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Last night I was a photo editor at the NBA Playoff game between the Portland Trail Blazers and the Phoenix Suns. I’m a staff photographer at The Oregonian newspaper. It was my responsibility to import, select, caption and send images via ftp to the newspaper. The tip off time was 7:50 p.m. My deadline was ... read more
For those not ] familiar with Curves, here’s a quick look at how the tool can really help improve an image in short order. Here is an image of some graffiti on Treasure Island. The wall was behind a green mesh fence so I could not get a clear shot.The resulting shot was hazy ... read more
Aperture’s Brushes give you the ability to paint any adjustment onto your image, yet there’s a special feature that allows you to limit the tonal region to which your adjustment will apply.Select a BrushSelect a brushable adjustment. I’m going to use the Blur adjustment here, but this works with any brushable adjustment.Select RangeFrom the ... read more
I’ve been waiting for some videos to start showing up that were edited completely in Aperture 3. I’ll be curious to see how photographers take this feature to it’s limit. Here’s what diver and photographers Tony Wu says about it,"…I did almost all the sorting, adjustments, editing and output for this video using Aperture 3." http://www.tonywublog.com/20100328/video-of-night-safari-lembeh-trip.htmlNight ... read more
Aperture has a very helpful feature that allows a photographer to compare two or more photographs to one photograph. This is especially useful when a sequence of images is very similar from using the motor drive on a camera. High-end cameras shoot 10 frames per second and it’s important to be able to choose the ... read more
This is by far my favorite Aperture 3 quick tip. Aperture 3 has added the fantastic ability to create custom presets that can contain any number of adjustments—global or brushed on—and to compliment that ability is a neat trick that allows you to add a keyboard shortcut to any of these Presets, be it ones ... read more
In the Curves adjustment brick you can add points to a curve by simply clicking anywhere on the curve.The clicked point will gain a curve point. Most people adjust this point by dragging it with the mouse, but you can actually adjust it in very fine increments by using the arrow keys, and this ... read more
Aperture 3’s new video feature allow you to drop videos into Slideshows with ease. It also allows you to easily trim the videos down to remove excess parts of the clip. But what if you want to create a Slideshow with two different sections from a long video clip? Simple, just make a new Version.New ... read more
Many cameras have a built-in microphone to capture audio clips that are then stored on the camera’s media cards. Aperture 3 imports these files and enables their editing.Place Cursor in Playback BoxPlace your cursor in the Playback box and it will change to a blue slider with vertical lines on the end, which are ... 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
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