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Aperture 3’s great new Library syncing tools enable workers to quickly collaborate on projects by allowing for any collection of images to be exported as Library, which can then be used as a brand-new Aperture Library or can be imported and merged into an existing Library. Let’s look at an example of how this can be ... read more
Debbie Grossman at PopPhoto.com has written a review of Aperture. It’s six pages long and barely mentions some of the most important Aperture features. She doesn’t go into Aperture’s powerful multiple brushes, retouching/cloning tools, or even the power of the library organizational tools. She concludes that iPhoto users would be interested in this upgrade, but ... read more
We’ve written a lot on the Aperture Network site about the differences between referenced and managed files in Aperture. Our primer on this can be found on our site here. Even with this advice people seem to get confused about how to move images between referenced and managed. A quick refresher: Managed files live inside ... read more
I was a doing an assignment for a major corporation covering one their biggest events of year. Four other photographers were covering it as well. We all had digital technicians to handle our images. My digital tech was using Aperture, of course. The others were using a combination of Bridge, Photo Mechanic, Photoshop and Lightroom. ... read more
Aperture’s handy Project view displays images in a thumbnail-based interface where each photo represents a single Project. The Project view has a number of different methods for organizing files, most of which go unnoticed by users of Aperture.View ProjectsUnder the Library tab select the Projects icon.Aperture displays each Project as a separate ... read more
A missing file is one that is in Aperture’s database, but can’t be located. If you’re wokring with Managed images, you’re unlikely to ever have missing file but if you reference your images and you’re not careful with file management you can easily create a situation in which Aperture has imported a photo but then ... read more
NZWidgets has updated their Aperture to SmugMug export pluging, SmuginProForAperture. The new version, 1.1, has a number of bug fixes and changes including: 1) The caption and keywords can now be updated when replacing an existing image.2) User feedback has been improved; the percentage uploaded is now reported in the Aperture activity window and other information and ... read more
With my photojournalism background, I’m highly resistant to cloning out objects in a image. As staff photojournalist at a daily metro newspaper, I would get fired for doing it. I take great pains to compose an image so this is never a temptation. But, I know in other disciplines of photography it’s commonplace. On the ... read more
I don’t know why anyone in their right mind would ever want another application to launch when the memory card is inserted, but there is a way to prevent it. Okay, I’m kidding, because if a photographer shoots a lot of video they may just want to use the finder to copy video files instead ... read more
Here’s a quick tutorial on how to eliminate red-eye in Aperture 3. In this case I used a ring light as the primary light and it created significant problems in both the boy and his dog.Select the Red-eye tool from the bottom barThis will activate the tool.Adjust the brush size to cover the eyeThis may ... read more
I’ve listed my top ten reasons every Mac-based photographer should use Aperture 3. If you think I’m wrong, or missed something, or take isssue with the order in which I listed the reasons….make a comment below.1. RAW Non-destructive Workflow: Aperture 3 handles large raw image files very well and has top notch image processing. 2. File ... read more
Every now and then, I want to look at the images in a folder that isn’t in my current Aperture Library. I don’t want to import them or do anything with them, I simply want to see what’s there very quickly. Aperture 3 can do this very well.File>ImportOr keyboard shortcut Command>i will bring up the ... read more
Sometimes, especially when trying to evaluate your photography, it’s helpful to see where you camera was focusing when you took a photo. Aperture has a handy feature to display the focal points used by your camera.Evaluate Your ImageHere I’m just curious to see if the camera was focusing on one of the seagulls or ... read more
I rarely use the Color Monochrome adjustment tool. When I finally have a need for it, I’m always amazed how powerful and how interesting the results can be. I think it’s generally a misunderstood adjustment. When I first started playing with it, I took it to be a specialty tool used mostly for sepia tone ... read more
Maybe it’s my perceived arrogance of Lightroom fan boys out there that makes me take way too much delight in discovering something Aperture 3 does that Lightroom does not. Nik Player points out a very important feature in Aperture 3 that I was shocked and amazed that Lightroom 3 doesn’t have, which is the ability ... read more
I found a nicely designed site where you can upload your favorite presets and download other user-generated presets for both Aperture 3 and Lightroom. As a self-avowed preset junky, there can’t be too many of these sites pop up. The more the merrier! Check it out here.read more
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