Lesson 1. Exploring the Aperture Workflow

Lesson Files		APTS_Aperture_book_files > Lessons > Lesson01
Media		Aperture Tibet sample project
		Aperture Library
Time		This lesson takes approximately 1 hour to complete.
Goals		Open Aperture and view RAW images
		Set up Aperture as your default image-capture application
		Tour Aperture's main window
		Explore Aperture's preset workspaces
		Customize the toolbar
		Customize the workspace
		Change the Aperture default Library

Apple Aperture is a revolutionary image management program that allows commercial photographers to work with Camera RAW images from capture to output. As you will learn throughout the lessons of this book, Aperture makes working with RAW images as easy as using TIFF or JPEG images, allowing you to import, edit, organize, publish, and archive them without ever converting them to another format.

The best way to see how efficient it is to work in Aperture is to simply get started. In this lesson, you will open Aperture, preview some RAW images in Aperture, navigate the interface, and learn how Aperture organizes images using its Library, albums, projects, and folders.

Before opening Aperture, be sure that you have read "Getting Started" on page 1, that you have the proper system requirements and resources, that you've copied the lesson and project files to your hard disk as instructed, and that you've calibrated your display for optimal color accuracy.