Apple Aperture 3.5 - Manual (Page 99)

Chapter 4 Organize and sort photos 99
Aperture provides a system for rating photos from Select to Reject. The easily decipherable
photo ratings appear on the photos themselves as overlays. Positive ratings appear as stars; you
can rate photos from one to five stars, with five being the highest, or Select, rating. A negative, or
Reject, rating appears as an X.
An X indicates a
negative rating (Reject).
Stars indicate
a positive rating.
Five stars indicate
the highest rating
(Select).
The process of rating a photo can be as easy as selecting a photo and clicking a rating button in
the Info inspector.
Click a rating button
to assign and change
photo ratings.
You can also use keyboard shortcuts to quickly assign or change ratings.
You can select and rate multiple photos at once. You can review and rate photos in the Viewer,
Browser, and Light Table, as well as in full-screen view. When you’ve finished rating photos,
Aperture allows you to sort photos according to their ratings.
You can use the Filter HUD to hide or show photos of a certain rating. For example, after an initial
rating pass, you can set the Filter HUD to show only those photos that are rated one star. You can
then closely inspect and further refine your selection or begin an adjustment pass. Aperture is
preset to hide photos that are rated Reject, so you may need to change the Filter HUD settings to
see rejected photos.
Make sure this checkbox
is selected, then choose an
option from the pop-up menu.
Set the slider to a rating.
Rejected photos appear with a white X overlay. Positive ratings appear with white star overlays. If
no overlays are displayed on the photo, the photo is considered neutral or is not rated.
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