Apple Aperture 3.5 User Manual
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Chapter 6
Work with metadata
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To add audio and video clip information, such as duration, data rate, and frames per second (fps):
Click the Audio/Video disclosure triangle, then select the checkboxes next to the metadata
fields you want to add to the metadata overlay view.
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To add information about photo usage, such as whether or not a photo has been printed or
emailed: Click the Photo Usage disclosure triangle, then select the checkboxes next to the
metadata fields you want to add to the metadata overlay view.
The selected metadata fields are added to the Display Order column.
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If you want to change the order in which the metadata fields are displayed in the overlay, drag
the metadata fields in the Display Order column into a new arrangement.
The topmost metadata item in the Display Order column appears on the left side of the overlay.
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When you are satisfied with the metadata fields assigned to the selected metadata overlay view
and the arrangement of the metadata fields in that view, click OK.
Remove a metadata field from a metadata overlay view
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Do one of the following:
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Choose View > Metadata Display > Customize (or press Command-J).
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In the tool strip, choose Edit from the Metadata Overlays pop-up menu.
The Browser & Viewer Metadata dialog appears.
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Choose the metadata overlay view you want to modify from the View pop-up menu.
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In the Display Order column, click the Remove (–) button next to the metadata field you want
to remove.
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When you are satisfied with the metadata fields assigned to the selected metadata overlay view
and the arrangement of the metadata fields in that view, click OK.
Set the display of metadata in metadata tooltips
You can also customize the way metadata is displayed in tooltips—the floating info windows
that appear when you position the pointer over a photo.
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Do one of the following:
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Choose View > Metadata Display > Customize (or press Command-J).
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In the tool strip, choose Edit from the Metadata Overlays pop-up menu.
The Browser & Viewer Metadata dialog appears.
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Choose Metadata Tooltips from the View pop-up menu.
Choose Metadata
Tooltips from the
View pop-up menu.
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