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<title>Inside Aperture</title>
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<subtitle>O&apos;Reilly Media&apos;s Inside Aperture site draws upon community expertise to provide you with tips and real-life experiences from professional shooters who use Apple&apos;s premier photo management application to organize, edit, and output their images. This site features weblogs, articles, podcasts, and tutorials—all focused to help you improve your digital photography workflow. If you&apos;d like to contribute to Inside Aperture, please send mail to aperture@oreilly.com. </subtitle>
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<title>Light Tables - what do you use them for?</title>
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<published>2008-05-12T16:31:03Z</published>
<updated>2008-05-12T16:56:43Z</updated>

<summary>When Aperture 1.0 came out and I was fiddling around with it, I came across the Light Table feature, played around with it for awhile and thought &#8216;neat!&#8217;, and then didn&#8217;t touch it for two years....</summary>
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<name>Ian Wood</name>
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When Aperture 1.0 came out and I was fiddling around with it, I came across the Light Table feature, played around with it for awhile and thought &#8216;neat!&#8217;, and then didn&#8217;t touch it for two years...</content>

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<entry>
<title>Out In The Streets</title>
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<published>2008-05-09T12:55:03Z</published>
<updated>2008-05-12T15:02:27Z</updated>

<summary>For the last couple of weeks I have been searching for the perfect street camera. I have been comparing three &#8220;point and shoot&#8221; cameras that could potentially fit the bill. I&#8217;ve been trying to make a decision as to which....</summary>
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<name>Micah Walter</name>
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For the last couple of weeks I have been searching for the perfect street camera. I have been comparing three &#8220;point and shoot&#8221; cameras that could potentially fit the bill. I&#8217;ve been trying to make a decision as to which...</content>

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<entry>
<title>Viveza Plug-In for Aperture v2.1</title>
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<published>2008-05-08T16:52:30Z</published>
<updated>2008-05-08T19:15:44Z</updated>

<summary>Nik Software released Viveza for Aperture yesterday. This is a plug-in that you&#8217;re going to want to give a test drive. It&#8217;s really pretty amazing software when you put it through its paces. I first saw a demo of Viveza....</summary>
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<name>Ellen Anon</name>
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Nik Software released Viveza for Aperture yesterday. This is a plug-in that you&#8217;re going to want to give a test drive. It&#8217;s really pretty amazing software when you put it through its paces. I first saw a demo of Viveza...</content>

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<entry>
<title>Aperture Makes You Better</title>
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<published>2008-05-08T16:28:02Z</published>
<updated>2008-05-08T16:34:36Z</updated>

<summary>I&#8217;ve been shooting for a very long time, and my enthusiasm for photography has only increased since picking up a camera at the age of 12 and somehow convincing my parents I can use the second bathroom as a darkroom....</summary>
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<name>Steve Simon</name>
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I&#8217;ve been shooting for a very long time, and my enthusiasm for photography has only increased since picking up a camera at the age of 12 and somehow convincing my parents I can use the second bathroom as a darkroom...</content>

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<entry>
<title>Black Point and Shadows</title>
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<published>2008-05-07T12:00:00Z</published>
<updated>2008-05-07T02:49:46Z</updated>

<summary>I&apos;ve shooting lately in very rough lighting conditions. From shooting kiteboarders in black wetsuits, towards the west, over water, around 1-3pm in hazy conditions to shooting them against the setting sun, it&apos;s been one exposure challenge after another. As I&apos;ve....</summary>
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<name>Josh Anon</name>
<uri>http://www.joshanon.com</uri>
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I&apos;ve shooting lately in very rough lighting conditions. From shooting kiteboarders in black wetsuits, towards the west, over water, around 1-3pm in hazy conditions to shooting them against the setting sun, it&apos;s been one exposure challenge after another. As I&apos;ve...</content>

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<entry>
<title>Let there be ... DFT Light!</title>
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<published>2008-05-07T03:47:44Z</published>
<updated>2008-05-07T16:57:02Z</updated>

<summary> Drab and gray? Flat? No highlights? It can happen. Maybe you&apos;re on location, and it&apos;s getting late and the light is fading fast. Or, you&apos;re in the studio and there&apos;s not enough strobes for the kind of setup you....</summary>
<author>
<name>Dominique James</name>
<uri>www.dominiquejames.com</uri>
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 Drab and gray? Flat? No highlights? It can happen. Maybe you&apos;re on location, and it&apos;s getting late and the light is fading fast. Or, you&apos;re in the studio and there&apos;s not enough strobes for the kind of setup you...</content>

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<entry>
<title>The iTunes Analogy</title>
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<id>tag:blogs.oreilly.com,2008:/aperture//32.23638</id>

<published>2008-05-05T11:50:18Z</published>
<updated>2008-05-08T15:05:38Z</updated>

<summary>Aperture&#8217;s virtual filing/organisational structure can be quite intimidating when you first experience it, but as new as this seemed when Aperture first came out nearly two and a half years ago, it was firmly rooted in existing Apple software and concepts - iTunes (and to some extent, the Finder)..</summary>
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<name>Ian Wood</name>
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Aperture&#8217;s virtual filing/organisational structure can be quite intimidating when you first experience it, but as new as this seemed when Aperture first came out nearly two and a half years ago, it was firmly rooted in existing Apple software and concepts - iTunes (and to some extent, the Finder).</content>

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<entry>
<title>PDF Services Provide Big Bonus for Aperture Users</title>
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<id>tag:blogs.oreilly.com,2008:/aperture//32.23629</id>

<published>2008-05-02T19:04:35Z</published>
<updated>2008-05-02T19:39:26Z</updated>

