image adjustments

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Aperture 2 Quick Tip – Highlights and Shadows

As anybody that reads this blog knows I rarely post any articles that relate to image adjustments. The reason for this is that I feel the web is chock full of how-to sites regarding image manipulation. Some good and some not so good. While I will continue to post mainly work-flow related articles I wanted to depart just a little bit and post something on a set of adjustment features contained in  Aperture that I feel is superior and far more accessible than other products. Not only that but...

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Aperture 2 vs. Lightroom 2 – Adjustment Presets

I have time for a quick article in the ever popular Aperture 2 versus Lightroom 2 series of comparisons, so I will tackle the simple but thorny subject of image adjustment presets. Both of the applications give you the ability to take a combination of adjustments and apply them to one or more images quickly and efficiently but they do it in different ways. I will give you my best objective view of how both applications work and you decide weather this is an important distinction for you or...