Here’s a little technique I’ve been working on for a little while on how to create black and white images and then tint them using the curves tool. In this video I’ll show you my recipe for creating a black…

Some Tips for Using a Film Scanner (or any Scanner) with Aperture
After writing the post the other day about using negatives in Aperture I spent a bit of time with my film scanner scanning some old film. This got me thinking about how I could streamline things a bit and work…

Quick Tip: Import Directly To An Album in Aperture
Here’s a scenario to ponder. You have a project set up in Aperture that’s not specific to a certain Job, but maybe to a location or an event and every time you shoot at that place you import those pictures…

Preset: Art Print Red, plus a bonus tutorial!
I was experimenting in Aperture over the weekend (as one does) and I came up with a really nice art print, silk screen type effect. The idea was to create a high contrast black and white look and then tint…
Video: Show the Adjustments and Metadata Panels Together
Here’s a quick video tip on a way that may help speed up workflow in some situations. If you are going through images and find yourself making a lot of little tweaks and you’re also entering metadata at the same…
Video: Recovering Skies In Aperture
Here’s a quick video to show you some options and tricks for fixing skies that are burnt out or that need some oomph added. It covers using different tools in conjunction with brushes to bring in areas that are…

Using The Boost Control To Better Match Your In Camera JPEGS
One of the problems with any RAW converter is that quite often the RAW files don’t match what you see on the back of your camera or what you get from the on camera JPGS. Some software is better than…
Using the Keyword Control Buttons In Aperture
Following on from my post the other day about sorting through my Library, I was going through the process of keywording and I realized that people may not know about the keywords control bar, because it’s off by default. There’s…

Using Lightroom With Aperture: A Workflow
Why?
I’ve been working on a workflow that makes it easy to send some images to Lightroom to effectively use it as a plug in, and to make it easy to get them back again. Before I get into the…

Aperture Channel On Vimeo
If you want a good place to check out some free tutorials, and lost of user created content created with Aperture check out the Apple Aperture channel on Vimeo. The channel contains a mix of tutorials, interviews and slideshows created…
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Introducing “Vivid Extreme” preset pack
May 8, 2012
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Photography Workflow Series on Pixel Sync Blog Interviews Yours Truly
April 26, 2012
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Video: Tinting Black and White Images With Curves
April 18, 2012
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Apple Removes Aperture 3 Trial
April 16, 2012
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Coming Soon
April 15, 2012
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Aperture 4?
February 6, 2012
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How Would You Improve Aperture 3?
March 31, 2010
- Aperture Lion Diary July 21, 2011
- Quick Lion Update August 27, 2011
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About that Price Drop
January 10, 2011
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Kenaudio Stock Music: Hi Thomas, To my mind there is the so called re...
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Kenaudio Stock Music: I don't know why apple removes a trial version. I...
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Patrick Vijgeboom: I advise you to wait and see what happens on WWDC ...
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