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Aperture Adjustment Controls – Beyond The Sliders

One of the things that I have always liked about Aperture adjustments is how useful the normal range of the sliders are. The entire range is very finely tuned and quite useful. It reminds me a whole lot of the BMW’s that I have owned. The steering, accelerator, and brakes have a finely tuned range. You want subtle? You Got it. More Power – more gas. Unlike some other cars I have driven where the useful range is the first 2mm of travel, or so it feels. Sort of...

08 February 2010 | Apple Aperture, Articles | , , , , , , , , , , | 0 Comments
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Aperture eBook Announcement

I have received a bunch of encouragement and suggestions from people that have downloaded my Aperture eBooks. I thank everyone for their input. I do take it to heart. I have also received some questions about the “coming soon” eBooks. Questions like: When? What happens with Aperture 3? What’s next? Can I just get them all with one click? If I buy them all can I get a special deal? I am going to let you know where my head is at and if anyone else has some input...

01 February 2010 | Apple Aperture, Site News | , , , , , | 4 Comments
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Aperture Workflow Tip – Album Picks

While we are anxiously waiting to see if Aperture 3 will pop out somewhere in the midst of all the iTablet hoopla this week, I thought I would offer a small tip for your current Aperture workflow. This is one that is obvious once you hear it but can be extremely frustrating if you “expect” Aperture to work differently than it actually does. As long time users know one of the secrets to using Aperture effectively is taking full advantage of the way Aperture stacks, albums, and album picks...

26 January 2010 | Apple Aperture, Articles | , , , , , , , | 0 Comments
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Aperture – Renaming Files After You Import

A lot of photographers out there depend on a file naming convention for their work-flow. They also depend on version names in Aperture tying back to that unique file name of the master image. Don’t ask me why this is such a big big deal for some photographers work-flow. I don’t really get it but accept it as necessary for some Aperture users. Some Aperture users have this all figured out and they have their work-flow down and wrapped up. Others don’t and have a “big issue” with Aperture...

26 December 2009 | Apple Aperture, Articles | , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment
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Using Aperture With Scanned Film

Well, I have crossed over the threshold. I have received the same question enough that I cannot avoid posting something on the subject. I have been trying to avoid this and skirt it for some time now. Like forever. Truth is that my scanned film does not reside in Aperture. Nope. I would like it to reside there, all neatly cataloged and categorized but alas it just don’t cut it. Yet. To be completely truthful – I have tried it. I really really have. I could even live with...

22 December 2009 | Apple Aperture, Articles | , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments
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Aperture Tip – Autostack

Autostack is probably one of the least used features but one that can save you an immense amount of time. If you happen to shoot digital and have the image capture date embedded in all your images for you autostack is an extremely precise tool that you can use at the beginning of your workflow. It doesn’t really matter if you shoot sports, portraits, fashion or landscapes. Unless you are very very different from the rest of us human beings your shots of the same subject with the same...

16 December 2009 | Apple Aperture, Articles | , , , , , , , | 4 Comments
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My Very First Aperture eBook

Well, I told you that I have been busy. Actually it is not an eBook, it’s an Aperture mini-eBook with a mini-price to match. This Aperture eBook happens to be about file management. Why file management you ask? Well because based on my non-clinical research that is what I happen to get the most questions on. As soon as people graduate from an entirely managed library they have a bunch of questions. While I have tried to remain succinct, I have also attempted to be definitive in connecting all...

05 December 2009 | Aperture PDF Guides, Apple Aperture, Site News | , , , , , , | 5 Comments
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Nik Silver Efex Pro 3.0 Follow-up

Seems that my mini-review of Nik Silver Efex for Aperture sparked a mild amount of interest from a couple of people that haven’t done a whole lot of black and white conversions to date, are interested in the Silver Efex plug-in and wanted a little bit more info.Of course they pointed out the flaws in my quick and dirty review of the software. One guy even asked if I ever shoot any thing that I have to walk more than 10 feet from my desk to shoot. He was...

22 June 2009 | Apple Aperture, Articles | , , , , | 5 Comments
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Aperture Plug-in Mini Review – Nik Silver Efex Pro 3.0

I started  out in photography with black and white. I still prefer making black and white photographs in both the traditional silver process, digital, and hybrid approaches. Having fessed up to that I will also disclose that I have tried just about every digital black and white product known to mankind. Honestly I have never been really impressed with any of them above and beyond what I can do with plain old Adobe Photoshop and would probably not recommend any of them to anybody. Nik Silver Efex Pro 3.0...

19 June 2009 | Apple Aperture, Articles | , , , , , | 4 Comments
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Aperture – Fun With Metadata

If you have been diligently adding your keywords, captions, location information, and other metadata using Aperture (or Lightroom, or Photo Mechanic, or any other photo browser for that matter) as you know it can be very useful for finding images fast. Even if you haven’t been so disciplined adding your own metadata there are still some interesting and fun things you can do with Aperture on a crappy Saturday afternoon if you are not inspired to go out and shoot. Let’s assume that you have not been that diligent...

02 June 2009 | Adobe Lightroom, Apple Aperture, Articles | , , , , , , | 3 Comments
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