Workflow in Aperture for Alamy

As a contributor to Alamy and a new user of Aperture, I wonder if anyone could recommend an ideal workflow. Most importantly the export settings to meet the Alamy specs.
I am shooting using a Nikon D80 which gives a RAW file size of about 8.5 MB.
Thank you in advance.
Message was edited by: RWT

This has come up before, as a quick trip to the search box will show:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5247236
Max - Aperture can upsample images but only on export. But then, that's when you need it.
Basically, you just make a new export preset that is equivalent to 16 megapixels or above.
Ian

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