Apple Pro Video Training: Aperture 3

Apple Pro Video Training: Aperture 3

Released November 2010
Publisher(s): Pearson
ISBN: 9780132487696

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Video description

With more than 200 new features, Aperture 3 gives photographers what they want in a workflow tool: the ability to make intelligent selects with lightning speed, adjust images quickly and powerfully, deliver photos online or in print with a single click, and manage and search huge archives with ease.

This Apple-certified guide to Aperture 3 includes over 3 hours of high quality video tutorials that will get you up and running quickly, taking you step by step through Aperture's powerful editing, retouching, proofing, publishing and archiving features. With coverage of Aperture's new features, you'll learn how to index your photos using face recognition and GPS location data; master powerful non-destructive image-adjustment tools; understand and employ metadata; demystify filters and color corrections, and much more. This video's real-world exercises feature professional photography from a variety of genres, including landscapes, portraits, wedding, and wildlife photography.

Table of contents

  1. Lesson 1: A Quick Tour of Aperture
    1. 1 Identifying Interface Elements
    2. 2 Importing Images from a Memory Card
    3. 3 Working with Images in the Browser
    4. 4 Sorting Images in the Browser
    5. 5 Arranging Images Manually
    6. 6 Deleting Images
    7. 7 Selecting and Rotating Images
    8. 8 Flagging Images in the Browser
    9. 9 Adjusting Images
    10. 10 Straightening Images
    11. 11 Applying Auto Exposure
    12. 12 Rating and Rejecting Images
    13. 13 Sharing Your Photos with Email
  2. Lesson 2: Adding and Managing Metadata
    1. 1 Importing Files from the Finder
    2. 2 Adjusting Time Zones
    3. 3 Importing Images into Projects
    4. 4 Displaying Metadata in the Browser and Viewer
    5. 5 Using Keywords
    6. 6 Working with Groups in the Keywords HUD
    7. 7 Batch Changing Metadata
    8. 8 Applying Keywords Using Buttons
    9. 9 Applying Keywords Using Keyboard Shortcuts
    10. 10 Applying Keywords Using the Lift & Stamp Tools
    11. 11 Editing Metadata Views and Presets
    12. 12 Creating a Metadata View
    13. 13 Modifying One Field of Metadata
    14. 14 Using the Filter HUD
    15. 15 Working with Albums
    16. 16 Working with Smart Albums/Creating Smart Albums Using the Browser Filter
  3. Lesson 3: Comparing and Evaluating Images
    1. 1 Generating Aperture Previews
    2. 2 Using Quick Previews
    3. 3 Evaluating Images in Full-Screen Mode
    4. 4 Switching Projects in Full-Screen View
    5. 5 Using the Loupe Tool
    6. 6 Assigning Image Ratings
    7. 7 Comparing and Rating a Group of Images
    8. 8 Working with Stacks
    9. 9 Manually Creating Stacks/Merging Stacks
    10. 10 Using Stack Mode
    11. 11 Promoting and Demoting Picks
    12. 12 Speed Rating Images Using Keystrokes
    13. 13 Reviewing Collections on the Light Table/Navigating and Arranging Images in the Light Table
  4. Lesson 4: Indexing Photos Using Faces and Places
    1. 1 Moving from iPhoto to Aperture/Migrating an Entire iPhoto Library
    2. 2 Using Places to Put Pictures on a Map
    3. 3 Assigning Locations
    4. 4 Adding an Unknown Location to the Places Database
    5. 5 Removing a Photo from a Location
    6. 6 Moving a Pin
    7. 7 importing GPS Track Files
    8. 8 Creating a Smart Album from a Map
    9. 9 Organizing a Library Using Faces
    10. 10 Adding Missed Faces
    11. 11 Adding Facebook IDs to Faces
  5. Lesson 5: Managing Projects and the Library
    1. 1 Excluding File Types on Import
    2. 2 Creating a Backup During Import
    3. 3 Repairing Broken Links
    4. 4 Moving Referenced Images
    5. 5 Converting Referenced Images to Managed Images
    6. 6 Organizing a Growing Library
    7. 7 Moving Images Between Projects
    8. 8 Creating Favorite Projects
    9. 9 Using Multiple Libraries
    10. 10 Syncing Two Libraries
    11. 11 Backing Up Using a Vault
  6. Lesson 6: Performing Nondestructive Editing
    1. 1 Working in the Adjustments Inspector
    2. 2 Adding Adjustments
    3. 3 Adding Presets
