IMac OSX (10.6)and Aperture 3 new convert. In archives found description of how to set preferences in email export photo drop down, but email set photo to small, although I picked 1024x1024 still received as attachment as well and small size. Tnx

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Recently acquired OSX (10.6) and Aperture 3 (previously Lightroom and Adobe CS4 + Windows & user)
1) How do I send Apple Mail with photo approx 1024+1024 around 250Kbs - not as an attachment.
2) How do I make a frame around my image when sending by Mail - can't find this in Aperture 3
3) Where can I find perpective corrector - shift lens - to correct slant of buildings etc
Thanks

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metasaysmolo wrote:
Recently acquired OSX (10.6) and Aperture 3 (previously Lightroom and Adobe CS4 + Windows & user)
1) How do I send Apple Mail with photo approx 1024+1024 around 250Kbs - not as an attachment.
If you go to 'Aperture menu > Presets > Image Exports..', you will see a list of packaged presets. Selecting the 'Email Medium - JPEG' will set the dimensions to fit within 1024 x 1024 pixels by default (the longest side of image will be set to 1024 and the aspect ratio will be kept). Playing with the 'Image Quality' slider may be necessary to achieve your desired file size.
Here are a couple of links that may be of interest:
http://documentation.apple.com/en/aperture/usermanual/index.html#chapter=20%26se ction=6%26tasks=true
http://documentation.apple.com/en/aperture/usermanual/index.html#chapter=20%26se ction=11%26tasks=true
2) How do I make a frame around my image when sending by Mail - can't find this in Aperture 3
I am not sure that this is possible via Aperture. You can get the free plug-in called "BorderFX" which allows adding of frames and watermarks on export, but I believe you would have to export the image to add the border and then email (by dragging into your email message).
Here is the link to BorderFX:
http://www.iborderfx.com/BorderFX/
Note - others may have a better alternative to adding a border in a more efficient manor.
3) Where can I find perpective corrector - shift lens - to correct slant of buildings etc
The least expensive option would be PTLens, which works well as a plug-in and costs $25 US. The author has a page dedicated to shift lenses, so you will want to check it out before making a decision. He also offers a trial version to test on your machine / equipment.
http://epaperpress.com/ptlens/
Note - I don't use a shift lens, so my recommendation ends at saying that his plug-in works well for what it is meant to do (correct distortion for supported lenses with manual controls for distortion and CA).
Hope that helps.