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Apple Aperture 2.1 Organization

Update – This post was the original post from a discussion I had in the Apple support forum a long long time ago. I did put a free PDF together that was downloaded about 10,000 times. I had so many suggestions and questions that I decided to make a much larger more comprehensive version. It covers far far more and provides a ton of useful work-flow tips and examples on how to be extremely efficient. Even if you have been using Aperture for years you will probably find a...

15 July 2008 | Aperture PDF Guides, Apple Aperture, Articles | , , , , , , , , , , | 21 Comments
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Aperture 2 Organization Tip – More On Stacks and Albums

One of the concepts that I emphasize in the organization eBook is how useful the simple album is in combination with stacks due to the capability of each and every album to have it’s very own album pick that behaves as the only image version in the stack when the stack is closed. I gave two quick examples of creating an album for 8×10 crops and another for black and white conversions. In my Aperture workflow I almost always group similar images into a stack, then make the best...

16 September 2008 | Apple Aperture, Articles | , , , , | 0 Comments
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Aperture Quick Tip – Stack Mode

As I have mentioned in a couple of my PDF’s on Aperture, I make extensive use of stacks. Not just for Album picks or multiple takes on the same image as discussed in my previous quick tip but to help get to my “selects” when I have shot many variations of the same subject. Here is how Apertures stack mode helps me do that.

17 September 2008 | Apple Aperture, Articles | , , , , , | 7 Comments
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Aperture Quick Tip – Blue Folders and Projects

If you create a folder while clicked on the library (or another blue folder) you get a blue folder. You can group projects together inside a blue folder as well as other blue folders. That’s pretty evident but one of the other things that you can do is create other things like smart albums inside a blue folder that are not inside any one project. The really cool thing about smart albums in a blue folder is that the search criteria is restricted to only the projects that are...

19 September 2008 | Apple Aperture, Articles | , , , , , , | 5 Comments
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Managing Aperture 2 on Multiple Computers

In the effort to keep this overview an actual over view I will discuss two basic approaches. Of course there are endless variations, and permutations, and combinations of each of these so feel free to mix and match until you find the right way for your workflow. The first approach being based on the concept that each Aperture library is separate and distinct. One on the “main” computer back at home base, the other being a portable library on your laptop computer. The second approach is based on the...

21 September 2008 | Apple Aperture, Articles | , , | 15 Comments
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Aperture 2 Quick Tip – Workflow Recipie

A quick description of my personal work-flow using Apple Aperture 2. One of the great things about Aperture is it’s flexibility, also a liability when learning how to use it effectively and efficiently. Aperture’s do anything, anywhere, anytime philosophy can also allow you to make a big mess real quick. Here is the front end of my work-flow for every single thing I shoot. The back end is a whole lot different.

28 October 2008 | Apple Aperture, Articles | , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments
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Aperture 2 Quick Tip – Custom Image Sequence

This tip is really quick and I assume obvious but I still get dozens of questions that somehow are connected to the sequence or order that Aperture displays in the image browser. I mention in the PDF Aperture Organization Guide that it’s easy to use any order that you want for images in the browser, not just the preset orders provided in the drop down list but literally any order that you want. If you have ever used the sort order drop down in the upper left corner of...

28 October 2008 | Apple Aperture, Articles | , , , , , | 4 Comments
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Aperture 2 Quick Tip – Naming Exported Images

This one is a really quick tip. File this one under the “No Crap, Who Doesn’t Know that..” file if you already know this but I was surprised that I got a few emails asking what I was talking about when I mentioned creating custom file naming conventions and how that can be used to save time when using custom images sequences that I discussed in the last Aperture Quick Tip. So here it is… When exporting image versions from Aperture if you take a look at the dialog...

28 October 2008 | Apple Aperture, Articles | , , , , , , | 2 Comments
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Aperture 2 Quick Tip – Referenced Masters and Previews

If you have been using Aperture for more than a little while, especially on a laptop you may be struggling with storage space issues. Referenced masters to the rescue – sort of. For the readers not familiar with referenced masters a brief review is in order. With Aperture there are two options for storing the image files that you import. Option one – the default – is called managed masters. Using managed masters Aperture copies your precious original image files into it’s mysterious secret abyss never to be seen...

14 December 2008 | Apple Aperture, Articles | , , , , , , , , | 8 Comments
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Aperture 2 Quick Tip – Album Picks and Image Versions

As I have mentioned on about a thousand or so occasions Aperture’s ability to have a different image or image version show up on top of a stack for each and every album that you create is a huge benefit to developing an efficient work-flow. For those of you that are unfamiliar with albums and album picks you may want to take a look at the organization PDF. One of the features that I use all the time is the fact that new versions created in the context of...

27 December 2008 | Apple Aperture, Articles | , , , , , , | 6 Comments
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