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Macintosh version - jondarien - 02-05-2007 05:18 AM
Any plans for a Macintosh version of Portrait Pro?
Most photographers I know, including myself, uses an Apple Mac instead of a Windows PC. Right now I'm doing all of my photo processing on my Mac - and I need to export my photos to my PC, just to use Portrait Pro - which is very inconvenient, as I'm sure you can imagine.
RE: Macintosh version - JayBlue - 02-15-2007 06:04 AM
jondarien Wrote:
Any plans for a Macintosh version of Portrait Pro?
Most photographers I know, including myself, uses an Apple Mac instead of a Windows PC. Right now I'm doing all of my photo processing on my Mac - and I need to export my photos to my PC, just to use Portrait Pro - which is very inconvenient, as I'm sure you can imagine.
Most photographers I know, including myself, uses an Apple Mac instead of a Windows PC. Right now I'm doing all of my photo processing on my Mac - and I need to export my photos to my PC, just to use Portrait Pro - which is very inconvenient, as I'm sure you can imagine.
Yes, please, please, please come out with a Mac version. Not only prof. fotogs but all of us snap amateurs would love to buy this program (not just for me, either. What a great gift this would be for family)! no point, though, if I can't use it on my Mac...
RE: Macintosh version - MacBernac - 03-06-2007 02:42 PM
jondarien Wrote:
Any plans for a Macintosh version of Portrait Pro?
Most photographers I know, including myself, uses an Apple Mac instead of a Windows PC. Right now I'm doing all of my photo processing on my Mac - and I need to export my photos to my PC, just to use Portrait Pro - which is very inconvenient, as I'm sure you can imagine.
Most photographers I know, including myself, uses an Apple Mac instead of a Windows PC. Right now I'm doing all of my photo processing on my Mac - and I need to export my photos to my PC, just to use Portrait Pro - which is very inconvenient, as I'm sure you can imagine.
I thought this program would be hugely expensive; when I saw the price I wanted it asap. To my dismay it's PC only. PLEASE--develop a Mac version. I have no plans to buy a PC and even if I do eventually get an Intel Mac, I have no plans to run Windows on it. I'd LOVE to get my hands on this program if it were available for Mac!
RE: Macintosh version - admin - 03-12-2007 07:08 PM
Hi everyone,
We are now in the first stages of planning a Macintosh version. It is likely to be a few months before it is ready. We have decided to only target Intel Macs, because our image processing algorithms are too intensive to run in emulation on the old power pc chips. I'll keep you updated.
Tony
RE: Macintosh version - JayBlue - 03-12-2007 11:50 PM
YAY! Thank you! Intel Macs would be great....
RE: Macintosh version - MacBernac - 03-13-2007 10:40 AM
Great it's coming for Intel Macs. Disappointing I'm still on a PPC iBook. Of course, my next Mac will be a MacBook ... so I'll have to wait til then.
RE: Macintosh version - GAO - 07-05-2007 08:01 PM
admin Wrote:
Hi everyone,
We are now in the first stages of planning a Macintosh version. It is likely to be a few months before it is ready. We have decided to only target Intel Macs, because our image processing algorithms are too intensive to run in emulation on the old power pc chips. I'll keep you updated.
Tony
We are now in the first stages of planning a Macintosh version. It is likely to be a few months before it is ready. We have decided to only target Intel Macs, because our image processing algorithms are too intensive to run in emulation on the old power pc chips. I'll keep you updated.
Tony
It's gone nearly 4 months now, any news on a Mac version? And what about the roumered standalone version? I'm eager to buy...
and if you make some kind of Apple Aperture integration, ether by a "Open in external editor" as with PS (wich open the image as a psd or tiff in PS, and saves it as a version in Aperture after editing), or as an Aperture ExportToPortraitProfessional plug-in, my days will become a lot easier and my productionrate will increase a lot!!
Nice product, but sadly not for us Mac-users yet...
Geir
Norway
RE: Macintosh version - admin - 07-05-2007 10:24 PM
Hi Everyone,
We are currently working on the Mac Version, however it is a very big job, so we don't have a release date yet. It is likely to be quite a few months before we can release it though.
As for the standalone version, we are currently working on that, and if testing goes well, it should hopefully be due out by next week.
Tony
RE: Macintosh version - GAO - 08-07-2007 07:30 PM
hi there, still very eager to se a mac version... especially now with the stand alone version out... almost cant wait.. would be a whole new world for me... please hurry!
Geir
RE: Macintosh version - GAO - 08-07-2007 08:49 PM
hi there, still very eqager to se a mac version... especially now with the stand alone version out... almost cant wait.. would be a whole new world for me... please hurry!
Geir
RE: Macintosh version - abolrb - 09-25-2007 02:03 PM
Another vote for the mac version. Having this would greatly reduce photoshop time and aggravation.
Any closer to an idea on time frame or even if a beta offering would be in the mix?
