The Mac Create Network is a collective of more than a dozen Mac-related websites and the resources of the Aperture Users Network—the International Aperture-based photographer’s organization.

Mac Create Premium Members get discounts on hardware and software, access to members-only premium content, and discounts on our classes. This includes discounts of up to 17% on our online Apple Associates Member Store, discounts on hardware and software and access to special additional tutorial files, downloads and videos with many of our tutorials, anywhere you see a MacCreate Premium logo. (See “Premium Membership Discounts below.”)

Membership is just $39.99 for the year. (If you’re buying a laptop or desktop with our online Apple store discount, it’ll pay for itself.)

You can also visit Premium.MacCreate.com to see a list of the current Mac Create Premium benefits, tutorials, webinars and more.

The biggest discount available for Mac Create Premium members is from the online Apple Affiliate Store. This store is available for both U.S. and Canadian residents, and works just like Apple’s regular online store, except with discounts up to 17% as well as free shipping, free iPod engraving and more.

To visit the Apple Affiliate Store visit your Membership Dashboard page and click the link that says “Mac Create US Apple Affiliate Discount Online Store” or “Mac Create Canadian Apple Affiliate Discount Online Store.”

Buy desktops, laptops, software and accessories, all with huge savings. For example buy a 13-inch Macbook and save $60 off the retail price (plus free shipping), buy a MacBook Air and save $90 or buy a MacPro and save $200. Aperture, Final Cut Studio, Microsoft Office and more are also discounted, as are accessories.

All you need to shop is to join as a member and click on a link in your dashboard (See below “Getting My Hardware Discount” for more information). This link will generate a one-time use link to the site, but you can come back to your dashboard and click the link for a new one-time link to the site any time you need.

A perk you can use daily to help you work better—many of our tutorials come with associated training files that you can download to examine and to follow along from. We’re adding more of these all the time, so keep an eye out for files with the MacCreate Premium button at the end of a tutorial.

You can learn Keynote by downloading a Keynote presentation with the tutorial topic in place, grab Aperture projects that have the files from our lessons, Pages documents with beautiful layouts, and more.

We’re also developing a series of video tutorials for our MacCreate Premium Members, which will expand on the topics available in our free video section.

We provide customized On-on-One training to Mac Create Premium members in programs like Aperture, iPhoto, iMovie, Lightroom and many others. Premium members can attend these classes from the comfort of their home, anywhere in the world via our online meetings with an instructor and can interact with the instructor to make a truly custom lesson. Share the instructor’s screen, share your screen to have us show you the best way to work on your files, and get a downloadable video of your class session when you’re done. You can find out more and request a class here.

Nik Software is one of the premium developers of plug-ins and image adjustment tools. Their award-winning software is available for Aperture, Photoshop, Lightroom and as stand-alone software, and it’s just incredible. Mac Create Premium members receive a 10% discount on software from their online store. Simply enter the coupon code you’ll find on the member benefits page when you check out of their online store.

Note: This discount applies to stand-alone software, and does not apply to their bundles or special offers.

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Pixelmator is a fun, easy-to-use, fast and powerful image editor for Mac OS X. The application has everything you need to create, edit, and enhance images. I like to say that Pixelmator gives me 80% of what I need from Photoshop at about 10% of the cost. The program is normally $60, but Mac Create Premium members get $10 off your purchase from the Pixelmator store simply enter the coupon code you’ll find on the member benefits page at checkout.

Pixelmator is a must-have tool for every designer—it’s lightweight and it’s fantastic for everything from quick comps to full-on design and illustration. Photoshop users will be especially familiar with the layout and toolset found in Pixelmator.

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PhotoShelter is the leader in portfolio websites, photo sales and archiving tools for photographers.

Over 48,000 photographers worldwide use PhotoShelter to power their success online, with customizable website templates, searchable galleries, e-commerce capabilities, and bulletproof image storage. Photographers can create a professional PhotoShelter website in under five minutes, or customize PhotoShelter to power their existing website.

Mac Create Premium members get a Standard PhotoShelter account, 35GB of storage, customization, website templates, e-commerce setup with the activation fee waived for just $300/year. Simply enter the coupon code you’ll find on the member benefits page when signing up on the Photoshelter website.

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Mac Create Premium members get a 20% discount on Zenfolio photography hosting, portfolio, organization websites. Quickly and easily create beautiful websites to showcase your images, complete with built-in eCommerce tools for direct sales to clients. Simply enter the coupon code you’ll find on the member benefits page.

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When MacCreate is on the road teaching classes, Mac Create Premium Members receive advanced registration and class discounts.

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Membership costs just $39.99 for a full year. If you’re looking to use our Apple/MacCreate affiliate store you’ll likely make that back in a single purchase. After that you can buy as much, download as much and learn as much as you can. So Join Now and become a part of the biggest network of creative Mac users around.

Membership purchase are refundable up to 72 hours from the time of purchase, unless memberships are purchased in conjunction with a class registration, in which case refunds may only be made if the class registration is cancelled as well. Classes are subject to their own refund policy. Email info@maccreate.com for more information.

Class registrations may be cancelled at any time by sending email to the address provided on the enrolment form, calling the number provided on the form, or calling 845 358 5100.

Classes that are cancelled more than 30 days have no penalty. Classes cancelled between 29 days and 15 days in advance of the class will receive a 50% refund. Classes cancelled between 15 days and 1 day from the class will receive a 20% refund. There will be no refunds for classes cancelled on the starting day of the class.

We will absolutely under no circumstances sell, share or otherwise distribute your information without authorization. Those who wish to be contacted by companies providing goods or services to AUN members may opt in to receive notifications, but in no case will any location information (address,phone numbers, etc.) be provided, even with opt-in permission.

No credit card information or other personal information will be provided to third parties.

845 358 5100. Info@maccreate.com.