Apple APERTURE User Manual
Aperture
User Manual
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Contents
Preface 11 Introducing Aperture
12
What’s Next?
Part I Interface and Acquisition
Chapter 1 15 An Overview of Aperture
16
A First Look at Aperture
17
Creating Projects and Importing Your Photos
20
Photo Editing with Aperture
31
Image Processing
32
Distribution
37
Backing Up Your Work
Chapter 2 39 The Aperture Interface
40
The Aperture Main Window
41
Projects Panel
42
Viewer and Browser
43
Control Bar
45
Toolbar
49
Adjustments Inspector
50
Metadata Inspector
52
Import Panel
53
Vaults Panel
54
Book Layout Editor
57
Webpage Editor
60
Light Table
61
Heads-Up Displays
64
Workspace Layouts
65
Customizing the Toolbar
67
Setting Aperture Preferences
3
Chapter 3 71 Working with Aperture Projects
72
Basic Components of Aperture
78
Working with Projects
79
Creating and Naming Projects
80
Opening and Closing Projects
82
Creating and Showing Favorite Projects
82
Deleting Images from Projects and Albums
83
Deleting Items from the Projects Panel
83
Working with Library Files
85
Quickly Accessing Commands
Chapter 4 87 Importing Images
88
An Overview of Importing Images
89
File Formats You Can Import into the Library
90
Planning Your Import Strategy
91
Importing from Your Digital Camera or Card Reader
97
Importing Image Files Stored on Your Computer
10 5
Automatically Naming Your Imported Images
10 8
Adding Metadata to Images During Import
10 9
Creating Stacks Automatically During Import
11 0
Adjusting the Image File’s Time When Importing
11 0
Dragging Files from the Finder to the Projects Panel
111
Importing Folders of Images from the Finder
112
Importing Your iPhoto Library
11 4
Transferring Projects from Another System
11 4
Making an Immediate Backup
11 5
Where Aperture Stores Your Managed Files in the Library
Part II Photo Editing
Chapter 5 119 Working with Images in the Browser
12 0
An Overview of the Browser
12 2
Navigating Through and Selecting Images
12 4
Working with a Selection of Images
12 5
Working with Images in Grid View
12 6
Working with Images in List View
12 7
Searching for Images in the Browser
12 8
Rearranging Images in the Browser
12 9
Sorting Images in Grid View
13 0
Rotating Images
13 0
Creating Versions of an Image
13 2
Deleting Images from the Browser
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13 4
Dragging Images into Different Projects and Albums
13 5
Working with Referenced Images
141
Working with Two Projects Open
14 2
Displaying Specific Metadata with Your Images
Chapter 6 145 Displaying Images in the Viewer
14 6
An Overview of the Viewer
14 8
Showing or Hiding the Viewer
14 8
Changing the Viewer Background
14 9
Changing the Number of Images in the Viewer
15 0
Comparing Images
151
Viewing Stacks
151
Viewing Images with the Loupe
15 2
Using the Color Meter
15 4
Showing Hot Areas in Your Images
15 5
Viewing Images at Full Resolution
15 6
Viewing Master Images
15 6
Setting Up the Viewer for Onscreen Proofing
157
Viewing Images on Multiple Displays
15 8
Displaying Metadata Associated with Images
160
Selecting Image Preview Options
162
Quickly Accessing Commands
Chapter 7 163 Viewing Images in Full Screen Mode
164
An Overview of Full Screen Mode
165
Entering and Exiting Full Screen Mode
165
Working with the Filmstrip in Full Screen Mode
169
Working with the Toolbar in Full Screen Mode
171
Using HUDs in Full Screen Mode
17 3
Changing the Display of Metadata in Full Screen Mode
174
Using Keyboard Shortcuts in Full Screen Mode
174
Quickly Accessing Commands
Chapter 8 175 Stacking Images and Making Picks
17 5
An Overview of Stacking Images
17 7
Creating Stacks
18 0
Working with Stacks
18 6
Keyboard Shortcuts for Working with Stacks
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Chapter 9 187 Rating Images
18 8
An Overview of the Aperture Rating System
19 0
Rating Images
19 2
Sorting Images by Rating
19 4
Including Image Rating in Your Workflow
19 5
Comparing and Rating Images
19 7
Keyboard Shortcuts for Displaying Images with Specific Ratings
Chapter 10 199 Applying Keywords to Images
200
An Overview of Keywords
202
Viewing Keywords Applied to Images
206
Applying Keywords Using the Keywords HUD
213
Applying Keywords Using Keyword Controls and Keyword Presets
218
Applying Keywords Using the Lift & Stamp HUD
222
Applying Keywords Using the Metadata Inspector
223
Applying Keywords to Images in the Light Table
223
Removing Keywords from an Image
224
Importing and Exporting Keyword Lists
Chapter 11 225 Working with Metadata
226
An Overview of Metadata, Metadata Views,
and Metadata Presets
