Apple Aperture - 3.0 User Manual

Aperture 3

User Manual

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Welcome to Aperture13Preface

About Aperture13 About the Aperture Documentation14 Additional Resources15

An Overview of Aperture17Chapter 1

A First Look at Aperture18 Creating Projects and Importing Your Photos19 Photo Editing with Aperture24 Image Processing42 Sharing44 Sharing Images with iLife and iWork Applications50 Backing Up Your Work50

The Aperture Interface53Chapter 2

The Aperture Main Window54 Browser55 Viewer59 Tool Strip59 Inspector Pane61 Toolbar69 Control Bar71 Full Screen View72 Projects View79 Faces View81 Places View84 Slideshow Editor86 Light Table94 Webpage Editor95 Book Layout Editor102 Heads-Up Displays106 Quickly Accessing Commands111

Working with the Aperture Library113Chapter 3

Basic Components of Aperture113 Working with the Library Inspector121 Working with Library Files131 Working in Projects View136

Importing Images145Chapter 4

An Overview of Importing Images145 File Formats You Can Import into the Library146 Planning Your Import Strategy147 Importing from Your Digital Camera or Card Reader149 Importing Image Files Stored on Your Computer or Connected Servers153 Adding Additional Import Options157 Importing Images from the Finder via Drag and Drop168 Capturing Images as You Work169 Importing Folders of Images from the Finder170 Importing Images from iPhoto171 Importing Masters for Referenced Images into Folders175 Where Aperture Stores Your Managed Files in the Library177 Adding Audio Attachments to Image Files178 Reprocessing Images from Previous Versions of Aperture180

Working with Images in the Browser183Chapter 5

An Overview of the Browser184 Navigating Through and Selecting Images186 Working with Images in Filmstrip View188 Working with Images in Grid View189 Working with Images in List View191 Choosing a Workspace View194 Navigating Through Images in Quick Preview Mode195 Searching for Images in the Browser196 Rearranging Images in the Browser198 Sorting Images199 Rotating Images199 Creating Versions of an Image200 Deleting Images from the Browser201 Dragging Images into Different Projects and Albums203 Renaming Master Image Files203 Working with Referenced Images204 Working with Two or More Browsers Open211 Working with Stacks in the Browser212 Using the Loupe to Check the Focus of Images in the Browser212

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Displaying Specific Metadata with Your Images213

Displaying Images in the Viewer217Chapter 6

An Overview of the Viewer218 Showing and Hiding the Viewer221 Changing the Viewer Background222 Changing the Number of Images in the Viewer222 Comparing Images223 Viewing Stacks224 Viewing Images with the Loupe224 Viewing Images at Full Resolution230 Viewing Master Images231 Listening to Audio and Viewing Video in the Viewer232 Displaying Metadata Associated with Images236 Viewing Images on Multiple Displays236 Showing Hot and Cold Areas in Your Images238 Setting Up the Viewer for Onscreen Proofing239 Working with Preview Images239

Viewing Images in Full Screen View249Chapter 7

An Overview of Full Screen View249 Entering and Exiting Full Screen View252 Working in Viewer Mode in Full Screen View253 Working in Browser Mode in Full Screen View256 Working in Projects Mode in Full Screen View257 Using HUDs in Full Screen View258 Changing the Display of Metadata in Full Screen View260

Stacking Images and Making Picks263Chapter 8

An Overview of Stacking Images263 Creating Stacks265 Working with Stacks267

Rating Images273Chapter 9

An Overview of the Aperture Rating System273 Rating Images275 Sorting Images by Rating277 Including Image Rating in Your Workflow279 Comparing and Rating Images281

Applying Keywords to Images283Chapter 10

An Overview of Keywords283 Viewing Keywords Applied to Images286 Applying Keywords Using the Keywords HUD289

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Applying Keywords Using Keyword Controls and Keyword Presets296 Applying Keywords Using the Lift & Stamp HUD301 Applying Keywords Using the Metadata Inspector305 Applying Keywords to Images in the Light Table306 Removing Keywords from an Image307 Exporting and Importing Keyword Lists307

