ApertureExpert Live Training Session 015: Adjustments; Dodge & Burn

Welcome to the fifteenth ApertureExpert Live Training session!

What, you missed the last ones? That’s easily fixable with a visit to the Live Training catalog, $2 each and a large HD download.

This session is the seventh in a series of the deep-dive into Adjustments in Aperture 3. In session 008 we started with the Exposure and Enhance tools, in 009 we covered White Balance and Highlights & Shadows, in 010 we hit on Levels, and in 011 we did Curves. (013 was a separate special session). Session 014 was on retouching, and now we jump into Dodge & Burn! Time permitting, we’ll look at the other “Quick Brushes” in the list.

Thursday, Feb 23th 2:00pm PST (check your time zone on signup)

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ApertureExpert Live Training Session 014: Adjustments; Retouching

Welcome to the fourteenth ApertureExpert Live Training session!

What, you missed the last ones? That’s easily fixable with a visit to the Live Training catalog, $2 each and a large HD download.

This session is the sixth in a series of the deep-dive into Adjustments in Aperture 3. In session 008 we started with the Exposure and Enhance tools, in 009 we covered White Balance and Highlights & Shadows, in 010 we hit on Levels, and in 011 we did Curves. (013 was a separate special session) This installment will jump into retouching using Aperture. There are three tools we’ll look at (time permitting; we may split this into two sessions) — Retouch, Spot & Patch and Skin Smoothing!

Mon, Feb 13th 11:00am PST (check your time zone on signup)

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ApertureExpert Live Training Session 013: Special Session; 3rd Party Apps

Welcome to the thirteenth ApertureExpert Live Training session!

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This is a last minute “Special Session” where I’ll discuss how to use 3rd party apps within Aperture, including a cool Automator action that you can make to simplify the process. We’ll check out Nik Software’s Snapseed, and if we have time look at another neat 3rd party app.

Wed, Jan 25th 6:30pm PST (check your time zone on signup)

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ApertureExpert Live Training Session 012: Adjustments; Color, Black & White, and More!

Welcome to the twelfth ApertureExpert Live Training session!

What, you missed the last ones? That’s easily fixable with a visit to the Live Training catalog, $2 each and a large HD download.

This session is the fifth in a series of the deep-dive into Adjustments in Aperture 3. In session 008 we started with the Exposure and Enhance tools, in 009 we covered White Balance and Highlights & Shadows, in 10 we hit on Levels, and in 11 we did Curves. This installment will start into “the rest of them”, kicking off with Colors, Black & White, and probably more (depending on time). These are the less used but still very useful tools, and I’ll also show you how to use the Color tool to remove digital noise—without using de-noise algorithms (which I’ve never liked)!

on Tues/Wed, Nov 29/30th (check your time zone!) at…

Los Angeles: 5:30 pm (1730 Tuesday Nov 29)
New York: 8:30 pm (2030)
London: 1:30 am (0130 Wednesday Nov 30)
Hong Kong: 9:30 am (0930)
Sydney: 12:00 pm (1200)

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ApertureExpert Live Training Session 011: Adjustments; Curves

Welcome to the eleventh ApertureExpert Live Training session!

What, you missed the last ones? That’s easily fixable with a visit to the Live Training catalog, $2 each and a large HD download.

This session is the fourth in a series of the deep-dive into Adjustments in Aperture 3. In session 008 we started with the Exposure and Enhance tools, in 009 we covered White Balance and Highlights & Shadows, in 10 we hit on Levels, and finally… at long last… IT’S CURVES!! I know this is THE one many of you have been waiting for.

on Sat/Sun, Oct 8/9 (check your time zone!) at…

Los Angeles: 5:00 pm (1700 Saturday Oct 08)
New York: 8:00 pm (2000)
London: 1:00 am (0100 Sunday Oct 09)
Hong Kong: 8:00 am (0800)
Sydney: 10:00 am (1000)

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ApertureExpert Live Training Session 010: Adjustments; Levels

Welcome to the TENTH ApertureExpert Live Training session!

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This session is the third in a series of the deep-dive into Adjustments in Aperture 3. In session 008 we started with the Exposure and Enhance tools, in 009 we covered White Balance and Highlights & Shadows, and now we move on to Levels! I know this is one many of you have been waiting for.

on Thurs/Fri, Aug 4/5 (check your time zone!) at…

Los Angeles: 6:00 pm (1800 Thursday Aug 04)
New York: 9:00 pm (2100)
London: 2:00 am (0200 Friday Aug 04)
Hong Kong: 9:00 am (0900)
Sydney: 11:00 am (1100)

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ApertureExpert Live Training Session 009: Adjustments; White Balance and Highlights & Shadows

Welcome to the ninth ApertureExpert Live Training session!

