Operation Manual

Working with Stacks in the Browser
The primary place you work with stacks is in the Browser. A stack appears in the Browser
as a group of images. The image that represents the stack, called the pick, is selected and
displayed on the left. You can select any image in the stack as the pick, and it moves to
the leftmost position in the stack. You can rearrange the order of images in a stack. For
example, you might choose an alternate image and position it next to the pick. A Stack
button appears in the upper-left corner of the pick image in the stack, indicating the
number of images in the stack.
The Stack button
indicates the number
of images in the stack.
A stack with three
images is shown
expanded, or open.
For more information about working with stacks, such as keyboard commands for creating
stacks, selecting a stack pick, and promoting and demoting images, see Stacking Images
and Making Picks.
Using the Loupe to Check the Focus of Images in the Browser
If you want to quickly check specific compositional details of an image, you can use the
Loupe. Aperture provides a software Loupe that lets you magnify portions of an image.
The Loupe is particularly useful when you are quickly navigating through images in the
Browser and you need to verify that the image is in focus or other details without having
to switch to the Viewer or Full Screen view.
To verify image details in the Browser using the Loupe
1 Click the Loupe button in the toolbar, or press the Grave Accent (`) key.
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