Aperture 2: Professionally Manage Digital Photographs
Authors: Ben Long, Richard Harrington, Orlando Luna
Company: Peachpit Press (Apple Pro Training Series)
ISBN: 978-0-321-53993-9, 486 pages plus DVD
Price: $54.99
Aperture 2 is the top of the line photo management and editing software from Apple. When Apple released Aperture 1.0 in 2005, it was a revolution, to say the least. We were used to having a photo classification method, be iPhoto, Adobe Bridge, or a directory structure, and a separate photo editor such as Photoshop. Aperture appeared to replace all of that, by combining both a photo management tool and a photo editor in the same application.
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Apple Training Series: iWork ‘08
by Richard Harrington and RHED Pixel
Peachpit Press
http://www.peachpit.com
ISBN-13: 978-0-321-50185-1
ISBN-10: 0-321-50185-3
418 pages, paper, full color
US: $39.99, CAN: $45.99, UK: £28.99
Apple’s iWork applications are quite easy to use. However, if users want to go beyond the meager instructions given in the little pamphlets that come in the box with the software, Apple Training Series: iWork ‘08 is a great way to extend their knowledge of the software.
The applications in the iWork suite are designed to be easy to use from the get-go. Install, launch, poke around a little, do a little dragging and dropping, enter some text, and …Shazam!.. get surprisingly good results. However, the ease with which users can use the software initially might prevent many from realizing the full potential of the iWork apps. Working through the lessons in Harrington’s manual, The Apple Training Series: iWork ’08, will take users to the next level.
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