App: Apple Aperture

Reader @afringedweller just pointed out this MacNN article on HumanSoftware’s HSC Edit&

It’s finally arrived! Expanded from 10 tips to 15, this eBook has grown with Aperture. Every chapter has been revised to accommodate changes in Aperture 3, and a bunch of new ones have been added to help you take advantage of Aperture’s newest features.

Read all about it, check out the chapter overview, and of course purchase it here!

A user recently asked, “I am realizing that Referenced images are the way to go for my RAW wedding workflow. I don’t know much about Vault. Is this something I use even if my images are Referenced or is this just for Managed images?”. Great question. The Vault can be very useful, but as most users already know, if you’re working referenced, then the Vault doesn’t back up your photos. So what good is it? Learn all about Vaults, and what they do and don’t do in this post.

A recent post in the forums asked a very specific workflow question, but I’m sure many others have or will come across similar workflow needs, so I wanted to respond to the question as a tip.

You can read the complete question here, however the simplified need is to:

1. Import only the best photos
2. On import, label them sequentially with a custom name
3. Export the photos, keeping the custom name intact

1. Import Options

You have basically two choices when you import—to import all, or to import some. And there are several tools to help you import just the ones you need.

The first is easy, of course. To import all, it’s as simple as inserting a memory card into the reader, selecting (or creating) a Project to import them to, and clicking the Import Checked button.

However he’s asked about importing selects. That means there’s two stages to importing; viewing the photos to choose which ones are worth importing, then selecting only those images for import. Aperture 3 added some really great features to the Import window to facilitate this, so let’s take a look at those.