I’ve got a few things in the works, but I’ve been a little overwhelmed with the work load of helping others in the community get through library upgrade issues. I have a feeling that I’m not the only one according to my brother-in-this-fight Rob Boyer. It is a shame really that this bug has reared its ugly head so diversely in “userland”. From the libraries I’ve looked at, it’s clear there is no one solution – just the need to do some good old fashion’d step by step debugging. In many cases, it seems it is not even the application itself that is causing the problem. Hopefully we are nearing the end of this drama, but if you are still having aperture 3 issues, and are willing to send me a hard drive, I might be able to help you.
In the interim, I have a few posts/tutorials I’ve been working on and would welcome any “votes” in the comments as to which is the most important to you?
- Aperture 3 Performance Tips – when you can’t upgrade your GPU, what do you do?
- Understanding the Aperture Library – Planning for storage
- Referenced vs Managed? – The misconceptions towards both and which solution you should consider based on your workflow
- How to make Faces work for you – A follow up to “the cases for faces” with the steps to actually make faces work well, and a few thoughts on how it could be improved.
- “Culling” Video for final cut – Dumping rough edits from aperture 3 into a final cut sequence
If any of these ideas would be helpful for you – let me know where my priorities should be in the comments below. If there’s something I missed, feel free to help me add to the list too… Happy Culling!

by Dan
Mar 24, 2010
I’ve got a few you could add:
Geotagging:
1. Detailing on how Aperture 3 pairs up files from GPS loggers
2. How to Reverse Geotag your photos
3. Benefits of Geotagged photos in library utilization
Also, I’m on the verge of moving from demo to a licensed version of FotoMagico:
http://www.boinx.com/fotomagico/overview/
If anyone is serious about having real tweakability in their Aperture library slideshows, including adding video, it’s really worth a look. Perhaps that can be included in a segment for Aperture add-ons.
by Matthew Bergsma
Mar 24, 2010
Rob posted a quick vid on this that gives a good idea of how to integrate with loggers – http://photo.rwboyer.com/2010/02/12/aperture-3-places-using-a-gps/
by Christian Adlerberth
Mar 25, 2010
I’d love to see a post on Aperture 3 Performance Tips.
Regards,
Christian (Stockholm, Sweden)
by Rockway
Mar 28, 2010
Looking forward to your culling for video post. Heck, I’ll read all them — all good upcoming topics.