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Apple Aperture - 2.0 User Manual

Aperture 2
User Manual
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Apple Inc.
Copyright © 2008 Apple Inc. All rights reserved.
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Contents

Preface 13 Introducing Aperture
14
What’s Next?
Part I Interface and Acquisition
Chapter 1 17 An Overview of Aperture
18
A First Look at Aperture
19
Creating Projects and Importing Your Photos
23
Photo Editing with Aperture
34
Image Processing
35
Distribution
40
Sharing Images with iLife and iWork Applications
41
Backing Up Your Work
Chapter 2 43 The Aperture Interface
44
The Aperture Main Window
45
Browser
48
Viewer
50
Full Screen View
57
Inspector Pane
61
Toolbar
62
Control Bar
64
Import Pane
65
Vault Pane
66
Book Layout Editor
70
Webpage Editor
73
Light Table
74
Heads-Up Displays
77
Changing Views
78
Customizing the Toolbar
80
Customizing Keyboard Shortcuts
86
Setting Aperture Preferences
3
Chapter 3 93 Working with Aperture Projects
94
Basic Components of Aperture
10 0
Working with Projects
101
Creating and Naming Projects
10 3
Opening and Closing Projects
10 4
Creating and Showing Favorite Projects
10 5
Deleting Images from Projects and Albums
10 5
Deleting Items from the Projects Inspector
10 6
Working with Library Files
10 8
Working with the Library in the Projects Inspector
10 8
Quickly Accessing Commands
Chapter 4 109 Importing Images
11 0
An Overview of Importing Images
111
File Formats You Can Import into the Library
111
Planning Your Import Strategy
113
Importing from Your Digital Camera or Card Reader
11 9
Importing Image Files Stored on Your Computer
12 7
Automatically Naming Your Imported Images
13 2
Adding Metadata to Images During Import
13 3
Creating Stacks Automatically During Import
13 4
Adjusting the Image File’s Time When Importing
13 4
Dragging Files from the Finder to the Projects Inspector
13 5
Capturing Images as You Work
13 8
Importing Folders of Images from the Finder
13 9
Importing Your iPhoto Library
141
Browsing and Selecting Images from Your iPhoto Library
14 3
Transferring Projects from Another System
3
Making an Immediate Backup
14 14 4
Where Aperture Stores Your Managed Files in the Library
14 4
Migrating Images from Previous Versions of Aperture
Part II Photo Editing
Chapter 5 149 Working with Images in the Browser
15 0
An Overview of the Browser
15 3
Navigating Through and Selecting Images
15 5
Working with Images in Filmstrip View
15 6
Working with Images in Grid View
157
Working with Images in List View
15 8
Choosing a Workspace View
160
Navigating Through Images in Quick Preview Mode
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Contents
161
Searching for Images in the Browser
162
Rearranging Images in the Browser
163
Sorting Images
163
Rotating Images
165
Creating Versions of an Image
166
Deleting Images from the Browser
168
Dragging Images into Different Projects and Albums
169
Working with Referenced Images
17 6
Working with Two or More Projects Open
17 6
Displaying Specific Metadata with Your Images
Chapter 6 179 Displaying Images in the Viewer
18 0
An Overview of the Viewer
18 2
Showing and Hiding the Viewer
18 2
Changing the Viewer Background
183
Changing the Number of Images in the Viewer
18 4
Comparing Images
185
Viewing Stacks
185
Viewing Images with the Loupe
19 0
Showing Hot and Cold Areas in Your Images
191
Viewing Images at Full Resolution
19 2
Viewing Master Images
19 2
Setting Up the Viewer for Onscreen Proofing
19 3
Viewing Images on Multiple Displays
19 4
Displaying Metadata Associated with Images
19 6
Working with Preview Images
206
Quickly Accessing Commands
Chapter 7 207
Viewing Images in Full Screen View
208
An Overview of Full Screen View
209
Entering and Exiting Full Screen View
209
Working with the Filmstrip in Full Screen View
211
Working with the Toolbar in Full Screen View
214
Using HUDs in Full Screen View
216
Changing the Display of Metadata in Full Screen View
217
Using Keyboard Shortcuts in Full Screen View
218
Quickly Accessing Commands
Chapter 8 219 Stacking Images and Making Picks
219
An Overview of Stacking Images
221
Creating Stacks
225
Working with Stacks
231
Keyboard Shortcuts for Working with Stacks
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Chapter 9 233 Rating Images
234
An Overview of the Aperture Rating System
236
Rating Images
238
Sorting Images by Rating
239
Including Image Rating in Your Workflow
240
Comparing and Rating Images
242
Keyboard Shortcuts for Displaying Images with Specific Ratings
Chapter 10 243 Applying Keywords to Images
