Operation Manual

shutter speed The length of time the shutter is open or the digital image sensor is
activated or charged. Shutter speeds appear as fractions of a second, such as 1/8 or 1/250.
See also shutter.
Shuttle control A control in the Browser that allows you to quickly advance through
images. See also Browser.
sidelighting Light that hits the subject from the side, perpendicular to the angle of the
camera. See also backlighting, frontlighting.
silhouette An image in which the subject is a solid dark shape against a bright
background. Extreme backlighting, such as a sunset, can cause the silhouette effect when
your subject is placed in the foreground. See also backlighting, foreground.
skimming The act of quickly navigating through images of a person in Faces view or
images within a project in Projects view by slowly dragging over the thumbnail
representing the person in Faces view or the project in Projects view. See also Faces view,
Projects view.
Skin Smoothing Quick Brush A type of Quick Brush adjustment used to smooth a person’s
skin by subtly blurring wrinkles and skin pores in the area of the image the adjustment
is brushed on. See also adjustment, Brush HUD, Quick Brushes.
slide See positive.
slider In Aperture, an interface element that can be dragged forward or backward to
make an adjustment. Sliders can be found in the Adjustments inspector as well as in the
Adjustments pane of the Inspector HUD. See also adjustment, HUD, Inspector HUD.
slideshow An animated presentation of a series of images. In Aperture, slideshows can
be combined with music to present a series of images across up to two displays.
Smart Album Dynamic albums in Aperture used to organize images by gathering versions
based on search criteria. See also album, Smart Settings HUD, version.
Smart Settings HUD A floating window used to quickly locate images based on a
combination of criteria, such as adjustments, keywords, ratings, and EXIF metadata, for
the specific purpose of specifying image criteria for the contents of Smart Albums. See
also EXIF, image, keywords, rating, Smart Album.
soft lighting See diffused lighting.
soft proof The onscreen simulation by a display of the expected output from a printer
or press.
Sorting pop-up menu Used to arrange images in the Browser based on a variety of sort
properties or custom sort criteria. See also Browser, image.
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