Export by dragging, Export using the export command – Apple Aperture 3.5 User Manual
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Chapter 9
Export photos
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Export by dragging
You can export photo, audio, and video versions by dragging them from the Browser to the
desktop or any location in the Finder. You can do the same with projects, albums, and folders in
the Library inspector. (Flickr and Facebook albums cannot be exported by dragging.)
When you export a photo by dragging, you’re exporting its optimized JPEG preview image (at
the quality and size specified by the Previews settings in Aperture preferences). If you want to
export in any other format or quality, you must use the Export command described in
on page 359. For more information about JPEG previews, see
on page 494.
Note: A photo version without a JPEG preview cannot be exported by dragging. If the version
doesn’t have a preview, dragging is disabled for that version (except within Aperture). If you are
dragging multiple photos, but only some of them have previews, only the versions with previews
are dragged out.
Export versions from the Browser by dragging
1
In the Browser, select the photo, audio, and video versions you want to export.
2
Drag the versions to the desktop or any location in the Finder.
Export items from the Library inspector by dragging
1
In the Library inspector, select the items you want to export by Shift-clicking adjacent items and
Command-clicking nonadjacent items.
2
Drag the items to the desktop or any location in the Finder.
The exported items are consolidated into a single Aperture library. The library is named after the
item that appears at the highest point (from top to bottom) in the Library inspector. If an album
is selected for export, the album and the project to which it is subordinate are exported, but
only the versions within the album are exported. Any other photos in the project are left out of
the export.
If you want to rename the exported library, click the file, then click its name and enter a
new name.
WARNING:
In rare instances, color shifts between exported photos may occur when the Camera
Previews option is selected in the Import pane of the Aperture Preferences window. This color
shift happens because some RAW photos have fully rendered previews, and others still use
the camera’s RAW thumbnail. To prevent this from happening, view all photos you want to
export in the Viewer, and Aperture generates a fully rendered preview for each photo. For more
information, see
on page 494 and
on page 480.
Export using the Export command
When you need more control over export formats than dragging provides, the File > Export
command gives you a variety of options:
•
Export versions: You can export versions of photos with the adjustments and other changes
you’ve applied.
•
Export originals: You can export copies of the original files that you imported into Aperture.
•
Export audio and video: You can export audio or video clips that you’ve imported.
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