244
An Overview of Keywords
246
Viewing Keywords Applied to Images
250
Applying Keywords Using the Keywords HUD
257
Applying Keywords Using Keyword Controls and Keyword Presets
262
Applying Keywords Using the Lift & Stamp HUD
266
Applying Keywords Using the Metadata Inspector
267
Applying Keywords to Images in the Light Table
267
Removing Keywords from an Image
268
Importing and Exporting Keyword Lists
Chapter 11 269 Working with Metadata
270
An Overview of Metadata, Metadata Views, and Metadata Presets
273
Displaying Metadata with Your Images
277
Turning the Display of Metadata On or Off
278
Viewing and Changing Metadata in the Metadata Inspector and Inspector HUD
279
Working with the AutoFill Editor
281
Working with Metadata Views
284
Working with Metadata Presets
288 Batch Changing Metadata 289 More Information About IPTC Metadata 290 Understanding Badge Overlays 293 Adjusting Image Date and Time
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er 12 295 Searching for and Displaying Images
Chapt
296 An Overview of Searching 300 Controls in the Query HUD 301 Searching Across the Entire Library 302 Searching by Image Name, Caption, or Other Text 303 Searching by Keyword 305 Searching by Date 307 Searching by Rating 308 Searching by IPTC Information 309 Searching by EXIF Information
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310 Searching by Adjustments
311 Searching by Import Session 312 Searching by File Status 312 Searching by Other Metadata 313 Searching by a Combination of Criteria 315 Saving Your Search Results
Chapter 13 317 Grouping Images with Smart Albums
318 An Overview of Smart Albums
320 Collecting Images in a New Smart Album
321 Searching Within a Smart Album 322 Revising the Contents of a Smart Album 323 Transferring Smart Album Images to Another Project or Album 324 Deleting a Smart Album
Part III Performing Image Adjustments
Chapter 14 327 An Overview of Image Adjustments
328 An Overview of Adjustments in Aperture 332 Using the Adjustment Controls 333 Working with Adjustment Tools in the Viewer 334 Performing Adjustments in Full Screen View 335 Applying Adjustments to a Group of Images 337 Working with Adjustment Presets 342 Remove Adjustments Command 342 Using Modifier Keys to Identify Color Clipping 346 Using the Color Meter 350 Using an External Editor
351 Working with the RAW Fine Tuning Controls 360 Understanding How to Read Histograms
Chapter 15 365 Making Image Adjustments
366 Working with Automatic Adjustments 367 Using the Auto Exposure Button 369 Using the Auto Levels Combined Button 370 Using the Auto Levels Separate Button
371 Setting the Auto Levels Options 372 Resetting Auto Levels Adjustments 372 Working with the Red Eye Correction Controls 373 Reducing Red-Eye Using the Red Eye Tool
374 Adjusting the Size of Red Eye Target Overlays 377 Adjusting the Sensitivity of Red Eye Target Overlays
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378 Viewing the Corrected Image Without Red Eye Target Overlays 379 Moving Red Eye Target Overlays 380 Deleting Red Eye Target Overlays
381 Working with the Retouch and Spot & Patch Controls
381 Working with the Retouch Controls 386 Working with the Spot & Patch Controls 398 Working with the Devignette Controls 399 Working with the Straighten Controls 400 Rotating Images with the Straighten Tool 401 Rotating Images with the Straighten Controls 402 Working with the Crop Controls 403 Cropping Images with the Crop Tool 406 Displaying the Cropped Image Without the Crop Overlay 406 Cropping Images with the Crop Controls 408 Working with the White Balance Controls 409 Adjusting White Balance in the Image with the White Balance Eyedropper
410 Adjusting the Color Temperature of the Image with the Temp Controls
411 Adjusting the Tint of the Image with the Tint Controls 412 Working with the Exposure Controls 412 Correcting Exposure in the Image 413 Recovering Highlight Details in the Image 414 Setting the Image’s Blacks 416 Adjusting Brightness in the Image 417 Working with the Enhance Controls 417 Adjusting Contrast in the Image 419 Adjusting Definition in the Image
420 Adjusting Saturation in the Image
421 Adjusting Vibrancy in the Image 422 Setting the Tint of the Black, Gray, and White Values in the Image 429 Working with the Levels Controls 429 Adjusting the Luminance Levels in an Image 432 Showing Quarter-Tone Levels Controls 432 Adjusting the Brightness of an Image with the Brightness Levels Sliders 433 Using Levels for Color Correction 435 Working with the Highlights & Shadows Controls 436 Adjusting Brightness Values in the Highlight Areas of the Image 437 Adjusting Brightness Values in the Shadow Areas of the Image 438 Using the Highlights & Shadows Advanced Settings 445 Working with the Color Controls 447 Adjusting the Color of the Image with the Color Controls
