I was at Barnes and Noble today reading...yeah it's my new Library 
and I found this book Aperture Exposed: The Mac Photographers Guide to Taming the Workflow. I really enjoyed it actually, it had a lot to say about Aperture 1.1 and how it handled everything. The other book I picked up was Raw Workflow from Capture to Archives: A Complete Digital Photographer's Guide to Raw Imaging, which imho was the bible of work flow process. It even covered Lightroom (2 whopping pages). The point being is that the one I always saw as the bible of raw work flow somehow became overshadowed by the other book. Now, I don't have Aperture and I don't know if my PB 1.67 with 1.5gb ram would even run it in a capacity that wouldn't drive me nuts, but the book was worth the read. I read about 1/4th of it before I finished my coffee, bought a tea and began reading the raw work flow book. The problem with that book is that it isn't specific to one application. Problem? Well ok not really, but imho again I find that it is important to figure out what you want to use then learn what you can about it. The raw work flow book is a book that will help you get to that place.
The point is, this book on Aperture was great, but it is for 1.1 and I'm not sure having that book for 1.1 would be suitable for 1.5. I am sure it would be to some degree, but who knows. Also, there is another book Real World Aperture by Ben Long that looks promising, but they didn't have it in the store. Any thoughts on these books? Oh and here is something I never knew. Aperture uses a system file called a bundle to house your images. This is done so you aren't tempted to open the bundle and move stuff around. I thought that was cool but I wondered if you could pick the bundle up and back it up on a cd and have all of your images. Dumb? Probably, but I still want to know.
and I found this book Aperture Exposed: The Mac Photographers Guide to Taming the Workflow. I really enjoyed it actually, it had a lot to say about Aperture 1.1 and how it handled everything. The other book I picked up was Raw Workflow from Capture to Archives: A Complete Digital Photographer's Guide to Raw Imaging, which imho was the bible of work flow process. It even covered Lightroom (2 whopping pages). The point being is that the one I always saw as the bible of raw work flow somehow became overshadowed by the other book. Now, I don't have Aperture and I don't know if my PB 1.67 with 1.5gb ram would even run it in a capacity that wouldn't drive me nuts, but the book was worth the read. I read about 1/4th of it before I finished my coffee, bought a tea and began reading the raw work flow book. The problem with that book is that it isn't specific to one application. Problem? Well ok not really, but imho again I find that it is important to figure out what you want to use then learn what you can about it. The raw work flow book is a book that will help you get to that place. The point is, this book on Aperture was great, but it is for 1.1 and I'm not sure having that book for 1.1 would be suitable for 1.5. I am sure it would be to some degree, but who knows. Also, there is another book Real World Aperture by Ben Long that looks promising, but they didn't have it in the store. Any thoughts on these books? Oh and here is something I never knew. Aperture uses a system file called a bundle to house your images. This is done so you aren't tempted to open the bundle and move stuff around. I thought that was cool but I wondered if you could pick the bundle up and back it up on a cd and have all of your images. Dumb? Probably, but I still want to know.