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Mastering Apple Aperture

By : Thomas Fitzgerald
Book Image

Mastering Apple Aperture

By: Thomas Fitzgerald

Overview of this book

Apple Aperture is one of the leading photo editing software packages available in today's market. It provides you with all the tools to organize, browse, and perfect your images, so you can make every shot your best shot.Mastering Apple Aperture aims to teach you the skills and knowledge necessary to become a master of the Apple Aperture software. It will build upon your existing core skills and show you new and advanced ways to get things done in Apple's powerful photography software.Mastering Apple Aperture starts by showing you the most simple and efficient ways to import and organize your images. It then takes you through the techniques for processing photos before moving on to cover advanced topics like working with tethered shooting, multiple libraries, curves, and metadata.You will discover how to edit images in Aperture and will gain complete mastery over processing images. You will also explore ways of extending Aperture through the use of plugins and third-party software. This book concludes with tips and tricks for the best ways to output images from Aperture, whether for print or for screen.  
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
Mastering Apple Aperture
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Index

A

  • Acorn
    • about /
    • advantages /
    • disadvantages /
  • Actions option /
  • adjustment
    • brushes, adding to /
  • Adjustment Presets /
  • adjustment recipe
    • saving, as effect preset /
  • adjustment tree
    • about /
    • RAW versus RGB /
    • demosaicing process /
    • linear gamma /
    • RGB adjustments /
    • RAW data versus RGB data /
  • Adobe Photoshop Lightroom
    • working with /
    • setting up /
  • album
    • images, importing to /
    • about /
  • alternatives, Photoshop
    • Pixelmator /
    • Acorn /
  • Aperture
    • noise reduction /
    • highlights, controlling /
    • about /
    • recommended plugins /
    • image editing plugins /
    • export plug-ins /
  • Aperture library
    • working /
    • hierarchy /
    • projects /
    • folders /
    • albums /
  • Apple print service
  • autocomplete functionality, of OS X
  • automatic adjustments
    • using /
    • Auto Contrast /
    • Auto Color /

B

  • Backup Locations option /
  • Batch Change dialog
  • batch changing metadata
  • Bayer pattern
    • about /
  • Black Point /
  • black point selection tool /
  • Blacks /
  • Blogger /
  • blogging, from Aperture
    • easy way /
    • proper way /
  • blown out skies
    • fixing /
  • book tool
  • Boost control /
  • BorderFX
    • about /
  • brightness
    • controlling, with Curves adjustment /
  • brushes
    • about /
    • adding, to adjustment /
    • painting with /
    • tricks, for using /
  • brush masks
    • editing, outside of Aperture /
    • editing /
  • burn tool
    • about /

C

  • camera
    • presets, creating for /
  • Caption Only metadata view template /
  • captions
  • casual shooting approach
    • about /
  • Catapult
    • about /
    • using /
  • Chroma noise
    • about /
    • versus Luminance noise /
  • chromatic aberration
    • about /
  • chromatic aberration tool
    • tips-and-tricks /
  • clipped highlights
    • controlling /
  • clone tool
    • about /
  • cloning
    • about /
  • Color Efex Pro
    • about /
  • ColorMunki
  • ColorSync
  • contrast
    • controlling, with Curves adjustment /
  • contrast slider
    • versus contrast with curves /
  • contrast with curves
    • versus contrast slider /
  • curves
    • clipped highlights, contolling /
  • Curves adjustment
    • basics /
    • curves, inserting /
    • contrast, controlling with /
    • brightness, controlling with /
    • versus Levels adjustment /
    • about /
  • custom metadata

D

E

  • Edges control /
  • edge sharpening
    • about /
    • working /
  • edited images
    • exporting, ways /
  • effect preset
    • adjustment recipe, saving as /
  • effect presets
    • editing /
    • saving /
    • managing /
  • effects
    • about /
  • Effects Presets option /
  • EXIF Info metadata view template /
  • EXIF information
    • viewing /
  • export function
    • about /
  • export plug-ins, Aperture
    • about /
    • TwitExport /
    • BorderFX /
    • 500-Wide /
    • iStockPhoto Uploader /
    • Photoshelter Uploader /
  • export presets
    • setting up /
    • filename and folder templates /
  • Exposure brick /
  • extended range curves
    • about /
  • external editors
    • working with /
    • preferences, setting /
  • eyedroppers
    • about /
    • using /

F

  • Facebook /
    • about /
    • managing /
    • usage terms /
  • faded highlights
    • about /
  • faded shadows
    • about /
  • fake duotones
    • creating /
  • File Info option /
  • filename and folder templates, export presets /
  • File Types option /
  • Flickr /
    • about /
    • managing /
  • FlickrExport /
  • folders
    • about /

