"Software Update doesn’t have any new software for your computer at this time.” Okay, so as I write this there is no new Raw Support yet, for those of us waiting patiently or otherwise for an update to Leopard that...

At this point when everyone is clamoring for a new version of Aperture, I must admit that I feel a little embarrassed to admit that I just learned something new about how to use one of the tools I’ve used...

Before digital, it used to be that we singularly know, and we are singularly sure, with what we want to do with the pictures we've shot. We go through the motions with that particular end in mind. We just go...

Today, a roundup of a few camera-related links that I've been excited about in the last few weeks: Canon EOS 450D / Digital Rebel XSi Announced Last week Canon announced the successor to the Canon EOS 400D / Digital Rebel...

The team over at Pictage.com and I are really excited to announce the release of the non-beta version of the ApertureToPictage plugin for Apple’s Aperture! Yes, it has been a long time in the making, but this new version is...

Okay, it’s no secret that we’ve all been waiting for a sign, some kind of indication that says an upgrade for Aperture; or at least new raw support for some very popular cameras, like the new Nikon D3, D300 or...

I've found that a common task I need to do is sort a large collection of images down to a smaller collection and pass those along to someone else. I can't always just always send the highest-rated images, because sometimes...

It is a fairly established and known fact, but something that even we, long-time Aperture users, tend to forget. And this bit of info may come as a surprise to those who do not know it yet. RAW support for...

An update on two troubleshooting-themed posts from the last few weeks: First, a strange bug that popped up after the erase and install I performed last week. Everything went fairly smoothly, however there are always surprises when you do a...

If you've been using Aperture beginning with version 1.0, or even if you're a johnny-come-lately, but have been using Aperture long enough to have gone through a number of incremental upgrades, that may have included a major OS upgrade, you...

So, I’ve been reading this book, “This is Your Brain on Music,” by Daniel J. Levitin. I actually just picked it up at the airport on my way back to the West Indies yesterday and so far I have had...

Aperture is an amazing post-processing software, that keeps track of all my images and helps me quickly organize and get them ready to send out into the world. But I do believe it has also been very influential in helping...

Last weekend, I was out photographing a big-wave surf contest in northern California called Mavericks. In between sets, I was talking with some of the other photographers, and I discovered that out of the group I was chatting with, I...

I took the plunge and did something last weekend that I sort of love and sort of dread: I backed up my primary workstation, erased the hard drive, did a fresh install of Mac OS X, restored my user account,...

I will be heading out to MacWorld next week, where I will be doing a day long “Advanced Digital Safari” where I hope to see some of you Inside Aperture regulars. On my recent wanderings in Rwanda, I had everything...

I use Aperture on my laptop while I travel and then transfer the projects to my master library on my home computer. For a long time I’ve tried to keep many of my projects on my laptop, with previews, so...

It's amazing how flexible Aperture's interface really is. Just like some of the tools we use in our photography, such as the awesome Lensbaby 3G for example, we like flexibility. In my previous blog entries, I've tackled several easy ways...

This post is only peripherally about Aperture, but it’s a technical tip that I thought I’d share based on a purchase I made last week: I was in a pinch a few days ago and I needed to pick up...

A photographer friend of mine recently purchased his first Apple computer. You can read all about the system we put together over at AUPN by following this link. Initially the plan was to install Adobe Photoshop Lightroom as that was...

Two terrific export plug-ins for Apple Aperture have recently been updated. Both Aperture2Gmail and UberUpload for Aperture make it easy to send images directly from Aperture to others.

I just got back from Rwanda where I was playing with my new Nikon D300 and 14-24mm lens. There’s something invigorating about getting a new piece of equipment you’re excited about, and I couldn’t wait to put the new tools...

The other day, I was helping a person figure out a weird problem in Shake. Given it took two of us to figure out what turned out to be a color space problem, I figured it would worth spending some...

Some of what could possibly be awe-inspiring landscapes that begs to be photographed are bathed in extreme, tricky, bland or just plain difficult lighting. Master landscape photographers recognize this fact. It seems that the more extreme, tricky or difficult...