Document Outline

• Contents
• Chapter 1:  Aperture basics
  • What is Aperture?
  • Aperture workflow overview
  • Aperture interface overview
  • Basic components of Aperture
    • Basic components overview
    • What are originals?
    • What are versions?
    • What are projects?
    • What are albums?
    • What are folders?
    • What is the library?
    • What are managed images and referenced images?
    • What is the Aperture Trash?
    • What is a vault?
  • Open Aperture for the first time
• Chapter 2:  Import photos
  • Importing photos overview
  • File formats you can import into the library
  • Plan your import strategy
  • Import from a camera, card reader, or device
  • Add import options
    • Import options overview
    • View file information
    • Automatically name imported photos
    • Adjust time zone data at import
    • Add metadata at import
    • Apply effects at import
    • Filter files by type at import
    • Import RAW + JPEG image pairs
    • Use AppleScript actions at import
    • Automatically back up files at import
    • Reset import options
  • Import folders of files from the Finder
  • Import originals for referenced images into folders
  • Capture photos as you work
  • Add audio attachments to image files
  • Where Aperture stores your managed files in the library
  • Reprocess photos from earlier versions of Aperture
• Chapter 3:  Work with projects and the library
  • Organize items in the Library inspector
    • Library inspector overview
    • Create and name items
    • Open and close items in the Library inspector
    • Arrange items in the Library inspector
    • Create and show favorite items
  • Work with the Aperture Trash
  • Work with library files
    • Create new libraries
    • View other libraries
    • Merge libraries
    • Open your library in iPhoto
  • Work with projects
    • View projects
    • Create and delete projects
    • Organize and sort projects in Projects view
    • Import photos into projects
    • Merge projects
    • Duplicate a project structure
  • Work with referenced images
  • Back up the library
    • Plan your backup system
    • Create and update vaults
    • Disconnect and reconnect vaults
    • Restore your Aperture library
    • Repair and rebuild your Aperture library
• Chapter 4:  Organize and sort photos
  • Browser overview
  • Navigate through and select photos
    • Navigate through photos in the Browser
    • Select photos
    • Navigate through photos in Quick Preview mode
  • Change the Browser view
    • Work with photos in filmstrip view
    • Work with photos in grid view
    • Work with photos in list view
    • Work with two Browsers open
  • Set up and arrange photos
    • Rearrange and sort photos in the Browser
    • Rotate photos
    • Create versions of a photo
    • Delete photos from the Browser
    • Rename original image files
    • Drag photos into different projects and albums
  • Stack photos and make picks
    • Stacking photos overview
    • Create stacks
    • Open and close stacks
    • Set a pick photo for a stack
    • Work with stacked photos
    • Compare photos in stacks
    • Work with stacks in list view
  • Rate photos
    • Rating photos overview
    • Rating workflow
    • Rate and compare photos
    • Sort photos by rating
  • Add keywords to photos
    • Keywords overview
    • View a photo’s keywords
    • Apply keywords using the Keywords HUD
    • Apply keywords using keyword controls and keyword presets
    • Apply keywords using the Lift & Stamp HUD
    • Apply keywords using the Info inspector
    • Apply keywords to photos in the Light Table
    • Remove keywords from a photo
    • Export and import keyword lists
  • Organize photos by people using Faces
    • Faces overview
    • Add names to faces in your photos
    • View photos in Faces view
    • Search for photos by face
  • Organize photos by location using Places
    • Places overview
    • View photo locations
    • Change the map view
    • Add locations to photos
    • Change photo locations
    • Remove locations
    • Import and work with GPS Track file data
    • Assign location information to projects
    • Work with location information using the Info inspector
  • Search for and display photos
    • Searching overview
    • Perform quick searches using the Search Field pop-up menu
    • Search using a combination of criteria
    • Save your search results
  • Group photos with Smart Albums
    • Smart Albums overview
    • Collect photos in a new Smart Album
    • Search within a Smart Album
    • Revise the contents of a Smart Album
    • Transfer Smart Album photos to an album
    • Delete a Smart Album
    • Work with library albums
• Chapter 5:  View and compare photos
  • View photos in the Viewer
    • Viewer overview
    • Change the number of photos in the Viewer
    • Compare photos
    • View photos at full resolution
