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Aperture 2.1 includes a more versatile book-making tool than we saw in earlier versions. So powerful in fact, that calling it a book making tool is really selling it short. It's actually a flexible layout application with some very useful output options. In this podcast, Derrick Story talks with Joe Schorr and tries to uncover all the hidden gems buried in Aperture 2.1.

tags: photo organizing, photo production, podcast

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Photographer and fine art printing expert John Paul Caponigro sits down with Derrick Story at Photoshop World 08 in Orlando to provide an inside look at the Epson Print Academy, the changing world of photography, and even a few remarks about his favorite printing papers.

tags: photo printing, podcast, interview

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Apple automation guru, Sal Soghoian talks about the scriptability of Aperture in this podcast interview with Derrick Story. Sal points to the "Aperture-InDesign Integration Demo" as a powerful example of how AppleScript can extend Aperture's capabilities.

tags: indesign, applescript, aperture

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Apple's web page says, "Aperture 2 delivers over 100 dramatic, new features." And still there are a few terrific ones they forgot to put on the list. In this podcast, Derrick Story chats with Joe Schorr, Senior Product Manager for Aperture, to uncover a few of these hidden gems.

tags: podcast, photo editing, how-to, aperture

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In this second of two parts, Ellen Anon (Aperture Exposed and Inside Aperture) takes you through the bottom half of Aperture's Adjustment palette brick by brick. She picks up with the Enhance brick and continues down through the rest of the new tools. This two part article series is a great resource that belongs in any Aperture bookmark list.

tags: aperture, photo developing, photo editing

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Filmmaker Michael W. Dean reveals how to make a compelling video from your still images and music, make it fit broadcast standards, and get it shown on TV. In Part 1, you learned how to create a TV-ready video. Here's the crucial final step: rendering the video onto a broadcast-ready DVD and putting it in the hands of producers in a way they can't refuse.

tags: dvd, filmmaking, video editing, video production

Photography > Spotlight: Inside Aperture > Features

In this first of two parts, Ellen Anon (Aperture Exposed and Inside Aperture) takes you through the top half of the Adjustment palette brick by brick. This article is a terrific reference piece that that should come in handy time and time again. Next week in Part Two, Ellen picks up with the Enhance brick and continues down through the rest of the adjustments.

tags: aperture, photo developing, photo editing

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Filmmaker Michael W. Dean reveals how to make a compelling video from your still images and music, make it fit broadcast standards, and get it shown on TV — with a potential audience of millions — for free. Part one of our two-part series focuses on the practical creation steps: processing images correctly for video display, adding an effective soundtrack, and then creating video.

tags: photo production, slideshow, video production, audio production

Photography > Spotlight: Inside Aperture > Features

Aperture 2.0 is faster, easier to use, and produces better images, says Joe Schorr, Apple Senior Product Manager. In this interview with Derrick Story, Joe explains how Aperture 2.0 meets those lofty claims. This chat covers a lot of new ground.

tags: aperture, image decoding, quick preview, raw

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Katrin Eismann, coauthor of The Creative Digital Darkroom, sat down with Derrick Story at PhotoPlus Expo in New York for a chat about how the darkroom has evolved from chemical-based to digital, and how that evolution has influenced her approach to image making. Katrin touches on many interesting topics, including her explanation on 3-step sharpening.

tags: interview, photo developing, podcast, sharpening