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This session is the second in a series of the deep-dive into Adjustments in Aperture 3. Last week we started with the Exposure and Enhance tools, and now we move on to White Balance and Highlights & Shadows.

No, these aren’t related, but I’ll mostly go in default order from here on out of how the bricks fall in place. Mostly :)

on Sat/Sun, July 15/16 (check your time zone!) at…

Los Angeles: 11:00 am (1100 Saturday July 15)
New York: 2:00 pm (1400)
London: 7:00 pm (1900)
Hong Kong: 2:00 am (0200 Sunday July 16)
Sydney: 4:00 am (0400)

(I do realize this is the same time as last session… next one will be on a different schedule, I promise!)

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ApertureExpert Live Training Session 008: Adjustments; Exposure & Enhance

Welcome to the eighth ApertureExpert Live Training session!

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This session is the beginning of a deep-dive into Adjustments in Aperture 3. We’ll start with the Exposure and Enhance “bricks”, and move on from there.

on Sat/Sun, June 25/26 (check your time zone!) at…

Los Angeles: 11:00 am (1100 Saturday June 25)
New York: 2:00 pm (1400)
London: 7:00 pm (1900)
Hong Kong: 2:00 am (0200 Sunday June 26)
Sydney: 4:00 am (0400)

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ApertureExpert Live Training Session 007: Keywords

Welcome to the seventh ApertureExpert Live Training session!

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This session is all about keywords in Aperture 3. We’ll move on to Adjustments soon, I promise, but this important metadata topic should not be overlooked. Keywording can be easy if, like everything else in Aperture, you develop a consistent strategy. We’ll look at understanding Aperture’s hierarchical keywording capabilities, applying keywords, searching by them, and more.

on Thurs/Fri, June 02/03 (check your time zone!) at…

Los Angeles: 11:00 am (1100 Thursday June 02)
New York: 2:00 pm (1400)
London: 7:00 pm (1900)
Hong Kong: 2:00 am (0200 Friday June 03)
Sydney: 4:00 am (0400)

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ApertureExpert Live Training Session 006: Listener Questions

Welcome to the sixth ApertureExpert Live Training session!

What, you missed the last ones? That’s easily fixable with a visit to the Live Training catalog, $2 each and a large HD download.

This session is all you and your questions. Before moving on from the import and organization agenda of the past five sessions, I wanted to give everyone a chance to ask the kinds of questions that can’t easily be answered in the forums. Question submission is now closed (you can see all the requests here), and I’ve compiled a list of questions to be answered, all listed below under “Questions”.

on Wed/Thurs, May 18/19 (check your time zone!) at…

Los Angeles: 7:00 pm (1900 Wednesday May 18)
New York: 10:00 pm (2200)
London: 3:00 am (2100 Thursday May 19)
Hong Kong: 10:00 am (1000)
Sydney: 12:00 pm (1200) 

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ApertureExpert Live Training Session 005: Rating, Flagging & Labeling Strategies

Space is limited to just 100 seats—sign up early and read the attendance policy!

Did you miss the earlier sessions? No fear, they’re available here.

Agenda

30 minutes - lesson
15 minutes - Q&A

Questions (Q&A)

Feel free to submit your ON-TOPIC question(s) any time during the session, however they will not be addressed until the Q&A. If you’re thinking of submitting a question, take your time to craft it into a logical, coherent question that I can read live and answer without needing further info. IT’S LIKELY NOT ALL QUESTIONS WILL BE ANSWERED—we simply won’t have time.

If you don’t get your question answered live, feel free to post it in the forum.

Download

Remember, you’re watching this for free, but the paid $2 downloadable version will be available at here at ApertureExpert.tv within 24 hours after the session. Even if you get to watch live, if you enjoyed the session, I’d certainly appreciate the support of buying the download anyway. Naturally you’re under no obligation to do so, but it’ll help keep us “on the air”!

That’s it! Enjoy the session.

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ApertureExpert Live Training Session 004: Smart Albums & Search

Welcome to the fourth ApertureExpert Live Training session!

What, you missed the first few? That’s easily fixable with a visit to the Live Training catalog, $2 each and a large HD download :)

NOTE: I am currently in Vietnam and at the whim of an extremely problematic hotel ISP. The selected time slot is chosen because the group I’m with will be out of the hotel at that time—70+ bandwidth hogging tech-heads will be gone for the afternoon. Wish us luck… and if it simply doesn’t work, there’s always the download later!

