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Newtophotos · 10-17-2013, 05:20 PM

I recently returned from vacation with 3-4K photos from my wife's and my K-30s. With a Mac, what is a good way to handle these photos? I'd like to collectively go through them all, adjust lighting (a lot of them are dark and I need to brighten them somehow), convert from png format to jpeg (I'd like to share the best with friends and family on Flickr) and delete the 80% of them that aren't so great. Is there a particular software I need to purchase for my Mac that can handle this well?

**Miguel** · 10-17-2013, 05:22 PM

iPhoto

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twitch · 10-17-2013, 05:23 PM

Originally posted by Newtophotos

I recently returned from vacation with 3-4K photos from my wife's and my K-30s. With a Mac, what is a good way to handle these photos? I'd like to collectively go through them all, adjust lighting (a lot of them are dark and I need to brighten them somehow), convert from png format to jpeg (I'd like to share the best with friends and family on Flickr) and delete the 80% of them that aren't so great. Is there a particular software I need to purchase for my Mac that can handle this well?

iPhoto would do the job for you, it comes free with every Mac.

calsan · 10-17-2013, 06:07 PM

Do you mean DNG format not png format?
Pentax Digital Camera Utility does good processing of DNGs to jpeg with an output that is similar to the in camera processing, with a bit better noise reduction.

I also much prefer Picasa for organising images on the mac, because you set your own folder structure in the finder. But that's just me, I like to see my photos in the finder, I don't want them all combined and hidden away the way iPhoto does. It makes copying them to a new computer or disk that much simpler.

kcupp95 · 10-21-2013, 05:30 PM

Aperture is a fancier version of iPhoto and is freaking amazing. It's about $85 but does a lot more processing than iPhoto.

10-17-2013, 05:20 PM	#1
Newtophotos Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 439	How to handle my photos? I recently returned from vacation with 3-4K photos from my wife's and my K-30s. With a Mac, what is a good way to handle these photos? I'd like to collectively go through them all, adjust lighting (a lot of them are dark and I need to brighten them somehow), convert from png format to jpeg (I'd like to share the best with friends and family on Flickr) and delete the 80% of them that aren't so great. Is there a particular software I need to purchase for my Mac that can handle this well?

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10-17-2013, 05:23 PM	#3
twitch Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 4,571	Originally posted by Newtophotos I recently returned from vacation with 3-4K photos from my wife's and my K-30s. With a Mac, what is a good way to handle these photos? I'd like to collectively go through them all, adjust lighting (a lot of them are dark and I need to brighten them somehow), convert from png format to jpeg (I'd like to share the best with friends and family on Flickr) and delete the 80% of them that aren't so great. Is there a particular software I need to purchase for my Mac that can handle this well? iPhoto would do the job for you, it comes free with every Mac.

10-17-2013, 06:07 PM	#4
calsan Pentaxian Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Perth, Australia Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,549	Do you mean DNG format not png format? Pentax Digital Camera Utility does good processing of DNGs to jpeg with an output that is similar to the in camera processing, with a bit better noise reduction. I also much prefer Picasa for organising images on the mac, because you set your own folder structure in the finder. But that's just me, I like to see my photos in the finder, I don't want them all combined and hidden away the way iPhoto does. It makes copying them to a new computer or disk that much simpler.

10-21-2013, 05:30 PM	#5
kcupp95 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Cairns, Australia Posts: 183	Aperture is a fancier version of iPhoto and is freaking amazing. It's about $85 but does a lot more processing than iPhoto.

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