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Tethered iPhone in Aperture 2
I can't resist any longer. I've tried not to write about connecting my iPhone to the MacBook Pro and shooting tethered images controlled by Aperture 2, but I can't stop myself. It's just plain fun. And it makes a good party trick too (some clue about the parties I attend).
The procedure is simple, as you would suspect. First, fire up Aperture and create a new Project. Then go to File > Tether > Start Session. Turn on your iPhone and activate the camera. Click the Start Session button on the Tether Settings screen. Take a picture with the iPhone. Watch as it appears instantly in your Aperture project.
Now, what would really be cool is if you could trigger the iPhone from your computer. But I couldn't figure out how to do that. So, instead, I tripped the shutter the old fashioned way by tapping the touchscreen. It's not rocket science, but I think you'll get a kick out it.
I agree, this is cool. I am now trying to figure out a practical application for this.
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My, we are easily amused aren't we.
The iPhone and iPod Touch have already been used to provide remote control over a network via an AJAX connection. A better application would be to set up a remote connection to take pictures while UNtethered. I could see setting up a simple apple script that would take a folder that mirrors the pictures folder the iPhone saves photo to, and then uses the old-school tethering script to bring it into an Aperture project.
Considering apps like Remote buddy (http://www.iospirit.com/index.php?mode=view&obj_type=infogroup&obj_id=24&o_infogroup_objcode=infogroup-23&o1_infogroup_objcode=html-141&sid=6153892Gfaee5077d8ad6032) already exist, what would be so hard about setting something similar up. The connection would even
The iPhone already has wireless built in that's set up to work with your Mac on so many levels. Why not use it?
How, exactly, is this cooler than Photobooth?