Operation Manual

Aperture provides a system for rating images from Select to Reject. The easily decipherable
image ratings appear on the images themselves as overlays. Positive ratings appear as
stars; you can rate images from one to five stars, with five being the highest, or Select,
rating. A negative, or Reject, rating appears as an X.
An X indicates a
negative rating (Reject).
Stars indicate a
positive rating.
Five stars indicate
the highest rating
(Select).
The process of rating an image can be as easy as selecting an image and clicking a rating
button in the Metadata inspector.
Click a rating button
to assign and change
image ratings.
You can also use keyboard shortcuts to quickly assign or change ratings.
You can select and rate multiple images at once. You can review and rate images in the
Viewer, Browser, and Light Table, as well as in Full Screen view. When you’ve finished
rating images, Aperture allows you to sort images according to their ratings.
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