451 Adjusting Custom Colors Using the Color Eyedropper 452 Working with the Monochrome Mixer Controls 452 Choosing a Monochrome Mixer Preset
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454 Using the Monochrome Mixer Controls 455 Working with the Color Monochrome Controls 456 Working with the Sepia Tone Controls 457 Working with the Noise Reduction Controls 458 Working with the Sharpen and Edge Sharpen Controls 459 Working with the Edge Sharpen Controls 462 Understanding the Edge Sharpen Workflow 462 Working with the Sharpen Controls 463 Working with the Vignette Controls 464 Applying an Exposure Vignette 465 Applying a Gamma Vignette 467 Switching Vignette Types
Part IV Distribution and Backup
Chapter 16 471 Printing Your Images
472 An Overview of Printing 474 Controls in the Print Dialog 477 Printing a Single Image 477 Printing a Series of Images 478 Printing a Contact Sheet or Series of Contact Sheets 479 Printing a Book 480 Printing a Light Table Arrangement 480 Creating and Modifying Print Presets 482 Proofing Your Images Onscreen 483 Calibrating Your Printer 484 Turning Off Color Management in Your Printer
Chapter 17 487 Exporting Your Images
487 An Overview of Exporting Images 489 Exporting Copies of Masters 492 Exporting Image Versions 505 Working with Export Presets
Chapter 18 509 Creating Slideshow Presentations
510 An Overview of Slideshows 512 Creating a Slideshow 513 Controlling a Slideshow 513 Arranging the Order of a Slideshow’s Images 514 Controls in the Slideshow Presets Dialog 516 Creating Slideshow Presets 517 Modifying Slideshow Presets
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518 Creating a Growing Grid of Images 519 Playing Your Slideshow on Your Main Display Only
520 Displaying Your Images to Music
Chapter 19 523 Using the Light Table
524 An Overview of the Light Table 525 Creating a Light Table Album 526 Placing and Viewing Images in the Light Table 527 Moving and Resizing Images in the Light Table 528 Aligning and Arranging Images in the Light Table
531 Adjusting the Light Table View 532 Setting View Options for the Light Table 532 Transferring Images from the Light Table 533 Printing a Light Table Arrangement 534 Deleting a Light Table Album
Chapter 20 535 Creating Webpages
536 An Overview of Creating Webpages 538 Creating Webpages 542 Creating Web Journals 544 Viewing and Navigating Through Webpages 545 Choosing and Modifying Themes 548 Working with Webpages 549 Working with Web Journal Pages
551 Exporting Webpages 555 Working with Web Export Presets 560 Publishing Images to Web Galleries
Chapter 21 567 Creating Books
568 An Overview of Creating Books 573 Planning Your Book
575 Creating a Book Album 576 Controls in the Book Layout Editor 579 Choosing a Theme 580 Viewing Pages 582 Placing Images in a Book 584 Adding and Removing Pages 589 Working with Pages 593 Working with Images 598 Working with Text 603 Working with the Layout Options Inspector 604 Working with Master Pages 607 Working with Custom Themes
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608 Copying a Book Album 609 Printing Books
Chapter 22 611 Backing Up Your Images
612 An Overview of the Backup Workflow 613 Planning Your Backup System 614 Working with the Vault Pane 616 Creating Vaults 617 Updating Vaults 618 Disconnecting a Vault’s Hard Drive from Your System Temporarily 618 Reconnecting a Vault’s Hard Drive to your System 619 Deleting a Vault Permanently 619 Backing Up Images from a Portable in the Field
621 Restoring Your Aperture System
Part V Appendixes and Glossary
Appendix A 625 Setting Up an Aperture System
626 Setting Up a Basic System 627 Optional Equipment to Consider 629 Setting Up Your System with Two Displays
631 Configuring Mac OS X for Multiple Displays
Appendix B 635 Calibrating Your Aperture System
635 An Overview of Color Management 639 Calibrating Your Camera 640 Calibrating and Profiling Your Display 642 Calibrating and Profiling Your Printer
Glossary 643
Index 671
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Introducing Aperture

Aperture is a powerful and easy-to-use digital image management system that can track thousands of digital images and provides the advanced 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: An 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 “masters” and 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.
