As you use the Adjustment Panel you'll find that there is some overlap among some of the controls in Aperture. In the Exposure brick there are options to set the overall exposure, as well as the Black point, Recovery and...

When you see a shot of lightning, or a great sports shot that captured just the right action at just the right moment, or a seemingly once-in-a-lifetime shot, it’s tempting to comment, “Wow you were lucky!” And in reality...

One of the features that LightRoom users miss in Aperture is image presets. Aperture has it's 'per brick' presets which are quite handy, but LightRoom will save pretty well all types of adjustment as a single preset that can be...

I’ve been working on a video tutorial series for Aperture and in the course of creating each tutorial I often rediscover some of the little and not so little gems that make Aperture so outstanding. It’s easy to become complacent...

Nik Software released Viveza for Aperture yesterday. This is a plug-in that you’re going to want to give a test drive. It’s really pretty amazing software when you put it through its paces. I first saw a demo of Viveza...

One of my favorite new additions in Aperture 2.0 has to be the Vignette tool. Back in the days of darkroom printing I would always find myself burning down the corners of my prints to make them “pop” a little....

Yesterday, I described a lot of the changes in the adjustment tools found in the Adjustment Panel. One key tip that I omitted is that to reset any slider to its default position just double click on the slider. That’s...

I feel like a kid in a candy store! I’m so excited to be using Aperture v2 on my Canon 1DsMKIII images - as well as images from my older bodies! But it’s not just the built in support for...

We want to get things done fast. We can't afford to waste time. Anything we do, we want to do it right away, and we want results now. We live in a time when we actually almost always bend...

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...