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Adjustments in Aperture
Aperture includes a standard set of adjustments you can apply to images using the controls
in the Adjustments inspector and the Adjustments pane of the Inspector HUD. The standard
adjustments target specic pixels in an image, no matter where they occur. For example, you can
use the Highlights & Shadows adjustment to target just the highlights, shadows, or midtones of
your image.
If you want to adjust a specic area of your image, you can manually brush an adjustment on
the area of the image you want to change. Most of the standard adjustments can be brushed on
images, and Aperture also includes a set of Quick Brush adjustments designed just for brushing
on images.
Note: When you take a photo using an iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch with iOS 5 or later and then
make adjustments to the image using the iOS device, the image adjustments are retained and
automatically applied when the image is imported into Aperture. For devices using iOS 7 or
later, lters such as Tonal, Noir, and Fade applied to a photo using Camera and Photos are also
preserved in Aperture. However, you can modify the adjustments and lters in Aperture at
any time.
Standard adjustments
You can make the following standard adjustments to images in Aperture. For instructions, see
Apply standard adjustments on page 225 or the topic for a particular standard adjustment.
To learn how to brush standard adjustments on images, see Apply brushed adjustments on
page 228.
Adjustment Function
Retouch Retouches all types of imperfections in an image,
such as skin blemishes, using either the Repair or
Clone brush.
Red Eye Correction Reduces red-eye in the eyes of the subjects in your
images. Used in conjunction with the Red Eye tool.
Spot & Patch In previous Aperture versions, xed imperfections in
an image caused by sensor dust.
In Aperture 3, the Retouch adjustment is
recommended for xing imperfections in an image.
Straighten Levels the image’s horizon. Used in conjunction with
the Straighten tool.
Crop Trims the image. Used in conjunction with the
Crop tool.
Flip Inverts the composition of the image horizontally,
vertically, or both.
Make image adjustments
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