With more than 200 new features, Aperture 3 gives
photographers what they want in a workflow tool: the ability to
make intelligent selects with lightning speed, adjust images
quickly and powerfully, deliver photos online or in print with a
single click, and manage and search huge archives with ease.
This Apple-certified guide to Aperture 3 includes over 3 hours of
high quality video tutorials that will get you up and running
quickly, …
With more than 200 new features, Aperture 3 gives
photographers what they want in a workflow tool: the ability to
make intelligent selects with lightning speed, adjust images
quickly and powerfully, deliver photos online or in print with a
single click, and manage and search huge archives with ease.
This Apple-certified guide to Aperture 3 includes over 3 hours of
high quality video tutorials that will get you up and running
quickly, taking you step by step through Aperture's powerful
editing, retouching, proofing, publishing and archiving features.
With coverage of Aperture's new features, you'll learn how to index
your photos using face recognition and GPS location data; master
powerful non-destructive image-adjustment tools; understand and
employ metadata; demystify filters and color corrections, and much
more. This video's real-world exercises feature professional
photography from a variety of genres, including landscapes,
portraits, wedding, and wildlife photography.
Lesson 1: A Quick Tour of Aperture
1 Identifying Interface Elements
2 Importing Images from a Memory Card
3 Working with Images in the Browser
4 Sorting Images in the Browser
5 Arranging Images Manually
6 Deleting Images
7 Selecting and Rotating Images
8 Flagging Images in the Browser
9 Adjusting Images
10 Straightening Images
11 Applying Auto Exposure
12 Rating and Rejecting Images
13 Sharing Your Photos with Email
Lesson 2: Adding and Managing Metadata
1 Importing Files from the Finder
2 Adjusting Time Zones
3 Importing Images into Projects
4 Displaying Metadata in the Browser and Viewer
5 Using Keywords
6 Working with Groups in the Keywords HUD
7 Batch Changing Metadata
8 Applying Keywords Using Buttons
9 Applying Keywords Using Keyboard Shortcuts
10 Applying Keywords Using the Lift & Stamp Tools
11 Editing Metadata Views and Presets
12 Creating a Metadata View
13 Modifying One Field of Metadata
14 Using the Filter HUD
15 Working with Albums
16 Working with Smart Albums/Creating Smart Albums Using the Browser Filter
Lesson 3: Comparing and Evaluating Images
1 Generating Aperture Previews
2 Using Quick Previews
3 Evaluating Images in Full-Screen Mode
4 Switching Projects in Full-Screen View
5 Using the Loupe Tool
6 Assigning Image Ratings
7 Comparing and Rating a Group of Images
8 Working with Stacks
9 Manually Creating Stacks/Merging Stacks
10 Using Stack Mode
11 Promoting and Demoting Picks
12 Speed Rating Images Using Keystrokes
13 Reviewing Collections on the Light Table/Navigating and Arranging Images in the Light Table
Lesson 4: Indexing Photos Using Faces and Places
1 Moving from iPhoto to Aperture/Migrating an Entire iPhoto Library
2 Using Places to Put Pictures on a Map
3 Assigning Locations
4 Adding an Unknown Location to the Places Database
5 Removing a Photo from a Location
6 Moving a Pin
7 importing GPS Track Files
8 Creating a Smart Album from a Map
9 Organizing a Library Using Faces
10 Adding Missed Faces
11 Adding Facebook IDs to Faces
Lesson 5: Managing Projects and the Library
1 Excluding File Types on Import
2 Creating a Backup During Import
3 Repairing Broken Links
4 Moving Referenced Images
5 Converting Referenced Images to Managed Images
