Apple releases Aperture 3

Roger, I read today that Faces will try and find faces in crowds like concerts and those at WDW. Let me know how that goes.

 

spooky....can I opt out?

 

Sure, just don't turn on Faces. ; I am still not convinced I need it. ; Places looks much more useful to me. ;

 

Okay, I think I'm starting to like this RAW thing!

I had a couple shots in my library that were in RAW, so I started fooling around in Aperture 3. ; I must say, it's amazing how nicely adjustable everything is!

Here's a couple shots I post processed with A3:





If you could see the originals, you'd really see how well this works.

I now will probably have to get a larger hard drive.

Regards,

Boris

 

Oh yeah, and I haven't even begun to play with the brushes and the burning and dodging tools!

Now, for anyone who uses Aperture, I have a question about library storage.

Here's what I did when I first installed A3:

It asked where I wanted to keep my library, and I just said with the iPhoto library.

Now, I have an iPhoto library of around 100 gigs, and an A3 library of around 25 gigs. ; Yet, all of my images from iPhoto are in A3.

So, what I'm not understanding is how the image workflow works.

When I plug in my card reader, iPhoto opens and imports. ; Then, I can open the images and edit in A3, but they are then kept in a separate library for A3. ; Does this make sense?

I think it would be easier if I had never used iPhoto, and was just starting from scratch with A3.

Thanks,

Boris

 

I've read a lot about Aperture 3 crashes. ; It took a 2.1 update from Apple to get Aperture 2 to get really stable. ; Anyway, Scott Bourne posted something that might help if you are experiencing crashes after updating (this won't help if you did a new install): Stabilizing Aperture 3.0

 

Heard some good things about the brushes in Aperture 3, might have to check out the trial

 

Roger, you need to conform to Apple's wishes and purchase a new Mac to go along with that new software ; ;D

 

that was quick

 

Unfortunately, I can't get it to update my trial version.

Boris

 

Boris, ; you have to download and reinstall the trial.

http://aperture.maccreate.com/2010/02/24/using-aperture-3-0-1-if-you-have-3-0-trial/

 

Thanks Scott!

I also am going to bookmark that website. ; Great stuff, but one more time bandit in my life.

Regards,

Boris

 

Apple released the latest updated and fixes last week with Aperture version 3.0.2. ; People are reporting much better success using it and importing from Aperture 2.

Aperture 3.0.2 -- FINALLY Ready for Prime Time