Aperture
Overview
Basic components overview Aperture uses the following basic components in your photo management system: Originals: The…
What are originals?
Originals are the original digital RAW, GIF, JPEG, TIFF, DNG, PNG, audio, or video files…
What are versions?
After you import originals to your hard disk, you can review and make adjustments to…
What are projects?
You organize your originals and versions using projects, which are similar to events in iPhoto.…
What are albums?
An album is a container in the Aperture library used to group photo versions. You…
What are folders?
In Aperture, you use folders to organize projects and albums. For example, you can import…
What is the library?
The Aperture library tracks every project, album, folder, original, and version, no matter whether the…
What are managed and referenced images?
What are managed images and referenced images? Aperture lets you choose how you organize your…
What is the Aperture Trash?
All items deleted in Aperture, including projects, albums, folders, versions, and originals, are placed in…
What is a vault?
To ensure that you have backup copies of your photos, you create a vault to…