Operation Manual

Appearance Preferences
Use the controls in the Appearance preference pane to customize the Aperture interface.
The Appearance preference pane contains the following controls:
• Viewer Brightness slider: Adjust the Viewer background brightness using this slider.
• Full Screen Viewer Brightness slider: Adjust the Full Screen view background brightness
using this slider.
• Browser Brightness slider: Adjust the Browser background brightness using this slider.
• “View Slideshows on” pop-up menu: Choose to display slideshows in full-screen mode
on your main display or secondary display. For more information about playing
slideshows in full-screen mode, see Viewing Your Slideshows in Aperture.
• “Show ‘Loading...’ indicator while full size photos load” checkbox: Select this checkbox to
have Aperture display an initial proxy image if there is any delay when loading a full-size
image.
• “Show tooltips on controls” checkbox: Select this checkbox to have Aperture display the
names of interface items when you place the pointer over them.
• “Show number of versions for projects and albums” checkbox: Select this checkbox to
have Aperture display the number of versions in a project or album in the Library
inspector.
• “Badge referenced items” checkbox: Select this checkbox to have Aperture display badges
that identify referenced images, audio clips, and video clips.
• "Show corkboard background for Faces” checkbox: Select this checkbox to display a
corkboard in the background of Faces view.
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