Apple Pro Training Series: Getting Started with Aperture

378 Pages·2005·88.43 MB·English

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Apple Pro Training Series: Getting Started with Aperture
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Publisher: Peachpit Press
Pub Date: November 29, 2005
Print ISBN-10: 0-321-42275-9
Print ISBN-13: 978-0-321-42275-0
Pages: 200

Table of Contents | Index
Welcome to Aperture, the revolutionary application for managing and editing digital photographs. Designed specifically for professional
digital photographers, Aperture is an enormously powerful tool for handling some of the most time-consuming and tedious tasks of
professional photography. This collection of Apple Pro Training tutorials will get you up and running in no time. You'll learn how to sort,
rank, and manage images with unparalleled efficiency; display onscreen proofs and contact sheets in compelling ways for clients; edit
and retouch your selected images professionally; publish proofs, portfolios, and final images on the Web and in print; and archive
images in a way that's easy, secure, and intuitive. Available in 2005, these hands-on tutorials provide a great overview of an
indispensable application for digital photographers.
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Apple Pro Training Series: Getting Started with Aperture
By
...............................................
Publisher: Peachpit Press
Pub Date: November 29, 2005
Print ISBN-10: 0-321-42275-9
Print ISBN-13: 978-0-321-42275-0
Pages: 200

Table of Contents | Index
Copyright
Introduction: Getting Started
The Methodology
About the Apple Pro Training Series
Apple Pro Certification Program
Resources
Lesson 1. Working With the Aperture Interface
Preparing the Project
Opening Aperture
Exploring the Main Window
Importing Images With Aperture
Importing From a Camera or Card Reader
Importing Images From iPhoto
Importing Images From the Finder
Lesson 2. Organizing Images
Creating Folders, Albums, and Browser Views
Grouping Images Into Stacks
Stacking Images by Timestamp
Using the Zoom Tool
Using the Loupe Tool
Lesson 3. Comparing and Rating Your Images
Editing the Photoshoot
Comparing Images in the Viewer
Grouping Images Using a Light Table
Rating Your Images
Using Advanced Rating Options
Creating a Smart Album
Adding and Editing Keywords and Metadata
Lesson 4. Saving and Archiving
Setting Up a Vault
Restoring Your Library
Archiving to DVD
Lesson 5. RAW Image Processing
Making Basic Image Adjustments
Rotate, Straighten, and Crop
Removing Red-Eye
Setting the White Balance
Adjusting the Exposure
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Versioning
Lesson 6. Advanced Image Editing
Spot & Patch
Lift and Stamp
Using an External Image Editor Within Aperture
Monochrome Mixer
Color Monochrome
Sepia Tone
Sharpen
Lesson 7. Professional Web Publishing
Exporting Images From Aperture
Building Images for the Web
Building an Image Web Gallery
Building a Web Journal
Lesson 8. Printing and Publishing
Creating Books for Print
Creating a Contact Sheet Preset
Color-Managed Workflow
Glossary
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Copyright
Apple Pro Training Series: Getting Started with Aperture
Copyright © 2006 by Apple Computer
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Introduction: Getting Started
Welcome to Aperture, the revolutionary postproduction workflow tool for professional photographers.
The lessons in this book are based on the tutorials available in PDF format on the Apple Pro Training DVD that comes with the Aperture
software. Peachpit Press has expanded those tutorials and published them here for readers and teachers who prefer to have more
in-depth tutorials in printed form.
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The Methodology
This book is an introduction to Aperture. It aims to get you up to speed with Aperture quickly by giving you a good overview of the
application and a basic level of familiarity with its key features.
The lessons emphasize hands-on training. Each exercise is designed to help you learn the application in a real-world context, starting
with the basic interface and moving on to more advanced techniques.
It will be helpful for you to start at the beginning and progress through each lesson in order, since each lesson builds on information
learned in previous ones. The book assumes a basic level of familiarity with the Mac OS X operating system.
Course Structure
The book is made up of eight step-by-step, project-based lessons, the equivalent of about eight hours of training. All of the sample
images used in the lessons are included with the Aperture software.
Lessons 14: Photo Management
The first four lessons focus on image management. Designed specifically for professional digital photographers, Aperture is an
enormously powerful tool for handling some of the most time-consuming and tedious tasks of professional photography. In this section,
you'll learn to sort, compare, and rate images; apply keywords and metadata easily; display images in compelling ways for clients;
organize images into categories for different intended uses; and archive images in a way that's easy, secure, and intuitive.
Lessons 56: Image Processing
Lessons 5 and 6 start out with the basics of image editing in Aperture and move on to cover some of Aperture's more advanced image
processing features, such as the Spot & Patch, Lift, and Stamp tools. You'll learn to make basic adjustmentsthose for exposure, levels,
white balance, cropping, straightening, highlights and shadows, red-eye, and noiseas well as more complex adjustments, such
specialized color effects and flawless blemish retouching and blends.
Lessons 78: Print and Web Publishing
Lessons 7 and 8 focus on proofing and publishing: the culmination of the Aperture workflow. You'll start by taking a comprehensive look
at exporting image files from Aperture for use in other applications and for print and Web output. Then you'll create a web gallery for
client review and a web journal for online image display. From there, you'll explore some of Aperture's print output options by making a
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contact sheet and a printed book. Finally, you'll take a brief look at color-managed workflows within Aperture.
System Requirements
Before beginning to use Apple Pro Training Series: Getting Started with Aperture, you should have a working knowledge of your
computer and its operating system. Make sure that you know how to use the mouse and standard menus and commands and also how
to open, save, and close files. If you need to review these techniques, see the printed or online documentation included with your
system.
Minimum system requirements for Aperture are:
Power Mac G5 with a 1.8 GHz or faster processor; 15- or 17-inch
PowerBook G4 with a 1.25 GHz or faster processor; or 17- or 20-inch
iMac G5 with a 1.8 GHz or faster PowerPC G5 processor
Mac OS X version 10.4.3 or later
1 GB of RAM (2 GB recommended)
One of the following graphics cards: NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE, 6600, 6800 Ultra DDL, 6800 GT DDL, 7800 GT; NVIDIA
Quadro FX 4500; ATI Radeon X600 Pro, X600 XT, X800 XT Mac Edition, X850 XT, 9800 XT, 9800 Pro, 9700 Pro, 9600,
9600 XT, 9600 Pro, or 9650; ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 or 9600.
5 GB of available disk space for application, templates, and tutorial.
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About the Apple Pro Training Series
Apple Pro Training Series: Getting Started with Aperture is part of the official training series for Apple Pro applications, developed by
experts in the field and certified by Apple Computer. The series is the official course curriculum used by Apple Authorized Training
Centers, and offers complete training in all Apple Pro products. The lessons are designed to let you learn at your own pace. Although
each lesson provides step-by-step instructions for creating specific projects, there's room for exploration and experimentation. You can
progress through the book from beginning to end, or dive right into the lessons that interest you most.
For a complete list of Apple Pro Training Series books, see the course catalog at the end of this book, or visit
www.peachpit.com/applebooklet.