Apple Aperture - 3.0 Exploring
Exploring Aperture
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Contents
7 Chapter 1: Finding Your Way Around Aperture
8 Before You Begin
8 Opening Aperture
12 Exploring the Library Inspector
22 Exploring the Toolbar
32 Useful Keyboard Shortcuts
33 Key Concepts
35 Chapter 2: Importing Images
35 Exploring Import Options
44 Learning About Importing Images
46 Key Concepts
47 Chapter 3: Exploring Photo Editing
48 Stacking Images
53 Comparing Images
56 Rating Images
61 Assigning Keywords to Images
66 Key Concepts
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67 Chapter 4: Exploring Faces
68 Naming Faces
78 Key Concepts
79 Chapter 5: Exploring Places
80 Working with Places View
92 Key Concepts
93 Chapter 6: Exploring Adjustments
95 Applying Adjustment Presets to Versions
99 Making Adjustments in Full Screen View
106 Brushing On Adjustments
111 Key Concepts
113 Chapter 7: Sharing Images Online
113 Setting Up Your Accounts
116 Publishing to a MobileMe Gallery
121 Publishing Images to Flickr
125 Key Concepts
127 Chapter 8: Working with an Aperture Book
127 Exploring an Aperture Book
133 Learning About Aperture Books
136 Key Concepts
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137 Chapter 9: Creating an Aperture Slideshow
137 Presenting Slideshows
147 Key Concepts
149 Chapter 10: Printing from Aperture
150 Exploring Printing
15 6 Learning About Printing
15 7 Key Concepts
15 9 Chapter 11: Getting Answers
15 9 Exploring Aperture Help
160 What’s Next?
Contents
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Welcome to Aperture. If you’re new to the Aperture digital
image workow, this guide is for you. Here you’ll open
a sample library and learn by doing.
Each chapter of this book presents major features and guides you in trying things out.
Feel free to explore on your own. Have fun learning the basics. Later, when you feel
comfortable, you can bring in your own photos and begin serious work with Aperture.
This book assumes that you’ve installed Aperture on your computer and that you have
the Aperture installation disc in your computer’s DVD drive.
If you haven’t installed Aperture yet: See the Installing Your Software booklet.
If you haven’t inserted the Aperture installation disc in your DVD drive: Locate the
Aperture installation disc in your Aperture box and insert it in your DVD drive now.
If you prefer to start by reading in-depth explanations of concepts and procedures used
with Aperture: Open Aperture, then choose Help > Aperture Help. Then click the link
to the user manual.
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The Aperture installation disc contains a sample library designed to help you become
familiar with Aperture.
To copy the sample library to your computer
Drag the Aperture 3 Sample Library le and the Wyoming folder from the Aperture
installation disc into the Pictures folder on your hard disk.
Opening Aperture
You’ll start by opening Aperture and using a sample library of images.
To open Aperture
Double-click the Aperture icon in your Applications folder.1
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If a dialog appears asking whether you want to use Aperture when you connect a 2
digital camera, click either Use Aperture or Decide Later, as you wish.
When you rst open Aperture, a welcome window appears, oering access to online
tutorials and helpful training.
Click the Close button.3
When a dialog appears asking whether you want to see your photos on a map, click Yes.4
Aperture is now set to automatically locate photos based on GPS information recorded
with them. You’ll see how this feature works later; for now, just click Yes. You can turn o
this feature later using Aperture preferences, if you want.
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Choose File > Switch to Library > Other.5
When a dialog appears asking which library you want Aperture to use, select 6
Aperture 3 Sample Library and click Choose.
The main window appears, complete with sample projects and images that you can
use to try out Aperture features.
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On the left you see the Library inspector, where you create and work with projects that
Projects
Select Projects here.
Library inspector
hold your images.
Now you’re ready to explore the main window.
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Exploring the Library Inspector
Key photo representing
the project
First you’ll explore important features in the Library inspector.
Try This
Feel free to try out any of the following to see what happens.
Review projects
Select Projects at the top of the Library inspector. The main window switches to
Projects view, showing the projects in the library.
Move the pointer left or right across a project to quickly skim its images. Projects view
provides a simple way of browsing projects.
Double-click the project image to open the project. The Browser shows the images in
the project.
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Review all your photos
Click here to see
all your photos.
Select Photos in the Library inspector. The Browser shows all the individual images in
the library.
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Review photos of people in the library
Select Faces in the Library inspector. The main window switches to Faces view, showing
faces that have been identied in your images. Aperture uses face detection and face
recognition technology to automatically scan and identify faces that appear in your
images. You’ll learn more about this feature later.
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Review images by location
Location of the
selected image
Selected image
Select Places in the Library inspector. The main window switches to Places view,
showing the locations of your images on a world map.
