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Aperture 2 101

Core Aperture 2

275 minutes | by Justin Masse & Alex Markowsky

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Released: Jun 27th, 2008

Organize, edit, and retouch your photos - this tutorial provides incredible tips for using Aperture 2!

If you're a serious photographer using a Mac to process your photos, Aperture is your dream application. With it's amazing photo retouching and image database tools at your disposal, Aperture makes it easy to edit and organize huge collections of photos.

This 4.5 hour tutorial by macProVideo.com's star photo trainers Justin Masse and Alex Markowsky provides a quick way to learn Apple Aperture. These videos let you see and hear how professional photographers use Aperture in their everyday photo workflow.

The tutorial starts with a detailed exploration of how Aperture's database works. You'll see how to import and organize your photos, create albums, and build previews of your images.

After you've developed solid organizational skills, you'll move on to explore Apertures amazing Image Processing tools. Topics covered include photo retouching, cloning, using histograms and adjusting color levels. You'll also learn how to manipulate shadows, highlights, and other distinct parts of your photos to make your images larger than life.

This is a comprehensive tutorial, but you don't need to watch it all. Use the search functions and detailed menus to quickly find important topics - that's the essence of Nonlinear Educating using N.E.D.!  

Check out the Table of Contents below to see all the topics this tutorial contains.