This session is all about search within Aperture. The search HUD (Head’s Up Display) and Smart Album interface are one and the same, so we’ll dissect this dialog and show just how powerful searching really is in Aperture 3. The tools to find *that photo* are one of Aperture’s greatest strengths, and understanding search can help you understand just how deep the metadata rabbit hole goes

on Sat/Sun, April 9/10 (check time zones carefully!) at…

Honolulu: 7:00 pm (1900 Saturday April 9)
Los Angeles: 10:00 pm (2200)
New York: 1:00 am (0100 Sunday April 10)
London: 6:00am (0600)
Moscow: 9:00 am (0900)
Hanoi: 12:00 pm (1200)
Hong Kong: 1:00 pm (1300)
Tokyo: 2:00 pm (1400) 

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ApertureExpert Live Training Session 003: Folders and Projects and Albums, oh my!

Welcome to the third ApertureExpert Live Training session!

What, you missed the first two? That’s easily fixable with a visit to the Live Training catalog, $2 each and a large HD download :)

This session is all about structure within Aperture, how the organization tools work, and some suggestions on organizing your own workflow. We’ll discuss all the organizational components in Aperture, including Folders, Projects, Albums and Smart Albums… look at the search tools, the Projects view, Photos view, and individual Projects & Albums views. By the end of this segment, you’ll have no questions on exactly what each of these does, how they work, and how to put them to work for you!

on Friday, March 25 at…

Los Angeles: 3:00 pm (1500)
New York: 6:00 pm (1800)
London: 10:00 pm (2200)
Hong Kong: 6:00 am (0600+1d = Saturday March 26!)

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ApertureExpert Live Training Session 001: Importing Your Photos (part 2)

Welcome to the second ApertureExpert Live Training session!

What, you missed the first one? That’s easily fixable with a visit to the Live Training catalog, $2 and a large download :)

In this session, we’ll pick up where we left off last time and continue to focus on the import dialog. As you saw last week, while importing may seem like a simple task (and it certainly can be), there are lots of options in here that are worth knowing. The more you know, the better your file storage strategy becomes, ensuring a long, successful relationship with Aperture and your photos.

on Saturday, March 12 at…

Hawaii: 1:00 pm (1300)
Los Angeles: 3:00 pm (1500)
New York: 6:00 pm (1800)
London: 11:00 pm (2300)
Mumbai: 4:30 am (0430+1d)
Tokyo: 8:00 am (0400+1d)
Sydney: 10:00am (1000+1d)

Space is limited to just 100 seats—sign up early and read the attendance policy!

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LiveTraining Session 001: Importing Your Photos DOWNLOAD

Here’s the first session, ready to download! I know those who sat in on the live session enjoyed it, and I had a blast broadcasting. I’ll get the next one scheduled soon, and we’ll continue on the “Importing your photos” lesson that we couldn’t quite get through in the last one!

By the way, this turned into 45 minutes of training and 15 minutes of Q&A—so an hour of Aperture goodness in here!

Its’ a 361MB download; please be prepared for that. It’s encoded as H.264 at 1280x720, so it will look great on your computer, iPad, or even on your big screen TV. It even looks great on the iPhone 4, if you can believe that.

As promised, just $2 to download!

 

just $2 (361MB download)

Live Training Session 001: Importing Your Photos

Still need convincing? Here’s the first 10 minutes of this hour-long session.

ApertureExpert LiveTraining Session 001: Importing Your Photos

UPDATE Saturday Feb 26

The session has registered FULL, however the way the GoToWebinar system works is first-come, first-served—for joining the session! It doesn’t matter when you signed up, only when you join.

I’ll open the room 15 minutes prior to start. If registration gets more than 15% over capacity, I’ll close registration. I expect some drop-off but don’t want a bunch of unhappy ApertureExpert readers, either!

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Welcome to the first ApertureExpert Live Training session! In today’s session, we’ll focus on the import dialog. While importing may seem like a simple task (and it certainly can be), there are lots of options in here that are worth knowing. The more you know, the better your file storage strategy becomes, ensuring a long, successful relationship with Aperture and your photos.

on Sunday, February 27th at…

Hawaii: 9:00 am (0900)
Los Angeles: 11:00 am (1100)
New York: 2:00 pm (1600)
London: 7:00 pm (1900)
Mumbai: 12:30 am (0030+1d)
Tokyo: 4:00 am (0400+1d)
Sydney: 6:00am (0600+1d)

Space is limited to just 100 seats—sign up early!

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“How does this work”, “What do I need to attend”, and other common questions.

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