Videos And Articles
Apple WWDC, Photography, and Aperture
Apple's WWDC keynote certainly has a focus on photography for iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite. No mention of Aperture. Or iPhoto. What does that mean? A lot of questions remain unanswered.
Integrating Aperture and onOne
Aperture and onOne play nice together. There's a few tweaks in Aperture you can do to tighten up the integration even more.
Aperture / Finding Dust Spots
Dust spots are a fact of life in digital photography. Using Aperture, there's an easy way to find them and fix them.
Two Tips / Adjusting Time Zones in Aperture
On a recent trip, I didn't bother to adjust the date & time in my camera. I knew once I got the photos into Aperture, adjusting the time zone is a breeze.
Aperture / Boosting Sunlight
It is easy to boost orange tones to enhance the later afternoon sunlight using Aperture's Color Adjustment.
Aperture Library Exports And Imports For On-The-Go Workflows
Aperture's library export and import features open up a wealth of on-the-go workflow possibilities.
Two Tips | Aperture Workflow
I have a pretty rigid workflow - although each step is more a guideline, not a hard and fast rule. Here's two tips on altering workflow to find those shots you really want to start to work on.
Aperture 3.2.4 Support For EXIF Lift & Stamp
Reader Mike asked if EXIF Lift & Stamp could support Aperture 3.2.4. With a little tweaking and testing, this AppleScript has been updated to work on 3.2.4.
Aperture AppleScript: Expand Hierarchical Keywords
Last week, I did a post about the caveat that comes with using Aperture's hierarchical keywords. Today, I post a solution to the problem - a handy little AppleScript that expands the keywords. And it's called ... wait for it ... Expand Hierarchical Keywords. Hey ... I save my creativity for my photos, ok? :)
Aperture And Hierarchical Keywords
Aperture supports hierarchical keywords (tags). I use them all the time and it speeds up my workflow. However, when exporting versions and originals, there is a caveat.
Effective Aperture Workflow, Planning An Update
It's been about 8 months since I published Effective Aperture Workflow. While it's anyone's guess when the next update of Aperture will drop, I think an update to the book is in order. Aperture itself hasn't changed much, although parts of my workflow have matured.
Aperture Tip - Converting Keywords to Custom Metadata
Aperture's custom metadata fields offer some advantages over keywords to track some items, such as how a photo is processed or where it is shared. Click through for a short video on converting a keyword into a custom metadata field.