Just a quick shameless self-promotion: I'll be leading a free presentation entitled "Extending Aperture with iLife '08 and iWork '08" at the Apple Store SoHo on Thursday night, November 1 at 6:30 p.m. If you're in the New York City...

When I initially heard that Leopard was incorporating Cover Flow, I was less than impressed since, like Ben, it's a feature I never use in iTunes. But it turns out that it's a great feature for Aperture users, especially combined...

With the recent introduction of Leopard, Aperture was incrementally updated to version 1.5.6. Both were released on the same day. One was pre-announced and expected, while the other was not and came as a pleasant surprise. In the update to...

Last week, I had a chance to sit down and chat with fellow Aperture trainer and Apple certified Color Management consultant Peter Stroumtsos. Peter has been making some really nice black and white prints using Aperture and his Epson Stylus...

Bill Cheeseman brought up what looks like a potential problem that all Aperture users wanting to use the Time Machine feature in Leopard should be aware of. I don't think any of us want to take any chances with our...

Now that Leopard, the new cat from Cupertino, is out, what's the next, next thing for Aperture? Well, quickly following its feline footstep is a new version of Aperture. Aperture is now version 1.5.6. According to the Apple website, this...

Further to Ben's post, apparently updating to 1.5.4 won't be enough to prevent problems with Aperture. I’m loving Leopard already, but I have noticed that Aperture seems to be a bit less stable in some instances. Update to the rescue!...

Leopard has some great new features for digital photographers. For example, QuickLook is an exceptional way to get a quick view of an image file in the Finder. Meanwhile, CoverFlow, a feature that I thought was a stupid thing to...

9 hours, 7 minutes, 45 seconds. I can barely contain myself. Leopard is coming out today and I have been chomping at the bit to write about it ever since I received my Developer’s Preview at Apple’s World Wide Developer...

At the recent PhotoPlus Expo show in New York City, one of the many seminars was something a little different. Entitled: Iron Chef Raw Processing—the format was similar to the popular cooking show. Moderated by Photoshop/Lightroom guy Andrew Rodney, it...

The other day, I found myself wishing for a note pad in Aperture so that I could write comments and notes about some of my images. I wanted to be able to write random things, like directions to a certain...

You can now get from Apple's Aperture download page, a new free export plug-in that allows you to directly connect to the GLOBALedit website. If you are already using GLOBALedit, or you are considering of using GLOBALedit, and you are...

Derrick wrote a nice tip on his personal site about using Adobe Camera Raw to correct mixed lighting and it reminded me that I’ve been meaning to share a tip about how to deal with this issue in Aperture. Whether...

Automator.us has released a new add-on for Aperture that provides a sophisticated, automated way to get client approval of a set of images. The new Publish For Approval package is an AppleScript-based application that works as follows: • A web...

With most software programs for those not blessed with a photographic memory, it’s a matter of use it or lose it. As photographers we constantly take pictures, but even if I’ve been away from the camera for a short while...

This week I’m going to talk about a bug workaround and then give you a tip for using the Tint wheels. Recently I’ve been getting occasional black previews on images that had been successfully transferred from the CF card. Initially...

I was working with a client recently who had been struggling with getting consistent color from his photos in Aperture. Like many other digital photography enthusiasts I’ve talk to over the years, he was mystified by color management, and had...

One of my favorite backup tools, Synk Professional has added in special support for Aperture users. After many requests, the developers at Synk decided to add a special clause that allows the software to backup your Aperture library incrementally. This...

You never know where this site is going to take you. After blogging about my trip to Africa, I received an email from Inside Aperture viewer Brendon McClean, who read that I was taking this big trip to Mozambique and...

Imagine waking up one day and realizing you can’t see right out of one or both your eyes. It would be pretty terrifying, right? But not likely to happen to you because bad eye trouble and loss of vision happens...

In this posting of a few months ago, I showed how you can create an automated Aperture/Photoshop printing process using a Finder Folder Action. The idea was that, if you wanted to print using Photoshop - either because of its...

I frequently teach Aperture workshops and I often end up running my presentation and demos from the same MacBook Pro that I use as my everyday workstation. This makes it easy to prepare for workshops, but it can introduce some...

In June of this year, Aperture added support for the Leica M8, among other cameras. I have to admit, I have always been jealous of The Leica Shooter. Armed with a small camera and a few tiny lenses (compared to...

This past weekend, I was presenting at the annual BetterPhoto Conference and had the fortune of sitting in on a session by Lewis Kemper. Now Lewis is a very smart photographer and Photoshop whiz, but unfortunately he uses Lightroom instead...

In my previous post, I described the storage solution that I'm planning to use on an extended trip - sans computer - to Africa. This trip won't be the first time that I've gone on a shooting expedition without a...

As a kid growing up in the 80s, I used to love watching The Joy of Painting on PBS when I got home from school everyday. For any of our international readers who may not be familiar: in each episode,...