Apple Aperture 2 - Manual (Page 222)

222 Part II Photo Editing
Creating Stacks Automatically
When importing images, you can have Aperture automatically group them into stacks.
To set Aperture to stack images automatically during import:
1 Connect your camera or card reader to your computer.
The Import pane and Import dialog appear, displaying the images on your camera or
card reader.
2 Drag the Auto-Stack slider to set the time interval for successive shots in a stack.
The images in the dialog are stacked according to the slider setting. Inspect the stacks
to determine if the time interval should be shortened or lengthened.
Note: You can also manually select images in the Import dialog and stack and unstack
them using the same commands and procedures you use to stack images in the Browser.
3 Specify the other import options you want, then click Import All.
For more information about importing your photos, see Chapter 4, “ Importing Images ,”
on page 109.
After Aperture imports and stacks your images, you can review each stack to determine
if the automatic stacking meets your approval.
If you prefer, you can also automatically stack images after importing them.
Drag the slider
to stack images.
Click these buttons to
open or close stacks. Click here to unstack
all stacks. Click here to stack
selected images.
Click here to split a stack.