Aperture 100

Aperture 100

Students learn effective ways to display images for client review, apply metadata, update your online portfolio automatically, and much more. Real-world exercises feature professional photography from a variety of genres, including, sports, wedding, commercial, fine-art, and portraiture.

Unlike the Aperture 101 course, this course does not cover many of the chapters in the book. However, students are free to continue the lessons on their own as all the files needed to complete the exercises are included on the DVD that accompanies the book.

What You Will Learn
- Importing multi format images including RAW from a variety of media including iPhoto, disks and media cards
- Managing and adding metadata
Using projects, albums and Smart Albums to organize your images
- Stacking images into groups based on date and time information
- Non-destructively adjusting and stylizing images for web and print production
- Exporting images as files, books, contact sheets and web galleries

Course Outline:

Day 1

Topic Description
- Importing Images into the Aperture Workflow Using the Aperture Workflow and Layouts
- Importing Images from a Memory Card
- Choosing the Source Folder and Destination Project
- Importing Images
- Understanding Camera RAW
- Using the Background Task List
- Understanding Masters and Versions
- Rating
- Editing and Outputting Images
- Backing up and Quitting

Evaluating Images
-Compare and Select Importing Images from a Disk
- Navigating the Browser
- Using Quick Preview
- Grouping Images into Stacks
- Rotating Images
- Evaluating Images in Full Screen Mode
- Using Zoom
- Using the Centered Loupe
- Assigning Ratings and Evaluating Images on the Light Table
Basic Edits Importing an iPhoto Library/iPhoto Browser
- Basic Editing Workflow
- Cropping
- Straightening
- White Balancing
- Sensor Dust and Red-eye Removal
- Working with RAW Files Using Multiple Monitors
- Choosing a RAW Converter
- RAW Fine-tuning
- White Balance Adjustment
- Highlight Recovery Using the Recovery Slider and Highlight Recovery
- Using the Exposure Slider
- Correcting Tone Correcting Time Zone on Import
- Adjusting Tone before Color
- Reading a Histogram
- Working with the Exposure Brick
- Working with the Enhance Brick
- Setting Levels
- Adjusting Highlights and Shadows

Editing in Full Screen
- Correcting Color White Balance Revisited
- Adjusting White Balance with the Eyedropper
- Using the Enhance Brick
- Using the Color Brick
- Copying Edits from One Image to Another
- Lift and Stamp
- Specifying an External Editor and Launching an Editing Round Trip
- Delivering for Client Review Working with Web Galleries
- Creating Books for Client Review
- Creating a Contact Sheet
- Working with Slide Shows
- Email and OS Media Browser
- Delivering Final Images Delivering Electronic Images
- Exporting Masters, Exporting Versions
- Exporting Metadata
- Exporting Projects
- Using Export Plug-ins
- Creating Books and Delivering Printed Images

Course book included: Yes

Classes are scheduled approximately every 8-12 weeks, however we can run bespoke courses and classes for groups outside this schedule please contact us for details.