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It is a good idea to use Automator to add the word “DVD” when you burn the images
to disk. This enables you next time to use “DVD” as a filter keyword, to prevent backing
up the same images unnecessarily. If you are not sure about programming Automator
to do this, look on the Internet at Automator.us/aperture. You’ll find this and many
other ways of automating import/export of images to and from Aperture.
Aperture Plug-Ins
Before the introduction of Aperture 1.5, Apple announced an export API (Application
Programmer Interface) that enabled third-party developers to provide alternative export
options as plug-ins. These made it easier for the users to upload images to virtual storefronts
and photo-sharing sites, ensuring compliance with requirements for size, format,
and metadata. Now, with Aperture 2.0, the program has a full plug-in API that means
that it will work like Photoshop, with third-party plug-ins for making adjustments and
other extensions to its functionality. A full list of plug-ins can be found at Micah Walter’s
Website called Aperture Plugged In (www.aperturepluggedin.com).
ApertureToGallery
Gallery is an open source, Web-based photo album organizer created by Bharat
Mediratta. It allows you to blend photo management seamlessly into your Website,
regardless of whether you are running a large site for a community or a small one for
yourself. ApertureToGallery is the interface to Gallery from Aperture.
At this site you can also find Aperture to Picasa Web Albums, ApertureToFileMaker,
and two general tools—ApertureToArchive for archiving and ÜberUpload for Aperture
for uploading photos to remote servers.
See www.ubermind.com for more information.
ApertureToPBase
ApertureToPBase is an Aperture export plug-in that uploads photos to PBase, developed
by David Holmes (www.davidholmes.org). His other uploaders are ApertureToPhanfare,
ApertureToSmugMug, and ApertureToZenfolio.
FlickrExport
Aperture users can connect directly to Flickr, one of the most popular photo-sharing
sites, thanks to the efforts of Fraser Speirs at Connected Flow, who also created the
FlickrExport plug-in for iPhoto. Also available from the same source: Aperture to Final
Cut Pro. See www.connectedflow.com.
PhotoReflect.com
Used by thousands of wedding and portrait photographers as a virtual storefront,
PhotoReflect.com offers an Aperture plug-in that provides a direct link to the site. Even