Apple Aperture Getting Started - Manual (Page 114)

114 Chapter 10 Rating Images
You can quickly review and rate images one after another with speed and efficiency. You
can also select and rate multiple images at once. You can review and rate images in the
Viewer, Browser, and Light Table, as well as in Full Screen mode. When you’ve finished
rating the images, Aperture allows you to sort the images according to their ratings.
Rating Images
Aperture provides a set of six possible image ratings indicated by white overlays that
appear on the image. If no overlays are displayed on the image, the image is
considered neutral or is not rated. You can rate a single image or apply a rating to
several images at one time.
To rate an individual image:
1 Select an image in the Browser.
The image you selected appears in the Viewer.
2 Click the rating buttons in the control bar to assign a rating.
 To assign the highest rating to the image: Click the Select button.
 To assign a rating of Reject: Click the Reject button.
 To increase or decrease the image rating: Click the Increase Rating or Decrease
Rating button.
Note: As long as the image is still selected, you can change its rating.
3 To select the next image, press the Right or Left Arrow key or click the Previous Image
or Next Image button in the control bar.
Reject button
Decrease Rating button
Select button
Increase Rating button