• Aperture basics
  • Import photos
  • Work with projects and the library
  • Organize and sort photos
  • View and compare photos
  • Work with metadata
  • Make image adjustments
  • Print photos
  • Export photos
  • Create slideshows
  • Create books
  • Share photos online
  • Customize the Aperture workspace
  • Glossary
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Organize and sort photos

Overview
Browser overview After a shoot, you may need to sort through hundreds or even thousands…

Navigate through and select photos


Change the Browser view


Set up and arrange photos


Stack photos


Rate photos


Add keywords to photos


Organize photos using Faces


Organize photos using Places


Search for photos


  • Aperture basics
    • What is Aperture?
    • Workflow overview
    • Interface overview
    • Basic components of Aperture
      • Overview
      • What are originals?
      • What are versions?
      • What are projects?
      • What are albums?
      • What are folders?
      • What is the library?
      • What are managed and referenced images?
      • What is the Aperture Trash?
      • What is a vault?
    • Open Aperture for the first time
  • Import photos
    • Overview
    • File formats you can import
    • Plan your import strategy
    • Import from a camera, card reader, or device
    • Add import options
      • Overview
      • View file information
      • Automatically name imported photos
      • Adjust time zone data at import
      • Add metadata at import
      • Apply effects at import
      • Filter files by type at import
      • Import RAW + JPEG image pairs
      • Use AppleScript actions at import
      • Automatically back up files at import
      • Reset import options
    • Import folders of files from the Finder
    • Import originals for referenced images into folders
    • Capture photos as you work
    • Add audio attachments to image files
    • Where Aperture stores your managed files
    • Reprocess photos from earlier versions of Aperture
  • Work with projects and the library
    • Organize items in the Library inspector
      • Overview
      • Create and name items
      • Open and close items
      • Arrange items
      • Create and show favorite items
    • Work with the Aperture Trash
    • Work with library files
      • Create new libraries
      • View other libraries
      • Merge libraries
      • Open your library in iPhoto
    • Work with projects
      • View projects
      • Create and delete projects
      • Organize projects
      • Import photos into projects
      • Merge projects
      • Duplicate a project structure
    • Work with referenced images
    • Back up the library
      • Plan your backup system
      • Create and update vaults
      • Disconnect and reconnect vaults
      • Restore your Aperture library
      • Repair and rebuild your Aperture library
  • Organize and sort photos
    • Overview
    • Navigate through and select photos
      • Navigate through photos in the Browser
      • Select photos
      • Navigate through photos in Quick Preview mode
    • Change the Browser view
      • Work with photos in filmstrip view
      • Work with photos in grid view
      • Work with photos in list view
      • Work with two Browsers open
    • Set up and arrange photos
      • Rearrange and sort photos
      • Rotate photos
      • Create versions of a photo
      • Delete photos
      • Rename original image files
      • Drag photos into different projects and albums
    • Stack photos
      • Overview
      • Create stacks
      • Open and close stacks
      • Set a pick photo for a stack
      • Work with stacked photos
      • Compare photos
      • Work with stacks in list view
    • Rate photos
      • Overview
      • Rating workflow
      • Rate and compare photos
      • Sort photos by rating
    • Add keywords to photos
      • Overview
      • View a photo’s keywords
      • Apply keywords using the Keywords HUD
      • Apply keywords using keyword controls and presets
      • Apply keywords using the Lift & Stamp HUD
      • Apply keywords using the Info inspector
      • Apply keywords to photos in the Light Table
      • Remove keywords
      • Export and import keyword lists
    • Organize photos using Faces
      • Faces overview
      • Add names to faces in your photos
      • View photos in Faces view
      • Search for photos by face
    • Organize photos using Places
      • Places overview
      • View photo locations
      • Change the map view
      • Add locations to photos
