Operation Manual

Aperture is designed to be the center of your digital photography workflow, from capturing

new images to the final delivery of professional-quality photographs. You can also use

Aperture to organize your audio and video clips for use with multimedia slideshow

presentations, share photos with social networking websites, and publish photos on your

personal website.

This chapter provides an overview of how Aperture works and what you can do with it.

However, this chapter doesn’t provide all the detailed information and instructions needed

to perform work on your images. If you’re new to Aperture, this chapter is for you. If you’re

familiar with the Aperture features and interface, feel free to skip this chapter. Once you’re

familiar with Aperture, you’ll find in-depth explanations and instructions in later chapters.

This chapter covers the following:

• A First Look at Aperture (p. 18)

• Creating Projects and Importing Your Photos (p. 19)

• Photo Editing with Aperture (p. 24)

• Image Processing (p. 42)

• Sharing (p. 44)

• Sharing Images with iLife and iWork Applications (p. 50)

• Backing Up Your Work (p. 50)

An Overview of Aperture