Operation Manual

photo edit The process of choosing selects from a group of images, as well as sorting
out images that you don’t plan to use or publish, also known as rejects. The more
aggressively you cull undesirable images from your working group of images, the more
time you save when you process the images for display. See also rating, Reject rating,
Select rating.
photograph An image created using a camera as a result of light interacting with a
light-sensitive surface, usually film or a digital image sensor. See also camera, digital image
sensor, film, picture.
photo printer A type of printer capable of producing photo-quality images. See also dye
sublimation, gamut, inkjet printer, offset press, print, RA-4.
Photos view An Aperture view that displays all the images, audio clips, and video clips
in the library. See also Faces view, Flagged view, Places view, Projects view.
pick The image that represents a stack. The pick is usually the best image in the stack.
See also alternate, stack.
picture A visual representation rendered on a flat surface or screen, such as a photograph.
See also image, photograph.
Pictures folder Located in the Home folder, the Pictures folder is the default location for
Aperture and iPhoto libraries. See also library.
pixel The smallest discernible visual element of a digital image. See also megapixel.
Places Path Navigator pop-up menus A set of pop-up menus located at the top-left
corner of the screen in Places view that are used to navigate to locations on the map.
See also Places view.
Places view A view in Aperture that allows you to apply location information to an image
selection and track the location of each shot using Google Maps. Images captured with
GPS-enabled cameras provide their location information automatically. See also Faces
view, Flagged view, Global Positioning System (GPS), Photos view, Places Path Navigator
pop-up menus, Projects view, waypoint.
PNG Short for Portable Network Graphics. PNG is a bitmapped graphics file format that
has been approved by the World Wide Web Consortium to replace patented GIF files.
PNG files are patent and royalty free. See also format.
Polarize Quick Brush A type of Quick Brush adjustment that deepens the colors in the
image by specifically darkening the shadows and midtones while preserving the highlights
in the area of the image the adjustment is brushed on. The Polarize Quick Brush adjustment
is equivalent to applying a Multiply blend. See also adjustment, Brush HUD, contrast,
highlights, Intensify Contrast Quick Brush, midtones, Quick Brushes, shadows.
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