RE: Macintosh version - admin - 09-26-2007 02:43 AM
Hi Everyone,
Writing the Mac version is an extremely large task, as essentially we have to re-write the entire application user interface from scratch. With such large tasks, it is unwise to give any time estimates, as they can easily slip, but I'm afraid it will be a long time (months). However, for people on a Mac there are a few options for the keen:
Portrait Professional obviously works under bootcamp.
Also we know some of our customers are running it with parallels.
We do not officially support either of these, but the option is there if you want it.
Additionally, we can make available a Mac version of our fully automatic product: Portrait Plus. Portrait Plus is a fully automated version of Portrait Professional that allows the user to batch process groups of portraits with no user input. If anyone is interested in Portrait Plus for the Mac or PC, they can get more information by sending a private message on this forum to admin.
Tony
RE: Macintosh version - willotravel - 10-05-2007 09:32 PM
Hi Tony, do you have a version of this that runs on a non intel mac? A colleague of mine showed me a demo of this package and its amazing.
Cheers
Steve
RE: Macintosh version - admin - 10-08-2007 09:59 PM
Hi there,
We don't currently have any software that runs on Macs. However, producing a version of Portrait Plus that works on Macs (intel and non intel) is a smaller task than Portrait Professional as there is less GUI, so could be produced as a bespoke piece of software if someone was willing to pay for the development. Obviously this is aimed at larger buyers, as bespoke development is much more expensive than consumer software! If you are interested in Portrait Plus, send admin a message on this forum.
Tony
RE: Macintosh version - TGeist - 01-24-2008 07:57 AM
Another one hoping for a Mac version. Intel & OS X 10.5 are fine.
If you go to forums with a lot of professional wedding and portrait photographers (like the DWF) you will see that many many people bought imagenomic's Portraiture, even though it's almost double the price and - as far as I can see - only half the power of PortraitProfessional.
Hurry up guys, you're missing out on a lot of money ...
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Cheers!
Thomas
RE: Macintosh version - Roscoe - 01-25-2008 01:56 PM
TGeist Wrote:
Another one hoping for a Mac version. Intel & OS X 10.5 are fine.
If you go to forums with a lot of professional wedding and portrait photographers (like the DWF) you will see that many many people bought imagenomic's Portraiture, even though it's almost double the price and - as far as I can see - only half the power of PortraitProfessional.
Hurry up guys, you're missing out on a lot of money ...
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Cheers!
Thomas
If you go to forums with a lot of professional wedding and portrait photographers (like the DWF) you will see that many many people bought imagenomic's Portraiture, even though it's almost double the price and - as far as I can see - only half the power of PortraitProfessional.
Hurry up guys, you're missing out on a lot of money ...
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Cheers!
Thomas
Up to the time of buying PP I was using Portraiture exclusively but I think each software has it's strengths and weaknesses; the one bonus with PP is that it's standalone and not just a Photoshop plugin.
RE: Macintosh version - admin - 01-26-2008 02:12 AM
Care to elaborate on where you think Portrait Professional could be improved? We are always looking for ways to make it better for our users.
Tony
RE: Macintosh version - Roscoe - 01-27-2008 07:00 AM
Once the "toolboxes" are on screen there's no way to minimise, maximise or close them. Not even drag handles to make them smaller/larger. They take up too much real estate, making it harder to see the image on which they're working. The only way to get rid of them is to finalise the adjustment process, saving the image. Once saved, no further adjustments can be made, unless the whole process is re-started with the modified image processed again.
RE: Macintosh version - admin - 01-27-2008 09:38 AM
The next version (7.0) will address the problem with the toolboxes. As it is, you can re-size the sliders window, (up to a point) by dragging on the window edges.
In order to be able to re-adjust an image after saving it, you have to save a project file, which saves the settings for re-adjustment later. Is that what you meant?
Tony
RE: Macintosh version - Roscoe - 01-27-2008 03:12 PM
admin Wrote:
The next version (7.0) will address the problem with the toolboxes. As it is, you can re-size the sliders window, (up to a point) by dragging on the window edges.
In order to be able to re-adjust an image after saving it, you have to save a project file, which saves the settings for re-adjustment later. Is that what you meant?
Tony
In order to be able to re-adjust an image after saving it, you have to save a project file, which saves the settings for re-adjustment later. Is that what you meant?
Tony
Now I know to save as a project file that's what I'll do in future. I was saving as a jpeg and then opening that same file with PP for further adjustments, basically starting from scratch.
Is there any projected upgrade price for 6.3 to 7.0 ? Do you know the expected time frame before 7.0 gets released ?
RE: Macintosh version - FredSpencer - 01-27-2008 06:21 PM
Roscoe Wrote:
Once the "toolboxes" are on screen there's no way to minimise, maximise or close them. Not even drag handles to make them smaller/larger. They take up too much real estate, making it harder to see the image on which they're working.