Chapter 1: Getting Started

Section 1: Introduction

01. Introduction

02. New Features

03. Benefits Of Aperture

04. Calibration Tip

05. Launching Aperture

06. Interface Quick Tour

07. Exploring & Loading Sample Projects

Section 2: Aperture's Database: The Library

08. How Aperture Operates

09. Versions For A Non Destructive Workflow

10. The Database & The Library Package File

11. Versions & The Package File

12. Final Package File Notes

13. Renaming & Creating More Libraries

14. Loading Different Libraries

15. Moving Your Library

16. What Are Previews?

17. Preview Preferences Part 1

18. Preview Preferences Part 2

19. Automatic Preview Maintenance

20. Manual Preview Rebuilding & Generation

21. Manually Deleting & Updating Previews

22. Stopping Preview Tasks

23. Other Preview Usages

Section 3: Library Organizational Elements & Structuring

24. All Projects View Recompress

25. Predefined Smart Albums

26. Folders

27. Projects

28. Albums

29. Deleting Images

Section 4: Importing Images

30. Compatible Formats

31. Importable Sources

32. Direct Download

33. The Import Indicator

34. Scrolling & Resizing

35. Image Info & Views

36. Selecting Images To Import

37. Rotating Importable Images

38. Selecting Master File Location

39. Tip On Masters Location

40. Avoiding Importing Duplicates

41. Creating Subfolders

42. Custom Subfolder Hierarchies

43. Naming Versions

44. Adjusting Time Zone

45. Applying Metadata

46. Created Subfolders

Section 5: Other Import Methods

47. Importing External Folders

48. External Folders As New Projects

49. Complex Folders Into Existing Projects

50. Simple Folders Into Existing Projects

51. Review On Deleting Images

52. Importing From iPhoto

53. Drag & Drop Importing

54. Drag & Drop Warning

55. Transfering Projects

Chapter 2: Image Reviewing & Selecting

Section 6: Working In The Browser

56. Effective Project Loading

57. Browser Appearance Preferences

58. Browser View Modes

59. Browser Sort Tools

60. Browser Filter Controls

61. Filtering Tip

62. Scrolling & Rearranging Images

63. Resizing & Maximizing The Browser

64. Working Without The Inspector

65. Splitting The Browser

66. Browsing Speed Tip

67. Quick Preview Mode

Section 7: Stacking Images

68. What Is A Stack

69. Setting Up Your Workspace

70. Automatic Stacking

71. Manipulating Stacks

72. Manual Stacking

73. Making Stack Picks

74. Promoting & Demoting

75. Using Stack Mode

76. Stacking Tip

77. Opening & Closing Stacks

78. Moving Stacks

79. Stacks In List View

80. Customizing The Toolbar

81. Stacking Upon Import

Section 8: Images In The Viewer

82. Working In The Viewer

83. Viewer Modes

84. Viewer Modes Part 2

85. Double Click Trick

86. Secondary Viewer Modes

87. Secondary Display Tips

88. Setting Up Your Viewer

89. Workspace Arrangement

90. Image Tooltips

91. Viewer Metadata Expanded

92. The Metadata HUD

93. Using Compare Mode

94. Zooming Your Viewer

95. The Offset Loupe Tool

96. The Centered Loupe Tool

97. Loupe Tip

Section 9: Rating Images

98. Why Use Ratings

99. Consider your Rating Scheme

100. When To Rate Your Images

101. How To Rate

102. Tip On Rejected Images

103. Batch Rating

104. Selectively Rating A Group

105. Ratings & Stacks

106. Creating Best Image Albums

Section 10: Full Screen Mode

107. Entering Full Screen Mode

108. Full Screen Interface

109. Full Screen Filmstrip

110. Full Screen Toolbar

Chapter 3: Image Processing

Section 11: Image Adjustment Tools

111. Adjustment Tools Introduction

112. The Selection Tool

113. The Rotate Tools

114. The Lift & Stamp Tool

115. The Straighten Tool

116. The Crop Tool

117. The Spot & Patch Tools

118. The Retouch Tool (Repairing)

119. The Retouch Tool (Clonning)

120. Repair & Clone Tip

121. Red Eye Correction

122. Brick Sequencing Tip

Section 12: Evaluating & Decoding Your Images

123. Digital Color Terminology

124. Displaying Image Color Values

125. Color Value Meter Options

126. The Histogram

127. Reading Histograms

128. Histogram Display Options

129. Displaying Hot & Cold Areas

130. Loupe Color Values & Adjustment Tips

131. RAW Fine Tuning

132. RAW Controls

133. Creating RAW Presets

134. Migrating Images

Section 13: Tonal & Color Adjustments

135. Adjustment Brick Controls

136. Devignetting An Image

137. Flipping An Image

138. Adjusting White Balance

139. Auto Exposure Adjustment

140. Auto Levels Combined

141. Auto Levels Separate

142. Auto Levels Preferences

143. Duplicate Version Trick

144. Adjusting Exposure

145. On Screen Visual Feedback

146. Enhancing Images

147. Adjusting Tint

148. Viewing Our Master Image

149. Adjusting Luminance Levels

150. Setting A New Tonal Brightness

151. Adjusting Color Channel Levels

152. Highlight & Shadow Adjustment

153. Highlight & Shadow Controls

154. Highlight & Shadow Recovery Tip

155. Adjusting Color

156. Setting Hue

157. Adjusting Your Hue

158. Using The Lift & Stamp Tool

159. Batch Process Stamping

Section 14: Exporting Your Images

160. Exporting Images

161. Export Options

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Core Aperture 2

Dec 5, 2009

it is a must to have! it makes you more aware of the available options of the software. Well done and the new upgrade of NEDi was necessary. Tks

-Clemente

Core Aperture 2

May 13, 2009

Very good tutorial on aperture. Look forward to course 201.

-John Starr

Core Aperture 2

Apr 20, 2009

Just finished the long tutorial. Fantastic, I'm sure now I'll get the most out of Aperture. Thanks Alex & Justin.

-Costa Coulouris

Core Aperture 2

Mar 20, 2009

It was a great introduction to the Aperture. I just wish there was a intermediate or advanced version to learn the more advanced applications of Aperture. The only suggestion I have is to shorten the corporate introductions, after an hour or so the intro's became VERY repetitive.

-Fred Schaefer

Core Aperture 2

Feb 26, 2009

Every tutorial I have purchased from Macprovideo has been first class and much more fun than reading a user manual.

-J Rothwell

Core Aperture 2

Feb 9, 2009

Loved it. Looking forward to a more advanced video on aperture.

