• 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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Navigate through and select photos

Navigate through photos in the Browser
You can select one or more thumbnail-size photos in the Browser, and then modify them…

Select photos
Selecting photos in the Browser is a fundamental task in Aperture. Knowing the many ways…

Navigate through photos in Quick Preview mode
As you work with photos in the Browser and Viewer, you can set Aperture to…

  • 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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