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Aperture – Importing Your Images

Sounds like a basic thing and it is. If you are using Aperture you know how to import images, hit the little down arrow import icon, choose import images… from the file menu, or use command-I. Pretty basic. I have received quite a few questions regarding importing so I thought I would share a couple of the finer points that can speed up your work-flow. Did you know that there are three different ways to import into Aperture that do three distinctly different things? I am not speaking of...

25 April 2009 | Apple Aperture, Articles | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments
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Aperture Quick Tip – File Status

In response to a couple of questions that I received regarding the Aperture File Management post from a week or so back I thought that I would share a quick tip for those struggling to get their Aperture libraries beaten into submission. If you have more than a couple of images Aperture’s search tools are a god send. One of the concepts that I mentioned briefly in the File Management post was that you could use any criteria that you would like to create a selection to subsequently use...

15 February 2009 | Apple Aperture, Articles | , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment
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Aperture 2 – File Management

Where and how Aperture keeps original image files, referred to as masters, is a topic of constant discussion and for some – constant confusion. I hope to shed some light on the topic for new users and maybe show some old dogs a couple of new tricks in the file management department. Starting at the beginning Aperture allows you to choose two different approaches to managing your original image files. The first way is called “managed” masters. If you choose to use “managed” masters Aperture will automatically copy all...

29 January 2009 | Apple Aperture, Articles | , , , , , , | 71 Comments