Working with Metadata309Chapter 11

An Overview of Working with Metadata309 Displaying Metadata with Your Images316 Viewing and Changing Metadata in the Metadata Inspector and Inspector HUD324 Working with the AutoFill Editor328 Working with Metadata Views329 Working with Metadata Presets333 Batch Changing Metadata336 More Information About IPTC Metadata337 Understanding Badge Overlays339 Adjusting Image Date and Time342

Organizing Images with Faces343Chapter 12

An Overview of Faces343 Adding Names to Faces in Your Images347 Viewing Images in Faces View349 Searching for Images by Face352 Creating Smart Albums with Images of People353

Locating and Organizing Images with Places355Chapter 13

An Overview of Places356 Controls in Places View360 Working with Location Information in Places View360 Importing and Working with GPS Track File Data375 Assigning Location Information to Projects377 Working with Location Information in the Metadata Inspector379

Searching for and Displaying Images387Chapter 14

An Overview of Searching388 About the Search Field Pop-Up Menu388 About the Filter HUD392 Searching by Rating396 Searching for Flagged Images397 Searching by Color Label398 Searching by Image Name, Caption, or Other Text399 Searching by Keyword401

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Searching by Adjustments402 Searching by Aperture Metadata403 Searching by Attachment404 Searching by Calendar405 Searching by Date407 Searching by EXIF Information407 Searching by Face408 Searching by File Status409 Searching by File Type410 Searching by Import Session411 Searching by IPTC Information412 Searching by Photo Usage414 Searching by Place415 Searching by a Combination of Criteria416 Searching Across the Entire Library417 Saving Your Search Results417

Grouping Images with Smart Albums419Chapter 15

An Overview of Smart Albums419 Collecting Images in a New Smart Album421 Searching Within a Smart Album424 Revising the Contents of a Smart Album424 Transferring Smart Album Images to Another Project or Album425 Deleting a Smart Album426

An Overview of Image Adjustments427Chapter 16

Adjustments in Aperture428 Using the Adjustment Controls430 Using the Brush Controls438 Working with Adjustment Tools in the Tool Strip439 Performing Adjustments in Full Screen View439 Applying Adjustments to a Group of Images440 Applying the Same Adjustment to an Image Multiple Times443 Working with Adjustment Presets444 Removing Adjustments452 Using Modifier Keys to Identify Color Clipping453 Using the Color Meter and Displaying Camera Information456 Using an External Editor459 Working with the RAW Fine Tuning Controls460 Understanding How to Read Histograms469 About Making Adjustments Onscreen472

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Making Image Adjustments473Chapter 17

Working with the Retouch Controls474 Working with the Red Eye Correction Controls479 Working with the Spot & Patch Controls485 Working with the Devignette Controls495 Working with the Straighten Controls497 Working with the Crop Controls499 Working with the Flip Controls504 Working with the White Balance Controls504 Working with the Exposure Controls507 Working with the Enhance Controls513 Working with the Chromatic Aberration Controls525 Working with the Noise Reduction Controls527 Working with the Highlights & Shadows Controls528 Working with the Curves Controls538 Working with the Levels Controls554 Working with the Color Controls565 Working with the Black & White Controls572 Working with the Color Monochrome Controls573 Working with the Sepia Tone Controls574 Working with the Sharpen and Edge Sharpen Controls575 Working with the Vignette Controls580

Making Brushed Adjustments585Chapter 18

An Overview of Brushed Adjustments586 Controls in the Brush HUD589 Brushing Adjustments In591 Brushing Adjustments Away593 Applying Quick Brush Adjustments594 Working with Brushes596 Working with the Skin Smoothing Quick Brush Controls605 Working with the Dodge Quick Brush Controls607 Working with the Burn Quick Brush Controls608 Working with the Polarize Quick Brush Controls609 Working with the Intensify Contrast Quick Brush Controls611 Working with the Tint Quick Brush Controls612 Working with the Contrast Quick Brush Controls613 Working with the Saturation Quick Brush Controls615 Working with the Definition Quick Brush Controls616 Working with the Vibrancy Quick Brush Controls618 Working with the Blur Quick Brush Controls619 Working with the Sharpen Quick Brush Controls620

