Operation Manual

• Professional project management: Aperture allows you to manage thousands of projects
and provides flexible organizational tools, comprehensive metadata support, and
powerful search tools that let you find files instantly. You can export any part of your
library, make changes to it on a second Aperture system, and then merge it back into
the library of your primary Aperture system.
• Nondestructive image processing: Designed to protect your images from the moment
they’re imported, Aperture identifies your original images as digital “masters” and has
built-in safeguards to help ensure that you don’t accidentally overwrite or modify them.
• Versatile printing and publishing: Working directly with your RAW images, you can create
color-accurate prints, custom contact sheets, stunning websites, and unique bound
books with tools that are intuitive and powerful.
• Robust backup: Beginning at import, you can set Aperture to automatically back up
copies of your image files. You can also use the Vault pane of the Library inspector to
manage multiple vaults (containing copies of the Aperture library), which can then be
stored in offsite locations, protecting your library of image assets in the case of a
catastrophic event.
About the Aperture Documentation
Aperture comes with various documents that provide detailed information about using
the application.
• Aperture 3 User Manual: This comprehensive document describes the Aperture interface,
commands, and menus and gives step-by-step instructions for creating Aperture libraries
and for accomplishing specific tasks. It is written for users of all levels of experience.
The Aperture 3 User Manual is available in Aperture Help (in Aperture, choose Help >
Aperture Help).
Note: This manual is not intended to be a complete guide to the art of photography.
Much of the photography-specific information presented here is very general in nature
and is supplied to provide a context for the terminology used when describing Aperture
functions.
• Exploring Aperture: This document provides a quick introduction to the main features
of Aperture. A PDF version of the printed Exploring Aperture manual is available in
Aperture Help.
• Aperture 3 Keyboard Shortcuts: This document provides keyboard shortcuts you can use
to perform tasks in Aperture. A PDF version of the printed Aperture 3 Keyboard Shortcuts
card is available in Aperture Help.
14 Preface Welcome to Aperture