228 Displaying Metadata with Your Images
231 Turning the Display of Metadata On or Off
232 Viewing and Changing Metadata in the Metadata Inspector
235 Working with Metadata Views
238 Working with Metadata Presets
241 Batch Changing Metadata
242 More Information About IPTC Metadata
243 Understanding Badge Overlays
Chapter 12 247 Searching for and Displaying Images
248 An Overview of Searching
252 Controls in the Query HUD
253 Searching Across the Entire Library
253 Searching by Image Name, Caption, or Other Text
255 Searching by Keyword
Searching by Date
256
258 Searching by Rating
259 Searching by IPTC Information
260 Searching by EXIF Information
261 Searching by Import Session
262 Searching by File Status
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263 Searching by Other Metadata
264 Searching by a Combination of Criteria
265 Saving Your Search Results
Chapter 13 267 Grouping Images with Smart Albums
268 An Overview of Smart Albums
270 Collecting Images in a New Smart Album
271 Searching Within a Smart Album
272 Revising the Contents of a Smart Album
272 Transferring Smart Album Images to Another Project or Album
273 Deleting a Smart Album
Part III Distribution and Backup
Chapter 14 277 Printing Your Images
277 An Overview of Printing
279 Controls in the Print Dialog
281 Printing a Single Image
282 Printing a Series of Images
282 Printing a Contact Sheet or Series of Contact Sheets
283 Printing a Book
284 Printing a Light Table Arrangement
284 Creating and Modifying Print Presets
286 Proofing Your Images Onscreen
287 Turning Off Color Management in Your Printer
Chapter 15 291 Exporting Your Images
292 An Overview of Exporting Images
293 Exporting Copies of Digital Master Files
296 Exporting Image Versions
306 Working with Export Presets
Chapter 16 311 Creating Slideshow Presentations
312 An Overview of Slideshows
314 Creating a Slideshow
315 Controlling a Slideshow
315 Arranging the Order of a Slideshow’s Images
315 Controls in the Slideshow Presets Dialog
317 Creating Slideshow Presets
318 Modifying Slideshow Presets
319 Creating a Growing Grid of Images
320 Playing Your Slideshow on Your Main Display Only
321 Displaying Your Images to Music
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Chapter 17 323 Using the Light Table
324 An Overview of the Light Table
325 Creating a Light Table Album
326 Placing and Viewing Images in the Light Table
327 Moving and Resizing Images in the Light Table
328 Aligning and Arranging Images in the Light Table
330 Adjusting the Light Table View
331 Setting View Options for the Light Table
331 Transferring Images from the Light Table
332 Printing a Light Table Arrangement
332 Deleting a Light Table Album
Chapter 18 333 Creating Webpages
334 An Overview of Creating Webpages
336 Creating Web Galleries
339 Creating Web Journals
341 Viewing and Navigating Through Webpages
342 Choosing and Modifying Themes
345 Working with Web Gallery Pages
346 Working with Web Journal Pages
348 Exporting Webpages
351 Working with Web Export Presets
Chapter 19 357 Creating Books
358 An Overview of Creating Books
363 Planning Your Book
365 Creating a Book Album
366 Controls in the Book Layout Editor
369 Choosing a Theme
370 Viewing Pages
372 Placing Images in a Book
374 Adding and Removing Pages
379 Working with Pages
383 Working with Images
388 Working with Text
393 Working with Master Pages
396 Copying a Book Album
397 Printing Books
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Chapter 20 399 Backing Up Your Images
400 An Overview of the Backup Workflow
401 Planning Your Backup System
402 Working with the Vaults Panel
404 Creating Vaults
405 Updating Vaults
406 Disconnecting a Vault’s Hard Drive from Your System Temporarily
406 Reconnecting a Vault’s Hard Drive to your System
407 Deleting a Vault Permanently
407 Backing Up Images from a Portable in the Field
409 Restoring Your Aperture System
Part IV Appendixes and Glossary
Appendix A 413 Setting Up an Aperture System
414 Setting Up a Basic System
415 Optional Equipment to Consider
417 Setting Up Your System with Two Displays
419 Configuring Mac OS X for Multiple Displays
Appendix B 423 Calibrating Your Aperture System
423 An Overview of Color Management
427 Calibrating Your Camera
428 Calibrating and Profiling Your Display
430 Calibrating and Profiling Your Printer
Appendix C 431 Credits
Glossary 433
Index 453
Contents 9
Introducing Aperture
Aperture is a powerful and easy-to-use digital image
management system that can track thousands of digital
images and provides the professional photographer with
high-quality image management and adjustment tools.
