Apple Aperture 3.5 - Manual (Page 94)

Chapter 4 Organize and sort photos 94
3 In the Auto-Stack Images HUD, drag the slider to specify the maximum interval for successive
shots in a stack.
Move the slider to indicate
the maximum interval for
successive shots.
As you drag the slider, the photos in the Browser are stacked according to the interval of time
specified. For example, if you typically shoot a series of related photos in 15-second intervals, set
the slider to 15 seconds.
4 Inspect the stacks to determine if the time interval should be shortened or lengthened.
Note: You can also manually select photos in the Import browser and stack and unstack them
using the same commands and procedures you use to stack photos in the Browser.
Create new version stacks automatically
1 Choose Aperture > Preferences, or press Command-Comma (,).
The Aperture Preferences window appears.
2 Click the General button, then select the “Automatically stack new versions” checkbox.
Create a stack manually
After importing photos, you may want to quickly review them and delete those that you
immediately see have technical or content flaws. You may then want to group the remaining
photos into stacks before rating them. Stacking photos manually can help provide an initial
organization and an overview of your shots, which you can then put through a more refined or
discriminating rating pass later.
1 In the Browser, select the photos you want to stack.
You can Shift-click adjacent photos and Command-click nonadjacent photos to select them.
Tip: To quickly select a series of photos, select a photo at one end of the series, hold down the
Shift key and press the Right Arrow or Left Arrow key to select additional photos.
2 Choose Stacks > Stack (or press Command-K).
The selected photos are
now stacked and have a
dark gray box around them.
The Stack button
appears on the
current pick photo.
The selected photos are now stacked and appear linked in gray. The Stack button appears as an
overlay on the top-left portion of the current pick photo in the Browser. You can change the pick
photo and rearrange the order of the photos in the stack as you wish.
Unstack a selection of photos
m After creating a stack, choose Edit > Undo, or select a photo in the stack and choose Stacks >
Unstack (or press Shift-Command-K).
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