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I almost feel guilty asking for this because Aperture 3 is really very good at handling metadata but as good as it is, it just won’t do some of the things Photo Mechanic will do. While I don’t expect the Aperture engineers to incorporate every single thing Photo Mechanic does with regard to metadata, there ... 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
Before the latest 10.6.4 OS X update, the dated created field would not show up in the Origin>Date Created field in Photoshop CS3. This caused many professional users a problem because the date was not showing up in the digital archiving systems after they were saved in CS3. The date would show up Photo Mechanic ... read more
I’m proud to say that this is the best place on the internets to find Aperture 3 tutorials that help you fix screwups. I’m out there on the cutting edge of constant screwups and I’m here for you now. I suffer so you won’t have to. I shot two assignments on one card. I try to ... read more
The auto-fill feature in Aperture is very helpful and useful. But, thehere have been times when I made a mistake filling out my IPTC and the mistake carried over to the auto-fill. Here’s how delete those mistakes, or just clean up items left over in the Auto-fill editor.Go to Metadata>Edit AutoFill ListMake changes in teh ... read more
Here’s what he says, "…Tagging a batch of photos in the facebook UI is an arduous web based process when you’re uploading more than 20 photos. Fortunately, Aperture 3 lets you assign a “facebook id” for each face, so that you can post an album from aperture straight into facebook with “face” tags in tact. ... 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 along with the photos, and they’re embedded together for seamless playback.Audio IndicatorAny file that has an attached audio file displays a badge in both the Metadata Inspector and on the image ... read more
Aperture 3 has slightly changed the name of the tool that clears metadata from a file. Instead of being called Remove IPTC Metadata it’s not Clear IPTC MetadataAperture 2Aperture 3read 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
The Metadata Inspector has a new little bonus in the form of a camera-LCD simulating EXIF data display called Camera Info. If you’re wondering what I mean, it’s camera geek speak for a simulated LCD that shows the camera settings for every image clicked on.I think it’s the bee’s knees. I’ve always set up ... read more
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