      • Change photo locations
      • Remove locations
      • Import and work with GPS Track file data
      • Assign location information to projects
      • Work with locations in the Info inspector
    • Search for photos
      • Overview
      • Perform quick searches
      • Search using a combination of criteria
      • Save your search results
    • Group photos with Smart Albums
      • Smart Albums overview
      • Collect photos in a new Smart Album
      • Search within a Smart Album
      • Revise the contents of a Smart Album
      • Transfer Smart Album photos to an album
      • Delete a Smart Album
      • Work with library albums
  • View and compare photos
    • View photos in the Viewer
      • Overview
      • Change the number of photos
      • Compare photos
      • View photos at full resolution
      • View original photos
      • Work with audio and video
      • View photos on multiple displays
      • Show hot and cold areas in your photos
      • Set up the Viewer for onscreen proofing
    • View photos full screen
      • Overview
      • Enter and exit full-screen view
      • Work in Viewer mode
      • Work in Browser mode
      • Work in Projects mode
      • Use HUDs
      • Change the display of metadata
    • View photos with the Loupe
      • Overview
      • Magnify photos using the Loupe
      • Use the alternate Loupe
    • Arrange photos in the Light Table
      • Overview
      • Create and delete Light Table albums
      • Place and view photos
      • Move, resize, and align photos
  • Work with metadata
    • Overview
    • View and change metadata in the Info inspector or Info HUD
      • Show the Info inspector and modify views
      • Modify metadata in the Info inspector
    • Display metadata with your photos
      • Overview
      • Turn the display of metadata on or off
      • Specify the type of metadata to display
    • Work with the AutoFill Editor
    • Work with metadata views
      • Overview
      • Create, modify, and manage metadata views
    • Work with metadata presets
      • Create metadata presets
      • Share metadata presets
    • Batch change metadata
    • About IPTC metadata
    • Understanding badge overlays
      • Overview
      • Display photos with badge overlays
    • Adjust the photo date and time
  • Make image adjustments
    • Adjustments in Aperture
    • About making adjustments onscreen
    • Use the adjustment controls
      • Adjustments inspector and Inspector HUD
      • Sliders
      • Adjustment tools in the tool strip
      • Brush controls
    • Ways to perform adjustments
      • Apply standard adjustments
      • Apply brushed adjustments
      • Apply Quick Brush adjustments
      • Work with brush strokes
      • Work with brushed adjustment overlays
      • Limit the tonal range of brushed adjustments
      • Remove adjustments
      • Perform adjustments in full-screen view
      • Adjust images from within Aperture editors
      • Use an external editor
      • Apply iPhoto effects
    • Apply specific standard adjustments
      • Auto Enhance
      • Retouch
      • Red Eye Correction
      • Spot & Patch
      • Straighten
      • Crop
      • Flip
      • Chromatic Aberration
      • Devignette
      • Noise Reduction
      • White Balance
      • Exposure
      • Enhance (Contrast, Definition, Saturation, and Vibrancy)
      • Enhance (Tint)
      • Curves
      • Highlights & Shadows
      • Levels
      • Color
      • Black & White
      • Color Monochrome
      • Sepia Tone
      • Edge Sharpen
      • Vignette
    • Apply specific Quick Brush adjustments
      • Skin Smoothing
      • Dodge (Lighten)
      • Burn (Darken)
      • Polarize (Multiply)
      • Intensify Contrast (Overlay)
      • Tint
      • Contrast
      • Saturation
      • Definition
      • Vibrancy
      • Blur
      • Sharpen
      • Halo Reduction
      • Noise Reduction
    • Create and apply effects
    • Adjust how Aperture decodes RAW images
      • Overview
      • Use the Boost controls
      • Use the Sharpening controls
      • Use the Moire controls
      • Use the De-noise control
      • Work with DNG files
      • Set the camera default
    • Sample color values
    • Identify color clipping
    • Understanding how to read histograms
      • Overview
      • About evaluating exposure
      • About evaluating tonality and contrast
  • Print photos
    • Overview
    • Print individual photos
    • Print contact sheets
    • Print books
    • Print Light Table arrangements
    • Create and modify print presets