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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 a hands-on introduction to the basics of Aperture, see Exploring Aperture. You can
try out Aperture features as you work with the sample images to quickly get acquainted with the Aperture digital photography workflow.
 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 a list of the keyboard shortcuts you can use to perform tasks in Aperture, see
Aperture Keyboard Shortcuts.
 For the most recent technical and release information about Aperture, choose
Late-Breaking News from the Aperture Help menu.
 For information about new features in Aperture, choose New Features from 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.
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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. 18)
 Creating Projects and Importing Your Photos (p. 19)
 Photo Editing with Aperture (p. 23)
 Image Processing (p. 34)
 Distribution (p. 35)
 Sharing Images with iLife and iWork Applications (p. 40)
 Backing Up Your Work (p. 41)
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A First Look at Aperture

When you first open Aperture, you see the following areas:
Click here to open the Import pane and Import dialog.
Click these tabs to open
the Projects inspector,
Metadata inspector, or
Adjustments inspector.
Your projects appear here
in the Projects inspector.
Toolbar
Viewer
Browser
Click here to open the Vault pane. 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 78.
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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 project, your screen will look similar to this:
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 sample projects. You can import the sample 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.
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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 soccer sports shoot, you might create a new project named World Cup Soccer and import the photos into it.
Your new project appears in a list in the Projects inspector.
Project
Folders
Projects
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 93.
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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 or select and import only those you want. You can also select image files on your hard disk for importing.
Select your camera, card
reader, or hard disk here.
Specify a project to
import your images into.
Specify import options here.
When you click this button 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 you can 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 location. 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 you can 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 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
 DNG
 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 109.
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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 images.
Viewing and Working with Images
To work with your images, you select a project in the Projects inspector and Aperture displays that project’s images in the Browser. You use the Browser to review, organize, and select images. You can display the Browser only or display the Browser and a Viewer that shows images in detail.
When you select a thumbnail image in the Browser, the image appears in the Viewer.
The Viewer displays the selected image.
Select images here.
A selected image appears
with a white outline.
The Browser can show your images as thumbnails arranged as a row in a filmstrip or as a grid of thumbnails appearing in rows and columns. 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 view, where you can work with them in detail.
Toolbar available in Full Screen view
The displayed image fills
the screen.
Filmstrip available
in Full Screen view
To see images in Full Screen view, you press F. Press F again to exit Full Screen view.
In Full Screen view, 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 view, see Chapter 7, “Viewing Images in Full Screen View,” on page 207.
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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 view 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 windows of controls called heads­up displays (HUDs) to change images. For example, when you view images in Aperture
in Full Screen view, you can open an Inspector HUD to adjust your images.
Inspector HUD showing the Adjustments pane
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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Metadata inspector
Working with Inspectors
Aperture also provides an Adjustments inspector for applying adjustments and a Metadata inspector that allows you to review metadata and assign it to your images. You can show or hide the Adjustments and Metadata inspectors by clicking the appropriate tab at the top of the Inspector pane. Showing the inspectors is as easy as pressing the I key.
Inspector tabs
For more information about making adjustments and retouching your images, see Chapter 15, “Making Image Adjustments,” on page 365.
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Rating Images with Aperture
You can rate images as you review them in the Viewer, in the Browser, or in Full Screen view. By selecting an image and pressing a number key from 0 to 5, 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. Rating controls for assigning ratings also appear in the control bar and in the filmstrip in Full Screen view, if you prefer to use them.
Stars indicate the rating. X indicates a rejected
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 233.
image
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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 295.
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Comparing Photos
Aperture allows you to carefully compare images. You select an image in Compare mode to have Aperture display it for comparison against other images in a selection.
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 three 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 219.
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