Enhance an image automatically

You use the Auto Enhance button when you want to quickly improve your image or preview what the image will look like when adjusted. When you click the Auto Enhance button, Aperture evaluates the image and then applies the White Balance, Enhance, Curves, and Highlights & Shadows adjustment settings in a manner that suits the selected photo. Using Auto Enhance is a good starting point when adjusting an image because you can always fine-tune the parameter settings for each adjustment.

Before and after illustration of the Auto Enhance adjustment

Enhance an image automatically

  1. Select a photo.

  2. At the top of the Adjustments inspector or the Adjustments pane of the Inspector HUD, click the Auto Enhance button.

    Auto Enhance button

    To fine-tune the White Balance, Enhance, Curves, and Highlights & Shadows parameter settings applied by the Auto Enhance adjustment, see the following topics: