Aperture gives photographers a chance to make quick, easy and attractive web sites full of photos. But for some photographers, the standard choices that ship with Aperture are not enough.

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.

One of the most important tools to have when prepping files is a RGB on-screen color value readout (a.k.a. floating densitometer). This is especially important when working on files with a lot of highlight or shadow data. As we get...

In my last two entries I outlined a few strategies for renaming master files during import into Aperture. However, if you've already got files in your Aperture library and didn't rename the masters on import, and now find that you...

With the Aperture 1.5 update came an additional feature within the Loupe tool called "Centered Loupe". The original Aperture Loupe tool was, and still is an excellent way to check focus and detail on images of any size, including thumbnails,...

In my last post, I detailed some ways that you can rename your master image files from within Aperture (I also ranted and raved about why you don't really need to to this if you're an Aperture user, and got...

Aperture manages my main catalog of images, but I like to use iPhoto 6 too. iPhoto is much easier on my older computers -- plus it has some great output options, and I like its casual workflow. You can tap...

Every time I give a talk or class on Aperture, someone asks this question: "is there any way to get Aperture to rename my referenced master files when I import?" The short answer is: there's no built-in way to do...

In my post entitled "Digital Workflow of a Semi-Pro Part 2" I stated that after I get all my images into Aperture, that I "...select all the remaining images and apply the Edge Sharpen (CTL-S) command with the default...

With Aperture 1.5's ability to import files as references, you can easily keep your images on a portable, external drive. If you regularly move between a laptop and desktop computer, this is the easiest way to quickly move data back...