User guide

Chapter 4 Organize and sort photos 81
Select photos
Selecting photos in the Browser is a fundamental task in Aperture. Knowing the many ways
you can select photos can help increase your productivity and satisfaction while working with
your photos.
You can select photos in the following ways.
Task Action
Select a single photo
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Click the photo.
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Press the arrow keys to navigate to the photo.
Select a range of photos
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Select the rst photo, then choose Edit > Select to
End (or press Shift-End) to extend the selection to
the last photo in the Browser.
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Select the last photo in a range, then choose Edit >
Select to Beginning (or press Shift-Home) to extend
the selection to the rst photo in the Browser.
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Click the rst photo in a range, then Shift-click the
last photo.
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Press the arrow keys to select the rst photo, then
press Shift and an arrow key to select the last
photo in the range.
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Drag a selection rectangle to select all the photos
that fall within the rectangle.
Select a photo among selected photos
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Press Semicolon (;) or press Option–Command–
Left Arrow to select the previous photo in the
selection. Press Apostrophe (’) or press Option–
Command–Right Arrow to select the next photo
in the selection.
Select a photo in a stack
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Press the Right Arrow or Left Arrow key.
Select nonadjacent photos
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Command-click the photos you want to select.
Command-click the photos again to deselect them.
Slide a selection
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Press Command–Left Arrow or Command–Right
Arrow to slide the current selection over by one
photo. For example, you can move a three-photo
selection left or right by one photo at a time.
Select the next stack
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With a stack selected, press Option–Page Up or
Option–Page Down.
Select or set a compare photo
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Select the photo, then press Option-O.
Deselect the compare photo
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Press Command-Return.
Select a dierent compare photo
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Select the photo you want as a compare photo,
then press Return.
Select all photos in the Browser
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Choose Edit > Select All (or press Command-A).
Select only the primary photo, deselecting all others
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Choose Edit > Reduce Selection (or press Shift-E).
Deselect all photos in the Browser
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Choose Edit > Deselect All (or press
Shift-Command-A).
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Click the gray background of the Browser.
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