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DPReview: Good Thread on Aperture 3 Backup Strategy

DPReview: Good Thread on Aperture 3 Backup Strategy

I don’t manage my libraries and files this way, but I’m seriously thinking about changing my strategy. This could be a good way to go. I’d be interested to hear some comments on this. Read it here: http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1017&message=35444802http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1017&message=35444802read more

May 31, 2010 in Organize by Thomas Boyd 5 comments

Derrick Story: Reconnecting Master Files in Aperture 3

Derrick Story: Reconnecting Master Files in Aperture 3

Story shows us how to reconnect referenced master files when they’ve been moved to another hard drive. See it here: http://thedigitalstory.com/2010/05/reconnecting_master.htmlhttp://thedigitalstory.com/2010/05/reconnecting_master.htmlread more

May 29, 2010 in Organize by Thomas Boyd 1 comment

The Importance of Libraries: Aperture 3’s New Syncing

The Importance of Libraries: Aperture 3’s New Syncing

As soon as Aperture hit the market in 2005 photographers began to ask for the ability to share libraries between multiple machines. Blame it on the popularity of portable computers or on the fact that so many workflows are based around a cluster of computers but the Aperture photographer immediately began craving a collaborative Aperture ... read more

February 28, 2010 in Organize, Workflow by David Schloss 0 comments

Detaching and Attaching Audio File in Aperture 3

Detaching and Attaching Audio File in Aperture 3

Aperture can import audio files from cameras that support audio annotations, and by default the file is embedded with the master image when displayed in Aperture, but you can also detach your audio files, which makes them handy to use in Slideshows, to export by themselves (without having to export the photos along with them) ... read more

February 11, 2010 in Media by David Schloss 0 comments

Show in Project Is a Lifesaver in Aperture 3

Show in Project Is a Lifesaver in Aperture 3

One of the great strengths of Aperture is its ability to use the same image in countless Albums, Folders, Smart Albums, Books and more without duplicating the original file. Aperture just puts a reference in an Album or Book or what have you that points back at the original photo. This flexibility can easily lead ... read more

February 9, 2010 in Organize by David Schloss 1 comment

Tip #0 – Referenced vs. Managed Files

Tip #0 – Referenced vs. Managed Files

Last week we published the ebook "Ten Strategies for File Management in Aperture 2" to our online store, and made it free to our premium members. We thought it would be a good idea to give everyone a glimpse at the content and the style of the book. Since the book includes a "pre tip" ... read more

January 12, 2010 in Workflow by David Schloss 2 comments

Workflow Guide – Ten Strategies for File Management in Aperture 2

Workflow Guide – Ten Strategies for File Management in Aperture 2

We’ve just launched the new Mac Create store, an online source for downloads of tutorials, guides and more. We’ve launched with a new product, AUN Instructor Joseph Linaschke’s Ten Strategies for File Management in Aperture 2. The thirty-five page PDF guide is $14.97, but is free for Mac Create Premium members. Mac Create Premium members can ... read more

January 4, 2010 in News by David Schloss 1 comment

Re-Import D3s and Other Non Supported Files

Re-Import D3s and Other Non Supported Files

Apple updated RAW support the other day for a number of cameras, among them the Nikon D3S and Canon 1Ds Mark IV. If you’ve already imported RAW files from these cameras into Aperture, even after the update you won’t see the files displayed properly because Aperture processes them on import. Simply export and re-import the ... read more

December 21, 2009 in Import by David Schloss 3 comments

Making Use of Versions for Adjustments in Books and Albums

Making Use of Versions for Adjustments in Books and Albums

Thanks to a comment over on our community site about the desire to create different versions for adjustments that don’t change the original image, we’ve crafted this quick tutorial on the use of adjustments in Aperture’s books, and in other Albums. Did you know you could make a book’s image sepia without making a new ... read more

November 9, 2009 in Adjust by David Schloss 1 comment

How to Move Libraries from Internal Drive to External in Aperture

How to Move Libraries from Internal Drive to External in Aperture

We’ve touched on these topics before, but this great question came up on our new Community section and I thought it was worth returning to this. >> I am just about out of space on my HD. aperture library needs to move to my Ext Drive. From the reading I have done, I create a new ... read more

October 23, 2009 in Organize, Workflow by David Schloss 6 comments