G

  • Gatekeeper
    • about /
    • disabling /
  • Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) /
  • gray point selection tool /

H

  • Halo Reduction brush
    • about /
  • healing
    • about /
  • hierarchal keywords / Using the keyword HUD
  • high-key look
    • about /
    • creating /
  • Highlight and Shadows adjustment
    • clipped highlights, contolling /
  • highlights
    • about /
    • tinting /
    • controlling /
  • Highlights & Shadows adjustment
    • about /
  • Highlights & Shadows tool
    • about /
    • using /
  • histogram
    • about /
  • Hue Boost control /

I

K

L

  • Large Caption metadata view template /
  • Levels adjustment
    • versus Curves adjustment /
  • libraries
    • switching /
  • library
    • project, exporting as /
    • importing /
  • library file /
  • library organization
    • ideas /
    • one-shoot-at-a-time approach /
    • casual shooting approach /
  • library troubleshooting /
  • lift and stamp keywords option / Lift and Stamp keywords
  • linear gamma /
  • long strings, of text
  • low-key image
    • about /
  • low-key look
    • creating /
  • Luminance noise
    • versus Chroma noise /
    • about /

M

  • managed files
    • versus referenced files /
    • switching, to referenced files /
  • Matching RAW Files option /
  • metadata
    • need for /
  • Metadata Presets option /
  • metadata templates
    • creating /
  • metadata view templates
    • about /
    • Name Only /
    • Caption Only /
    • Large Caption /
    • EXIF Info /
    • IPTC Core /
    • creating /
  • midtones
    • about /
  • modes, retouch tool
    • cloning /
    • healing /
  • Moire control /
  • Moire slider /
  • More Options button, print dialog
  • Mountain Lion
    • about /
  • multiple adjustments
    • about /
  • multiple curves adjustments
    • about /
  • multiple images
    • dust spots, fixing on /
  • multiple libraries
    • managing /

N

  • Name Only metadata view template /
  • noise
    • about /
  • noise reduction
    • about /
    • best results, obtaining in Aperture /
    • 5-step technique /
  • noise reduction options, RAW fine tuning
    • Moire slider /
    • Radius slider /
    • De-Noise slider /

O

  • objects
    • removing, from scene /
  • one-shoot-at-a-time approach
    • about /
  • onscreen proofing
  • options, brushes
    • Brush Size /
    • Softness /
    • Strength /
    • Detect Edges /
    • Eraser /
  • options, import dialog
    • File Info /
    • Rename Files /
    • Time Zone /
    • Metadata Presets /
    • Effects Presets /
    • File Types /
    • RAW + JPEG Pairs /
    • Actions /
    • Backup Locations /
  • OS X media browser
    • using /

P

R

  • Radius control /
  • Radius slider /
  • RAID 5 protocol /
  • RAW + JPEG image pairs
    • managing /
  • RAW + JPEG Pairs option /
    • about /
  • RAW data
    • versus RGB data /
  • RAW data, versus RGB data
    • working on /
  • RAW fine tuning
    • noise reduction options /
  • RAW Fine Tuning brick /
  • RAW Fine Tuning Brick
    • sharpening concept /
  • RAW pre-sharpening
    • about /
  • real world examples
    • skies, darkening /
    • vignettes /
    • highlights, controlling /
  • recommended plugins, Aperture
    • about /
    • PTLens /
    • Silver Efex Pro /
    • Dfine /
  • recover tool
    • about /
  • recovery slider
    • about /
    • clipped highlights, contolling /
  • referenced files
    • versus managed files /
    • switching, to managed files /
  • Rename Files option /
  • retouch tool
    • about /
    • using /
  • RGB adjustments /
  • RGB data
    • versus RAW data /
  • root level albums
    • versus project level albums /

S

  • scanned negatives
    • fixing /
  • scene
    • objects, removing from /
  • search HUD
  • selective sharpening /
  • shadows
    • about /
    • tinting /
  • sharpening
    • about /
    • in the RAW Fine Tuning Brick /
    • tips /
  • Sharpening control /
  • Silver Efex Pro
    • about /
    • overview /
  • skies
    • darkening /
  • Smart Albums
  • smart albums /
  • snippets / TextExpander
  • standalone noise reduction adjustment
    • about /

T

U

  • U-Point control system /

V

  • versions /
    • exporting /
  • vignette adjustment
    • limitations /

W

  • 500-Wide
    • about /
  • while point selection tool /
  • White Point
    • about /
  • whites
    • about /
  • Wordpress /

X