Aperture

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Adobe ACR vs NX2 vs RB Aperture 3 Presets

Disclaimer – I still think Adobe ACR and camera profiles are a decent way of going about the RAW conversion business and that Apple has it’s collective head up it’s you know what when it comes to NEF processing but… Being the ever color vigilant – I noticed something about the updates for the latest greatest ACR (supported versions) on some (not all Nikon NEF files). I am going to show you a camera that is near and dear to my heart and one that now seems to be...

24 July 2010 | Apple Aperture, Articles, General Photography | , , , , , , | 21 Comments
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Aperture 3 – Extended Workflow Recommendation

As most of you already know but some may not, I am an avid Nikon shooter, black and white photographer, ex-commercial/fashion photographer, and film shooter. So what does this have to do with Aperture 3 and digital photography? Believe it or not a whole lot but you need to know how I arrived where I am and also get some context about what I am about to recommend. Being a Nikon digital shooter since the way way back time of a decade ago, I am very familiar with Nikon...

21 July 2010 | Apple Aperture, Articles, General Photography | , , , , , , , , , , , , | 8 Comments
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Random Photography Thoughts of The Week

You may know that I don’t gush over equipment often. In fact I know I have too much “stuff” so even though there are a few lust items – mostly ridiculous things that I have wanted since my youth like that giant ParaFB. Take it seriously when I say that there is a lens I have come across that has my attencion. The image at the top was made by a friend of mine, you can tell because it is outside and not 10 feet away from my front...

16 July 2010 | General Photography | , , , , , | 22 Comments
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Aperture 3 – Brushed Sharpening Export

If you visit the Apple Aperture support forum you may have noticed a couple of long running threads regarding an issue with the Aperture sharpening quick brush. The angry mob believes that there is an issue where this brushed in sharpening is not being exported. Over the last two weeks I have worked with more than a few people that thought they were experiencing this “issue”. Here are my findings. First off – I do not want to claim that this is the end all be all answer to...

12 July 2010 | Apple Aperture, Articles | , , , | 5 Comments
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Aperture 3 File Management eBook – Thank You

It has been about a week since I released the Aperture 3 update of my file management eBook. I have been overwhelmed at the response of people that already purchased the last version that have upgraded to the new version for the low low price of a buck. Some of you that got the upgrade offer have actually paid the full price on purpose – for no good reason except generosity. I wanted to write a quick note to thank everyone for their continued support that bothered to upgrade....

08 July 2010 | Aperture PDF Guides, Apple Aperture, Site News | , , , | 9 Comments
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Aperture 3 – Labels

There were three things on the enormous Aperture 3 feature list that caused me some excitement at first glance. they are probably not what you are thinking, they were color labels along with the ability to read and write IPTC metadata to image masters. This probably does not sound too too exciting but for me it was, and it should have been to a lot of others. After using Aperture 3 for quite some time, actually almost immediately my excitement waned somewhat. It is sort of a glass is...

08 July 2010 | Apple Aperture, Articles | , , , , , | 0 Comments
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Aperture 3 File Management eBook – Finally

Wooooo hoooooooo, heeeeeee haaaa. Finally I am finished the updates for the definitive guide to Aperture 3 file management. Sorry for how long it took, I thought that it would be easy but I was wrong. I told you about my little bout with the dreaded spring fever but that’s not the whole story. Not only my perennial distraction caused by the mix of warm weather, blue sky, water, pollen, flowers, etc. caused the lethargic release of the update. It was also a matter of how much work that...

01 July 2010 | Aperture PDF Guides, Apple Aperture, Site News | , , , , | 9 Comments
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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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New Aperture eBook

Well it took a while but it’s here. A new Aperture eBook. This one covers the Aperture book tool. If you have been following my posts you probably know how much I love making things with photos and how great I think the Aperture book tool is. There is far more to the book tool that just Apple provided themes and Apple printed books. The book tool is really a tool to print any thing you want. Even if you don’t print things it can do all kinds of...

07 February 2010 | Aperture PDF Guides, Apple Aperture, Site News | , , , , , , | 0 Comments
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Aperture Book Tool – Screen Cast Take Two

Okay, if your finely tuned senses can take my harsh treatment of digital YouTube media in their somehow lousier quality than my original 720p version, here is take two of that short screencast that I asked your opinion on a few days ago. I kept the pacing about the same as last time but monkeyed with the video settings and window size to better match to YouTube 720p. As all of you suggested I added some voice to go along with it. The sound is really crappy and distorted....

07 February 2010 | Apple Aperture, Site News | , , , , , , | 8 Comments
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