    4. 4 Duplicating a Version/Disabling and Deleting Adjustments
    5. 5 Resetting Adjustments
    6. 6 Fixing Underexposed and Overexposed Images
    7. 7 Displaying Hot and Cold Areas
    8. 8 Adjusting the Black Point
    9. 9 Recovering Clipped Highlights
    10. 10 Identifying Color Clipping
    11. 11 Using Exposure Controls
    12. 12 Adjusting White Balance with the Histogram
    13. 13 Adjusting Brightness
    14. 14 Using Lift & Stamp Tools
  7. Lesson 7: Correcting Tone
    1. 1 Making Adjustments in Full-Screen View
    2. 2 Using Contrast
    3. 3 Adding Definition
    4. 4 Removing Camera Vignetting
    5. 5 Improving Highlights and Shadows
    6. 6 Controlling Shadows
    7. 7 Adjusting image Levels
    8. 8 Adjusting Image Luminance Levels
    9. 9 Using the Quarter-Tone Levels Controls
    10. 10 Converting Color Images to Black and White
    11. 11 Comparing Image Versions
  8. Lesson 8: Correcting Color
    1. 1 Working with Color in the Enhance Controls
    2. 2 Applying Corrective Tint Controls
    3. 3 Controlling Image Vibrancy
    4. 4 Selectively Improving Color Using the Color Controls
    5. 5 Working with Curves
    6. 6 Correcting Color Using Curves
    7. 7 Correcting Chromatic Aberration
    8. 8 Working with an External Editor
    9. 9 Switching Between Aperture and an External Editor
  9. Lesson 9: Making Local Adjustments with Brushes
    1. 1 Adding and Erasing Brush Strokes
    2. 2 Smoothing Skin
    3. 3 Viewing Painted Areas as Overlays
    4. 4 Modifying Brush Strokes in the Inspector
    5. 5 Brightening Areas Using the Dodge Brush
    6. 6 Detecting Edges While Painting
    7. 7 Darkening Areas Using the Burn Brush
    8. 8 Applying a Brush to an Entire Image
    9. 9 Correcting Halo Artifacts
    10. 10 Retouching images
    11. 11 Repairing Using Automatic and Manual Source Selection
    12. 12 Cloning an Image
    13. 13 Making a Brush from an Adjustment
    14. 14 Creating Multiple Instances of a Brush
  10. Lesson 10: Working with RAW images
    1. 1 Working with RAW+JPEG Pairs
    2. 2 Decoding a RAW File
    3. 3 Adjusting Boost and Hue Boost
    4. 4 Applying Edge Sharpening
    5. 5 Using RAW Fine Tuning De-noise
    6. 6 Using the Noise Reduction Adjustment
    7. 7 Removing Moire from RAW Images
    8. 8 Saving RAW Fine Tuning Presets
  11. Lesson 11: Creating Dynamic Slideshows
    1. 1 Using Slideshow Presets and Albums
    2. 2 Manually Navigating a Slideshow Preset
    3. 3 Creating a Slideshow Album
    4. 4 Adding, Deleting, and Rearranging Slideshow Photos
    5. 5 Enhancing Slideshows
    6. 6 Modifying the Ken Burns Effect
    7. 7 Setting Aspect Ratio and Cropping Images
    8. 8 Using Titles
    9. 9 Applying Transitions
    10. 10 Mixing Music and Sound Effects
    11. 11 Fitting Slideshow and Music Durations
    12. 12 Inserting iLife Sound Effects
    13. 13 Adjusting Audio Levels
    14. 14 Working with Video
    15. 15 Editing to the Beat
    16. 16 Sharing Your Slideshow
    17. 17 Sending a Slideshow to YouTube or MobileMe
  12. Lesson 12: Presenting Your Photos on the Web
    1. 1 MobileMe: Sign in and Publish
    2. 2 Getting Updates from the MobileMe Gallery
    3. 3 Posting to Facebook
    4. 4 Posting to Flickr
    5. 5 Creating a Web Journal
    6. 6 Adding Images to a Web Journal
    7. 7 Modifying Web Journal Themes
    8. 8 Displaying Metadata in a Web Journal
    9. 9 Adding Text to a Web Journal
    10. 10 Publishing a Web Journal
  13. Lesson 13: Delivering Final Images as Books, Prints, and Files
    1. 1 Creating a Book Layout
    2. 2 Changing Master Pages
    3. 3 Adding Pictures to Pages
    4. 4 Auto Flowing Pictures to Pages
    5. 5 Deleting and Rearranging Pages
    6. 6 Customizing Pictures and Page Layouts
    7. 7 Customizing Maps
    8. 8 Changing Images in a Photo Box
    9. 9 Arranging New Photo Boxes
    10. 10 Ordering Books
    11. 11 Delivering Printed Images
    12. 12 Printing with Presets
    13. 13 Using Expanded Printing Options
    14. 14 Delivering Digital Images

Product information

  • Title: Apple Pro Video Training: Aperture 3
  • Author(s):
  • Release date: November 2010
  • Publisher(s): Pearson
  • ISBN: 9780132487696