    • Proof images and manage color
  • Export photos
    • Overview
    • Export tips
    • Export by dragging
    • Export using the Export command
    • Choose export settings
      • Work with export presets
      • Set image resolution when exporting
      • Adjust images at export
      • Add a watermark at export
      • Apply IPTC metadata and keywords to your photos
    • Rename photos at export
    • Export into folders
  • Create slideshows
    • Overview
    • Create slideshows quickly using presets
      • Overview
      • Play a slideshow using a preset
      • Create and modify slideshow presets
    • Create full-featured slideshows
      • Overview
      • Create a slideshow and choose a theme
      • Change slideshow settings
      • Set the slideshow aspect ratio and crop
      • Add a title or text to the slideshow
      • Set the length of time slides play
      • Apply transitions and effects to slides
      • Apply a Ken Burns effect to a slide
      • Adjust the volume of video slides
      • Add music and audio
      • Loop the slideshow and the main audio track
      • View your slideshows in Aperture
      • Share your slideshow movies
  • Create books
    • Overview
    • Plan your book
    • Create a book album
    • View pages
    • Place photos in a book
    • Add and remove pages
      • Add individual pages
      • Automatically create new pages
      • Add a photo index
      • Remove pages
    • Work with pages
    • Work with photos
      • Add and remove photo boxes
      • Modify photo boxes
      • Copy, paste, cut, and remove photos
      • Stack photo boxes in a specific order
      • Change the look of photos with filters
      • Add map boxes
    • Work with text
      • Place text on the page
      • Add metadata boxes
      • Hide or show photo plate numbers
      • Modify text appearance
    • Make advanced layout changes
    • Work with master pages
      • Overview
      • Create and modify master pages
      • Unify and split master pages
      • Update book pages with master page changes
    • Create and share custom themes
    • Copy a book album
    • Order books from third-party print vendors
  • Share photos online
    • Overview
    • Use iCloud to keep photos up to date across your devices
      • Overview
      • Set up your iCloud account
      • Turn on My Photo Stream
      • Automatically transfer photos
      • Manually transfer photos
      • About turning on My Photo Stream on more than one Mac
      • About uploading RAW files to My Photo Stream
    • Use iCloud to share photos with others
      • Overview
      • Turn on iCloud Photo Sharing
      • Create shared photo streams
      • Add, remove, and edit items
      • Manage subscribers to your shared photo streams
      • Subscribe to shared photo streams
    • Email photos
    • Publish photos to Flickr, Facebook, and SmugMug
      • Overview
      • Set up a Flickr, Facebook, or SmugMug account in Aperture
      • Create and delete Flickr, Facebook, and SmugMug albums
      • View Flickr, Facebook, and SmugMug albums
      • Update your Flickr, Facebook, and SmugMug albums
      • Manage your Flickr, Facebook, and SmugMug accounts
    • Create webpages
      • Overview
      • Create web galleries and web journals
      • View and navigate through webpages
      • Choose and modify themes
      • Work with web gallery pages
      • Work with web journal pages
      • Export webpages as HTML files
      • Work with web export presets
      • Add watermarks to webpage photos
  • Customize the Aperture workspace
    • Change the main window layout
    • Set Aperture preferences
      • Overview
      • Open Aperture preferences
      • General preferences
      • Appearance preferences
      • Import preferences
      • Export preferences
      • Labels preferences
      • Previews preferences
      • iCloud preferences
      • Accounts preferences
      • Advanced preferences
    • Customize the toolbar
    • Use gestures
    • Customize keyboard shortcuts
      • Overview
      • Search for commands and keyboard shortcuts
      • Modify keyboard shortcuts and command sets
    • Work with preview images
      • Overview
      • How Aperture displays photos in the Viewer
      • Set preview preferences
      • Automatically manage previews
      • Manually manage previews
      • Reschedule JPEG preview maintenance
      • Render preview images
      • Suppress preview generation
      • Sample workflows for using previews effectively
  • Glossary
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