A Summary
The Aperture Users Professional Network is an international user association for photographers,
designers and other creatives who use Apple hardware and software to develop
their artistic, commercial and editorial projects. As the name implies, we're
specifically advocates of Apple's groundbreaking program, Aperture, a software
tool designed to manage and simplify all phases of a photographer's workflow.
Of course, as long time Mac users, we're evangelists of the whole platform and
any tool used to help facilitate the development of a user's creative projects.
You'll find us working with any number of programs from Apple's Final Cut Studio to
Adobe Photoshop to Microsoft Word, and every piece of shareware, commercial
software and Widget in between.
What We Do
The Aperture Users Professional Network provides education, training and support for
Mac users working with (and around) Aperture, and we offer our services to the
general public. We work with Apple in order to ensure we have the latest, most accurate
information and to ensure that Apple has the feedback they need from the professional
photographic community.
Most of the articles, training materials, guides and other content found
on our website are 100% free, and we encourage everyone from the novice photographer
to the full-time pro to send us requests
for articles you'd like to see. More on our educational services in a moment.
As a user association we also offer a membership-based program that provides
access to hardware and software discounts, as well as discounts on training
and seminars, job listings, a members-only sections of our site, and much
more. Membership even allows working pros to request that our tech support staff
be on hand for major editorial events (be they political, news, sporting or
entertainment), in order to ensure that projects go smoothly. We can also
provide consultants to assist—at a day rate—at commercial shoots.
A complete list of member benefits is available on our Membership page