Designed for the needs of professional photographers, Aperture is an all-in-one
post-production tool that provides:
 An advanced RAW workflow: From capture to output, you can work with your images
captured as RAW files, without having to first convert them to another format before
viewing, adjusting, organizing, or printing them. Aperture supports RAW formats
from leading digital camera manufacturers (including Canon and Nikon).
 Flexible image management: A new, open Library structure lets you store photos
anywhere you want. You can have Aperture either store image files in the Library or
simply link to image files in their current locations. You can also have Aperture link to
your iPhoto Library without copying the images into the Aperture Library. Aperture
can work with photos stored on any number of hard disk drives and other storage
media. You can catalog and search for images that are stored on multiple hard disks,
including offline volumes, CDs, and DVDs.
 Professional project management: Aperture allows you to manage thousands of
projects and provides flexible organizational tools, comprehensive metadata support,
and powerful search tools that let you find files instantly.
 Nondestructive image processing: Designed to protect your images from the moment
they’re imported, Aperture identifies your original images as digital “master files,” and
it has built-in safeguards to help ensure that you don’t accidentally overwrite or
modify them.
 Versatile printing and publishing: Working directly with your RAW images, you can
create color-accurate prints, custom contact sheets, stunning websites, and unique
bound books with tools that are intuitive and powerful.
Preface
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With Aperture you can efficiently import digital images, perform a photo edit, adjust
and retouch images, publish images for the web or print, and back up your entire
image library for safekeeping. Aperture lets you work with high-quality JPEG, TIFF, and
RAW image files directly from your camera or card reader and maintain that high
quality throughout your workflow.
What’s Next?
This manual is only one of several types of documentation you can use as you work
with Aperture.
 For instructions for installing Aperture software, see Installing Your Software.
 For an introduction to the basic concepts, procedures, and digital photography
workflow for using Aperture, see Aperture Getting Started.
 For an overview of Aperture, an introduction to the Aperture interface, and
detailed instructions for using the many features and tools in Aperture, continue
reading this manual.
 For information about making image corrections and adjustments in Aperture, see
Performing Image Adjustments in the Aperture Help menu.
 For a list of the keyboard shortcuts you can use to perform tasks in Aperture, see
Aperture Quick Reference.
 For an introduction to the fundamentals of digital photography, see
Digital Photography Fundamentals in the Aperture Help menu.
 For information about ordering printed books of your images, see
Ordering Books and Prints in the Aperture Help menu.
 For the most recent technical and release information about Aperture, see
Late-Breaking News in the Aperture Help menu.
 For information about new features in Aperture, see New Features in the Aperture
Help menu.
 For the latest articles about technical issues and solutions, go to the Aperture
Support website, available from the Aperture Help menu.
12 Preface Introducing Aperture
Part I: Interface and Acquisition
This section provides introductory information about the
application and its interface. It also explains how to set up
your image management system and import images into it.
