Apple Aperture 3.5 - Manual (Page 92)

Chapter 4 Organize and sort photos 92
Copy a photo into a different album
m Drag the photo into another album in the Library inspector.
Move a photo into a different project
m Drag the photo into another project in the Library inspector.
Copy a photo into a different project
m Option-drag the photo into another project in the Library inspector.
You can also drag photos out of Smart Albums. If you drag a photo from a Smart Album into
another album, the version is copied to the new location. If you drag a photo into a project
different from the project that contains the Smart Album, Aperture moves the photo to the
destination project. All links to versions in other albums are maintained. For more information
about working with Smart Albums, see
Collect photos in a new Smart Album on page 156.
Stack photos and make picks
Stacking photos overview
To capture a specific moment in time, such as a bride and groom kissing or a student soccer
player kicking the winning goal, a photographer may shoot multiple photos, using both
bracketing and continuous shooting, to increase the odds of capturing a usable photo. After
shooting the series, the photographer reviews the images and picks the best photo of the group.
Reviewing and making picks from many related photos can be time-consuming and
difficult. Aperture makes it simple to choose the best photo out of a series by allowing you to
group related photos into sets, called stacks, that are easy to review, work with, and select final
picks from.
Aperture can automatically create stacks by grouping photos that were shot in quick succession,
or by grouping multiple versions of the same photo. You can also select photos and create
stacks manually.
A stack appears in the Browser as a group of thumbnail images. The photo that represents the
stack, called the pick, is selected and displayed on the left. You can select any photo in the stack
as the pick, and it moves to the leftmost position in the stack. You can rearrange the order of
photos in a stack. For example, you might choose an alternate photo and position it next to the
pick. A Stack button appears in the upper-left corner of the pick photo in the stack, indicating
the number of photos in the stack.
The Stack button
indicates the number
of photos in the stack.
A stack with three photos
is shown expanded.
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