A mixture of Mac and iPad related goodness this week.

This week's show really demonstrates how Apple can create amazing hardware platforms that perform beautifully, and enhance the experience by developing software that brings it all together, a real tour de force on how Apple stuff just works!

Firstly, I take a look at the newly released iPad Camera Connection kit.

These are two"dongles" that connect to the iPad. One for USB devices and one for SD cards. These relatively inexpensive additions to the iPad enable it to capture images, movies and audio clips from a multitude of devices. Using the built in Software, the iPad is a great tool for capturing your media and displaying it on the iPad immediately.

As well as displaying your media, you can manage the images on your Camera or SD card, trim videos and create Multimedia slideshows, all without a Mac. The iPad becomes a media "aggregator" allowing you to clear your camera or SD card or more sensibly, becomes a backup of your digital assets when on the road.

The show demonstrates importing media from several devices including an iPhone, a point and shoot camera and a SD based camcorder.

As well as using your iPad to safely import your digital media, the show also takes a look at two applications demonstrating the potential of the iPad as a creative tool and not just a device for media consumption

PhotoGene: a digital image editor and

ReelDirector: A video editor for the iPad

Once you have your media safely stored on the iPad, the show also demonstrates a digital workflow, moving your images and video from the iPad, to a laptop and then to a desktop using Aperture libraries, along with a recommendation for automatically creating and synchronising pristine, unedited backups of all your digital media during import. There are also some pointers for iPhoto users.

Finishing off with a section on how to access your imported media via the standard Apple media browser (e.g. in iMovie) along with a quick demonstration of a free third party media browse - the iMedia Browser from Karelia software

In detail, the show covers:

• iPad Camera Connection Kit
• Importing from Canon Powershot G10
• Importing from iPhone 3GS
• Importing from Kodak Zi8
• Digital Editing on the iPad
• Photogene
• ReelDirector Video Editing
• Organising your Digital Workflow
• Importing into Aperture from iPad
• Syncing Backup Copies
• Importing into iPhoto from iPad
• Karelia iMedia Browser

Previous shows referencing Chronosync - SCO0209 - Managing Multiple Macs SCO0159 - Backup

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Aperture 3 is the latest version of Apples flagship photo management application.

Previous versions have been aimed squarely at the professional photographer, but with this new release, Aperture has been repositioned as a tool for both prosumers and professionals. One of the reasons many people have held off moving to Aperture was the inclusion of Faces and Places in iPhoto '09. Without them, Aperture 2 was not really a compelling upgrade for iPhoto users. All has been fixed now in Aperture 3 with the inclusion of both these features and over 200+ new improvements.

Aperture 3 now gives "Pro performance with iPhoto simplicity"!

Part 3 of a mini series of Aperture 3 tutorials . Following on from the previous shows, this week I take a look at some of the options available for migrating from iPhoto in addition to taking a closer look at the new Slideshow capabilities of Aperture 3. In detail, the show covers:

• Renaming Your Trial Library
• Options for importing from iPhoto
• Selective import from iPhoto
• Importing Full iPhoto Library
• Run iPhoto & Aperture in parallel?
• Aperture Preview Files
• Managing Libraries
• Slideshows in Aperture 3
• Quick Slideshows
• Complex Slideshows
• Slideshow Settings
• Adding Audio & Video
• Exporting Slideshows

To continue with the experiment of selling individual shows, I’m allowing non-members to purchase this single episode for a nominal charge as part of the Aperture 3 series. The Extra! membership is still the most cost effective way to receive the weekly shows, and I’m not guaranteeing to continue selling individual shows, but let’s see how it goes.

You can purchase the HD version (1280x720) with chapter markings for just £2.49 (plus VAT for UK residents) which works out roughly to $3.74 USD. The show is in full HD resolution, 38 minutes long and is downloadable as a DRM free zip file.

Once you’ve purchased the show, you’ll get an email with a link to download the show immediately, and once downloaded, it’s yours to keep. Play it on your Mac, your iPad or convert it to play on your iPhone or iPod touch.

SCO0248 - Aperture 3 - Part 3 HD Video Tutorial Download: £2.49 (plus VAT for UK)
SCO0240 - Aperture 3 - Part 2 HD Video Tutorial Download: £2.49 (plus VAT for UK)
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Aperture 3 is the latest version of Apples flagship photo management application.