Chapter 1 An Overview of Aperture
Chapter 2 The Aperture Interface
Chapter 3 Working with Aperture Projects
Chapter 4 Importing Images
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1 An Overview of Aperture
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Aperture is designed to be the center of your digital
photography workflow, from capturing new images to the
final delivery of professional-quality photographs.
This chapter provides an overview of how Aperture works and what you can do with it. If
you’re new to Aperture, this chapter is for you. If you’re familiar with the Aperture features
and interface, feel free to skip this chapter. The chapter doesn’t provide all the detailed
information and instructions needed to perform work on your images. Once you’re
familiar with Aperture, you’ll find in-depth explanations and instructions in later chapters.
This chapter covers:
 A First Look at Aperture (p. 16)
 Creating Projects and Importing Your Photos (p. 17)
 Photo Editing with Aperture (p. 20)
 Image Processing (p. 31)
 Distribution (p. 32)
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A First Look at Aperture
When you first open Aperture, you see the following areas:
To create a project to hold your
imported images, click here.
Click here to open the
Import panel.
Your projects appear
here.
Toolbar
Viewer
Browser
Click here to open the Vaults panel.
You select a hard disk to use for
backing up images here.
Note: Because you can customize the toolbar, adding and deleting the buttons you
want, your toolbar may appear different from the one pictured in this manual. For more
information about changing the toolbar, see “Customizing the Toolbar” on page 65.
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Aperture imports the
images into a project.
Click the project to
see its images in
the Browser.
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After you import images into a new project, your screen will look similar to this:
The Viewer shows the
selected image.
Select a thumbnail
in the Browser.
Your project’s image
thumbnails
About Aperture Sample Projects
The Aperture installation disc includes several sample projects containing high-resolution
images. When you first open Aperture, a dialog appears asking if you’d like to install a
sample project. Other sample projects are available in the Sample Projects folder on the
Aperture installation disc. You can import these projects into Aperture from the Aperture
installation disc at any time after installing the application.
Creating Projects and Importing Your Photos
To use Aperture, you first import your photos. You can import digital photos directly
from your camera or a card reader and from hard disks or other storage devices where
you’ve archived digital files. After a shoot, you can connect your card reader or digital
camera to your computer and Aperture automatically detects it. You can then easily
import your new images into Aperture.
Creating Projects
As you work with Aperture, you create projects to hold your images. A project is similar
to a folder that can hold dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of images. For example,
after completing a travel shoot to Antarctica, you might create a new project named
Antarctica and import the photos into it.
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Your new project appears in a list in the Projects panel.
Examples of items in
Folders
Projects
the Projects panel
As your portfolio increases and you create more and more projects, you can organize
your work into hierarchies of folders, projects, and albums.
You can create as many projects as you need and name them according to any naming
scheme you prefer. It’s important to name projects so that they will be easy to identify
and access. When you need to further subdivide and organize images in a project, you
can create albums.
Over the long term you may be using Aperture to track years of projects, so you’ll want
to develop a naming system that is easy to use and understand. For more information
about organizing your images in projects and albums, see Chapter 3, “Working with
Aperture Projects,” on page 71.
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Select your camera, card
reader, or hard disk here.
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Importing Images
When you connect a camera or card reader to your computer, the Import dialog appears.
You can select your camera or card reader and see the images you’re about to import.
You can select all the images on a memory card or select and import only those you
want. You can also select image files on your hard disk for importing.
Specify import
options here.
When you click
Import All, your images
are imported into the
selected project or a new
project.
You can then specify options for importing your images. For example, you can specify
that your images be imported into the Aperture Library in your Pictures folder, or
specify another location to store them. If you have images already stored on a hard
disk, you can simply allow Aperture to access them without changing their current
locations. You can choose how images are named and include other information that is
recorded with each image to help identify it. For example, you can specify the event
name, date, time, photographer, and location, as well as copyright information.
You can also specify other import options, such as whether you want Aperture to
group related images together in stacks. For example, if you have bracketed images or
images shot in quick succession, you can have Aperture import and stack these images
together to make reviewing and working with them easier.
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Importing Files from Your Body of Work
You can easily import your collection of archived digital images into Aperture from any
hard disk or storage device connected to your computer. When importing legacy
images from your portfolio, you can move them into the main Aperture Library, or
simply identify where the images are located, and Aperture adds them to its
management system without changing the image locations. This means that with
Aperture, you can still work with your images in their current organization and on
multiple hard disks without relocating or reorganizing your current files. You can also
move or copy images to new locations when needed.