    • View original photos
    • Work with audio and video in the Viewer
    • View photos on multiple displays
    • Show hot and cold areas in your photos
    • Set up the Viewer for onscreen proofing
  • View photos in full-screen view
    • Full-screen view overview
    • Enter and exit full-screen view
    • Work in Viewer mode in full-screen view
    • Work in Browser mode in full-screen view
    • Work in Projects mode in full-screen view
    • Use HUDs in full-screen view
    • Change the display of metadata in full-screen view
  • View photos with the Loupe
    • Loupe overview
    • Magnify photos using the Loupe
    • Use the alternate Loupe
  • Arrange photos in the Light Table
    • Light Table overview
    • Create and delete Light Table albums
    • Place and view photos in the Light Table
    • Move, resize, and align photos in the Light Table
• Chapter 6:  Work with metadata
  • Working with metadata overview
  • View and change metadata in the Info inspector or Info HUD
    • Show the Info inspector and modify views
    • Modify metadata in the Info inspector and Inspector HUD
  • Display metadata with your photos
    • Metadata overlays overview
    • Turn the display of metadata on or off
    • Specify the type of metadata to display in the Viewer and Browser
  • Work with the AutoFill Editor
  • Work with metadata views
    • Metadata views overview
    • Create, modify, and manage metadata views
  • Work with metadata presets
    • Create metadata presets
    • Share metadata presets
  • Batch change metadata
  • About IPTC metadata
  • Understanding badge overlays
    • Badge overlays overview
    • Display photos with badge overlays
  • Adjust the photo date and time
• Chapter 7:  Make image adjustments
  • Adjustments in Aperture
  • About making adjustments onscreen
  • Use the adjustment controls
    • Use the Adjustments inspector and Inspector HUD
    • Use sliders
    • Work with adjustment tools in the tool strip
    • Use the brush controls
  • Ways to perform adjustments
    • Apply standard adjustments
    • Apply brushed adjustments
    • Apply Quick Brush adjustments
    • Work with brush strokes
    • Work with brushed adjustment overlays
    • Limit the tonal range of brushed adjustments
    • Remove adjustments
    • Perform adjustments in full-screen view
    • Adjust images from within Aperture editors
    • Use an external editor
    • Apply iPhoto effects to images
  • Apply specific standard adjustments
    • Enhance an image automatically
    • Retouch an image
    • Remove red-eye
    • Spot and patch an image
    • Straighten an image’s horizon
    • Crop an image
    • Flip the composition of an image
    • Remove chromatic aberration
    • Remove a vignette
    • Reduce digital noise
    • White balance an image
    • Correct exposure, highlight detail, shadow detail, and brightness
    • Adjust contrast, clarity, and saturation
    • Remove unwanted tints from an image
    • Adjust the tonal curve of an image
    • Preserve highlight and shadow details in an image
    • Adjust the levels of an image
    • Selectively adjust the color values in an image
    • Manually convert an image to black and white
    • Convert a color image to black and white with a color tint
    • Apply a sepia tint
    • Sharpen an image
    • Apply a vignette to an image
  • Apply specific Quick Brush adjustments
    • Brush the Skin Smoothing adjustment on an image
    • Brush the Dodge adjustment on an image
    • Brush the Burn adjustment on an image
    • Brush the Polarize adjustment on an image
    • Brush the Intensify Contrast adjustment on an image
    • Brush the Tint adjustment on an image
    • Brush the Contrast adjustment on an image
    • Brush the Saturation adjustment on an image
    • Brush the Definition adjustment on an image
    • Brush the Vibrancy adjustment on an image
    • Brush the Blur adjustment on an image
    • Brush the Sharpen adjustment on an image
    • Brush the Halo Reduction adjustment on an image
    • Brush the Noise Reduction adjustment on an image
  • Create and apply effects
  • Adjust how Aperture decodes RAW images
    • RAW Fine Tuning controls overview
    • Use the Boost controls
    • Use the Sharpening controls
    • Use the Moire controls
    • Use the De-noise control
    • Work with DNG files
    • Set the camera default
  • Sample color values and display camera information
  • Use modifier keys to identify color clipping
  • Understanding how to read histograms
    • Histograms overview
    • About evaluating exposure
    • About evaluating tonality and contrast
• Chapter 8:  Print photos
  • Printing overview
  • Print individual photos
  • Print contact sheets
  • Print books
  • Print Light Table arrangements
  • Create and modify print presets
  • Proof images and manage color
• Chapter 9:  Export photos
  • Exporting photos overview