Previous versions have been aimed squarely at the professional photographer, but with this new release, Aperture has been repositioned as a tool for both prosumers and professionals. One of the reasons many people have held off moving to Aperture was the inclusion of Faces and Places in iPhoto '09. Without them, Aperture 2 was not really a compelling upgrade for iPhoto users. All has been fixed now in Aperture 3 with the inclusion of both these features and over 200+ new improvements.

Aperture 3 now gives "Pro performance with iPhoto simplicity"!

Part 2 of a mini series of Aperture 3 tutorials . Following on from looking at some of the basics in the last show, this week I take a look at some of the more advanced features of Aperture 3. In detail, the show covers:

• Adjustments & Adjustment Presets
• Brushing in Adjustments
• Lifting & Stamping Adjustments
• Faces
• Places & GPS
• Manual Location Placement
• Embedded GPS Metadata
• Using a GPS Track Log

As an experiment this week, I’m allowing non-members to purchase this single episode for a nominal charge. The Extra! membership is still the most cost effective way to receive the weekly shows, and I’m not guaranteeing to continue selling individual shows, but let’s see how it goes.

You can purchase the HD version (1280x720) with chapter markings for just £2.49 (plus VAT for UK residents) which works out roughly to $3.74 USD. The show is in full HD resolution, 36 minutes long and is downloadable as a DRM free zip file.

Once you’ve purchased the show, you’ll get an email with a link to download the show immediately, and once downloaded, it’s yours to keep. Play it on your Mac, your iPad or convert it to play on your iPhone or iPod touch.

SCO0248 - Aperture 3 - Part 3 HD Video Tutorial Download: £2.49 (plus VAT for UK)
SCO0240 - Aperture 3 - Part 2 HD Video Tutorial Download: £2.49 (plus VAT for UK)
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Aperture 3 is the latest version of Apples flagship photo management application.

Previous versions have been aimed squarely at the professional photographer, but with this new release, Aperture has been repositioned as a tool for both prosumers and professionals. One of the reasons many people have held off moving to Aperture was the inclusion of Faces and Places in iPhoto '09. Without them, Aperture 2 was not really a compelling upgrade for iPhoto users. All has been fixed now in Aperture 3 with the inclusion of both these features and over 200+ new improvements.

Aperture 3 now gives "Pro performance with iPhoto simplicity"!

As I've never covered Aperture before, I thought I'd best start from the ground up and cover the basic functionality in this weeks show. No prior knowledge of Aperture is assumed and I approach the subject as an iPhoto user considering moving over to Aperture. Next week I'll take a look at some of the new and enhanced features.

In this weeks show I cover:

• Installation & Setup
• Aperture 3 Introduction
• Aperture Libraries
• Importing Digital Media
• Import Settings
• Viewing Images in Aperture 3
• Split View
• Comparing Images
• Rating Images
• Browser View
• Using Stacks
• Viewer
• Full Screen View
• Using the Loupe
• Using Metadata
• Allocating Keywords
• Metadata Views
• Exporting & Merging Libraries
• Exporting Versions
• Exporting Masters
• Exporting Projects

Since recording this free show, I’ve recorded another two Aperture episodes available for individual purchase:

SCO0248 - Aperture 3 - Part 3 HD Video Tutorial Download: £2.49 (plus VAT for UK)
SCO0240 - Aperture 3 - Part 2 HD Video Tutorial Download: £2.49 (plus VAT for UK)
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The third and final part of the mini series on "Managing Multiple Macs" (which may be continued at a later date!)

This week, I take at look at how I manage organising and moving my digital images and videos between my laptop and desktop Mac.

As well as the multitude of applications available to use to work on our digital assets, we are faced with an ever expanding number of gadgets and gizmos that enable us to create images and video too. So as well as how to move your digital images and video around, I also take a look at "Cameras" - a simple yet ingenious preference pane application that allows you to configure exactly what happens when you plug your digital devices into your Mac, albeit open iPhoto, Aperture, iMovie, automatically download or even, just do nothing at all.

I also take a look at using external hard drives as an option to swap iPhoto libraries between machines, as well as a third party application called "iPhoto Library Manager". This brilliant application allows you to copy images between separate iPhoto libraries using simple drag and drop, as well as allowing you to merge complete iPhoto libraries.

To finish off, there's even a short section on moving Aperture projects between machines.

Links:
Cameras,
iPhoto Library Manager (15% off using JVVDD0XTFLMIG1CN)
Duplicate Annihilator (25% off using CPN7756165310)

Recent Podcasts:
The Mac Roundtable (Episode #67),
The MacJury (Episode #910)

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