Apple Aperture 2. A Workfl ow Guide for Digital Photographers

Front Cover......Page 1
Apple Aperture 2: A Workflow Guide for Digital Photographers......Page 4
Copyright Page......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Introduction......Page 15
What is Camera Raw?......Page 16
Raw Support......Page 17
The Pros and Cons of a Raw Workflow......Page 18
Benefits......Page 20
Disadvantages......Page 21
Demosaicing and Color Space Conversion......Page 24
Tonal Mapping......Page 25
White Balance......Page 29
Noise Reduction and Sharpening......Page 31
The Version 2.0 Decoder......Page 32
Sharpening......Page 33
Moiré and Chromatic Aberration......Page 34
Changing Decoder Settings for Multiple Images......Page 35
DNG......Page 36
Using DNG Converter......Page 38
The Aperture Workspace......Page 41
How Aperture Stores Your Images......Page 43
Digital Masters and Versions......Page 45
Browser......Page 47
Toolbar......Page 49
Navigating Your Photos Using the Control Bar......Page 54
Rating and Sorting Images with the Control Bar......Page 55
Selecting and Displaying Images Using the Viewer Toolbar......Page 58
Full-Screen and Dual-Screen Mode......Page 62
The Adjustments Inspector......Page 63
Adding and Editing Views in the Metadata Panel......Page 65
Folders......Page 66
Stacks......Page 67
Workspace Layouts......Page 68
Ratings and Keywords......Page 69
Overlays......Page 72
Head up Displays......Page 73
Query HUD......Page 75
Inspector HUD......Page 76
Lift and Stamp HUD......Page 77
Metadata Overlays......Page 79
Using Aperture for the First Time......Page 80
Customizing Aperture......Page 82
Exporting Shortcut Presets......Page 83
Managing Color......Page 84
Setting Your Preferences......Page 86
Adding Images to Your Library......Page 89
Importing from Your Camera......Page 90
Sort Your Images Before Import......Page 92
Organizing Your Images Before Importing Them......Page 93
Choosing Where to Store Your Images......Page 94
Creating Folder Naming Presets......Page 96
Creating Filename Presets......Page 99
Completing the Import Workflow......Page 100
Creating Metadata Presets......Page 102
Importing Your Pictures......Page 103
Importing from Other Sources......Page 105
Importing Without the Dialog......Page 106
Renaming Files......Page 107
Backing Up Raw Files......Page 108
Backup and Time Machine......Page 109
Creating Your First Vault......Page 111
Maintaining Your Vaults......Page 114
Restoring Your Library from a Vault......Page 115
Transferring Your Library to a New Mac......Page 116
Moving Libraries......Page 118
Splitting Up Your Library......Page 119
Moving Referenced Images......Page 120
Managing Your Referenced Images......Page 121
Consolidating Your Masters......Page 122
Image Migration......Page 123
Migrating Images the Quick Way......Page 124
Migrating Images the More Flexible Way......Page 125
Hard Disk Management......Page 126
Smart Folders......Page 127
Burn Folders......Page 129
Folder Actions......Page 131
Building an Aperture Workflow......Page 132
Introduction......Page 139
Arranging the Workspace......Page 140
Using the Keyboard......Page 141
Comparing Images......Page 142
Adding IPTC Metadata......Page 144
Using the Lift and Stamp HUD......Page 146
Creating Metadata Presets......Page 147
Batch Operations......Page 150
Adding Metadata on Import......Page 151
Keyword Strategy......Page 152
Adding Keywords Using the Metadata Inspector......Page 153
Adding Keywords Using the Keywords HUD......Page 154
Adding Keywords Using the Control Bar......Page 155
Removing Keywords......Page 157
Creating and Editing Preset Groups......Page 158
Viewer and Browser Sets......Page 159
Search Tools......Page 162
Searching by Rating......Page 164
Keyword Searching......Page 166
All or Any......Page 168
Searching by Date......Page 169
Searching by Other Criteria......Page 170
Using Multiple Search Criteria......Page 171
Multiple Text Searching......Page 173
Saving Search Results......Page 176
The Adjustments Inspector......Page 179
The Adjustments HUD......Page 181
The Histogram......Page 182
Raw Fine Tuning Brick......Page 183
White Balance......Page 184
Exposure......Page 186
Enhance......Page 187
Levels......Page 189
Highlights and Shadows......Page 190
Color......Page 192
Spot and Patch and Retouch......Page 196
Vignette and Devignette......Page 198
Crop and Straighten......Page 200
Monochrome Mixer, Color Monochrome and Sepia Tone......Page 201
Noise Reduction......Page 202
Sharpening Tools......Page 203
How to Use the Histogram......Page 208
Hot and Cold Spots and Clipping Overlays......Page 211
Copying Adjustments Using Lift and Stamp......Page 212
Overexposure......Page 213
Slight Overexposure and High Dynamic Range......Page 217
Severe Underexposure......Page 221
Mild Underexposure and Shadow Recovery......Page 225
Low Contrast (flat) Images......Page 226
Using White Balance......Page 228
Using Tint......Page 229
Using Levels......Page 230
Color to B&W......Page 231
Tinting......Page 234
Using Projects, Albums and Folders......Page 239
Folders......Page 240
Projects......Page 241
Albums and Smart Albums......Page 243
Real Life Workflow from Camera to Export......Page 245
Defining Your Metadata Presets......Page 246
Importing Your Photos......Page 247
Perform Your First Backup......Page 250
Sorting Your Images......Page 251
Rating and Picking Your Photos Using Comparisons......Page 253
Output Your Photos......Page 255
Backup, Backup and Backup Again......Page 256
Light Tables......Page 257
Performing Sorts and Edits from a Light Table......Page 260
Stacking......Page 261
Automatically Created Versions......Page 265
Manually Created Versions......Page 266
Introduction......Page 269
Importing Your iPhoto Library......Page 270
Importing Individual Images or Albums......Page 271
Previews......Page 272
Aperture and Adobe Camera Raw......Page 273
Moving from Bridge......Page 274
Metadata......Page 276
DNG Conversion......Page 277
Aperture and Adobe Photoshop......Page 281
New Masters......Page 282
Workflow Considerations......Page 284
Transparent Problem......Page 286
Apple Plug-ins......Page 287
Dodge & Burn......Page 288
How Edit Plug-ins Work......Page 291
Aperture, Plug-ins and External Editing......Page 292
Nik Software – Viveza......Page 293
PictureCode – Noise Ninja......Page 294
Tiffen – Tiffen Dfx......Page 295
Image Trends – Fisheye-Hemi, ShineOff and PearlyWhites......Page 296
Preview Preferences......Page 297
iTunes......Page 298
iWork Applications......Page 299
Mail......Page 300
Photoshop......Page 302
InDesign and Applescript......Page 303
Exporting......Page 309
Defining Your Own Export Settings......Page 311
Protecting Your Exported Images......Page 313
Color Management......Page 314
Defining Export Names and Destinations......Page 316
Exporting Metadata......Page 319
Export Plug-ins......Page 321
Publishing Your Photos Online......Page 323
Web Galleries......Page 324
Web Pages......Page 328
Web Journals......Page 333
Producing Books......Page 335
Printing......Page 344
Common Features in the Printing Dialog......Page 346
Managing Color… or Not......Page 347
Laying Out Your Page......Page 348
Managing Printed Color......Page 349
Sharpening Your Output......Page 352
Settings Specific to Single Image and Contact Sheet Printing......Page 353
Adjusting Slideshow Settings......Page 355
Controlling Playback......Page 359
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S......Page 367
Z......Page 368