One of the most useful advantages of the digital evolution has been the histogram, but surprisingly few people know how to interpret them. Simply put, a histogram is a graph of the tonal values in an image - whatever they...

Using the levels control in Aperture, you can play with different color channels to make color adjustments; but I find the Color Tool a much more natural and therefore easier way to fix color, particularly with all important skin tones....

The eyedropper tool in the White Balance panel of the HUD is a handy way to automatically adjust an image's color balance. Find a neutral area in the image, click on it, and you'll receive Aperture's recommendation for adjusted color...

One of the standard first operations that you might perform on a photograph is to apply auto-levels. Aperture makes this easy, and it's become almost a reflexive action for me. Usually, I almost use the Luminance auto-levels tool as that...

Step one, is to acquire the profile. If you have your own colorimeter, then you can build your own profiles. If you use a standard inkjet printer from a major company like Epson or Canon, you will receive profiles with your printer. Lastly, if you work with an outside service such as MPIX, you'll be able to obtain profiles from the service provider.

Two weeks ago, I wrote that Color Management is Essential. The resulting comments, as well as personal discussions, I've had since then have been interesting indeed. One of the biggest questions that I've gotten has been: "So, what exactly makes...

If you use Aperture, you probably really care about your photographs. You might be a pro with a library that ranges into the 100's of GBs, or you might be an amateur with 20GB of data, but you care enough...