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Layout Tool Disguised as Aperture's Book Making Function
Aperture 2.1 includes a more versatile book-making tool than we saw
in earlier versions. So powerful in fact, that calling it a book making tool is really selling it short. It's actually a flexible
layout application with some very useful output options. In this
podcast, Derrick Story talks with Joe Schorr and tries to uncover all
the hidden gems buried in Aperture 2.1. Read Layout Tool Disguised as Aperture's Book Making Function.
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Apple's web page says, "Aperture 2 delivers over 100 dramatic, new features." And still there are a few terrific ones they forgot to put on the list. In this podcast, Derrick Story chats with Joe Schorr, Senior Product Manager for Aperture, to uncover a few of these hidden gems.
If you have one of the new MacBooks with a multi-touch trackpad, there are a number of gestures that Aperture recognizes. For example, you can expand and contract thumbnails with the "pinch," or navigate using the "3-finger brush." A complete list of Aperture gestures are available by downloading the Late-Breaking News PDF.
Another handy feature that didn't make the list is the ability to "nudge" adjustments by single-clicking in the number field, then using the arrow keys to modify the setting. So, for example, you can single-click in the Temperature numeric field, then use the arrow keys to warm or cool the photograph. If you want even more subtle nudging, hold down the Option key during this process.
And finally, if you're running a referenced library, and roundtripping to Photoshop for advanced image editing, Aperture 2 will now save the roundtripped TIFFs or PSDs in the same folder as their originals. That means the Aperture library on your computer will no longer grow in leaps and bounds as a result of roundtripping.
Joe throws in a few more goodies too, so if you're an Aperture 2 user, you'll definitely want to tune in to this show.
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Control-click to download this MP3 file.Derrick Story is the digital media evangelist for O'Reilly. His experience includes more than 20 years as a photojournalist, managing editor for O'Reilly Network, and a speaker for IDG, PMA, and Santa Fe Workshops. He is the author of Digital Photography Hacks, Digital Photography Pocket Guide, 3rd Ed., and his latest, The Digital Photography Companion.
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