Aperture 2.0 questions

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I've just downloaded a trial of Aperture 2.0 and I'd appreciate it if some seasoned Aperture users could help me out.

I haven't got my head round the concept of how files themselves are managed in terms of the original file vs. edited versions; what they're called/where they go/how they are saved/retrieved etc

Could someone kindly explain in simple terms how it operates? The only documents I can find online just say how great Aperture is and what's been updated from the old version.

Thanks :thumbs:

P.S. Am I right in thinking there is no sharpening tool?
 
Thanks andrew. I had a quick look at some tutorials and am currently reading the Product Overview pdf.

I'll have a look for some more tutorials. Would like to run next weekend's wedding through Aperture but don't feel ready for it yet. Will do some more homework :)
 
managed files can only be used by aperture (unless your quite clever at finding things) and stored in the aperture library folder. Edited version just store all your adjustments, so when you load the RAW file, it adjusts the files as per your settings.

Re sharpening, there are a few methods / tools in aperture

In the enhance adjustment you can use define
In RAW fine tuning you have sharpening
and you have a sharpening set as well. you may need to click on the + box at the top if the histogram to bring the tool palette up.
 
There are two options for importing/saving files in Aperture.

1) In the Aperture DB, the default
2) To disk in directories defined as you want (the way I use it)

These are the RAW's. The versions are literally adjustments applied in the app over the original RAW. The files are not changed, and the edits can be adjusted at any time without affecting the original. The adjustments are only saved to an image when you export the version in question outside of Aperture (as jpg, tif etc).

There's the two options for Sharpening that Andrew mentioned above (you can add them to your adjustments palettes by clicking on the little + sign just above the histogram. I think there's also an option to sharpen at export if resizing, but can't really remember as I set that up some months back.
 
Something I learnt after Goodwood. Images are imported to a Project, meta data can be added at import time, although I don't tend to bother (would have been good for Goodwood though, 20:20 hindsight again :D). Then you can split the images into Albums which is a great way to sort them. An image can belong to multiple Albums, so for instance, I've got an Album for each day (initial import), then I went through and added them to other albums by type so I can see the images in multiple ways. These are all just links to the original in the Project so only one copy anywhere.


And in true Blue Peter fashion... this might help... It's a small bit of the import screen that defines where the files will be stored.

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Image date is a custom settings thingy I created to use the folder structure I wanted
 
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