Aperture can automatically locate images on the map if the camera has recorded GPS
information. You can also manually specify the location of an image, and Aperture
identies the image’s map location. You can easily identify and group images taken at
a specic location and use a world map to nd images taken at shoot locations. You’ll
learn more about this feature later.
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View agged images
Flagged images
Click Flagged to display
flagged images.
Select Flagged in the Library inspector. All the agged images now appear together
in Flagged view. You can ag any image you want by selecting it in the Browser and
pressing Slash (/). To unag an image, select it and press Slash again.
View deleted items
Click the Trash icon in the Library inspector. The window changes to show items
waiting to be permanently deleted from the library. Because nothing has been deleted,
no items appear now.
When you delete an item, it is placed in the Aperture Trash, but it is not yet deleted
from the library. You can review the images in the Aperture Trash to see whether any
images should be restored, or you can empty the Trash to permanently delete the
images. When you empty the Aperture Trash, the items are placed in the Finder Trash,
where you can still retrieve them or permanently delete them by emptying the Trash.
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View images rated ve stars
Select this album.
Select the ve-star Smart Album in the Library inspector. The Browser shows all
images that have been rated ve stars. Whenever you rate a new image ve stars, it
automatically appears in this album.
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View video clips in the library
Select the Videos Smart Album in the Library inspector. The Browser shows all video 1
clips that have been imported into the library. Whenever you import a new video clip, it
automatically appears in this album.
Double-click a video clip to open it. Click the Play button to view the clip. 2
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Select a folder
Split View button
Select this folder.
Browser
Click the Wildlife folder in the Library inspector to select it. (You may have to scroll in the 1
Library inspector to see the Wildlife folder.) Then click the Split View button in the toolbar.
Click images in the Browser to see them displayed in the Viewer.2
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Select a project
Select this project.
Select the Bears project in the Wildlife folder in the Library inspector. The Browser 1
changes to show the images in the project.
Shift-click images in the Browser to select multiple images at once. The Viewer changes 2
to display the selected images.
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Select an album
Select this Smart Album.
Select the Alaska Smart Album in the Library inspector. 1
The Browser changes to show the images in the Smart Album. A Smart Album
automatically gathers images and other items based on search criteria that you
specify. In this case, the Alaska Smart Album displays any image that has the word
Alaska assigned as a keyword or as part of the caption.
Select an image in the Browser, then hold down the Shift key while pressing the arrow 2
keys to select multiple images. Command-click images that are not adjacent to select
them. Command-click images again to deselect them.
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Exploring the Toolbar
Toolbar
The Aperture toolbar provides easy access to frequently used features. In this section
you’ll explore some of the buttons and controls in the toolbar.
Try This
Show or hide the Inspector pane
Click the Inspector button in the toolbar to hide the Inspector pane, giving you more 1
room to work on images.
Click the Inspector button again to show the Inspector pane.2
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Show or hide the Import pane and the Import browser
Import button
Import pane
Import browser
Click the Import button in the toolbar to open the Import pane and Import browser. 1
With the Import pane and Import browser open, you can select your camera or les on
your computer and import images into Aperture.
Click the Import button again to hide the Import pane and Import browser.2
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Create a new item in the Library inspector
New pop-up menu
Click the New pop-up menu in the toolbar to open it.
With the New pop-up menu open, you can choose the new item that you want to
create. You can create projects, folders, albums, and more. Don’t create anything new
for now.
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Change to the Browser layout
Browser button
Browser
Click the Browser button in the toolbar.
The main window layout changes to show a large view of the Browser, so you can
easily review images in a selected folder, project, or album.
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Change to the Split View layout
Split View button
Browser
Viewer
Click the Split View button in the toolbar. 1
The main window layout changes to show the Viewer with the Browser below it.
Select images in the Browser to see them in the Viewer.2
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Change to the Viewer layout
Viewer
Viewer button
Click the Viewer button in the toolbar.
The main window layout changes to show a large view of the Viewer only, so you can
focus your work on a specic image or selection of images.
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Examine images with the Loupe
Loupe
Loupe button
Click the Loupe button in the toolbar. 1
The Loupe appears, enabling you to see a magnied view of specic areas of an image.
You can choose the magnication level you want from the pop-up menu on the handle
of the Loupe.
Drag the Loupe over the image in the Viewer to see how it works.2
Click the Loupe button again to hide the Loupe.3
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Zoom in to or out of an image
Navigation box
Zoom Viewer button
Click the Zoom Viewer button in the tool strip. 1
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Drag the small rectangle in the navigation box to change your view of the image. 2
Drag the rectangle
to reposition the view.
When you position the pointer over the navigation box, it expands, allowing you to
drag the rectangle to reposition your view.
Click the Zoom Viewer button in the tool strip again to zoom out of the image. 3
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