Operation Manual

Displaying Images with Badge Overlays
Badge visibility is determined by the metadata overlay view that is displayed. You can
control whether badges are visible by choosing a metadata overlay view that includes
badge overlays; you can also control whether badge overlays are visible by turning
metadata overlays on or off.
Important: Badge overlays appear only in the Aperture application; they do not appear
on images exported or printed from Aperture.
To display badge overlays on images in the Viewer
1 Do one of the following:
• Choose View > Metadata Display > Customize (or press Command-J).
• In the tool strip, choose Edit from the Metadata Overlays pop-up menu.
The Browser & Viewer Metadata dialog appears.
2 Choose a Viewer metadata overlay view from the View pop-up menu.
3 In the Metadata Fields column, click the Aperture disclosure triangle to reveal the metadata
fields below it, then select the Badges checkbox.
4 Click OK.
5 Make sure both Show Metadata and the metadata overlay view you just modified are
selected for the Viewer in the Metadata Overlays pop-up menu in the tool strip.
Badges are now visible in the Viewer.
You can turn off the display of badge overlays in the Viewer by turning off the display of
metadata. For more information, see Turning the Display of Metadata On or Off.
To display badge overlays on images in the Browser in grid view
1 Do one of the following:
• Choose View > Metadata Display > Customize (or press Command-J).
• In the tool strip, choose Edit from the Metadata Overlays pop-up menu.
The Browser & Viewer Metadata dialog appears.
2 Choose a Browser Grid View metadata overlay view from the View pop-up menu.
3 In the Metadata Fields column, click the Aperture disclosure triangle to reveal the metadata
fields below it, then select the Badges checkbox.
4 Click OK.
5 Make sure both Show Metadata and the metadata overlay view you just modified are
selected for the Browser in the Metadata Overlays pop-up menu in the tool strip.
Badge overlays are now visible in the Browser.
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