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Working with the Halo Reduction Quick Brush Controls621 Working with the Noise Reduction Quick Brush Controls622

Printing Your Images625Chapter 19

An Overview of Printing625 Print Controls in the Print Dialog626 Printing Images and Contact Sheets in Aperture646 Printing a Book653 Printing a Light Table Arrangement653 Creating and Modifying Print Presets654 Proofing Your Images Onscreen655 Turning Off Color Management in Your Printer656

Exporting Your Images657Chapter 20

An Overview of Exporting Images658 Exporting Copies of Masters659 Exporting Image Versions660 Exporting Audio and Video Versions661 Exporting Projects, Folders, and Albums663 Working with Export Presets664 Exporting Images into Folders in the Finder673 Renaming Images at Export675 Exporting Metadata Listed in a Separate File678 Exporting Using Plug-ins679 Exporting Images to Use in Email679 Exporting by Dragging680

Creating Slideshow Presentations683Chapter 21

An Overview of Slideshows683 Playing Slideshows Using Slideshow Presets684 About Creating Slideshows with the Slideshow Editor693 Workflow for Creating a Multimedia Slideshow Presentation694 Creating Slideshow Albums695 Changing a Slideshow’s Theme698 About Editing Slideshow Transitions and Applying Effects699 Modifying Settings Applied to the Entire Slideshow700 Modifying Individual Slides and Transitions707 Adding Music and Audio to Slideshows717 Viewing Your Slideshows in Aperture728 Sharing Your Slideshow Movies729

Using the Light Table731Chapter 22 An Overview of the Light Table732

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Creating a Light Table Album733 Placing and Viewing Images in the Light Table734 Moving and Resizing Images in the Light Table736 Aligning and Arranging Images in the Light Table737 Adjusting the Light Table View740 Printing Light Table Arrangements741 Deleting a Light Table Album741

Creating Books743Chapter 23

An Overview of Creating Books744 Planning Your Book746 Creating a Book Album747 Controls in the Book Layout Editor749 Choosing a Theme749 Viewing Pages750 Placing Images in a Book752 Adding and Removing Pages755 Working with Pages761 Working with Images765 Working with Text775 Working with the Layout Options Inspector780 Working with Master Pages781 Working with Custom Themes784 Copying a Book Album785 Printing Books786 Ordering Books from Third-Party Print Vendors Using Plug-ins786

Creating Webpages789Chapter 24

An Overview of Creating Webpages789 Creating Web Galleries and Web Journals790 Viewing and Navigating Through Webpages794 Choosing and Modifying Themes795 Working with Web Gallery Pages796 Working with Web Journal Pages797 Exporting Webpages800 Working with Web Export Presets803

Sharing Your Images Online809Chapter 25

An Overview of Sharing Images810 Publishing Images to Your MobileMe Gallery812 Publishing Images to Flickr and Facebook820 Working with Multiple MobileMe, Flickr, and Facebook Accounts829 Disabling and Enabling MobileMe, Flickr, and Facebook Accounts829

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Backing Up Your Images831Chapter 26

An Overview of the Backup Workflow831 Planning Your Backup System832 Controls in the Vault Pane834 Creating Vaults835 Updating Vaults836 Disconnecting a Vault’s Hard Disk Drive from Your System Temporarily837 Reconnecting a Vault’s Hard Disk Drive to Your System837 Deleting a Vault Permanently838 Restoring Your Aperture System838 Repairing and Rebuilding Your Aperture Library839

Customizing the Aperture Workspace841Chapter 27

Changing Main Window Layouts841 Setting Aperture Preferences842 Customizing the Toolbar850 Customizing Keyboard Shortcuts851

Calibrating Your Aperture System859Appendix A

An Overview of Color Management859 Calibrating Your Camera862 Calibrating and Profiling Your Display863 Calibrating and Profiling Your Printer864

Setting Up an Aperture System867Appendix B

Setting Up a Basic System868 Optional Equipment to Consider869 Setting Up Your System with Two Displays870 Configuring Mac OS X for Multiple Displays871

875Glossary

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Welcome to Aperture

Aperture is a powerful and easy-to-use digital image management system that can track thousands of digital images and provides the avid photographer with high-quality image management and adjustment tools.

