Apple Aperture 3.5 User Manual
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Chapter 3
Work with projects and the library
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Preview the photos in a project quickly
In Projects view, do one of the following:
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Slowly drag the pointer horizontally across the project’s thumbnail.
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Select the project’s thumbnail, and use the Left Arrow and Right Arrow keys to navigate through
the photos in the project.
Set the key photo for a project
You can set any photo within a project as the key photo displayed in Projects view.
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Do one of the following:
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Move the pointer slowly over the project’s thumbnail to skim to the photo you want to set as
the key photo.
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Select the project’s thumbnail, and use the Left Arrow and Right Arrow keys to navigate to the
photo you want to set as the key photo.
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When you locate the photo you’re looking for, press the Space bar.
The selected photo is set as the key photo to represent the project.
Play a slideshow of a project’s photos
You can select a project and play a slideshow to review the photos within it.
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Do one of the following:
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Select a project’s thumbnail, and choose File > Play Slideshow (or press Shift-S).
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Control-click a project, and choose Play Slideshow from the shortcut menu.
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In the Play Slideshow dialog, choose a preset from the Slideshow Preset pop-up menu, and
click Start.
A slideshow of the photos in the selected project plays. Press the Space bar to pause and play
the slideshow, and the Escape key to stop the slideshow. For more information about slideshows,
see
on page 376.
View a project’s photos in the Browser
When you locate the project you want to work with in Projects view, you can display the project’s
photos in the Browser.
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In Projects view, double-click the project.
The Browser replaces Projects view and displays the selected project’s thumbnail images.
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