Apple Aperture 2 - Manual (Page 212)

212 Part II Photo Editing
Stacking Buttons
 Stack Pick: Select a stack item, then click this button to mark the image as its stack’s pick.
 Promote: Select a stack item, then click this button to move the selected stack item
closer to the stack’s pick.
 Demote: Select a stack item, then click this button to move the selected stack item
farther from the stack’s pick.
 Album Pick: Select an image version to represent a stack, then click this button to
select the image as the pick within that particular album (the stack can have a
different pick image in another album).
Adjustment Tools
 Selection: Use this tool to select images.
 Rotate Left: Use this tool to rotate an image counterclockwise.
 Rotate Right: Use this tool to rotate an image clockwise.
 Lift: Use this tool to copy a set of metadata and adjustments from a selected image.
 Stamp: Use this tool to stamp, or apply, a copied set of adjustments to one or
several images.
 Straighten: Use this tool to manually rotate an image so that it’s straight in relation to
a virtual horizon.
 Crop: Use this tool to crop an image to a constrained aspect ratio or custom dimension.
 Spot & Patch: Use this tool to remove imperfections in the image, such as sensor
dust, by either copying the pixels around the blemish (“spotting”) or copying pixels
from another area of the image (“patching”).
Stack Pick
Demote
Album Pick
Promote
Selection
Stamp
Rotate Left Lift
Rotate Right
Spot & Patch
Retouch
Red Eye
Crop
Straighten