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changes you make to each image. Then, when you ask to see a particular version, Aperture loads
the master behind the scenes and applies the changes you made to create this version.
1.4
All three versions of this image share the same master file, and each
new version only takes a few kilobytes more hard drive space to create.
Working with versions can get a little confusing. Although all of Aperture's built-in adjustments
are nondestructive and are stored as information on top of a master file, Aperture also supports
third-party adjustment editors such as plug-ins to create high dynamic range (HDR) images, as
well as external editors like Photoshop. In order for these third-party programs to see the adjust-
ments you make to an image, Aperture makes a TIF or PSD file from your version for the other tool
to work with. What this means is that if you make a bunch of adjustments to an image within
Aperture and want to open it in Photoshop, rather than trying to describe to Photoshop how
Aperture converted the RAW file and then the changes you made on top of that, Aperture just col-
lects everything together, makes a new TIF file, and then tells Photoshop to open that TIF file.
Even if you're using referenced files, this new file that Aperture makes from your ver-
sion will be stored within your Aperture library. You can relocate the Aperture-
created master wherever you want after it's created, as discussed in Chapter 3.
Genius
This new version has a master file on the hard drive, but it's
not the master file that you imported from your camera, and
this version with its new master consumes far more disk space
than a normal version.
If you see the badge overlay indicated in Figure 1.5 within
Aperture, it means that this version also has an Aperture-
created master aside from the original master you imported.
Badge indicates an
Aperture-created master
1.5
This badge overlay on a
thumbnail or image means that
this version has an Aperture-
created master.
