This is the FIRST Aperture Training specifically for wedding and portrait photographers. I teamed up with Photography Mentor to create my very first Aperture Intensive Training DVD!  This last week my incredible video editor, Solomon Blank put this trailer together for me to share with everyone to give you a little taste of what the training is like and just a few of the things that you will be learning in this 3+ hour DVD.

I created this DVD because I really wanted to get the information out there and help as many photographers as I could at once.  I would love to be able to sit down with each photographer and share all my favorite things about the efficient and fun workflow that Aperture can offer them but I knew there was no way I could.  I thought about doing an Aperture Workshop but I know it would be especially hard to make it all the way to a live workshop with the costs of travel, food & the workshop price. I wanted to be able to deliver the information at a cost that would be affordable to everyone and at a pace that you can determine.  This DVD provides over 3 hours of quality training that will make you an Aperture Pro!

Each topic includes tips that will not only train you on these areas but give you best practices along the way. It is packed with great tips, short cut keys, custom settings, and downloadable goodies to go along with the training. Check out the trailer!

If you are considering using Aperture, want to learn about how to do your own custom albums in Aperture, or are a seasoned Aperture user looking for a better workflow and some new ideas this is the perfect training DVD for you.  The DVD topic include:

1. Tour of the Aperture Interface

Creating your organizational Structure

Custom Preferences

Customizing Keyboard Shortcuts

Metadata Presets

2. Importing Images

3. Image Adjustments

Retouch Tool

Spot and Patch

Aperture and Photoshop: “The Round Trip”

Global Presets

4. Outputting Images

Creating a Mobile Me album

WebPages Vs. MobileMe albums

Exporting and Email

Uploading to Pictage

5. Share and Showcase Images

Apple TV

iPhone

Slideshows

iDVD

Pages and iWeb

Mail

6. Creating Books

Reusing your layouts

Arranging Images

Adding Text

Creating Custom Size Books

Creating Other Marketing Materials

Creating a Custom Canvas

Image Adjustments Within Books

Exporting and Printing Books

7. Traveling with your images

Exporting Projects

Managing Referenced Files

Relocating Masters

Consolidating Masters

8. Syncing Camera Time Stamps

With downloadable extras including projects, global adjustments, and more.

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