This document discusses the photo editing and management software Aperture. It provides an overview of Aperture's capabilities for capturing, organizing, adjusting, publishing, and integrating digital images. Key features highlighted include comparing multiple images, non-destructive editing, tethered shooting, bulk exporting and labeling, and integration with iLife and iWork. Several useful plug-ins for Aperture are also listed. The document concludes by giving examples of how Aperture is used in the classroom by students and teachers, such as for editing photos, creating prints, websites and galleries, and collaborating and publishing work.

1. I Turn My Camera On, Spoon

3. Better Images with Aperture
Matt Cauthron
mcauthron@psusd.us
Apple Distinguished Educators

4. Matt Cauthron
Apple Distinguished Educator
Digital Photography, Digital Imaging, & Media
-Digital Arts Technology Academy (DATA), PSUSD
-DATA is a California Partnership Academy which offers
Career Technical Education strands in Digital Imaging
and Journalism.
-DATA students travel together in core subject classes
and one DATA elective in grades 10 - 12
-1/2 of DATA sophomores are ‘24-7 Learners’
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Apple Distinguished Educators
mcauthron@psusd.us

5. What is Aperture?
-A powerful photo editing and management app which
delivers streamlined tools for capturing, organizing,
adjusting, publishing, and integrating your digital images.
-The perfect tool for professional digital photographers,
students, or educators!

6. My Personal Favs
-Compare multiple images
-Quickly move between rated images
-Quickly create & synch Mobile Me galleries
-Non-Destructive editing
-Tethered shooting
-Bulk exporting and labeling
-Dual screen editing
-The Light Table
-All Projects button
-iLife & iWork integration
 Check CUE Ning for resources

7. Excellent Plug-ins
-Image Editing PhotoUpLink
Filters & Effects
Noise & Lens Correction Aperture BorderFX
ToonIt! For Aperture (Digital Anarchy)
-Exporting Silver Efex Pro (Nik Software)
Web-Photo Sharing
Integration Hydra HDR PlugIn for Aperture (Creaceed)
Output
FlickrExport Lite for Aperture (Connected Flow)
Facebook Exporter
Aperture to Picasa Web Albums (Übermind)
Aperture BorderFX Aperture2Gmail (Notoptimal.net)

8. What does it look like in the classroom?
-Students: Edit | Organize | Integrate | Publish >
Print, Websites, Mobile Me Galleries, Portfolios, Video

9. Prints for Display and Competition

10. The Digital Arts Technology Academy Wikis

11. The Prowler.us - CCHS Online Magazine

12. Digital Arts Education Social Network

13. Mobile Me Galleries

14. DATA Casts

15. and for the teacher?
Edit | Organize | Integrate | Publish | Collaborate >
Print, Websites, Mobile Me Galleries, Video
-Embed Mobile Me feeds > Blogs, Ning, iWeb sites
-Time Machine Back ups | Transportable libraries or vaults
-Instant access on iPhone or iPod

16. Digital Imaging Galleries

17. DATA’s What’s New Blog

18. ... and into the palm of your hand

19. ... and into the palm of your hand