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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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Aperture vs. Lightroom – File Management Again

Woooo Whooo, I received my very first question from an Aperture File Management eBook customer. Of course I answered his specific question ASAP but something that I touch on in the book crossed my mind as well that I thought people considering Aperture vs. Lightroom at this point may want to consider. Even a few of you Aperture old timers may find this a little interesting. I have written about Lightroom’s and Aperture’s comparative file management capabilities before but I wanted to add a different perspective or twist to...

06 December 2009 | Aperture vs Lightroom, Apple Aperture, Articles | , , , , , , , | 8 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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Aperture Tip – Interface Customization.

I was actually working with Aperture on my beautiful new Macbook Pro unibody yesterday and rediscovered one of the joys of using the software. I never really forgot about it, I just had a renewed appreciation for it’s wonderfulness. I thought I would share and reintroduce some of the subtle but really useful touches that Aperture provides that allow you to work more productively while we are all waiting for that Aperture 3/Aperture X goodness. One of the things that I use all the time even on my giant...

02 November 2009 | Apple Aperture, Articles | , , , , , , | 6 Comments
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Aperture 3 aka Aperture X

As many of you may have heard over the last week or so a book appeared on Amazon that had Aperture X in the title. It was available for pre-order with availability in the Spring of 2010. This has led to a lot of chatter about an imminent release of the next major version of Aperture. The word on the street is the release will be rebranded as Aperture X to align it with OS X or something like that. While I have no specific knowledge of Apple’s release...

29 October 2009 | Apple Aperture, Articles | , | 5 Comments
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McNally Uses Aperture – Who Knew?

Maybe this is not news you all of you but McNally’s assistant just posted something about his workflow. Seems like he uses Aperture for all the organization amongst other things. Guess what the hitch is – he is a Nikon shooter and he does all of his RAW processing in Capture NX2. Given the pain in the ass factor this has to be a giant endorsement for some of Aperture’s wonderfulness vs. Lightroom and at the same time a giant indictment about Aperture’s RAW processing on NEF files. The...

20 October 2009 | Aperture vs Lightroom, Articles | , , , , , , , , , | 10 Comments
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Printing, Color Spaces, Color Management and Other Religious Wars

Been doing a lot of correspondence lately with some poor souls that are lost in the evil wilderness between color management hocus-pocus, the bizarre alternate reality that is Aperture printing behavior, and Blurb.com. I hope that I didn’t come off sounding dismissive of good color management practices or someone that thinks sRGB is the end all be all. I am not and have been dealing with end to end color management since the dark ages when it was “hard”. Most of the time color management should be easy nowadays...

01 October 2009 | Apple Aperture, Articles, General Photography | , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments
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Aperture and Blurb – Again and Again

I cannot believe that this subject is so popular. I also cannot believe that so many people are so paranoid of an sRGB output. I guess I am glad to see a lot of interest in printing and I think both Apple books and Blurb.com are a fantastic way to showcase your work – far better than just jamming them up on the web. Let me get to the point – I have made blurb books from Aperture and I am pretty certain based on my experience with a...

29 September 2009 | Apple Aperture, Articles | , , , , , , , , , | 0 Comments
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