User guide

Chapter 13 Customize the Aperture workspace 499
You can also create a search that displays only highly rated photos and then build previews
for those photos only. This is a useful alternative for workows in which the default thumbnail
resolution is sucient for low-rated photos. For more information about searching for photos,
see Searching overview on page 15 0 .
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Generate previews for new or active projects: Because previews are used by the iLife and
iWork Media Browsers as well as by the OS X screen saver, you can use previews as a way
to distribute your Aperture photos in movies, on the web, on DVDs, in slideshows, and in
podcasts using the applications in iLife. You can also download your Aperture photos to
devices such as iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch; import your Aperture photos into iPhoto; or use
them to create Pages documents.
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Generate previews for Smart Albums: You can create previews for photos collected in Smart
Albums. For example, you can create previews for highly rated photos only. For more
information about working with Smart Albums, see Collect photos in a new Smart Album on
page 156 .
Use previews for oine referenced images
1 Make sure the external hard disk containing the referenced originals you want to keep oine is
connected to your computer.
If the originals you want to keep oine are currently stored on your computer, you must convert
the images to referenced images and move the originals to an external hard disk. You can do
this by selecting the project containing the photos whose originals you want to keep oine,
choosing File > Relocate Originals, selecting an external hard disk location for the originals, and
then clicking Relocate Originals.
2 Select the project containing the photos whose originals you want to keep oine, then choose
Photos > Update Previews.
3 When the previews are built (you can check the status by choosing Window > Show Activity),
you can disconnect the hard disk containing the originals.
Even though the originals are oine, you can browse, search, and assign metadata to preview
images. You can even use the Loupe to zoom in on preview images, because they are high-
quality JPEG les.
Share previews with other applications
1 Select the project whose photos you want to share with other applications, then choose
Maintain Previews For Project from the Library Action pop-up menu .
2 Choose Aperture > Preferences, then click Previews.
3 Choose Always or “When quitting Aperture” in the “Share XML with other applications”
pop-up menu.
4 In the Library inspector, select the project and choose Photos > Update Previews for Project.
When the previews are built, you can open any of the iLife and iWork applications and use your
Aperture photos.
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