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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.
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 ...