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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

Onscreen Proofing


One of the tools Aperture has to help overcome this difference between monitors and printed images is called Onscreen Proofing. What Onscreen Proofing does is simulate what the printed image will look like, by using your printers color profile. It will give you a better idea of what the printed image will look like, and it should show up any issues with colors being out of gamut on the printed page.

To use Onscreen Proofing, you first have to set up your proofing profile. From the View menu, navigate to Proofing Profile, and select the profile that matches the output you are going to be using.

When you select a Proofing Profile for the first time, Aperture will turn on, Onscreen Proofing. You may notice slight changes in the colors of your image. To turn it off again, from the menu, navigate to View | Onscreen Proofing or use the keyboard shortcut option + shift + P.

Onscreen Proofing isn't perfect, but it will give you an indication if any colors are out of range, and it...