<summary> You may have missed that the &quot;Save as PDF&quot; button has changed to a PDF pop-up menu in the Print dialog box for the Book tool. There are a few things going on here, many of which I&apos;ll cover....</summary>
<author>
<name>Derrick Story</name>
<uri>http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/54</uri>
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 You may have missed that the &quot;Save as PDF&quot; button has changed to a PDF pop-up menu in the Print dialog box for the Book tool. There are a few things going on here, many of which I&apos;ll cover...</content>

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<entry>
<title>Go further...</title>
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<published>2008-05-01T04:38:28Z</published>
<updated>2008-05-01T05:47:41Z</updated>

<summary>The Aperture Adjustments sliders give you a wide range of control for fixing most images well within the range of the slider. It doesn&#8217;t happen very often, but there are times when you&#8217;ve moved the slider to the far left....</summary>
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<name>Steve Simon</name>
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The Aperture Adjustments sliders give you a wide range of control for fixing most images well within the range of the slider. It doesn&#8217;t happen very often, but there are times when you&#8217;ve moved the slider to the far left...</content>

</entry>

<entry>
<title>Stacks and Filtering</title>
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<id>tag:blogs.oreilly.com,2008:/aperture//32.23513</id>

<published>2008-04-30T12:00:42Z</published>
<updated>2008-04-29T17:56:00Z</updated>

<summary>Although Aperture has offered stacks all along, it&#8217;s a feature that I personally haven&#8217;t used a lot. But last week I was doing a lot of spring flower photography and experimenting with narrow depth of fields. In some cases I....</summary>
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<name>Ellen Anon</name>
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Although Aperture has offered stacks all along, it&#8217;s a feature that I personally haven&#8217;t used a lot. But last week I was doing a lot of spring flower photography and experimenting with narrow depth of fields. In some cases I...</content>

</entry>

<entry>
<title>Framing the picture with Aperture BorderFX</title>
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<id>tag:blogs.oreilly.com,2008:/aperture//32.23498</id>

<published>2008-04-29T15:00:00Z</published>
<updated>2008-04-28T10:18:17Z</updated>

<summary> While a lot of interest and excitement is now focused on the awesome capabilities of new editing plug-ins for Aperture, particularly with the recent introduction of Apple&apos;s Dodge &amp; Burn, DFT&apos;s Power Stroke, Ozone and Lights!, as well as....</summary>
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<name>Dominique James</name>
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 While a lot of interest and excitement is now focused on the awesome capabilities of new editing plug-ins for Aperture, particularly with the recent introduction of Apple&apos;s Dodge &amp; Burn, DFT&apos;s Power Stroke, Ozone and Lights!, as well as...</content>

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<entry>
<title>Anatomy of an Interface</title>
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<id>tag:blogs.oreilly.com,2008:/aperture//32.23499</id>

<published>2008-04-28T15:21:23Z</published>
<updated>2008-04-28T15:30:42Z</updated>

<summary>Aperture has a very &#8216;particular&#8217; interface. We all know by now about doing colour corrections against a neutral background, in fact most books on digital colour always recommended setting your desktop picture to a mid-grey. But is there more to....</summary>
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<name>Ian Wood</name>
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Aperture has a very &#8216;particular&#8217; interface. We all know by now about doing colour corrections against a neutral background, in fact most books on digital colour always recommended setting your desktop picture to a mid-grey. But is there more to...</content>

</entry>

<entry>
<title>New Views</title>
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<id>tag:blogs.oreilly.com,2008:/aperture//32.23483</id>

<published>2008-04-25T13:19:34Z</published>
<updated>2008-04-25T13:26:23Z</updated>

<summary> This past week and a half has been a blur. I am finally settled into my new apartment in Baltimore and just beginning to be able to relax. Between shipping our dogs and all of our belongings, traveling up....</summary>
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<name>Micah Walter</name>
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 This past week and a half has been a blur. I am finally settled into my new apartment in Baltimore and just beginning to be able to relax. Between shipping our dogs and all of our belongings, traveling up...</content>

</entry>

<entry>
<title>Tethering with Aperture, Fun and Easy</title>
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<id>tag:blogs.oreilly.com,2008:/aperture//32.23468</id>

<published>2008-04-24T04:01:09Z</published>
<updated>2008-04-24T12:46:03Z</updated>

<summary>I wanted to demonstrate some different flash effects in the class I teach, bounce, direct, off-camera, side light, scary light from below, etc., and I planned to photograph a student and import the images into Aperture to talk about the....</summary>
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<name>Steve Simon</name>
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I wanted to demonstrate some different flash effects in the class I teach, bounce, direct, off-camera, side light, scary light from below, etc., and I planned to photograph a student and import the images into Aperture to talk about the...</content>

</entry>

<entry>
<title>Lift and Stamp Tip</title>
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<id>tag:blogs.oreilly.com,2008:/aperture//32.23455</id>

<published>2008-04-23T12:00:00Z</published>
<updated>2008-04-23T05:28:04Z</updated>

<summary>It&apos;s funny how when you don&apos;t use a tool for a while, you forget about certain features. In this case, I&apos;m talking about Lifting and Stamping a specific change. For those of you who haven&apos;t used the Lift and Stamp....</summary>
<author>
<name>Josh Anon</name>
<uri>http://www.joshanon.com</uri>
</author>


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It&apos;s funny how when you don&apos;t use a tool for a while, you forget about certain features. In this case, I&apos;m talking about Lifting and Stamping a specific change. For those of you who haven&apos;t used the Lift and Stamp...</content>

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