Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
Generating previews
You're probably asking yourself how and when we create previews for our images, since we turn
off automatic preview generation. Our workflow is to only create previews for images once we've
done an initial ratings and adjustment pass. Typically we filter a project to show the images we
rated as 3-star and higher and then create previews for those files.
To create previews, select the images in Browser, Control+click them, and choose Update Preview.
Aperture will show its progress in the Activity window.
If an image already has a preview, Update Preview won't regenerate the preview. If Aperture
thinks your preview is up to date but you're not seeing your latest adjustments, select the image,
Option+Control+click it, and select Generate Preview.
To delete an image's preview, select the image, Control+click it, and choose Delete Preview.
Previews and stacks
When you use the media browser in the iApps to browse your Aperture library, you might have
noticed that you don't see the full contents of your stacks. Aperture only displays the stack pick.
Aperture does respect the album pick (if it's different than the main stack pick) and displays the
album pick in that album in the media browser. If you want to see the full contents of the stack,
then make a new Smart Album with the image and select the Ignore stack groupings option.
Once you create a preview for an image, you can drag it from Aperture and drop it
onto another program. If you drag an image that isn't a stack pick, Aperture correctly
drags that image's preview rather than the stack pick.
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Working with Multiple Libraries
At some point, you will end up with a second library. You might create one to separate your work
and personal images, or perhaps you'll create one library for each year's worth of wedding shoots
that you archive and remove from your main drive at the end of the year. Or perhaps you have
more than one computer, such as a laptop and desktop, and you have a library on each computer.
Whatever the reason, it's good to know how to use multiple libraries with Aperture.
In previous versions of Aperture, it was a little clunky to work with multiple libraries and to move
images among them. Fortunately, Aperture 3 has simplified this whole process.
