In depth training material for Aperture 3.0?

Question

hi, The videos on the Apple site are a good introduction to the capabilities of Aperture. However, I'd like to know if there is any free indepth user-guide/ training material available on how to use Aperture - esp levels, curves, workflow etc? Any guidance on this would be useful. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Thanks Frank, dmcrescent and Kirby. I am infact reviewing the links you shared and then probably decide which to go ahead with. Meanwhile, I also go access to Aperture tutorial by Apple (http://documentation.apple.com/en/aperture/usermanual/#chapter=3%26section=1) which is fairly detailed and comprehensive. I have just covered 15-20% which talks about the screen layouts, items, menus etc, and there are a few new & interesting things to learn.
Kirby, I went through your older post regarding the workflow. And I notice there are several other posts on this subject. I am personally still struggly (or rather learning) with an optimal library structure and workflow process as my image collection keeps expanding.
I prefer to follow the 'referenced' approach to managing the RAW files and hence have my own folder structure outside of Aperture. And my structure within Aperture (usage of folders, projects, albums) is still evolving. For e.g. in the past 6 months of using Aperture, I used only 'projects' to structure my library, and created a mirror image of these in my referenced folder structure on the hard disk (or rather the other way round). Now I know that folders are also available to structure images. And as my image bank grows, my structure will evolve. Your write-up definitely helps. I do have a few questions on this, which I will pose in a new post.
Thanks all of you.