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Aperture 3’s robust soft proofing and printing capabilities work in connection with OS X in order to provide integrated functionality, but for the advanced printer user who has custom ICC profiles it’s not clear on the surface where to put the profiles.Get a ProfileYou can download a profile from the companies that make your ... read more
When working with the Levels tool in Aperture it’s possible to display the channels in your image that will be clipped when moving the white and black point sliders. This helps you identify whether your adjustments are negatively affecting the parts of your image with key detail, and helps you specifically target your adjustments.Adjust ... read more
Aperture 3 Adjustment Presets Simulated BW FilmsBuy Now Tell a Friend$5.99Classic Black and White Film Adjustments Instantly In Aperture We’ve gotten a lot of requests for this super-pack, a collection of simulated black and white films. Turn your images into beautiful black and white renditions thanks to these film simulations. There are thirty different presets, ... read more
Aperture 3 has a great full-screen mode—a pitch-black interface without distractions to help you select and edit your images. But what if you don’t want the background of Full Screen to be black? In Aperture 2 you had no choice but in Aperture 3 you can tune that to any shade between black and white. ... read more
We’re happy to be offering for download once again our nearly hour-long start-to-finish guide to Color Management on the Macintosh, created by the Aperture Users Network and Mac Create, and presented by HP. You can purchase this title, and many other videos and guides to download from our Mac Create store. This downloadable instructional video is a ... read more
Aperture’s Loupe is a powerful inspection and editing tool and it not only can provide pixel-by-pixel information on the color values being inspected, and to display those values in different color spaces as well. When we teach Aperture we’re often asked how we chaned our values from RGB to LAB. Here’s how to do that, ... read more
White Balance is a big topic in digital photography—unlike our eyes, digital camera sensors can’t dynamically tell what “color” incoming light is to adjust colors. As a result, images often have a color cast to them, as is the case with the subject of this video, a green hat that’s turned a bit yellow thanks ... read more
We’ve just put a newer easier-to-download link to the Aperture Users Network guide to Color Management up on the Mac Create Network Premium site. This replaces the previous download link we had that required adding this to a cart and checking out for free. This nearly hour-long video does start-to-finish instruction on color management from theory ... read more
Aperture 2 has rather sophisticated selective-color tools, allowing it to adjust just part of an image. In this tutorial we’ll look at the basic controls using a typically colored outdoor image.Understanding What Images Work BestThe Color adjustment in Aperture is global, meaning that any colors with similar pixels will be adjusted. This image happens to ... read more
Over at our Digital Photography site we’ve got a post talking about a good Wiki article on White Balance. Some Aperture tips based on White Balance are in the works right now, so it’s good readin’. But as a bonus for you Aperture users, I also recommend the Apogee Photo tutorial on White Balance. [nggallery id=1] read more
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