Today I am very pleased and excited to announce the release of the Aperture To Pictage Plug-in. Why am I so excited about this plugin? Well, mostly because I wrote it myself! Yes, it is true, this photographer/writer is...

More on my post shoot workflow from my recent assignment in Mozambique for Oxfam UK. I went through every image in each album, harnessing the editing power of Aperture, occasionally toggling from full screen to standard view to see where...

Two weeks ago, someone posed a seemingly straightforward question to Josh's blog; he asked how to remove unwanted JPEG files if you have managed projects that contain both RAW and JPEG versions but no longer need the JPEG files. Obviously...

I've been testing the new Canon PowerShot G9 that records in Raw. Great camera, but Aperture doesn't read its version of .CR2 files. This brings up a common question. What do you do if Aperture doesn't support the Raw files...

I’ve been teaching introductory Aperture courses lately, so I thought I’d share some tips based on questions I’ve been hearing again and again. Last weekend at an AUPN workshop in Dallas I had three students ask the same question: how...

In a previous post I talked about using iPhoto and Aperture together by linking iPhoto images to Aperture’s preview files. What you are essentially doing with this method is creating a reference to Aperture from within iPhoto. This technique seems...

Because I have been traveling with writer/story editor extrordinaire Kate Pattison from Oxfam, and since we are on a tight deadline—Aperture has proven invaluable. When I had time to edit, I got rid of the unusable stuff by rejecting those...

Chances are, if you've ever searched for help on Aperture, you've found Steve Weller's, aka Bagelturf, website. Here, for some time now, Steve has posted a wide range of well-written Aperture articles dealing with everything from high-level topics, such as...

I've been playing around tonight with Sal's Publish for iPhone AppleScript. The concept is simple. Select a group of images in Aperture that you want to display on the iPhone or any other high quality WiFi mobile device, run the...

There was some exciting Pro App news from Apple this week: after almost 3 years, Logic Pro has been updated to version 8. Among the feature updates in this version is what Apple calls a “Next Generation Interface”. This is...

One of my favorite features in Aperture 1.5 is the ability to store my master image files anywhere I want. By using the Relocate Masters and Manage Referenced Files functions in Aperture's file menu I can easily take care of...

Many of our digital media bloggers are out of the US right now working on assignments. But starting next week on Sept. 17, there's a great opportunity for those of us in the States. Rick Smolan and the team that...

I’m writing this from rural Mozambique, a small community called Machaze, where the only electricity is at the Oxfam office and is only on when the generator is humming. So far my equipment choices have worked out well. Aperture is...

Aperture is a big program. It might not be as big as Photoshop or Final Cut Pro, but it still does a lot! In fact, there's so much in there that it's rare to find someone who uses every single...

There are a few things about Aperture's Projects pane that can be confusing to new users. What's great about the Projects pane is that it provides so many options for keeping even a massive library organized. The combination of Projects,...

I have three zooms in the 70mm to 200mm+ range, and they couldn't be more different from one another. My favorite of the bunch is the Canon 70-200 f/4 L. I think it's one of the best lenses I've ever...

Over the last few months, I’ve written several posts about Aperture’s seamless integration with iLife and iWork via the iLife Media Browser. A few weeks ago I posted about using your Aperture photos with iWork’s Pages to create print layouts...

Aperture has a real advantage to the photographer in that you can set up your own customized work environment. Not only can you change the way Aperture’s layout is set up, you can also change your surround. If you...

Copyright Steve Simon Okay, the six-week big trip through Mozambique and South Africa continues. I’ve already bared-all with the description of what I take with me equipment wise. The big question remains, what kind of underwear and how many?...

Back in the days of slides we all judiciously created little stick on labels with identifying information about an image as well as our contact information, and then carefully applied them to every slide before we sent them out. We...

I've recently been playing with Raw+Jpeg on my DSLRs while testing the new HP Photosmart A626 Compact Printer, which enables me to insert my memory card directly into the unit, view the pictures on its large LCD, then output up...

I'll be leaving for South Africa this week to help Steve Simon with a shoot that he's doing there. He and I will work together for about a week-and-a-half and then I'll be on my own for another ten days,...