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Projects panel – Apple Aperture Getting Started User Manual

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Chapter 3

Learning About the Aperture Interface

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Projects Panel

You use the Projects panel to organize your imported images using projects, folders,
and albums. You can create webpages (photo galleries and online journals) and
specially formatted books for printing. You can also create Smart Albums that
automatically find and store images based on search criteria you specify (for more
information, see Chapter 13, “

Grouping Images with Smart Albums

,” on page 151).

 Projects pop-up menu: Provides options for showing all projects, your favorites, or

recently selected projects. You can create as many projects as you like.

 Add to Library pop-up menu: Provides a quick way to create new elements, such as

projects, folders, and albums.

 Project Action pop-up menu: Provides options for adding or removing selected items

from a list of favorites and exporting them.

The Projects panel is shown by default.

To hide the Projects panel:

m

Choose Window > Hide Projects (or press W).

To show the Projects panel if it’s hidden:

m

Choose Window > Show Projects (or press W).

For more information, see Chapter 4, “

Working with Projects

,” on page 49.

A project

Project Action
pop-up menu

Add to Library
pop-up menu

Projects pop-up menu