Aperture can also import your iPhoto Library and files stored in a variety of common
file types and formats, including:
 GIF
 JPEG
 JPEG2000
 PNG
 PSD
 RAW files from a variety of supported digital cameras
 TIFF
Note: For a list of supported digital cameras, go to http://www.apple.com/aperture.
For more information about importing images, see Chapter 4, “Importing Images,” on
page 87.
Photo Editing with Aperture
Aperture allows you to easily view and work with your images onscreen. It provides
easy-to-use tools and controls, as well as efficient methods for rating images, searching
for images, and comparing and adjusting them.
Viewing and Working with Images in the Browser and Viewer
To work with your images, you select a project in the Projects panel and Aperture
displays that project’s images in the Browser. You use the Browser to review, organize,
and select images.
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Select images here.
A selected image appears
with a white outline.
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When you select a thumbnail image in the Browser, the image appears in the Viewer.
The Viewer displays the
selected image.
The Browser can show your images as thumbnails arranged in a grid. You can click an
individual image to select it, and a white border appears around the image. To quickly
move to and select other images, press the arrow keys. You can drag images to
rearrange them in the Browser, or drag them into different projects or albums. You can
also display your images as a list of files.
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You can also view your images in Full Screen mode, where you can work with them
in detail.
Toolbar available in
Full Screen mode
The displayed image fills
the screen.
Filmstrip available
in Full Screen mode
To see images in Full Screen mode, you press F. Press F again to switch back to the Viewer.
In Full Screen mode, you can change the display of images to show single images,
three images, or up to ten images at once. For more information about using Full
Screen mode, see Chapter 7, “Viewing Images in Full Screen Mode,” on page 163.
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Displaying your images clearly and accurately is a pivotal function of Aperture. With
Aperture you can take advantage of the latest display technology and view and work
with your images in Full Screen mode and on dual displays.
Using Aperture with two displays is ideal for creating a large workspace. You can easily
compare and adjust images, play slideshows, and present the best of your photos at
optimal size during client reviews.
Working with Heads-Up Displays
To work efficiently in Aperture, you can use floating panels of controls called heads-up
displays (HUDs) to change images. For example, when you view images in Aperture in
Full Screen mode, you can open an Adjustments HUD to adjust your images.
HUDs are available for
use in Full Screen mode
and can make adjusting
images easier.
As you work on your images, you can position HUDs anywhere on the screen and use
them to make changes. For example, Aperture provides a Keywords HUD that you can
use to quickly assign keywords to your images. To assign a keyword, you simply drag it
from the Keywords HUD to the image.
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Working with Inspectors
Aperture also provides an Adjustments Inspector for applying adjustments and a
Metadata Inspector that allows you to review and assign metadata to your images. You
can show or hide the Adjustments and Metadata Inspectors together or individually
whenever you want. Showing the Inspectors panel is as easy as double-clicking an
image in the Browser or pressing the I key.
Adjustments Inspector
Metadata Inspector
For more information about making adjustments and retouching your images, see
Performing Image Adjustments in the Aperture Help menu.
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Five stars indicate the
highest rating (Select).
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Rating Images with Aperture
You can rate images as you review them in the Viewer or the Browser, or in Full Screen
mode. Rating controls appear below the Browser and in the filmstrip in Full Screen
mode. By selecting an image and clicking a rating button, you can quickly rate images
as rejected, or assign them from one to five stars (with five stars being the highest, or
Select, rating). Image ratings appear as easy-to-read overlays on the image.
Stars indicate a
positive rating.
An X indicates a negative
rating (Reject).
Once images are rated, you can have Aperture display only images of a certain rating,
so you can focus on a particular group of images. For more information about rating
your images, see Chapter 9, “Rating Images,” on page 187.
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Finding and Displaying Images with the Query HUD
You can use the Query HUD to search for and display only certain photos in a project
or album. Click the Query HUD button beside the search field in the Browser and the
Query HUD appears. In the Query HUD, you can specify criteria for the photos you
want to work with.