6 Organizing a Growing Library
7 Moving Images Between Projects
8 Creating Favorite Projects
9 Using Multiple Libraries
10 Syncing Two Libraries
11 Backing Up Using a Vault
Lesson 6: Performing Nondestructive Editing
1 Working in the Adjustments Inspector
2 Adding Adjustments
3 Adding Presets
4 Duplicating a Version/Disabling and Deleting Adjustments
5 Resetting Adjustments
6 Fixing Underexposed and Overexposed Images
7 Displaying Hot and Cold Areas
8 Adjusting the Black Point
9 Recovering Clipped Highlights
10 Identifying Color Clipping
11 Using Exposure Controls
12 Adjusting White Balance with the Histogram
13 Adjusting Brightness
14 Using Lift & Stamp Tools
Lesson 7: Correcting Tone
1 Making Adjustments in Full-Screen View
2 Using Contrast
3 Adding Definition
4 Removing Camera Vignetting
5 Improving Highlights and Shadows
6 Controlling Shadows
7 Adjusting image Levels
8 Adjusting Image Luminance Levels
9 Using the Quarter-Tone Levels Controls
10 Converting Color Images to Black and White
11 Comparing Image Versions
Lesson 8: Correcting Color
1 Working with Color in the Enhance Controls
2 Applying Corrective Tint Controls
3 Controlling Image Vibrancy
4 Selectively Improving Color Using the Color Controls
5 Working with Curves
6 Correcting Color Using Curves
7 Correcting Chromatic Aberration
8 Working with an External Editor
9 Switching Between Aperture and an External Editor
Lesson 9: Making Local Adjustments with Brushes
1 Adding and Erasing Brush Strokes
2 Smoothing Skin
3 Viewing Painted Areas as Overlays
4 Modifying Brush Strokes in the Inspector
5 Brightening Areas Using the Dodge Brush
6 Detecting Edges While Painting
7 Darkening Areas Using the Burn Brush
8 Applying a Brush to an Entire Image
9 Correcting Halo Artifacts
10 Retouching images
11 Repairing Using Automatic and Manual Source Selection
12 Cloning an Image
13 Making a Brush from an Adjustment
14 Creating Multiple Instances of a Brush
Lesson 10: Working with RAW images
1 Working with RAW+JPEG Pairs
2 Decoding a RAW File
3 Adjusting Boost and Hue Boost
4 Applying Edge Sharpening
5 Using RAW Fine Tuning De-noise
6 Using the Noise Reduction Adjustment
7 Removing Moire from RAW Images
8 Saving RAW Fine Tuning Presets
Lesson 11: Creating Dynamic Slideshows
1 Using Slideshow Presets and Albums
2 Manually Navigating a Slideshow Preset
3 Creating a Slideshow Album
4 Adding, Deleting, and Rearranging Slideshow Photos
5 Enhancing Slideshows
6 Modifying the Ken Burns Effect
7 Setting Aspect Ratio and Cropping Images
8 Using Titles
9 Applying Transitions
10 Mixing Music and Sound Effects
11 Fitting Slideshow and Music Durations
12 Inserting iLife Sound Effects
13 Adjusting Audio Levels
14 Working with Video
15 Editing to the Beat
16 Sharing Your Slideshow
17 Sending a Slideshow to YouTube or MobileMe
Lesson 12: Presenting Your Photos on the Web
1 MobileMe: Sign in and Publish
2 Getting Updates from the MobileMe Gallery
3 Posting to Facebook
4 Posting to Flickr
5 Creating a Web Journal
6 Adding Images to a Web Journal
7 Modifying Web Journal Themes
8 Displaying Metadata in a Web Journal
9 Adding Text to a Web Journal
10 Publishing a Web Journal
Lesson 13: Delivering Final Images as Books, Prints, and Files
1 Creating a Book Layout
2 Changing Master Pages
3 Adding Pictures to Pages
4 Auto Flowing Pictures to Pages
5 Deleting and Rearranging Pages
6 Customizing Pictures and Page Layouts
7 Customizing Maps
8 Changing Images in a Photo Box
9 Arranging New Photo Boxes
10 Ordering Books
11 Delivering Printed Images
12 Printing with Presets
13 Using Expanded Printing Options
14 Delivering Digital Images