Ryan Carver

@rcarver
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I make the photo app @aphera, and sometimes photos

Teõtihuacăn is a Mesoamerican city that was considered the largest city in the Americas at its height and time. It contains The Pyramid of the Sun, and The Pyramid of the Moon. The city covered eight square miles, a square mile under San Francisco's nine. These images were taken in 2019, when visitors could still climb The Pyramid of the Sun.

These images use the base Aphera Look, "Solaris", and Balance tools for per image adjustments.

#photography #macos #aphera

RE: https://mastodon.social/@aphera/116488875628833989

This was a fun one to build. We wanted to do something that will feel natural in GUI as well as in cli/text environments.

Export settings coming soon. #macos #software

Usal Beach, 2025

Dreamy beach camping memories edited with @aphera, a little real-world testing of a whole new export tool in the new beta.

#photography #macos

Building some presets in @aphera, this modified 'Chronostasis' has a nice punchy saturation and depth. Works well for more contrasty shots.

Bryce Canyon, 2024

An incredible place, but the photos never worked for me. The colors are so intense and out of control. But a square crop and softer edit with @aphera feels great.

Berkeley walk in evening light. @aphera colors ❤️

Really enjoying the exploration of @aphera to breathe new life into images from the Canyonlands region of Utah. North and South Six Shooter towers, ancient petroglyphs, and Wingate sandstone towers near the Indian Creek climbing area.

#Aphera #CanyonlandsNationalPark #Utah #Photography

RE: https://mastodon.social/@daringfireball/116398656229552758

Best tip. I use this all the time, reflexively.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@aphera/116398683990014557

Loving this update. It was the result of wrestling with the limitations of NSToolbar, then finding inspiration in Xcode of all places! I did not expect to land on such a great feeling window with .unifiedCompact. #macos #appkit