Real World Aperture

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ISBN: 9780321441935 | 0321441931
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 1/1/2007

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This comprehensive, in-depth guide will take readers to the next level with Apple's all-in-one post-production tool for photographers.

What Is Aperture?

(8)

What's in This Book

(1)

What You'll Need

(3)

Aperture Philosophy and Interface

(34)

Thinking Different

(2)

Your image editing appliance

(2)

The Aperture Library

(6)

Masters and versions

(2)

Viewing the library

(2)

Aperture Interface Basics

(9)

The Browser pane

(2)

The Viewer pane

(1)

The toolbar

(1)

The Inspector pane

(1)

The Adjustments panel

(1)

The Metadata panel

(2)

The control bar

(1)

Window layouts

(1)

Deleting items from the library

(1)

Favorites

(1)

Heads-up displays

(1)

Selecting Images

(8)

Selecting a project to view

(1)

Viewing multiple projects

(1)

Selecting images

(3)

Making selections using the keyboard

(1)

The primary select

(1)

Sorting images in the Browser pane

(1)

Viewer modes

(1)

Using the Loupe

(1)

Zooming

(1)

Working in Full-Screen Mode

(3)

Working with Albums

(2)

Creating an album

(1)

Adding images to an album

(1)

Viewing an album

(1)

Copying an image from one album to another

(1)

Printing a List of Keyboard Shortcuts

(1)

Wrapping Up

(1)

Importing

(28)

Importing from a Camera or Media Card

(10)

Selecting images for import

(1)

Adjusting the time stamp of imported images

(1)

Renaming images during import

(1)

Defining custom naming presets

(1)

Adding metadata

(2)

Stacking

(3)

Performing the import operation

(1)

Canceling an import session

(1)

Importing Image Files

(4)

Importing folders as projects

(1)

Drag-and-drop importing

(1)

Importing raw files

(2)

Importing an iPhoto Library

(2)

Working with the Aperture Library

(9)

Library architecture

(2)

Extracting your original images from the Aperture library

(1)

Changing the location of the library

(2)

Creating multiple libraries

(1)

Spanning a single library across multiple drives

(2)

Handling a missing drive

(1)

Restoring to a single-drive library

(1)

Wrapping Up

(2)

Organizing, Comparing, and Sorting

(46)

Defining a Workflow

(3)

Working with Keywords and Metadata

(20)

Defining keywords

(2)

Creating keywords

(1)

Adding keywords to an image

(1)

Adding keywords using the Keywords HUD

(1)

Adding keywords using the Metadata inspector

(1)

Adding keywords using control bar buttons

(1)

Creating a keyword button set

(2)

Switching between button sets

(1)

Adding keywords to multiple images

(1)

Editing other metadata

(1)

Lifting and stamping metadata

(1)

Stamping multiple images

(1)

Copying and pasting metadata

(1)

Building metadata template images

(2)

Changing metadata with Batch Change

(1)

Controlling the metadata display

(1)

Viewing image tooltips

(1)

Viewing metadata overlays

(1)

Changing the metadata overlay display

(2)

Defining a metadata set

(2)

Using sort groups

(1)

Working with Stacks

(10)

Stack basics

(1)

Creating a stack

(1)

Adding to a stack

(1)

Removing images from a stack

(1)

Moving images within a stack

(1)

Moving a stack

(1)

Unstacking

(1)

Auto-stacking

(1)

Picking and comparing

(1)

Selecting a new pick

(1)

Using Stack view

(2)

Using stacks

101

(1)

Adding a stack to an album

101

(1)

Defining an album pick

102

(1)

Stop thinking about your images like documents

102

(2)

Comparing Images

104

(1)

Rating Images

105

(1)

Strategies for Controlling Aperture

106

(2)

Rating, sorting, and comparing using the mouse

106

(1)

Rating, sorting, and comparing using the keyboard

106

(1)

Using modifier keys

107

(1)

Finding and Filtering Using the Query HUD

108

(6)

Working with your search results

111

(1)

Finding shutter speed

111

(1)

Finding the aperture

112

(1)

Finding duplicates

112

(2)

Working with Smart Albums

114

(1)

Wrapping Up

115

(2)

Image Editing

117

(48)

Nondestructive Editing and Adjustments

117

(2)

Rotating, Cropping, and Straightening

119

(4)

Rotating

119

(1)

Cropping

120

(1)

Adjusting a crop

121

(1)

Editing a crop numerically

121

(1)

Copying and deleting a crop

121

(1)

Straightening

122

(1)

Touching Up

123

(4)

Using Spot and Patch

123

(1)

Removing a spot

124

(1)

Patching an image

125

(1)

Adjusting your spot and patch corrections

126

(1)

