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Our Aperture Master Collection Tips, Tricks and Tutorials is Now Available

Our Aperture Master Collection Tips, Tricks and Tutorials is Now Available

Aperture 3 is the most powerful photographic tool that’s ever existed. Each of our Aperture 3 Tips, Tricks and Tutorials eBooks provide a ton of must-know techniques for using Aperture, packed with more than 100 techniques for mastering Aperture into each  eBook. We now also offer the Aperture Master Collection eBook, a combination of all three ... read more

August 31, 2010 in News by David Schloss 1 comment

Creating an iPad-Ready Auto-iTunes-Syncing iBook in Aperture

Creating an iPad-Ready Auto-iTunes-Syncing iBook in Aperture

Thanks to the integration of the Mac ecosystem it’s possible with Aperture to create a custom portfolio book that you can sync to your iPad and launch from Apple’s iBooks application. This can be an incredible way to showcase your photography flip book-style using a layout you can totally control with the precision of a ... read more

August 23, 2010 in Share by David Schloss 13 comments

Aperture 3 iBook on iTunes!

Aperture 3 iBook on iTunes!

Mac Create’s publishing division has just released our first iBook on Apple’s online store. You can now get our Aperture 3, Tips, Tricks and Tutorials Volume 1 book on the iBook store for the iPad and upcoming on the iPhone. We’re thrilled to be on the iBook store as the first Aperture 3 related book, ... read more

June 11, 2010 in News by David Schloss 4 comments

Books: Setting the Background to Black

Books: Setting the Background to Black

Aperture makes it very easy to set the background color on a page to black in book mode.Click film strip Drop-down menu and select blackThat’s all there is to it. See the the before and after examples below:read more

June 4, 2010 in Adjust by Thomas Boyd 1 comment

Books: Controlling Typography in Aperture 3

Books: Controlling Typography in Aperture 3

Aperture 3 provides some powerful tools for changing text in the book mode. Here’s an overview.Command-T for the Fonts WindowFrom here you can choose a new font, change the Font, Size, Style, Alignment, Line Spacing, Kerning, Baseline, and Outline.Changing the FontI’ve selected the type and, in this case, chose Savoy LET, Plain, at 48 pt.KerningMost ... read more

June 3, 2010 in Organize by Thomas Boyd 1 comment

The Massive, Beautiful New Apple Book Size

The Massive, Beautiful New Apple Book Size

Have you seen the new Extra Large book size that Apple is producing? It’s massive and beautiful. We got a sample book here in Vancouver to show off, check out the size.read more

February 16, 2010 in Share by David Schloss 6 comments

Making Travel Maps in Aperture 3 Books from GPS Data

Making Travel Maps in Aperture 3 Books from GPS Data

One of the absolutely coolest tricks in Aperture 3 (for my money) came from my colleague Byron who is a blogger-extrodinaire. In his blog post he was waxing poetic about the new mapping functionality inside Aperture’s Book tool. Thanks to GPS mapping and Places it’s possible to auto-generate book pages with maps and with travel ... read more

February 15, 2010 in Share by David Schloss 1 comment

New Album (Book, Etc.) From Selection Now Integrated

New Album (Book, Etc.) From Selection Now Integrated

In Aperture 2 there were a separate set of commands if you wanted to create a new Album, Book, Web Page or Gallery from the selected images than if you wanted to create a new blank Album, (book, etc.). In Aperture 3, these two items have been combined into the File>New menu.Once you select ... read more

February 12, 2010 in Share by David Schloss 0 comments

Produce Stunning Books With Aperture 3’s Book Plug-Ins

Produce Stunning Books With Aperture 3’s Book Plug-Ins

Aperture’s book creation tools have always been a big part of the program — I’ve actually used the tools to do things like poster designs, business cards and self-promo cards. Wedding and portrait shooters swear by the tools, but have lobbied for a direct connection between Aperture 3 and custom book publishers. Yes, it was ... read more

February 9, 2010 in Share by David Schloss 2 comments

Choosing a Photobook Theme for a Travel Book

Choosing a Photobook Theme for a Travel Book

The touring photographer wants to create a picture album that shows the memorable sites that the tour visited and the events they witnessed. Of number of themes for photobooks within Aperture, which would be best at meeting this objective? Here is a short discussion of these themes along with comments on their suitability for a ... read more

January 26, 2010 in Share by Donald O'Shea 3 comments