The Query HUD is set
to show images rated
five stars.
Click the Query HUD
button to open the
Query HUD.
You can enter any search criteria you want to display specific images. You can also
display images based on rating, date when shot, keywords, or import group. After you
specify the search criteria, Aperture displays only those images that match the criteria
and hides the rest. For more information about searching for images, see “Searching for
and Displaying Images” on page 247.
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Comparing Photos
Aperture allows you to carefully compare images. You select an image and press Return
to have Aperture display it for comparison against other images in a selection.
Select an image and
press Return to select it
as the “compare” image.
Select an image for
comparison by pressing
the arrow keys.
While comparing images, you can rate the selected images or make adjustments to
them. For example, you might use the comparison method to make final selections
of the best images in a series. Or, you might compare two versions of an image and
make adjustments.
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The Stack button
indicates the number of
images in the stack.
Stacking Images
Photographers frequently work with large selections of images. To help you work
efficiently with a series of shots, such as bracketed shots or shots taken in quick
succession, Aperture can automatically stack related shots. You can also select and
manually stack related shots yourself and review them for a “pick”, the image that you
intend to use.
A stack with five images is
shown expanded, or open.
Once photos are in a stack, you can work with them as if they were a single image
instead of many individual photos. A stack appears as a series of linked photos in the
Browser. The pick of the stack appears on the left with a Stack button. You can drag an
image in the stack into the pick position. By clicking the Stack button, you can close
the stack so that only the pick image appears. You can then work with the single pick
image without the encumbrance of the other stacked photos. You can expand a stack
to see all its images whenever you want.
Only the pick image
is shown when the
stack is closed.
Working with stacks can greatly increase the efficiency of reviewing large collections of
photos. For more information about working with stacks of images, see Chapter 8,
“Stacking Images and Making Picks,” on page 175.
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Assigning Keywords to Images
Carefully assigning keywords to images is critical for the photographer who needs a
means to easily locate specific images among thousands. Applying keywords is also
required if you plan to sell images to image libraries, such as Corbis or Getty Images.
You can use Aperture to assign keywords to images using standard IPTC fields (the
standard metadata fields defined by the International Press Telecommunications
Council). You can also select images and assign keywords that you define.
You can display images in the Viewer with their version names and any assigned
keywords appearing on or below the image.
Keywords and
other metadata
The Keywords HUD lists all the keyword categories and keywords that you define. For
example, if you shoot weddings, you might create a wedding category with specific
keywords that include Candid, Ceremony, Guests, and so on.
You can apply a keyword directly to a selected image or group of images by dragging
it from the Keywords HUD to the selection in the Viewer or Browser.
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You can also show keyword controls in the control bar at the bottom of the Aperture
main window by choosing Window > Show Keyword Controls.
Using these simple controls, you can display different categories of keywords and easily
apply those keywords with a quick click or keystroke.
Your Aperture keyword scheme can ensure comprehensive accessibility to your images,
and even help with the management of your copyrights, sales, and usage rights. For
more information about assigning keywords, see Chapter 10, “Applying Keywords to
Images,” on page 199.
Grouping Images with Smart Albums
Photographers often need an easy way of regrouping and presenting images based on
the needs of a client or project. For example, a corporate client might call to request
images of a general location or subject, such as airports or Asian temples, to be
included with future collateral. Aperture allows you to easily make selections from
across the entire library of images and group them in Smart Albums, which are albums
that can be dynamically generated based on search criteria you specify.
Disclosure triangle
A Library Smart Album
has this icon.
Aperture comes with a selection of predefined Smart Albums set up in the Library for
you. For example, there are Smart Albums that gather all your select images, all images
taken in the last week, and all images taken in the last month. When you click the
Library disclosure triangle, you see the list of Smart Albums created for you. Select a
Smart Album to see its contents in the Browser
Although a Smart Album appears similar to the other projects or albums in the Projects
panel, the contents of the album are specified by search criteria. You don’t import
master files or versions into a Smart Album. You use the Query HUD to specify the
image keywords or other criteria that identify the images you want, and image versions
automatically appear in the album. By adjusting the search criteria, you change the
contents of the Smart Album.
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