More Aperture

well my copy of the Aperture 2 Pro Training book just arrived. I'm half way through the Final Cut Express Pro Training book and I'm enjoying it. The lessons are short enough that you can do an hour a day and feel that you've started and finished something worthwhile in that time.
Both books come with a disk of lesson material. In the final cut express book the disk contains a folder full of footage for each lesson including pre-made sequences, clips and audio files. The footage is all really nice quality and illustrates the lessons perfectly. Hopfully the material in the Aperture book will be just as good.
Apple has a certification scheme for it's pro applications and these books comprise the study material for the first level of there respective courses. At some point I need to find out how easy it is to take one of Apple's exams.
More info on the Aperture book soon, once I've finished with final cut.