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May 06 2008
Drab and gray? Flat? No highlights? It can happen. Maybe you're on location, and it's getting late and the light is fading fast. Or, you're in the studio and there's not enough strobes for the kind of setup you.... read moreFraming the picture with Aperture BorderFX
April 29 2008
While a lot of interest and excitement is now focused on the awesome capabilities of new editing plug-ins for Aperture, particularly with the recent introduction of Apple's Dodge & Burn, DFT's Power Stroke, Ozone and Lights!, as well as.... read moreRemoving the remains of the 15-day trial
April 22 2008
There are numerous 3rd-party export plug-ins for Aperture that you can try. A lot of them are free, but many are available as 15-day trial demos. There are also trial versions that are available for longer periods of time, but.... read moreApril 16 2008
I finally got the chance to update and migrate all my photo libraries to the latest version of Aperture. Along the way, I was able to review some of the images I edited using an earlier version. One particular image.... read moreSharing images between Aperture and iPhoto
April 09 2008
Like a lot of photographers, i find myself using both the pro-level Aperture and the consumer-level iPhoto. I find that there are things I can do best for my pictures in each. Both are truly useful to me in my.... read moreType photo captions and other texts in Aperture 2.1
April 02 2008
I've observed that many photographers, for the longest time, use physical notebooks or journals to write down, keep notes and organize records about their pictorials. I've seen, for example, a lot of photographers use Moleskine for this purpose. Photographers carry.... read moreApple's new security update for Aperture 2.0
March 27 2008
To update a security software package that was distributed in mid-March, Apple released a new one overriding it. The new release, Security Update 2008-002 1.1, is for Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard. This update solves the reported issue with Printer.... read moreApple's PluginManager 1.7.3 Utility Update
March 25 2008
To address a backward compatibility issue, Apple released PluginManager 1.7.3. PluginManager handles Apple and third-party filters used by Aperture as well as Final Cut Pro, Motion, Logic Studio. It also controls the filters of SDKs for Aperture and FCP. According.... read moreMarch 20 2008
Apple announced its supports for more RAW files. The Digital Camera Raw Compatibility Update 2.0 is now available. You can get it through the software update of your computer's system preference or directly download it from Apple's website. The new... read moreHow to prevent Aperture from crashing
March 18 2008
Before upgrading to Aperture 2.0, I used to experience application crashes. Aperture would crash or quit unexpectedly whenever I open the preferences pane to change library. It would also crash whenever I execute any of the 3rd-party export plug-in commands.... read moreMarch 11 2008
We all love the new Aperture 2.0 interface. Compared to the previous version, the new streamlined look is amazingly sleek. The engineers at Apple certainly did an "insanely great" job in updating it to its present modern iteration. But beyond... read moreAccess all your Aperture libraries all the time
March 04 2008
In Aperture, you can create and maintain as may separate and independent photo libraries as you wish. You can house and access the autonomous libraries from any location in your computer. These individual libraries can be wedged in any of... read moreFebruary 26 2008
Vignette is one of the new editing tools in Aperture 2.0 that made me (and I suppose a whole lot of other photographers as well) really happy. This tool has been in my "wish list" for the longest time (and... read moreAperture 2.0: The free video tutorials
February 19 2008
With the introduction of Aperture 2.0, Apple made sure that a lot of really useful and up-to-date information about this new release are immediately available from the official Aperture 2.0 site. I must admit, one of the things that... read moreEssentially, taking it step by step
February 12 2008
If you have been constantly using Aperture through the years, and if along the way you've developed an intuitive degree of mastery over it, you will begin to experience what a really awesome tool it is. This has been my... read more
