Operation Manual

Adding Photo Boxes to a Book Page
After creating a page and applying a master page design, you may need to add more
photo boxes to hold images on the page. You can select a different master page design
that has more photo boxes, or you can add photo boxes where you need them.
To add a photo box to a page
1 In the Book Layout Editor, click the Edit Layout button, if it’s not already selected.
2 Select a page in the Pages pane.
3 Choose Add Photo Box from the Add Box pop-up menu.
When the photo box appears, you can drag it to a new position and resize it.
Changing How an Image Fills a Photo Box
Aperture is preset to scale images to fill a photo box on a book page. You can change
the position of an image within a photo box, making it appear centered or aligned on
the right or left edge.
To change the position of an image in a photo box
1 In the Book Layout Editor, click the Edit Layout button, if it’s not already selected.
2 Select the photo box you want to change.
3 Choose Photo Box Alignment from the Book Action pop-up menu (with a gear icon), then
choose an alignment option from the submenu.
• To scale the image to fit the size of the box on the page: Choose Scale to Fill.
• To center the image in the box: Choose Scale to Fit Centered.
• To align the image on the left edge of the box: Choose Scale to Fit Left-Aligned.
• To align the image on the right edge of the box: Choose Scale to Fit Right-Aligned.
You can also adjust the scaling of an image within a box. Aperture provides an Image
Scale slider to rescale images.
To change the scale of an image in a photo box
1 Double-click the image.
The Image Scale HUD appears.
2 Drag the slider to adjust the size of the image within the photo box.
Click outside the photo box to hide the Image Scale HUD.
If an image is scaled so that only part of the image is visible within the photo box, you
can change the portion of the image that’s visible.
To change the part of the image that appears in a photo box
1 Double-click the image.
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