With Aperture, you can efficiently import digital images, perform a photo edit, adjust and retouch images, publish images for the web or print, export libraries for use on other Aperture systems, merge libraries, and back up your entire image library for safekeeping. Aperture lets you work with high-quality JPEG, TIFF, and RAW image files—and even HD video files—directly from your camera or card reader and maintain that high quality throughout your workflow.

This preface covers the following:

• About Aperture (p. 13)

• About the Aperture Documentation (p. 14)

• Additional Resources (p. 15)

Preface

About Aperture

Designed for the needs of professional photographers, Aperture is a photo editing and management 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 imagemanagement: An open library structure letsyou store photos, audio clips, and video clips anywhere you want. You can have Aperture store image, audio, and video files in the library or simply link to the 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 ofprojects and provides flexible organizational tools, comprehensive metadata support, and powerful search tools that let you find files instantly. You can export any part of your library, make changes to it on a second Aperture system, and then merge it back into the library of your primary Aperture system.

• 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 thatyou don’t accidentally overwrite or modify them.

• Versatileprinting 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.

• Robust backup: Beginning at import, you can set Aperture to automatically back up copies of your image files. You can also use the Vault pane of the Library inspector to manage multiple vaults (containing copies of the Aperture library), which can then be stored in offsite locations, protecting your library of image assets in the case of a catastrophic event.

About the Aperture Documentation

Aperture comes with various documents that provide detailed information about using the application.

• Aperture 3 User Manual: This comprehensive document describes theAperture interface, commands, and menusand gives step-by-step instructions for creating Aperture libraries and for accomplishing specific tasks. It is written for users of all levels of experience. The Aperture 3 User Manual is available in Aperture Help (in Aperture, choose Help > Aperture Help).

Note: This manual is not intended to be a complete guide to the art of photography. Much of the photography-specific information presented here is very general in nature and is supplied to provide a context for the terminology used whendescribing Aperture functions.

• Exploring Aperture: This document provides a quick introduction to the main features of Aperture. A PDF version of the printed Exploring Aperture manual is available in Aperture Help.

• Aperture 3 Keyboard Shortcuts: This document provides keyboard shortcuts you can use to perform tasks in Aperture. A PDFversion of the printed Aperture 3 Keyboard Shortcuts card is available in Aperture Help.

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Additional Resources

Along with the documentation that comes with Aperture, there are a variety of other resources you can use to find out more about Aperture.

Aperture Websites

For general information and updates, as well as the latest news on Aperture, go to:

• http://www.apple.com/aperture

For a list of online video tutorials, go to:

• http://www.apple.com/aperture/howto

For a list of online resources, including third-party training materials, go to:

• http://www.apple.com/aperture/resources

Apple Service and Support Websites

For software updates and answers to the most frequently asked questions for all Apple products, go to the general Apple Support webpage. You’ll also have access to product specifications, reference documentation, and Apple and third-party product technical articles.

• http://www.apple.com/support

For software updates, documentation, discussion forums, and answers to the most frequently asked questions for Aperture, go to:

• http://www.apple.com/support/aperture

For discussion forums specific to Aperture, where you can search for an answer, post your question, or answer other users’ questions, go to:

• http://discussions.apple.com

To provide comments and feedback about Aperture, go to:

• http://www.apple.com/feedback/aperture.html

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An Overview of Aperture

Aperture is designed to be the center of your digital photography workflow, from capturing new images to the final delivery of professional-quality photographs. You can also use Aperture to organize your audio and video clips for use with multimedia slideshow presentations, share photos with social networking websites, and publish photos on your personal website.

