Apple Aperture 3.5 - Manual (Page 416)

Chapter 11 Create books 416
To choose whether your book has a softcover or hardcover design, you click one of the book
cover buttons.
m Click the Hardcover or Softcover button in the Book Layout Editor.
If you don’t plan to purchase printed books from the Apple print vendor, you may want to
employ a graphic designer to create the front and back cover for you, or you can design the
cover yourself using a graphics application.
Apply a master page design to a page
You select a design for your page by applying a master page layout. Aperture provides different
master page layouts depending on the theme you choose. You choose a page design from the
Set Master Page pop-up menu. For example, you might create a single-photo page and then
later decide to change that page to hold two photos.
You can apply different master page designs to a page to find the design that works best for
your project.
1 Select the page in the Pages pane of the Book Layout Editor.
2 Do one of the following:
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Choose a master page from the Set Master Page pop-up menu.
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Click the triangle on the page, then choose a master page from the pop-up menu.
If you change a page’s design by repositioning or resizing boxes and you want to start over with
the original design, you can reapply the original master page design by selecting the page you
want to change in the Pages pane of the Book Layout Editor, and then choosing Reapply Master
from the Book Action pop-up menu
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Move a page in your book
You can move pages within a book. If you need to move a particular page forward or backward
in the page order, you can drag it to a new location in the book structure.
1 Select the page in the Pages pane of the Book Layout Editor.
2 Drag the page to a new location.
Choose a background image
You can choose a background image to appear behind the other photos on a page. For example,
you might create a page that shows a bride and groom in the foreground and a church setting
in the background. Or, you might choose a background image that complements the colors of
the photo in the foreground.
1 Select a page in the Pages pane of the Book Layout Editor to which you want to apply
the background.
2 Do one of the following:
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To apply a background image to a single page: Drag a photo from the Browser over the page
in the Book Layout Editor until the background becomes highlighted, and then release the
mouse button.
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To apply a background image to a two-page spread: Make sure the Show Full Spreads button
is selected in the Book Layout Editor, then drag the photo you want over the spine (center)
of the page spread in the Book Layout Editor until the background becomes highlighted on
both pages.
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