Operation Manual

To work with the Viewer only
Do one of the following:
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Choose View > Viewer.
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Click the Viewer button in the toolbar.
Tip: To quickly change workspace views, press the V key repeatedly until you see the
view you want to work in.
When you work with the Browser and Viewer together, you can reposition the Browser
on the screen. For example, you can rotate the Browser to the side.
You can also swap the position of the Viewer and Browser.
To rotate the position of the Browser
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Choose View > Browser > Rotate Position (or press Shift-W).
To swap the position of the Browser and the Viewer
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Choose View > Browser > Swap Position (or press Option-W).
Using the Rotate Position and Swap Position commands, you can arrange the Browser
and Viewer in the positions most convenient for you.
Navigating Through Images in Quick Preview Mode
As you work with images in the Browser and Viewer, you can set Aperture to display
representations of the images called previews. A preview is a JPEG representation of the
image whose file size is smaller than the original and allows Aperture to display images
more quickly. For example, the thumbnails in the Browser are preview representations
of the master, reduced to thumbnail size.
Likewise, when you select an image in the Viewer, Aperture first displays a preview image
as it reads the larger master on disk. It then displays the full master once the image is
decoded. This process of displaying the previews and then the masters can be nearly
instantaneous, or, depending on the size of your masters, there can be a short delay in
the final display.
For more information about creating and working with previews, see Working with
Preview Images.
195Chapter 5 Working with Images in the Browser