Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
Working with Stacks in Browser
As mentioned in Chapter 1, you can organize groups of related images into stacks. These can be
images that are very similar, part of a panorama, part of a High Dynamic Range (HDR) series, differ-
ent versions of the same image, or any images that you want to group together for any reason.
Stacked images have a dark-gray box around them and a number in the upper-left corner of the
first image indicating the number of images in the stack, as shown in Figure 3.30. Stacks can con-
tain as many images as you want.
3.30
Stacks can organize groups of related images.
Aperture can auto-stack all the images in a project based on the time sequence in which you took
them. To auto-stack images based on time, follow these steps:
1.
Select a project or album.
2.
Choose Stacks
➪
Auto-Stack.
3.
Adjust the Auto-Stack Images dialog slider to the desired time frame from 0 sec-
onds to 1 minute.
As you do, the images are organized into stacks.
4.
Choose Stacks
➪
Close All Stacks.
Aperture automatically creates stacks whenever you create a new version of an image, including
when you use a plug-in or external editor such as Photoshop, so the files stay together. You can
change this behavior by deselecting the Automatically stack new versions option in General
Preferences, but we recommend you leave it selected.
