Work with brushed adjustment overlays – Apple Aperture 3.5 User Manual
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Chapter 7
Make image adjustments
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Work with brushed adjustment overlays
Overlays are useful tools for identifying where brush strokes for the selected brushed adjustment
have been applied to the image. When you’ve brushed an adjustment with a subtle softness
and strength over the image, it can be difficult to discern the boundaries of the brush strokes.
Aperture provides several types of overlays to help you visually identify the selected brushed
adjustment’s cumulative brush strokes. When you accurately identify the boundaries of a brush
stroke, you can use the eraser brush to remove any parts of the brush stroke that don’t belong,
and you can use the feathering brush to smooth out the edges. For more information, see
on page 231 and
on page 232.
The Brush Action pop-up menu in the Brush HUD provides the following overlay options to help
you with detailed brushing:
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Color Overlay: Displays a pink overlay over the brush strokes for the selected adjustment.
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Brush Strokes: Displays the brush strokes for the selected adjustment as pure white over a pure
black background. This option provides the easiest method for identifying brush strokes that
have been applied to an image. It’s a good idea to use this overlay option if you suspect that
you missed a tiny part of the image when brushing. The missed portions of the image appear
as black dots or lines.
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