I wrote an Aperture to Lightroom Migration guide for one of my other sites called Aperture vs. Lightroom. Once Apple announced that Aperture was at its end of life, there really wasn’t any further purpose for Aperture vs. Lightroom. It’s coming down in June, but I thought this post would still be useful for some…
Most of you know about Apple’s announcement late last week.  There won’t be any future development of Aperture for new features. That’s why I’m saying goodbye to Aperture and hello to Lightroom. Aperture And Me I started with Aperture at version 1.5, which I think was roughly about 2006. iPhoto clearly wasn’t doing it for me….
You can streamline your post processing workflow using color labels to mark your progress. Here’s a quick post to show how it works.
You can enhance the dramatic mood in portraits using a combination of blurring, blend modes, and layer masks in a few easy steps. I’m using Photoshop CS6 in this tutorial, but you can do the same thing with Elements or Pixelmator. Let’s start with our portrait out of the camera. I shot this image a…
I put a lot of emphasis on geotagging photos when I travel. It’s important to me and doesn’t take much effort. I’ve been working on a post for the Aperture vs Lightroom blog (now defunct) about using embedded GPS in Lightroom. After posting some comments about GPS on Google+, a friend mentioned his opinion of…
The Aperture 3.4 Upgrade Solution Last week, Apple introduced Aperture 3.4. The good news is that it’s a free upgrade. The bad news is that it seems to make your Aperture installation completely unusable. Imagine the frustration of trying to open your digital asset manager library and being completely unable to see any of your…