Aperture 3 Portable Genius

Get the latest tips, facts, and secrets that help you make the
most of Aperture 3

Aperture offers a full range of tools to help serious
photographers organize and manipulate images and manage workflow.
This little guide is packed with hip tips, secrets, and shortcuts
that help you get even more functionality from the software. Find
out more than you ever knew about vignetting, RAW fine-tuning,
Quick Preview mode, Command Editor, and using the integrated iPhoto
Browser. Learn new ways to streamline your workflow, get tips on
publishing albums online or as customized photo books, and take
advantage of many more Genius techniques.

• Designed for the Apple enthusiast, this handy, colorful guide
  is packed with ingenious and innovative tips for getting the most
  from Aperture 3, and the latest version 3.3

• Offers advice on using the new streamlined interface, using
  advanced RAW image processing, and streamlining workflow with
  keyboard shortcuts

• Shows how to maximize the effectiveness of vignetting, using
  Quick Preview mode and Command Editor, and working with the
  integrated iPhoto Browser

• Provides helpful hints on creating web-based albums and print
  photo books

Aperture 3 Portable Genius, 2nd Edition gives you the
professional tips and tricks that help you squeeze all the
functionality from this cool software.

Autorentext

Josh Anon is a senior product manager at Lytro, the coauthor of several books, and was a camera & staging artist at Pixar Animation Studios. He is an award-winning still photographer and his images have appeared in a variety of books, magazines, galleries, and more.

Ellen Anon, PhD, is an Apple Certified Trainer in Aperture. She is an accomplished nature photographer, teaches photography, and is the author of several books. Her photos have been showcased in calendars, posters, galleries, magazines, and books.

Zusammenfassung
Get the latest tips, facts, and secrets that help you make the most of Aperture 3 Aperture offers a full range of tools to help serious photographers organize and manipulate images and manage workflow. This little guide is packed with hip tips, secrets, and shortcuts that help you get even more functionality from the software. Find out more than you ever knew about vignetting, RAW fine-tuning, Quick Preview mode, Command Editor, and using the integrated iPhoto Browser. Learn new ways to streamline your workflow, get tips on publishing albums online or as customized photo books, and take advantage of many more Genius techniques.

• Designed for the Apple enthusiast, this handy, colorful guide is packed with ingenious and innovative tips for getting the most from Aperture 3, and the latest version 3.3
• Offers advice on using the new streamlined interface, using advanced RAW image processing, and streamlining workflow with keyboard shortcuts
• Shows how to maximize the effectiveness of vignetting, using Quick Preview mode and Command Editor, and working with the integrated iPhoto Browser
• Provides helpful hints on creating web-based albums and print photo books
  Aperture 3 Portable Genius, 2nd Edition gives you the professional tips and tricks that help you squeeze all the functionality from this cool software.

Inhalt
Acknowledgments v Introduction xiv

chapter 1

How Do I Get Started with Aperture?

Understanding Why Aperture Is a Key

Part of Your Workflow 4

Seeing the difference between

Aperture and iPhoto 4

Choosing Aperture over Lightroom 5

Working with Aperture's File Structure 6

Understanding the Aperture

library and where your files live 7

Understanding referenced and

managed files 8

Understanding how images are organized within Aperture 9

Original images 9

Versions 9

Projects 11

Albums 11

Folders 11

Stacks 12

A Brief Tour of Aperture's Interface 13

Understanding the Inspector, Browser, and Viewer 13

Inspector 14

Browser 17

Viewer 20

Managing files with Projects and Albums 21

Using special built-in views 23

All Projects 23

Faces and Places 24

Photo Stream 24

Aperture Trash 25

Using gestures 25

Basic Customization Options 26

Setting library location and other General preferences 26

Changing appearance preferences 27

Changing default import behavior 28

Modifying preview preferences 29

chapter 2

How Do I Import Images? 30

Importing from a Memory Card, Camera, or Hard Drive 32

Touring the Import panel 32

Using the different views in the Import panel 34

Choosing Import Settings 37

Configuring a destination project for your images 38

Using referenced or managed files 40

Renaming files on import 42

Fixing time zone settings on your images 44

An introduction to presets 45

Setting up and applying a Metadata Preset on import 45

Setting up and applying an Effect Preset on import 48

Configuring what types of files to import 50

Working with RAW+JPEG pairs 51

Running actions automatically after importing 53

Setting up an automatic backup on import 53

Understanding Unified iPhoto and Aperture Libraries 54

Dragging and Dropping Files into Aperture 58

Using Photo Stream 59

chapter 3

What Methods Can I Use to See My Images? 60

Customizing the Interface 62

Rearranging and grouping library items 62

Using Viewer modes 64

Using the Viewer with multiple monitors 65

Using multiple Browsers 66

Showing hot and cold areas of an image 67

Taking a Closer Look 68

Zooming and scrolling in Viewer 68

Using and customizing the Loupe 70

Viewing in Full-Screen Mode 72

Using Browser and Viewer in full-screen mode 73

Working with the filmstrip and toolbar 74

Working with heads-up displays 76

Additional Viewer Options 77

Using Primary Only 77

Using Quick Preview 78

Viewing the original image 79

Configuring and Using Metadata Overlays 80

Switching between RAW+JPEG Originals 82

Working with Referenced Images 83

Identifying and managing referenced images 83

Reconnecting a missing original 84

Relocating referenced originals 85

Converting referenced originals

to managed originals 87

Deleting referenced files 87

Working with Stacks in Browser 88

Creating and Working with a Light Table 90

chapter 4

How Can I Use Metadata to

Organize and Find My Images? 94

Using Ratings to Sort Images 96

Setting ratings 96

Working with rejected images 98

Using Flags and Labels to Further Organize Images 99

Setting flags and labels 99

Customizing label names 101

Using the Info Inspector 102

Switching and customizing metadata views 104 Setting ...