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Resetting Aperture 3 Settings, Presets and More to Default Settings (Part 2)

August 13, 2013 - 4:00am

You can easily reset any one or all of the default Effects in Aperture 3

Picking up where we left off last week with part 1, here’s part 2 on how to reset all those customizable settings in Aperture![more]

It's Throwback Thurs… Friday! Most Popular Posts of All Time

By PhotoJoseph

August 10, 2013 - 4:00am

OK really this is just an excuse… I had no time to do a post for today so I thought I’d pull up the ol’ google analytics and see what soem of the most popular posts ever were and throw those back at you. Hey, maybe one of you missed it, right? Hm, maybe “least popular posts” would be a more clever thing to do… owell, next time!

In no particular order, and skipping the Aperture 3.3 reviews which blew everything else out of the water, here we go…[more]

Resetting Aperture 3 Settings, Presets and More to Default Settings (Part 1)

By PhotoJoseph

August 8, 2013 - 4:00am

These are the sandboxed Aperture command preference files

Aperture is infinitely customizable, but sometimes you just need to start over. This series of posts is all about how to reset each individual option in Aperture 3. Today’s post covers general preferences, screen layout, and keyboard commands. In future posts, we’ll cover a lot more.[more]

User Tip: Automatic Chromatic Aberration Correction in Aperture 3

By PhotoJoseph

August 6, 2013 - 4:01am

Guest Post: Why I Use Aperture Instead of Lightroom

By Mel Ashar

August 3, 2013 - 4:00am

Today's article is a guest post by Mel Ashar, a landscape and architectural photographer in San Francisco. He writes on why he personally uses Aperture instead of Lightroom, many of which reasons focus on the Apple ecosystem. It's a great piece for those comparing the two apps, or simply wondering what advantages Aperture offers of Lightroom.

Important Notice for SmugMug and SmugInForAperture Users

By PhotoJoseph

August 1, 2013 - 5:30am

If you are a SmugMug and SmuginForAperture user, you’ll want to read this…[more]

Batch Metadata Changes in Aperture 3

By PhotoJoseph

August 1, 2013 - 4:00am

The Batch Change window in Aperture 3

The most efficient way to add metadata to your photos (copyright, contact info, etc.) is to do it on import. But what if you forget, or what if the metadata changes (your address or email changes), or what if you have old photos that never got the metadata in the first place?

In this tip, we’ll look at the Metadata Batch Change tool, and how to create your own custom presets.

NOTE: Updated to include video version of the tip![more]

The New Eye-Fi mobi Card

By PhotoJoseph

July 30, 2013 - 4:01am

The Eye-Fi mobi card

The Eye-Fi card is a particularly cool camera accessory. Different models allow you to shoot on your dSLR, micro four-thirds camera, or any device that takes SD cards, and instantly transfer photos to your computer, various social networks, or even your smart phone. In this post, we’ll take a look at configuring the all-new Eye-Fi card “mobi” to an iPhone, and talk about why you’d want to do such a crazy thing.[more]