Google has quietly updated the Nik Collection to v. 1.109, and one of the fixed bugs addresses a known issue with Aperture.

The original technique, “the double vignette”, comes courtesy of Derrick Story, who wrote about it on his site thedigitalstory.com, and shared with me with encouragement to expand on it. Thanks for the killer tip, Derrick! Click through to read the original tip, and the ApertureExpert expansion as well.

Another great article on Aperture, this one written by David Schloss, of former MacCreate fame. This article discsusses how to work with photos on location and seamlessly integrate them back into your studio’s system. This is a question that comes up a lot here, so enjoy!

New Perfect Eraser for Content-Aware Fill, Enhance and Browse Modules, Perfect Batch Processor, and Re-imagined Effects Module Evolve Popular Plug-In Into a Complete Photo Editing Solution for Every Workflow

The first of the big Black Friday (through Cyber Monday) sales is announced. MacPhun is promoting a good discount on their flagship apps Snapheal Pro and Intensity Pro — but the real bargain is if you buy both together.

I wrote a rather lengthy post for the Manfrotto School of Xcellence a while back which was recently published.

Aperture 3.5.1 has just been released, featuring a few little bug fixes that crept up in the big 3.5 release.

Got the new Nikon D610, or any number of other cameras added in this Camera RAW update? If so, find yourself some happiness in the way of a software update.

If the additional menu bar on your multiple displays are bugging you in Aperture when using all that screen real estate, there’s a way to turn it off — but it comes at a price.

Aperture upgrade dialog: there’s no going back!

Aperture 3.5 is the latest version of Aperture, and it requires OS X Mavericks (10.9). So what happens if you have an older Mac that can’t go to Mavericks, running Aperture 3.4.5, and want to upgrade Aperture? Put simply… you can’t.

Digital Camera RAW Update 4.09 for Aperture and iPhoto

As far as Camera RAW Updates go, this is a pretty small one — it adds only one new camera! It does also list a couple of bug fixes for previously supported cameras though.