Adjusting Exposure and Contrast

127

(19)

Using the histogram

127

(2)

Performing image analysis

129

(2)

Adjusting exposure

131

(1)

Using the Exposure slider

131

(2)

Using the Saturation slider

133

(1)

Using the Brightness slider

133

(1)

Using the Contrast slider

134

(1)

Highlighting hot areas

135

(1)

Adjusting levels

135

(1)

Adjusting the black point

136

(1)

Adjusting the white point

137

(1)

Adjusting the midpoint

138

(1)

Using Auto Levels

139

(1)

Adjusting quarter tones

140

(1)

Adjusting highlights and shadows

141

(1)

Adjusting shadows with Highlights and Shadows

142

(1)

Adjusting highlights with Highlights and Shadows

143

(1)

Using advanced controls

144

(1)

Using Highlights and Shadows to apply fill flash

145

(1)

Using Highlights and Shadows to reduce contrast

146

(1)

Adjusting Color

146

(6)

Adjusting white balance

147

(1)

Adjusting white balance automatically

147

(1)

Adjusting white balance manually

148

(1)

Using the Tint wheels

149

(2)

Adjusting levels for individual channels

151

(1)

Converting to Black and White

152

(3)

Adjusting the monochrome mix

153

(1)

Using Color Monochrome

154

(1)

Combining Edits

155

(2)

Maximizing performance

156

(1)

Creating New Versions

157

(1)

Keeping Your Edits in Check

158

(1)

Sharpening

159

(2)

Reducing Noise

161

(1)

Deleting Images

162

(1)

Undeleting images

163

(1)

Wrapping Up

163

(2)

Editing Raw Files

165

(18)

What Happens When You Shoot Raw

166

(3)

How Aperture Converts a Raw Image

169

(2)

Choosing an Aperture Raw Converter

171

(1)

Fine-Tuning a Raw Image

172

(2)

Adjusting White Balance

174

(1)

Using Auto Exposure

175

(1)

Performing Highlight Recovery

176

(3)

Exploring overexposure

176

(1)

Recovering highlights

177

(1)

When to adjust exposure and when to adjust brightness

178

(1)

Exposing for Raw

179

(2)

Linear data revisited

180

(1)

Wrapping Up

181

(2)

Working with an External Editor

183

(8)

Defining an External Editor

183

(2)

Understanding the Round Trip

185

(2)

Organizing Your Edits

187

(2)

Applying edits in Aperture to an image you've already edited externally

187

(1)

Re-editing an image you've already edited externally

187

(1)

Using Photoshop layers

188

(1)

Strategies for working with external editors

188

(1)

Moving images out of Aperture

189

(1)

Wrapping Up

189

(2)

Output

191

(32)

Defining Presets

191

(3)

Naming files

193

(1)

Exporting Images

194

(2)

Exporting a master

194

(1)

Exporting a version

195

(1)

Creating E-mail and Web Output

196

(6)

Creating a Web gallery

196

(1)

Customizing a Web gallery

197

(2)

Creating a Smart Web Gallery

199

(1)

Creating a Web journal

199

(1)

Customizing a Web journal

199

(1)

Building a journal page

200

(1)

Adding journal pages

201

(1)

Customizing Aperture's templates

201

(1)

Creating Slideshows

202

(2)

Configuring slideshow presets

202

(2)

Creating Light Tables

204

(1)

Printing a light table

205

(1)

Creating Books

205

(9)

Creating a book

206

(1)

Creating a book layout

206

(1)

Choosing a new master page design

207

(1)

Editing text

208

(1)

Adding images

208

(1)

Adding a photo filter

209

(1)

Autofilling book pages

210

(1)

Customizing book pages

210

(1)

Changing the layout of text blocks

210

(1)

Adding a photo box

211

(1)

Adding a metadata box

211

(1)

Changing the page background

211

(2)

Saving custom pages

213

(1)

Outputting your book

213

(1)

Printing

214

(7)

Using onscreen proofing

214

(1)

Installing printer profiles

215

(1)

Selecting a profile

215

(1)

Toggling onscreen proofing

215

(1)

Using the Print dialog box

215

(1)

Configuring the print controls

216

(2)

Printing multiple images on one page

218

(1)

Saving a preset

219

(1)

Printing strategies

220

(1)

Ordering Prints

221

(1)

Wrapping Up

222

(1)

Putting It All Together

223

(10)

Performing Automatic Backup

223

(4)

Creating a vault

224

(1)

Updating a vault

225

(1)

Restoring from a vault

225

(2)

Performing Manual Backup

227

(1)

Putting It All Together

228

(5)

Index

233

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Real World Aperture

Summary

Table of Contents

Supplemental Materials