  • Export tips
  • Export by dragging
  • Export using the Export command
  • Choose export settings
    • Work with export presets
    • Set image resolution when exporting
    • Adjust images at export
    • Add a watermark at export
    • Apply IPTC metadata and keywords to your photos
  • Rename photos at export
  • Export photos into named or numbered folders
• Chapter 10:  Create slideshows
  • Slideshows overview
  • Create slideshows quickly using presets
    • Slideshow presets overview
    • Play a slideshow using a preset
    • Create and modify slideshow presets
  • Create full-featured slideshows
    • Full-featured slideshow overview
    • Create a slideshow and choose a theme
    • Change slideshow settings
    • Set the slideshow aspect ratio and crop
    • Add a title or text to the slideshow
    • Set the length of time slides play
    • Apply transitions and effects to slides
    • Apply a Ken Burns effect to a slide
    • Adjust the volume of video slides
    • Add music and audio to slideshows
    • Loop the slideshow and the main audio track
    • View your slideshows in Aperture
    • Share your slideshow movies
• Chapter 11:  Create books
  • Creating books overview
  • Plan your book
  • Create a book album
  • View pages
  • Place photos in a book
  • Add and remove pages
    • Add individual pages to a book
    • Automatically create new pages
    • Add a photo index to a book
    • Remove pages from a book
  • Work with pages
  • Work with photos
    • Add photo boxes to a book page
    • Modify photo boxes
    • Copy, paste, cut, and remove photos in photo boxes
    • Stack photo boxes in a specific order
    • Change the look of photos with filters
    • Add map boxes to a book page
  • Work with text
    • Place text on the page
    • Add metadata boxes to a page
    • Hide or show photo plate numbers in books
    • Modify the appearance of text in books
  • Work with the Layout Options inspector
  • Work with master pages
    • Master pages overview
    • Create and modify master pages
    • Unify and split master pages
    • Update book pages with master page changes
  • Create and share custom themes
  • Copy a book album
  • Order books from third-party print vendors using plug-ins
• Chapter 12:  Share photos online
  • Sharing photos overview
  • Use iCloud to keep photos up to date across your devices
    • My Photo Stream overview
    • Set up your iCloud account
    • Turn on My Photo Stream for an Aperture library
    • Automatically transfer photos between Aperture and My Photo Stream
    • Manually transfer photos between Aperture and My Photo Stream
    • About turning on My Photo Stream on more than one Mac
    • About uploading RAW files to My Photo Stream
  • Use iCloud to share photos with others
    • iCloud Photo Sharing overview
    • Turn on iCloud Photo Sharing in Aperture
    • Create shared photo streams
    • Add, remove, and edit items in a shared photo stream
    • Manage subscribers to your shared photo streams in Aperture
    • Subscribe to shared photo streams in Aperture
  • Email photos
  • Publish photos to Flickr, Facebook, and SmugMug
    • Sharing photos with Flickr, Facebook, and SmugMug overview
    • Set up a Flickr, Facebook, or SmugMug account in Aperture
    • Create and delete Flickr, Facebook, and SmugMug albums
    • View Flickr, Facebook, and SmugMug albums
    • Update your Flickr, Facebook, and SmugMug albums
    • Manage your Flickr, Facebook, and SmugMug accounts
  • Create webpages
    • Creating webpages overview
    • Create web galleries and web journals
    • View and navigate through webpages
    • Choose and modify themes
    • Work with web gallery pages
    • Work with web journal pages
    • Export webpages as HTML files
    • Work with web export presets
    • Add watermarks to webpage photos
• Chapter 13:  Customize the Aperture workspace
  • Change the main window layout
  • Set Aperture preferences
    • Aperture preferences overview
    • Open Aperture preferences
    • General preferences
    • Appearance preferences
    • Import preferences
    • Export preferences
    • Labels preferences
    • Previews preferences
    • iCloud preferences
    • Accounts preferences
    • Advanced preferences
  • Customize the toolbar
  • Use gestures with Aperture
  • Customize keyboard shortcuts
    • Customizing keyboard shortcuts overview
    • Search for commands and keyboard shortcuts
    • Modify keyboard shortcuts and command sets
  • Work with preview images
    • Preview images overview
    • How Aperture displays photos in the Viewer
    • Set preview preferences
    • Automatically manage previews
    • Manually manage previews
    • Reschedule JPEG preview maintenance
    • Render preview images
    • Suppress preview generation
    • Sample workflows for using previews effectively
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