The next Live Training is in the queue, and it’s one a lot of you have been waiting for… Adjustments; Levels!

This session is scheduled for Thursday Aug 04 at 6pm Pacific Time. Head over here to read the details and see more timezones, or just sign up below.

I recorded this video version of the Instagram to flickr to Aperture tip a while ago, and just realized I’d never uploaded it. So here you go!

The original tip can be read here “Instagram, Flickr and Aperture, Oh My!”

I’ve just kicked off a photo contest of sorts on Google+. The prizes include loads of cool ApertureExpert stuff, so now’s the time to show off your Aperture skills!! Come on ApertureExpert team, I wanna see one of you guys win!

Check it out here: http://jal.bz/GooglePlusContest

Good luck!

-Joseph @ApertureExpert

I’ve just created a page dedicated to Aperture 3 and Mac OS X Lion notes. It’s not a support page (we already have a place for that), but a place to post Lion-specific observations, quirks, tips, rants, or anything that you feel like sharing.

Check it out at ApertureExpert.com/Lion

So, Lion is out. For $29.99 and the easiest OS install ever, it’s gonna be tempting for all of us to click that BUY button. But before you get all click-happy, just a few notes of advice:

ApertureExpert Live Training Session 009 “Adjustments; White Balance and Highlights & Shadows” is now available for download from the catalog!

It’s been a bit of a delay during the move, but I’m happy to say that my studio is 90% set up, and today I just got the sound dampening on the walls… SO that means I’m finally ready to broadcast again!

The show is Saturday July 16th, 11:00 PDT. (To see more time zones, check out the main info page).

For those that have written in, I’m sorry about the podcast being offline. Many may not have noticed since I haven’t published a new one in a while, but that’s because I’ve been debating with blip.tv, the former host, on my “show”. Apparently it’s against their terms of service to post promotional material on there, and since I was posting trailers for my Live Training mixed in with the podcasts, I was violating their TOS.

Apple released a small update to Aperture yesterday, bring the current version to 3.1.3. It’s available from Software Update, or for those who purchased on the Mac App Store, you should see it in there under Updates.

What’s the difference?

Endless thumbnail redraw

Have you ever encountered a situation where if you go into an older project that you haven’t been in for a while, you notice that the thumbnails aren’t quite ready, and even though they draw reasonably quickly, Aperture as a whole seems to slow down for a while?

I’m thrilled to announce the release of a brand new training series for Aperture 3, titled “Work Like a Pro Photographer in Aperture 3”. This has been produced by video2brain, a fantastic company delivering some very innovative online training.

Woohoo! It took a re-recording and a nine-hour upload, but it’s done! The ApertureExpert Live Training Session 008: Adjustments; Exposure and Enhance is finally ready for download.

Read more about it and see the full chapter list as well as the previous seven videos here, or watch the trailer and click below to download now!