Hi Roscoe,
You can move the boxes out of the way by clicking on the top bar and dragging them just, the same as you would with any window on your computer. If I need to do this I usually move them off the bottom of the screen leaving just the top showing so I can move them back again.
I also prefer to just have the 'After' image showing while doing adjustments. This generally frees up space and I find it is less distracting without the 'Before' showing all the time. When you want to compare them you just need to press Enter and it brings the Before image up in place of the After. This way you don't have to move your eyes and re-focus and is instantaneous, which is very helpful in avoiding making adjustments too over the top.
Hope this helps.
RE: Macintosh version - admin - 01-27-2008 10:51 PM
We have not decided on an upgrade price from 6.3 to 7.0, but it will probably be similar to our previous upgrade prices, i.e. fairly low. Version 7.0 is still a few months away. It is a re-write from scratch of the user interface to allow us to release it on the Mac as well as PC.
Tony
RE: Macintosh version - jondarien - 02-14-2008 02:47 AM
Looking forward to the Mac version! Hopefully it'll also be a standalone version like the PC version?
Also, will you have discount pricing to cross-upgrade from PP 6.3 Windows to PP 7.0 Mac? I'll have no need for the Windows version if I can run it on my Mac.
RE: Macintosh version - admin - 02-14-2008 04:01 AM
Hi there,
The Mac version will be standalone like the PC version. And yes, there will be a discount for current owners of PP 6.
Tony
RE: Macintosh version - lopsidedgrin - 02-15-2008 09:00 AM
admin Wrote:
Hi there,
The Mac version will be standalone like the PC version. And yes, there will be a discount for current owners of PP 6.
Tony
The Mac version will be standalone like the PC version. And yes, there will be a discount for current owners of PP 6.
Tony
Any updated ETA for the mac version? Thanks!
:-J
RE: Macintosh version - admin - 02-15-2008 08:55 PM
It's still approximately couple of months away. It's a very large task, and difficult to produce accurate time scales, and depends on the feature set that will go into V7 which hasn't been locked down yet.
Tony
RE: Macintosh version - DavidM - 03-15-2008 07:58 PM
It is essential that you create a Mac version, most professionals ditched PCs as soon as Intel chips appeared in Mac
RE: Macintosh version - GAO - 03-30-2008 09:51 AM
admin Wrote:
It's still approximately couple of months away. It's a very large task, and difficult to produce accurate time scales, and depends on the feature set that will go into V7 which hasn't been locked down yet.
Tony
Tony
I am waiting eagerly :-) I do need a mac version, that would make my work much easier!!
RE: Macintosh version - mattforbes - 05-07-2008 02:09 AM
GAO Wrote:
hi there, still very eqager to se a mac version... especially now with the stand alone version out... almost cant wait.. would be a whole new world for me... please hurry!
Geir
Geir
I have an Intel Mac, and run PP through Parallels, works great.
RE: Macintosh version - Sparc - 05-08-2008 01:30 AM
I would like a Mac version too. I do my editing on a Macbook Pro and really don't want to install parallels just for this. I have PP installed on an adjacent PC but would like to migrate it to the mac at some point
RE: Macintosh version - bhonsvick - 06-23-2008 07:24 AM
Popular Photography Magazine is reporting that the mac version of Portrait Professional Max 8 is available. Can we expect an announcement soon? (I second a comment earlier that an aperture plug in would be awesome, and free for mac purchasers sounds even better)
After previewing it in windows I can't wait to purchase it on mac. (I hate switching to windows so I'm holding out for the mac version)
RE: Macintosh version - admin - 06-23-2008 05:45 PM
While we don't work to a specific date (we'd rather wait a few more days if that's what's needed to get it right), it is true, the Mac version of Portrait Professional is due out soon.
Tony
RE: Macintosh version - k3v1nc - 06-29-2008 06:27 AM
I discovered your software recently, however, I am holding off on the purchase until the Mac version is released. I really don't want to run it in Bootcamp or Parallels, that would really slow down my workflow.
I, of course, want a nice finished bug free product, so do what you guys have to do to finish it. The day it's available, I'll be purchasing!
RE: Macintosh version - Eye4U - 07-18-2008 09:51 PM
Mac version works like a dream. T H A N K Y O U
RE: Macintosh version - Evalani - 07-24-2008 12:13 AM
Eye4U Wrote:
Mac version works like a dream. T H A N K Y O U
i tried it on my mac and it wont work i have osx 10.4 system should i upgrade cause i really want this software so im not sure what to do it said my system wont support it
RE: Macintosh version - admin - 07-24-2008 12:48 AM
It sounds like you have a PowerPC Mac. We don't currently support PowerPC Macs.
Tony
RE: Macintosh version - carlyse_09 - 01-20-2009 03:21 PM
I understand the big job of doing the mac version.I'll wait for the release of the product soon.
RE: Macintosh version - admin - 01-20-2009 07:44 PM
The Mac version has been out for some time!
carlyse_09 Wrote:
I understand the big job of doing the mac version.I'll wait for the release of the product soon.