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Apple Pro Training Series: Aperture 3, 2nd Edition
- By Dion Scoppettuolo
- Published Oct 13, 2012 by Peachpit Press.
- Copyright 2013
- Dimensions: 7-3/8" x 9-1/8"
- Pages: 504
- Edition: 2nd
- Book
- ISBN-10: 0-321-89864-8
- ISBN-13: 978-0-321-89864-7
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Product Author Bios
Dion Scoppettuolo is an Apple Authorized Trainer, marketing consultant, and award-winning travel photographer who has taught classes on Aperture and other Apple products world wide. Before starting his own company, he was at Apple, Inc. for over seven years, where he worked as Senior Product Manager on Shake, Motion, and iMovie, and was involved in the first release of Aperture.
Updated for Aperture 3.4, this Apple-certified guide starts with the basics of image management and takes you step by step through Aperture's powerful editing, retouching, proofing, publishing, and archiving features. It delivers comprehensive training—the equivalent of a two-day course—in one project-based book. With complete coverage of Aperture's new interface and features, you'll learn to index your photos using face recognition and GPS location data; master powerful non-destructive image-adjustment tools including brush-based local adjustments; and create impressive slideshows that include photos, HD video clips, and layered soundtracks. Learn time-saving techniques for sorting, ranking, and organizing images for use in different jobs. And discover effective ways to publish images for client review and keep your online portfolio up to date automatically. This book's real-world exercises feature professional photography from a variety of genres, including landscapes, portraits, wedding, and wildlife photography.
• DVD-ROM includes lesson and media files
• Focused lessons take you step-by-step through professional real-world projects
• Accessible writing style puts an expert instructor at your side
• Ample illustrations help you master techniques fast
• Lesson goals and time estimates help you plan your time
• Chapter review questions summarize what you’ve learned and prepare you for the Apple Pro certification exam
• Requires OS X v 10.8.2 or later, Aperture 3.4 or later
The Apple Pro Training Series is both a self-paced learning tool and the official curriculum for Apple Pro Training and Certification Programs.
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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful
Still the definitive training manual but do you need to upgrade?, By
This review is from: Apple Pro Training Series: Aperture 3 (2nd Edition) (Paperback)
I had the first Aperture 3 Pro Series training book and I thought it was incredibly thorough. Sometime more thorough than a hobby photographer really needs, but perfect for anyone hoping to gain a very strong understanding of Aperture. The book was designed as a class and not a reference guide so the best way to use it was to read the chapters in order and go through the accompanying examples so that you could not only read about the features, but also test them out and see exactly how they should affect the picture you're working on if you are using them correctly. If you try to use it to look up individual features (I tried to use it that way the first time) it will not be very helpful because the book builds a skill base in each chapter and expects you to have some understanding of those skills in later chapters. Without that base the book can be down right confusing.I got a chance to check out the new edition and have found it to be much the same. It is every bit as... Read more
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
It was my mistake (Missing projects review),
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This review is from: Apple Pro Training Series: Aperture 3 (2nd Edition) (Paperback)
Previous review resulting in two stars: The book and the computer based lessons are excellent. But I am on page 254 of the book and it directs that certain photograph projects be accessed, but they are missing from the dvd downloaded materials. What gives????Updated review resulting in 5 stars: after emailing Peachpit with my problem and getting their prompt response, I learned that the project files are not missing. What happened is that I had skipped lesson 4 because I did not think it was relevant to me, but in so doing I had failed to go through an exercise of merging photo libraries where the end result is that all of the supposedly missing photo projects are picked up. My mistake and it goes to show you that you really need to religiously follow the book's instructions. So, I am revising my rating to be 5 stars....the instructions and lessons really are excellent.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
DVD defective--another report,
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This review is from: Apple Pro Training Series: Aperture 3 (2nd Edition) (Paperback)
I am not the first to report this problem but it seems that it has remained uncorrected for a long time--note the dates on similar ratings.The book requires that lessons be followed from the enclosed DVD. However, the relevant DVD lessons are missing. I am using the most recent OSX10.8.2 and the most recent edition of the book. The book looks excellent but its usefulness is greatly diminished by a reader's inability to follow along. As sold it is a defective product though some seem to get it to work-perhaps on older operating systems. I am contacting PeachPiit as some have suggested but this really should not be necessary for a product sold on Amazon Prime. |
Online Sample Chapter
Indexing Photos Using Faces and Places with Aperture 3
Table of Contents
Creating and Organizing Your Photo Library
Lesson 1 A Quick Tour of Aperture
Lesson 2 Adding and Managing Metadata
Lesson 3 Comparing and Evaluating Images
Lesson 4 Indexing Photos Using Faces and Places
Lesson 5 Managing Projects and the Library
Corrective and Creative Image Editing
Lesson 6 Performing Nondestructive Editing
Lesson 7 Correcting Tone
Lesson 8 Correcting Color
Lesson 9 Making Local Adjustments with Brushes
Lesson 10 Working with RAW Images
Sharing Your Work
Lesson 11 Creating Dynamic Slideshows
Lesson 12 Presenting Your Photos on the Web
Lesson 13 Delivering Final Images as Books, Prints, and Files
Appendix A Setting Up Your Work Environment
Appendix B Expanding Aperture Functionality
Glossary (DVD)
Sample Pages
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