5 Essential Tips for Apple Aperture users
1) Upgrade to the latest version of Aperture
Even if you just installed Aperture, you want to make sure you are using the latest version of the software. Like every complex computer program, Aperture has bugs, and you want your up to date can enjoy recent hotfixes.
To see if there is an update waiting for you, click the Apple icon in the top of your screen and click update software.
2) Learn your shortcuts
If you are constantly using your trackpad or mouse to find things in Aperture, you are wasting your time. Instead, learn the most important keyboard shortcuts, such as F for full screen mode and Z to zoom - they will help you to work much faster with much less effort.
3) Keyword Keyword!
Is is of vital importance for the keyword every image you import into Aperture. In this way, even if your Aperture library is a bit disorganized, you will always be able to find what you are looking for. So, add keywords for everything you can imagine - the names of the people in the photos where they were taken, etc.
The best time to keyword images is in the process of image capture - it provides you complete this important task by not giving you the opportunity to forget
4) Saving your work
As often as it is reasonable to you, save your Aperture library on an external hard drive. Hard drives are pretty reliable these days, but you do not want to see your hard work go down the drain because you were too cheap to take a hard drive for $ 75.
5) Use the Control function
I can not stress the batteries have to enough. Stack images can group similar images together where they were taken. This is very useful for organizing bursts of gunfire on a particular topic. For example, if you took a sequence of 10 pictures of a hockey player to score a goal, Aperture can stack these shots together so you can easily choose the best, and avoid wasting too much screen real estate with 10 nearly identical shots taking up space.
