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Is it just me, or is Aperture...

Is it just me, or is Aperture...really, really something?

I do studio and location shooting. I'm a small fry, though. In studio I control the strobes so exposure is dead on. When I get to Aperture there's like nothing to do! I hit the saturation a click, neutralize my whites (my strobes are warm when powered down and give a red cast), and edge sharpen.

Location work: adjust the white balance by the custom target that I shoot. Hit the saturation. Maybe exaggerate the sky or grass through Color. Edge sharpen.

I'm guessing that good technique helps, but I think the RAW conversion is pretty sharp. ACR gave me trouble with its presets and I have to finesse it (turn off the auto correx and stuff). Turning off the noise reduction (I use a 20D at ISO 100. There's no noise!) in ACR gave me grainy-looking skin. I don't have these problems in Aperture!

I think Aperture is doing very well, and it has seriously cut my post time down. Hooray!

(Just a little encouragement for those of us who actually like and use Aperture)
Scott

iMac Intel Core Duo, Mac OS X (10.4.11)

Posted on Dec 12, 2007 1:39 PM

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Scott Hampton Author

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Jan 22, 2008 4:17 PM in response to Scott Hampton

Thank you to all who have posted.

Please do keep in mind, however, the spirit of this post. My intentions were not to ask for updates and features, but to focus on how it has made our lives easier.

Thanks for your understanding!
Scott

Feb 14, 2008 12:18 PM in response to max-pol

max-pol wrote:
renaming master images is possible, and simple:
use the "relocate masters" command… and use the option to use a rename scheme present in that window…

That doesn't really work. I want to have a consolidated library, and if you relocate the masters, then consolidate your library again, the master filenames revert to what they were in the first place.

Seems that v2 does now allow renaming of masters. Hopefully my copy will arrive soon and I can get to work...

Is it just me, or is Aperture...