long as what comes in is always stored for sure (almost) as soon as it comes in.
This is why, in this context, "real" real-time is not really crucial, an can be "1 minute delayed" real time (could even be "5 minute delayed", actually, but let's be a bit demanding ^^).
Ashok_Ora wrote:
Just out of curiousity, can you tell us some additional details about your application?Of course, I owe you a bit more details as you help me a lot in my research/study :)
The application is sort of a tracking service. It is primarily thought to serve the very specific needs of a client of mine: they have several applications that all use the same "contents". Those contents can be anything, text, HTML, images, whatever, and they need to know almost in real time what application (used by which external client/device) is requesting ressources, which ones, from where, in which locale/area and language, etc.
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So, as you can guess, this is pretty much... big. On the paper, at least. Not sure if this will ever be implemented one day, to be honest with you, but I really want to do the technical study seriously and bring the best options so that they know where they plan to go.
As of me, I would definitely love it if this could become reality, this is very interesting and exciting stuff. Especially as it requires to see things as they are and not to fall into the "NoSQL fashion" for the sake of being "cool". I don't want a cool application, I want an efficient one, that fits the needs ;) What is very interesting here is that BDB is not new at all, though it's one of the most serious identified players so far!
Ashok_Ora wrote:
Thanks and warm regards.
ashokMany thanks again, Ashok!
I'll leave this question opened, in order to keep on posting as I'm progressing (and to be able to get your thoughts and rewarding comments and advice above all :) )
Cheers,
Jimshell

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I'm testing a new FCP installation for a News Broadcaster and reached a major stumbling block with the recording of Voice Over in tight turnaround situations. Previously the broadcaster fully utilized the 'Audio Punch-in' functionality of Avid Media Composer but we are yet to find a satisfactory equivalent in FCP or Soundtrack.
The Avid workflow currently involves playing out our programme mix on Tracks 1 and 2 to our external mixer whilst simultaneously recording the Programme / VO mix from an external mixer on Avid Mojo i/p 3 and 4 onto tracks 3 and 4. They also record the clean VO from the external mixer via Avid Mojo i/p 5 and 6 to tracks 5 and 6. At any point the journalist could make a vo mistake so they would stop the vo recording and change the punch-in in point on the timeline and proceed to record over the required portion of vo with a defined playback preroll before the vo begins to record.
These tools ensure they can very quickly record vo and fix mistakes on the fly without the need for further editing. The broadcaster relies on this functionality for tight turnaround bulletins and without an equivalent toolset in FCP this could be reason enough not to make the switch to FCP :O(
To summarize they need the following features for voice over:
- simultaneous recording of 4 audio channels
- playing back the recorded track during pre-roll and then switching over to the inputs like a kind of EE operation
- defining the tracks for recording and overwriting the previously recorded material if you record the same part again.
Has anyone on this forum found a way to record VO like this on FCP or Soundtrack? Any advice would be gratefully received.
Independent Editor, Technician and Trainer
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Open the Help menu in FCP, and search the online user's manual with the words "Voice Over Tool"... FCP has something similar to Avid's tool... you can keep nat sound etc, and record VO right to the timeline window. Even do multiple takes. Video can be routed externally to a monitor in a VO booth too during the record. The talent can have a headphone as well.
Jerry

Advice needed about slow broadband speed

Hi there,
I was wondering if you could help me. I live in the countryside and wouldn't you guess it, I get slow internet speeds. Obviously I don't expect superfast broadband but I just want to see if there is any other reason to my slow speeds other then my distance from the exchange (which I believe is 4.3Km, a long distance I know).
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Connection Information
Line state: Connected
Connection time: 4 days, 11:07:43
Downstream: 2.125 Mbps
Upstream: 448 Kbps
ADSL Settings
VPI/VCI: 0/38
Type: PPPoA
Modulation: G.992.1 Annex A
Latency type: Fast
Noise margin (Down/Up): 5.8 dB / 12.0 dB
Line attenuation (Down/Up): 63.5 dB / 31.5 dB
Output power (Down/Up): 17.2 dBm / 12.3 dBm
FEC Events (Down/Up): 0 / 91
CRC Events (Down/Up): 6871 / 77
BT Wholesale Broadband Performance Test:
Download Speed (Mbps): 1.25
Upload Speed (Mbps): 0.31
Ping Latency(ms): 43.88

Thank you for such a fast reply.
There is the further diagnostic test below. The strange thing is I was getting around 3-3.5mbps downstream a week ago but with the frequent disconnections due to the weather I have a bad feeling the exchange has downgraded my line.
1. Best Effort Test:
Download Speed : 1.5 Mbps
Your speed test has completed and the results are shown above, however during the test an error occurred while trying to retrieve additional details regarding your service. As a result we are unable to determine if the speed you received during the test is acceptable for your service. Please re-run the test if you require this additional information.

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Hello all, just registered,
Could anyone recommend which processor I should buy for the MEGA PC 865 Pro I just ordered? I can see a Intel Pentium 4 630 3 Ghz Socket 775 800Mhz 2mb Retail Boxed on Ebuyer for £124 which is my price range but I'm not sure why it's good. The only criteria I have is that I will be doing video editing and I want my PC to stay quiet so I suppose there will be a trade-off somewhere. I'm confused about why there are so many processors with so little apparent difference between the.
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all info on Mega 865PRO, click to links at left for drivers, CPU support etc.
http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/slim_pc/slm/pro_slm_detail.php?UID=602
you can find info on differences between P4 CPUs in this chart
http://www.intel.com/products/processor_number/index_view_p4.htm

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