This chapter provides an overview of how Aperture works and what you can do with it. However, this chapter doesn’t provide all the detailed information and instructions needed to perform work on your images. If you’re new to Aperture, thischapter is for you. If you’re familiar with the Aperture features and interface, feel free to skip this chapter. Once you’re familiar withAperture, you’ll find in-depth explanations and instructions in later chapters.

This chapter covers the following:

• A First Look at Aperture (p. 18)

• Creating Projects and Importing Your Photos (p. 19)

• Photo Editing with Aperture (p. 24)

• Image Processing (p. 42)

• Sharing (p. 44)

• Sharing Images with iLife and iWork Applications (p. 50)

• Backing Up Your Work (p. 50)

A First Look at Aperture

Toolbar

Projects view

Your projects appear here in the Library inspector.

Click here to open the Import pane and Import browser.

Tabs for the Library inspector, Metadata inspector, and Adjustments inspector

When you first open Aperture, you see the following areas:

Note: Because you can customize the toolbar, adding and deleting buttons and controls, your toolbarmay look different from the one pictured in this manual. Formore information about changing the toolbar, see Customizing the Toolbar.

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After you import images into projects, your screen will look similar to this:

Your project’s thumbnail images

Aperture imports the images into a project. Click the project to see its images in the Browser.

About the Aperture Sample Library

The Aperture installation disc includes a sample library with several projects containing high-resolution images. You can import the sample library into your existing Aperture library 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 digital camera or card reader to your computer and Aperture automatically detects it. You can then easily import your new images into Aperture.

Aperture automatically imports any audio attachments associated with your image files, provided they have the same filename. In addition to importing photos into Aperture, you can also import QuickTime-compatible audio and video files.

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Creating Projects

Folder

Project

Albums

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 shoot of a foot race in Antarctica, you might create a new project named Antarctica and import the photos into it. When you need tofurther subdivide and organize images in a project, you can create albums.

Your new project appears in a list in the Library inspector.

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 are easy to identify and access.

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 Working with the Aperture

Library.

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Viewing Projects in Projects View

Projects view

Aperture organizes the images in your library using projects. Projects view provides a convenient way to visually review the projects in your library. When you select Projects in the Library inspector, the Aperture main window switches to Projects view. Each project is represented by a single image, but you can move the pointer over each project to reveal all the images in the project in succession.

You can choose one image per project to appear as the “key photo” when reviewing your projects in Projects view. You can also have Aperture group the projects according to either the year the images were taken or the folder each project resides in.

For more information about Projects view, see Working in Projects View.

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Working with the Aperture Trash

Deleted images are placed in the Aperture Trash until you empty it.

Library item in the Aperture Trash

As you delete versions, masters, projects, folders, and albums in Aperture, they are placed in the Aperture Trash. The Aperture Trash acts as a container of final review. When you empty the Aperture Trash, its contents are removed from Aperture.

For more information about working with the Trash,see Working with the Aperture Trash.

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Importing Images with the Import Browser

When you click this button, your images are imported into the selected project or a new project.

Specify import options here.

Select your camera, card reader, or computer hard disk here.

When you connect a digital camera or card reader to your computer, the Import pane and Import browser appear.You canselect your camera or card reader and see the images you’re about to import. You can select and import all the images or only those you want. You can also select image files on your hard disk for importing.

After you select the images you want to import, you can specify options for importing your images. For example, you can specify that your imagesbe imported into the Aperture library file in the Pictures folder, or you can choose another location in which 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, location, and 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 these images and stack them 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 themto its managementsystem without changing the image locations. This means that you can use Aperture to 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:

• DNG

• GIF

• JPEG

• 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/specs.

In addition to importing digital image files, Aperture can also import any QuickTime-compatible media file, such as an audio or video file. For more information, see Importing Images.

