aperture preset fun happy times
[if you're reading this on Twitter, yes, you've already seen this. sorry.]
the little Presets built-in with Aperture are nice enough, but nothing i would ever consider mind blowing. then a couple of weeks ago, i discovered a website called Preset Pond. its super new, but it opened up my eyes to the ability of Aperture to import and use third-party preset. at Preset Pond, there’s a section for Aperture and in there are a small collection (for now) of user-created, free presets, available for download.
so i tried it out.
and i LIKE it.
http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=71649
its a really easy way to swallow up tons of time, thats for sure, and there are some incredible effects that otherwise would take a whole lot of initial tweaking to setup. and, because the effects and pushing and pulling and weirdness are done with the RAW files, you’re never “stuck” if you wind up going a really bad direction.
that said, its not without caveats.
see where i’ve circled? because of something the presetting did, those spots turned an unnatural shade of hot pink. not a huge deal for, say, snapshots, but if dealing with something on a bigger event, maybe not so great. obviously, i can go back in and tweak back something a few notches and get it figured out, but its certainly something to keep an eye out for.
anywho. just wanted to share!
