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• Another Lost Opportunity
  2007-03-01 10:10:16  brittonfraley [Reply | View]
  
  
  The next time you conduct an interview, might I suggest heading over to the discussions forum at Apple to see what people really want to know about Aperture. I'm of the impression you either don't really use Aperture for professional use, or you aren't taking the time to prepare intelligent questions.
  
  The album design facility in Aperture is the one with the most promise and yet almost useless to professionals at this stage. You could have asked:
  
  When can we expect to see an album template in a size other than 8.5x11"? There is currently not one single album vendor that produces books in this size.
  
  Is it possible for users to create their own templates somehow?
  
  How can users best prepare their images for printing on Apple's books?
  
  What is the difference between the books that Apple makes and those made by MyPublisher, Shutterfly, Snapfish, SharedInk, Kodak, etc. that appear to be identical?
  
  Why is there branding on a book made for professionals?
  
  How can users profile the book?
  
  What is the status of the Asukabook and Apple/Aperture partnership?
  
  Is Apple looking to change printing technology to the HP Indigo or something else to better compete with Asukabook, Blurb, and Digilabs? What printing technologies is Apple looking at for the future?
  
  What can we expect to see in the album design module in future releases of Aperture?

• Thanks for your comments
  2007-03-01 10:47:59  Derrick Story | [Reply | View]
  
  
  Hi brittonfraley, the idea of the podcasts isn't to replace the discussions on the forums; rather, to have informal chats with those working with the application... much like if you were sitting there having a cup of coffee with these folks.
  
  I totally understand if this isn't your thing.

• Creating your own book themes
  2007-03-23 09:19:55  johnbeardy [Reply | View]
  
  
  To answer one of brittonfraley's questions. Why not try making your own book size? Find Aperture in Applications and select Show Package Contents, then go into Contents/Resources/Book Themes and you'll find the various settings. You should be able to copy and edit these.
  
  However, this is not documented, and while I've done similar things elsewhere in Aperture, I have not tested this suggestion. I would feel happier if I was saving the new thems into the Library/App Support area. So take proper backups and ask in the forums before proceeding.
  
  John

• Assembling Books Failure
  2007-12-09 17:17:48  johnbeebe [Reply | View]
  
  
  I have spent a week editing and refining a 78 page book with 221 images. I have now gone to buy book and each time after assembling the book there has been an error in a different image in the PDF preview. I have now done this five times and each time a different image has been corrupted (missing a section or distorted colors).
  
  Has anyone else had this problem or can anyone suggest a solution.
  
  Thank you.