Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
When printing a contact sheet, you'll want to use a light touch with any Image
Adjustments, especially sharpening, as the settings are applied to each image. The
settings that work for one image will most likely not work for all images.
Caution
Use the arrow buttons under the print preview to switch pages, assuming your contact sheet has
more than one page, to make sure that everything looks as you expect before clicking Print.
Using built-in custom presets and
creating your own
While the Standard and Contact Sheets print presets will meet most of your needs, sometimes
you'll have custom print layout needs, such as printing two 4-
×
-6-inch images on one sheet of
paper. Custom presets provide this flexibility.
Aperture provides a number of built-in custom presets. We recommend that you click these pre-
sets and look at what options Aperture changes to achieve each print style. For example, the 4
×
6
preset is based on the Standard print preset but has the image size fixed at 4
6 inches and auto-
matically adjusts the number of photos per page to fill the selected paper size as completely as
possible with 4-
×
×
-6-inch images. Same Photo Per Page is selected so that each page has two 4
×
6
prints of each image, and Crop Image to Fill is selected so that the print is guaranteed to be 4
×
6
inches and to have that exact aspect ratio, regardless of the original image's aspect ratio.
Sequence is similar, but rather than using a standard Image Size setting, it has a custom setting
and Crop Image to Fill is selected, which creates a sequence of images that you might use to pro-
mote a show, for example. Again, remember that you can click on each image in the print preview
and adjust how Aperture crops the image (and scale the image up or down as needed, too).
Review Sheet is based on the Contact Sheets preset. You can tell because under Layout, it doesn't
have any individual image size options. Unlike the Contact Sheets preset, Review Sheet has no
space between the rows, fewer rows and columns overall, and a few settings changed under
Metadata & Page Options.
While these different custom presets provide some diverse printing options, chances are they're
not exactly the settings you want, and you'll still want to create your own presets for your specific
needs.
The Action pop-up menu at the bottom of the Print dialog provides three commands to help you
manage your custom presets: Save Preset, Duplicate Preset, and Delete Preset.