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 Library 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.

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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.

Select images here. A selected image appears with a white outline.

The Browser can display 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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If you want to work with your images in detail, you can view them in Full Screen view.

Filmstrip available in Full Screen view

Toolbar available in Full Screen view

The displayed image fills the screen.

To see images in Full Screen view, press F. Press F again to exit Full Screen view.

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In Full Screen view, you can change the display of images to show single images, three

Image thumbnails shown in the Full Screen view Browser mode

images, or up to twelve images at once. You can also set Full Screen view to show your images in three modes: Viewer, Browser, and Projects. Viewer mode displays your images at high resolution, allowing you to work with an image in fine detail while applying complex image adjustments. Browser mode is similar to theBrowser in the Aperture main window, in that it provides controls for searching for and sorting thumbnail images. To switch between the Full Screen view Viewer mode and Browser mode, press V.

While in Browser mode, you can enter Projects mode by clicking the Projects button at the top-left corner of the screen. Projects mode provides the same controls as the Projects view in the Aperture main window, but the thumbnail images representing projects are placed over a solid background. To view the thumbnails for a project in Browser mode, double-click the project’s thumbnail image.

Displaying your images clearly and accurately is a pivotal function of Aperture. Aperture allows you to take advantage of the latest display technology and view and work with your images in Full Screen view and on multiple 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.

For more information about using Full Screen view, see Viewing Images in Full Screen

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Using Multi-Touch Trackpad Gestures with Aperture

If your portable computer has a Multi-Touch trackpad, you can use Multi-Touch trackpad gestures when working with Aperture. For example, when working with images in the Browser, you can use the rotate gesture to rotate images and the swipe gesture to select a different image. In addition to using the standard trackpad gestures used with Mac portable computers, you can also use Multi-Touch trackpad gestures with the following Aperture features.

Multi-Touch trackpad gesturesFeature

Browser in grid view

• Use the pinch gesture to change the size of thumbnails in the Browser.

• Use the rotate gesture to rotate the image beneath the pointer.

• Use the swipe gesture to select a different image.

Browser in list view

Browser in filmstrip view (Split View layout) and filmstrip in Full Screen view (Viewer mode)

Light Table

Book Layout Editor

Slideshows

Loupe tool

Crop tool

• Use the pinch gesture to change the size of thumbnails in the Browser.

• Use the swipe gesture to select a different image.

• Use the pinch gesture to change the size of thumbnails in the Browser or the filmstrip.

• Use the rotate gesture to rotate the image beneath the pointer.

• Use the swipe gesture to select a different image.

• Use the pinch gesture to zoom in to or out of the Light Table or to change the size of the image beneath the pointer.

• Use the pinch gesture to zoom in to or out of the selected page or resize the object beneath the pointer on the page. (The Edit Layout button must be selected to resize objects on the page.)

• Use the rotate gesture to rotate objects. You can also hold down the Shift key as you use the rotate gesture to restrict rotation to 15-degree increments.

• Use the swipe gesture to change pages.

• Use the swipe gesture to display the next or previous slide during a slideshow.

• Use the pinch gesture tochange the Loupe size. (As with previous versions of Aperture, you canalso use thescroll gesture tochange the Loupe magnification.)

• Use the pinch gesture to create a crop selection and change its size.

For more information about working with a Multi-Touch trackpad, see Mac Help.

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• Use the rotate gesture to change the amount of image rotation.Straighten tool

Working with Heads-Up Displays

Inspector HUD showing the Adjustments pane

To work efficiently in Aperture, you can use floating windows of controls called heads-up displays (HUDs) to modify images. For example, when you view images in Aperture in Full

Screen view, you can open an Inspector HUD to adjust your images. Holding down the Shift key while performing an adjustment temporarily hides the Inspector HUD, giving you an unobstructed view of your image as you adjust it.

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As you work on your images, you can position HUDs anywhere on the screen and use

Drag a keyword from the Keywords HUD to apply it to an image.

Keywords HUD

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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