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Apple Aperture 3
Ken McMahon
Nik Rawlinson
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Contents
Introduction.......................................................................................................................................xiii
Chapter1: CameraRaw.....................................................................................1
Introduction......................................................................................................................................1
WhatisCameraRaw?.................................................................................................................2
RawSupport.....................................................................................................................................2
TheProsandConsofaRawWorkflow...........................................................................4
Benefits........................................................................................................................................5
Disadvantages..........................................................................................................................6
FromRawtoRGB..........................................................................................................................7
HowSensorDataareCapturedandStored.................................................................9
In-CameraProcessingandtheApertureAlternatives.............................................9
DemosaicingandColorSpaceConversion............................................................9
TonalMapping.....................................................................................................................10
WhiteBalance.......................................................................................................................14
NoiseReductionandSharpening.............................................................................15
RawFineTuninginAperture..............................................................................................17
WhichDecoder?...................................................................................................................17
Boost...........................................................................................................................................17
Sharpening..............................................................................................................................19
MoiréandChromaticAberration.....................................................................................20
DNG....................................................................................................................................................20
UsingDNGConverter..............................................................................................................21
UnsupportedRawFormats..................................................................................................23
Chapter2: HowApertureWorks..................................................................27
TheApertureWorkspace.......................................................................................................27
HowApertureStoresYourImages..................................................................................29
DigitalMastersandVersions........................................................................................31
BrowsingandOrganizingImages.............................................................................32
LibraryInspector.........................................................................................................................32
Browser.....................................................................................................................................33
Toolbar......................................................................................................................................35
ControlBarandKeywordControls..........................................................................40
NavigatingYourPhotosUsingtheControlBar................................................40
RatingandSortingImageswiththeControlBar............................................41
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SelectingandDisplayingImagesUsingtheViewerToolbar....................43
FullScreenandDual-ScreenMode..........................................................................47
AdjustmentsandMetadataInspectors..................................................................48
AddingandEditingViewsintheMetadataPanel..........................................50
OrganizingImages....................................................................................................................51
Folders.......................................................................................................................................51
Projects......................................................................................................................................52
MastersandVersions........................................................................................................52
Stacks.........................................................................................................................................52
WorkspaceLayouts...................................................................................................................53
StandardWorkspaceLayout........................................................................................53
SwappingandRotatingWorkspaces......................................................................55
RatingsandKeywords.....................................................................................................57
AdjustmentsandFilters..................................................................................................58
Overlays....................................................................................................................................59
Head-UpDisplays(HUDs)......................................................................................................60
FilterHUD................................................................................................................................61
InspectorHUD......................................................................................................................63
LiftandStampHUD..........................................................................................................63
MetadataOverlays.............................................................................................................66
UsingAperturefortheFirstTime....................................................................................66
CustomizingAperture......................................................................................................67
ExportingShortcutPresets............................................................................................69
ManagingColor...................................................................................................................69
SettingYourPreferences................................................................................................71
Chapter3: ManagingYourImages.............................................................73
AddingImagestoYourLibrary.........................................................................................73
ImportingfromYourCamera......................................................................................75
SortYourImagesBeforeImport................................................................................76
ChoosingWhereToStoreYourImages................................................................77
CreatingFilenamePresets.............................................................................................78
CompletingtheImportWorkflow.............................................................................80
CreatingMetadataPresets............................................................................................80
ImportingYourPictures..................................................................................................82
ImportingfromOtherSources...........................................................................................83
ImportingWithouttheDialog.....................................................................................83
RenamingFiles............................................................................................................................85
BackingUpRawFiles..............................................................................................................86
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BackupandTimeMachine............................................................................................86
ManagingVaults.........................................................................................................................88
CreatingYourFirstVault................................................................................................89
MaintainingYourVaults..................................................................................................91
RestoringYourLibraryfromaVault........................................................................92
TransferringYourLibrarytoaNewMac...............................................................92
MovingLibraries.........................................................................................................................94
SplittingUpYourLibrary................................................................................................95
MovingReferencedImages.................................................................................................97
ManagingYourReferencedImages........................................................................97
ConsolidatingYourMasters..........................................................................................99
HardDiskManagement......................................................................................................100
SmartFolders.....................................................................................................................101
BurnFolders........................................................................................................................103
FolderActions....................................................................................................................104
LaunchingAutomatorandAccessingAperture'sActions.......................104
BuildinganApertureWorkflow...............................................................................105
Chapter4: WorkingwithMetadata..........................................................111
Introduction................................................................................................................................111
RatingImages............................................................................................................................112
ArrangingtheWorkspace...........................................................................................112
UsingtheKeyboard........................................................................................................112
