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August 27 2008
One great feature about using a Mac is that Mac developers often go the extra mile to make their app integrate into the system. For example, Keynote (as well as a number of other apps) has a media browser that.... read moreErgonomics and the Digital Workflow
August 13 2008
It's amazing when you go shooting how easy it is to ignore pain. We'll happily contort our bodies into odd positions that would make a yoga master proud, trying to get just the right angle on something. And usually once.... read moreJuly 30 2008
I'm going to cover two things today, the first of which is the All Projects view. If you're like me, you have a lot of projects in your Aperture library, and sometimes it's tough to remember exactly what is in.... read moreJuly 16 2008
In Aperture 1, the Browser had only two different modes, Grid view and List view. Aperture 2 adds a new mode called Filmstrip. List view is pretty distinct (it's a table of your images), but Grid and Filmstrip are easy.... read moreJuly 02 2008
Over the past few years, I've found that the more keyboard shortcuts for Aperture I learn, the faster I become. But there are some shortcuts that drive me nuts. For example, I often hit the Return key, intending to confirm.... read moreJune 18 2008
As we all know, Aperture provides more than a few tools to adjust an image. But for new users--and especially people new to digital photography--it's tough to know how to start adjusting an image. There are literally books on the.... read moreGet Started Writing an Aperture Plug-In
June 04 2008
In case you haven't noticed, there are a plethora of third-party plug-ins being released for Aperture now that Apple has provided an image editing software development kit (SDK). However, if you have an idea for a plugin but don't know.... read moreMay 21 2008
When working with digital photography, there are a few very important decisions that you need to make early on. What camera, what computer, and what monitor. The camera's largely personal preference, and the computer is easy--a Mac with Aperture. The.... read moreMay 07 2008
I've shooting lately in very rough lighting conditions. From shooting kiteboarders in black wetsuits, towards the west, over water, around 1-3pm in hazy conditions to shooting them against the setting sun, it's been one exposure challenge after another. As I've.... read moreApril 23 2008
It's funny how when you don't use a tool for a while, you forget about certain features. In this case, I'm talking about Lifting and Stamping a specific change. For those of you who haven't used the Lift and Stamp.... read moreApril 09 2008
Although the concept of editing an image stored in Aperture with an external editor has been around since version 1, I've received a few questions lately on the topic and want to take some time to review working with your.... read moreMarch 26 2008
A number of people, myself included, have been grumbling about how Aperture does not have the ability to label images a certain color. For instance, I might label an image blue if I want to upload it to my website,.... read moreMarch 12 2008
If you've read my posts before, you know that I really like Aperture's full screen mode. Being able to hide everything else and just focus on my images is quite appealing! In Aperture 1.X, unfortunately you had to exit full... read moreFebruary 27 2008
The theme of this entry is randomness, as in two completely unrelated, random tips that I've found while using Aperture 2 over the past few weeks. The first is related to file importing, and the second is about hotkeys and... read moreFebruary 13 2008
Wow, Aperture 2 is amazingly fast. I feel like someone snuck a new CPU into my machine while I was installing the Aperture 2 preview. It loads 20+ MB, 21MP 1Ds Mark III RAW files in just a few seconds... read more
