Aperture 3 - Are there any good blogs/websites for tips etc.

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Hi All,

I am new to digital post processing and I have a copy of Aperture 3. I see many arguments about which software is better but Ap3 was free for me as a B'day present.

I was wondering if you could advise of any good Blogs, Websites etc, that give advise on workflow and post processing techniques with Aperture 3. I have seen lots of good ones for Lightroom 3 via a Google search, but I am not sure for Aperture.

Any recommendations is very much appreciated.

Matt
 
Aperture 3 is great for light PP, but well worth shooting in RAW to get the full editablility (that is a word, honest). In terms of learning how to use it, the guide is well written and pretty useful. I also watched a course over at CreativeLive: http://jimpanzer.com/creative-live-aperture-3-class-with-scott-bourne (I keep tooting these guys, but was impressed - for free at least. Now they charge I'm not sure I'd pay for the aperture class but the fundamentals of digital photography course is worth every penny. Problem with the aperture class is Scott Bourne is really incredibly irritating!)

I also track this guy here http://www.apertureland.com/ but doesn't update that often and generally pretty generic camera than aperture specific. Does link to some good places though. He's also recommended a book which I'm keen to get (gf still hasn't picked up on the hints!)

I love Aperture 3 - if you're lookign for software that'll let you replace the sky in an image, you'll need something else, but for tweaking and improving images it's fantastic.
 
Hey Guys, thanks for the links, I'll have a good look through them over the next few evenings.

Not so keen on the creative/live due to the cost vs "I can not see via some preview clips whether it is any good for what I am looking for". $80 is a lot if it is poor. I am looking for some guides that will get me beyond, this is the interface etc. The site doesn't offer any more info but that it is $80 for 3 weeks. But it doesn't say if it is 1hr or more per week over the 3 weeks, what content is covered etc. Or that I can find.

But, I did buy John Greengo's Fundamentals in Photography and that has been brilliant to get me started in my new hobby. But, I got to preview a few clips first via the creativelive website first and I was 10 weeks, and 10 hours for $160. Twice the price, but potential 7 time more content. Maybe, that is how my brain is working. LOL

Matt
 
It's certainly no where near as good as John's FODP course, but there were a few really useful tips:

1. setup an import preset and get this to be applied when you import all your images (sharpening, slight drop on saturation and boost on, vibrancy and definition).

2. Use the "dropper" in the white balance adjust for adjusting white balance; if you click and hold on the Loupe that appears after clicking on the dropper you can then drag the dropper around and see the white balance update in real time - REALLY useful!


If you're a flickr user I can strongly recommend the FlickrExport app. It does cost a small fee ($20/ £15 or something) but does a much better job than Aperture. Not sure if you've played with the Flickr and Facebook publish tools in A3, but they create a live link between aperture and the website in question. The problem is, if you edit one of the images or add a new keyword (literally ANY change), will republish the photo and replace the existing. To me this is REALLY annoying because you then loose all comments, favourites etc.

The one thing I really don't get in A3 is places - I have a geotaglogger but I *think* you need to save the tracks to your desktop permanently. E.g. if you import the track and then delete the original the track disappears. anyone else experienced this?
 
There's a good podcast available through iTunes, actually produced by Apple. Worth a look at.

Tricky01 said:
If you're a flickr user I can strongly recommend the FlickrExport app. It does cost a small fee ($20/ £15 or something) but does a much better job than Aperture.
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Seconded, much much better than the inbuilt version.
 
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