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Aperture Articles

Most recent articles:

Blog > Adjustments Can Now Be Added To The Default Set
Blog > Aperture 2.1 Released
Blog > Complexity Killed Aperture 1.5
Blog > No Tethering For You!
Blog > Hanging Up At The Splash Screen
Blog > New Album Pick Behavior Kills My Workflow
Blog > Random Wok On Aperture 2.0
Blog > Aperture: RAW Converter 2.0 Ate My Yellow
Blog > Aperture 2.0 Updating And Migrating
Blog > Buy Aperture 2.0 Through This Site
Blog > Get The Trial Version -- It's Fast
Blog > Trackpad Gestures And More Details
Blog > All The Aperture 2.0 Video Links In One Place
Q and A > My Projects Have Disappeared -- Is My Library Corrupt?
Adjustments > Adjust And Compare Two Images

The longer blog entry articles about Apple's Aperture application have been collected and organized here. These were written to be useful, digestible, and memorable. Even if you have been using Aperture for a while, they are probably good refreshers for detail that you read in the manual but have forgotten over time. For new users and potential users they show you the breadth and depth of Aperture and can help you get the most out of the application.

New to Aperture or need help with the free trial? Read the Free Trial article first. Also check out the main blog and the Question and Answer page. I have written an Aperture export plug-in called Random Wok, available via the Products page.

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Question and Answer

Collects together an assortment of common questions about Aperture, together with their answers

Adjustments

Adjustment articles show how I adjust images. I'm using JPEG, so there is no mention of RAW and all its complexities. I'm going for a quick and easy fix, not perfection.

Books

Book articles show how the basics of putting a book together using Aperture's built-in book tools.

Library

Library articles remove much of the mystery surrounding the storage of images and help you to organize your images to fit your workflow. Also includes an in-depth look at importing.

Metadata

Metadata articles examine keywords and other tags applied to images. Aperture keywording has changed significantly in 1.5 and this is explained here.

Referenced Masters

New in Aperture 1.5 is the ability to free master files from the library and store them as referenced masters on any volume: locally, remotely, Firewire, server, USB, or DVD. Referenced Master articles help you understand these features so you can make the new organizational possibilities work for you.

Tips and Tricks

Tips, tricks, neat things, and everything that does not fit into the other categories are here.

Previews

Preview articles take the mystery out of previews. Why are they there? How do you control them? What is the difference between updating and generating them?