Hey Philip, sorry I haven’t gotten to this sooner… it’s been a hell of a week (and it’s only Tuesday!)

I will do a video on this, it’s a great topic. But the short of it is…

Make sure your levels are all within range from the RAW file before sending it to any plugin. Stretch or compress your levels so that you have full range in the file as it goes to the plugin.

I don’t use Color Effects that much… I use Silver Efex all the time, and I occasionally use Viveza, but that’s usually for things like making a white background perfectly white. Otherwise I tend to do all my color work in Aperture directly.

I’ll give you more than that in a video, but at least it’s a starting point for ya!

-Joseph @ApertureExpert