Badge overlays overview

When you apply adjustments, keywords, or other changes to a photo, Aperture marks the photo with a badge overlay. Badges can appear on photos in the Viewer, the Browser, and the Light Table, in book pages and webpages, and in full-screen view.

Figure. Viewer displaying an image with a keyword badge.

The following table shows badges that appear on photos in Aperture.

Badge

Definition

Figure. Adjustment badge.

One or more adjustments have been applied to the photo.

Figure. Keyword badge.

One or more keywords have been applied to the photo.

Figure. Stack badge.

Photos are contained in a stack. The number indicates the number of photos in the stack.

Figure. External editor badge.

The photo has been edited with an external editor, and is therefore represented by the original created when the file was exported to the external editor.

Figure. Album pick badge.

The photo is an album’s pick photo, the identifying photo for that album, webpage album, web journal album, Light Table album, slideshow album, or book album.

Figure. Badge indicating a low-resolution image.

Because of low image resolution, the photo’s print quality may be affected. This badge appears on photos placed in book pages and webpages.

Figure. Badge showing the number of times an image has been used.

The number indicates the number of times the photo has been used in a given book, web journal, or Light Table arrangement.

Figure. Referenced image badge.

The photo is a referenced image.

Figure. Offline master badge.

The referenced image’s original is offline.

Figure. Badge indicating that a referenced master cannot be found.

The referenced image’s original has not been found.

Figure. Badge indicating that an image was imported from a Facebook album, Flickr set, or Photo Stream online.

The photo was downloaded from My Photo Stream or a shared photo stream, or imported from a Facebook album, Flickr set, or SmugMug gallery online.

Figure. Location badge.

A location has been assigned to the photo.

Figure. Badge indicating that an image has an audio attachment.

The photo has an audio file attached.

Figure. Badge indicating a video clip.

The thumbnail image represents a video clip.

Figure. Badge indicating that the image’s master is the RAW file in a RAW+JPEG image pair.

The photo is part of a RAW + JPEG image pair, and this photo’s original is the RAW file.

Figure. Badge indicating that the image’s master is the JPEG file in a RAW+JPEG image pair.

The photo is part of a RAW + JPEG image pair, and this photo’s original is the JPEG file.