Training & Certification: Aperture 100

An Overview of Aperture

Short Description

Welcome to Aperture, the revolutionary application for managing, editing, and archiving digital photographs. Designed specifically for professional digital photographers, Aperture is an enormously powerful tool for handling some of the most time-consuming and tedious tasks of professional photography. This comprehensive course starts with the basics of image management and takes you step-by-step all the way through Aperture's powerful photo editing, image retouching, proofing, publishing, and archiving features. Real-world exercises feature professional photography from a variety of genres, including fashion, sports, wedding, commercial, fine-art, and travel photography. All the files you need to complete the exercises are included on the DVD.

This course is designed for those students who wish to learn the fundamentals and functionality of Aperture.

What You Will Learn

Introduction to the Aperture interface.
Using Stacks to organize your photos.
Working with projects, albums, Smart Albums.
Using Loupe and Zoom tools.
Working with metadata.
Understanding the adjustment controls.
Creating images using versioning.

Who Should Attend

This class is designed for anyone looking to learn more about Aperture.

Prerequisites

Students should have the following prerequisite knowledge prior to attending this course:

Basic knowledge of the Macintosh OS

Course Outline

Lesson 1 - Working With the Aperture Interface

Preparing the Project, Opening Aperture, Exploring the Main Window, Importing Images With Aperture, Importing From a Camera or Card Reader, Importing Images From iPhoto, Importing Images from the Finder.

Lesson 2 - Organizing Images

Creating Folders, Albums, and Browser Views, Grouping Images Into Stacks, Stacking Images by Timestamp, Using the Zoom Tool, Using the Loupe Tool.

Lesson 3 - Comparing and Rating Your Images

Editing the Photoshoot, Comparing Images in the Viewer, Grouping Images Using a Light Table, Rating Your Images, Using Advanced Rating Options, Creating a Smart Album, Adding and Editing Keywords and Metadata.

Lesson 4 - Saving and Archiving

Setting Up a Vault, Restoring Your Library, Archiving to DVD.

Lesson 5 - RAW Image Processing

Making Basic Image Adjustments, Rotate, Straighten, and Crop, Removing Red-Eye, Setting the White Balance, Adjusting the Exposure, Versioning.