Aperture 3

With more than 200 new features, Aperture 3 gives photographers what they want in a workflow tool: the ability to make intelligent selects with lightning speed, adjust images quickly and powerfully, deliver photos online or in print with a single click, and manage and search huge archives with ease.

This Apple-certified guide to Aperture 3 includes over 3 hours of high quality video tutorials and a companion printed quick-reference guide that will get you up and running quickly, taking you step by step through Aperture's powerful editing, retouching, proofing, publishing and archiving features. With coverage of Aperture's new features, you'll learn how to index your photos using face recognition and GPS location data; master powerful non-destructive image-adjustment tools; understand and employ metadata; demystify filters and color corrections, and much more. This video's real-world exercises feature professional photography from a variety of genres, including landscapes, portraits, wedding, and wildlife photography.

The DVD with this package is an HD-DVD and is playable on a computer with Mac OS X v10.5.8 or v10.6.2 or later.

Damian Allen is a commercial artist and president of Pixerati, a Los Angeles-based visual effects design and consultancy corporation. He has designed and directed projects for British Airways, Coca-Cola, Amatil, Toshiba, Epson, Pfizer, and several multinational financial and telecommunications companies. He consults and trains for numerous clients, from boutique production houses to major studios like Pixar and C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures. Damian is the author of two books in the Apple Pro Training Series, Motion: Revolutionary Motion Graphics and Encyclopedia of Visual Effects