-Mike Mercer

Core Aperture 2

Jan 25, 2009

VERY VERY VERY GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! xxxx r

-roberto pirro

Core Aperture 2

Jan 14, 2009

Although I'm not a pro photographer, not even close to that, I rely a lot on Aperture to give my photos a more professional look. The problem is, photography is not what I do for living, and there's not that much time to learn a beast like Aperture by myself, so that's when MacProVideo tutorials come in. In just a couple weeks, I went from a "what's this" to "this is how you do it" behavior. Absolutely great tutorials! Love them.

-Rui Guerreiro

Core Aperture 2

Dec 29, 2008

The video did a very good job of covering the basics, suggested workflows and features of the Aperture 2 software. It would have been a very difficult transition from my previous previous image workflow and storage system without the benefit of reviewing the video. I would like to have seen a more in-depth coverage of the image adjustment features of the software. I would recommend the video to others.

-Ron Meyer

Core Aperture 2

Dec 22, 2008

I love it so far. Downloading was easy as well!

-Tori Allen

Core Aperture 2

Dec 17, 2008

I'm waiting until after Xmas to put in the hours needed but from initial use I like the approach and think it has a lot more going for it than just reading a manual, or book. I'm still using iPhoto but plan to upgrade to Aperture and the tuts will help with that.

-Keith Lloyd

Core Aperture 2

Dec 2, 2008

What a convenient way to learn the fundamentals of this great application! These tutorials are just great. Left with only the included user manual, I know it would have taken me weeks of impatience just to get through the basics.

-Stein Gimnes Johnsen

Core Aperture 2

Dec 2, 2008

As with all the MacProVideo tutorial, the instruction was excellent: easy to understand and follow.The tutorial provides the means by which the user can learn and utilize a "large chunk" of the application in a very short time. Thus, the learning curve for any new application is shortened and the full capacity of an"old"application can be discovered.

-Gary Sanders

Core Aperture 2

Oct 12, 2008

I found the tutorial to be extremely helpful

-Dudley Lawrence

Core Aperture 2

Aug 7, 2008

Yes guys, this is it for me! I'm not a native American (I'm from the Netherlands) so I have to say the way the teach, plain english etc., works great for me! I' m looking forward for 201... Keep on go'in!

-Fred Zillig

Core Aperture 2

Aug 5, 2008

good tutorial videos for me !

-Mac Tsai

Core Aperture 2

Aug 2, 2008

Want to get up to speed with Aperture, then don’t go past these tutorials. I would recommend them to pro and amateur alike; they are well constructed and will have you up and running in no time.

-Colin McMullen

Core Aperture 2

Jul 31, 2008

Direct to the point, step by step simple explanation with good visuals. The tutorial let me work along with it. Watching each chapter and then using it in my own project worked great.

-Gary J Curby

Core Aperture 2

Jul 29, 2008

Very illustrating the database and library organozation chapters.Well done, same as Aperture version 1.

-Ignacio Artiñano

Core Aperture 2

Jul 17, 2008

good work

-Francesco Cincotta

Core Aperture 2

Jul 10, 2008

Fantastic tutorials and great web site..Only complaint. As I have good speed internet in town (where I am each day/now) but very average speed at home, 16kms out in country, I need to load lessons here in town, take them home and load onto my iMac LCD. I can put lessons ok onto DVD.. N.E.D. drives me crazy..Can you guys tell us an easy way to load NED & Tuts onto a DVD. Thanks for top tutorials ? .Rgs Brian

-Brian F Harris

Core Aperture 2

Jul 9, 2008

Aperture 2 101 is the third tutorial I've purchased from MacProVideo and one of the best. I'm migrating a 6,000 pic iPhoto database to Aperture and this video made choosing the method and doing it correctly painless. I'm getting into the image manipulation section now and its providing lots of good tips. Good job Justin and Alex!

-Rocky LaRochelle

Core Aperture 2

Jul 3, 2008

an essential update for people who now have aperture 2 in order to get famliar with the new layout and understanding new features.

-nigel fleet