UsingtheMouse..............................................................................................................113
ComparingImages.................................................................................................................114
AddingIPTCMetadata.........................................................................................................114
UsingtheMetadataInspector..................................................................................116
UsingtheLiftandStampHUD................................................................................116
UsingMetadataViews..................................................................................................116
CreatingMetadataViews...................................................................................................117
CreatingMetadataPresets................................................................................................118
BatchOperations.....................................................................................................................120
ChangingtheTime................................................................................................................121
AddingMetadataonImport............................................................................................121
KeywordsOverview...............................................................................................................122
KeywordStrategy.............................................................................................................122
AddingKeywordsUsingtheMetadataInspector........................................124
AddingKeywordsUsingtheKeywordHUD....................................................124
AddingKeywordsUsingtheControlBar..........................................................126
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RemovingKeywords......................................................................................................127
CreatingandEditingPresetGroups............................................................................128
DisplayingMetadataonImages....................................................................................129
ViewerandBrowserSets.............................................................................................129
SortingandSearching.........................................................................................................131
SearchTools........................................................................................................................132
TheSearchFieldandSearchFieldPop-UpMenu.......................................132
TheFilterHUD...................................................................................................................132
SearchingbyRating.......................................................................................................133
TextSearching...................................................................................................................133
KeywordSearching.........................................................................................................134
AllorAny..............................................................................................................................135
SearchingbyDate...........................................................................................................136
SearchingbyOtherCriteria.......................................................................................137
UsingMultipleSearchCriteria..................................................................................138
MultipleTextSearching...............................................................................................139
SavingSearchResults....................................................................................................141
Chapter5: AdjustingImages.......................................................................143
Introduction................................................................................................................................143
TheAdjustmentsInspector...............................................................................................144
TheAdjustmentsHUD.........................................................................................................145
TheAdjustmentsHUDAdjustmentbyAdjustment...........................................146
TheHistogram...................................................................................................................146
RawFineTuning...............................................................................................................147
WhiteBalance....................................................................................................................147
Exposure................................................................................................................................148
Enhance.................................................................................................................................150
Highlights&Shadows...................................................................................................152
Levels......................................................................................................................................154
Color........................................................................................................................................154
OtherAdjustments.................................................................................................................158
Red-EyeCorrection.........................................................................................................158
Spot&PatchandRetouch.........................................................................................159
CropandStraightenandFlip...................................................................................162
ChromaticAberration....................................................................................................163
VignetteandDevignette.............................................................................................164
Black&White,ColorMonochromeandSepiaTone..................................166
NoiseReduction................................................................................................................166
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Curves............................................................................................................................................167
SharpeningTools....................................................................................................................168
HowtoUsetheHistogram...............................................................................................172
HotandColdSpotsandClippingOverlays............................................................176
CopyingAdjustmentsUsingLiftandStamp..........................................................177
UsingAdjustmentPresets..................................................................................................178
UsingBrush-BasedAdjustments....................................................................................178
CommonProblemsandHowtoCorrectThem....................................................181
Overexposure.....................................................................................................................181
SlightOverexposureandHighDynamicRange............................................184
Underexposure..................................................................................................................188
LowContrast(Flat)Images........................................................................................196
DealingwithColorCasts....................................................................................................197
UsingWhiteBalance......................................................................................................197
UsingTint.............................................................................................................................198
UsingLevels........................................................................................................................200
CreativeTechniques..............................................................................................................200
ColortoB&W......................................................................................................................200
Tinting.....................................................................................................................................202
Chapter6: ApertureWorkflow...................................................................207
UsingProjects,AlbumsandFolders............................................................................207
Folders....................................................................................................................................209
Projects...................................................................................................................................209
UsingFoldersforNavigation....................................................................................210
FavoriteandRecentProjects....................................................................................211
AlbumsandSmartAlbums........................................................................................211
Places..............................................................................................................................................213
AutomaticPlacement....................................................................................................214
PlacingProjects.................................................................................................................216
Faces...............................................................................................................................................216
RefiningFaces....................................................................................................................218
FacesGallery.......................................................................................................................219
AddingNewFaces..........................................................................................................219
RealLifeWorkflowfromCameratoExport.............................................................220
DefiningyourMetadataPresets.............................................................................221
ImportingYourPhotos.................................................................................................222
ExpandingtheImportDialog...................................................................................225
PerformYourFirstBackup..........................................................................................226
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Description:With over 200 brand new features, Apple's leading photo management and image processing package just got a whole lot bigger! From Faces to Places and Brushes to Presets, Mac experts Ken McMahon and Nik Rawlinson will guide you through everything you could ever need to know about Aperture 3 including
