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Part II

Photo Editing

To set the display of metadata in the Browser in grid view:

1

Do one of the following:

 Choose View > Metadata > Customize (or press Command-J).
 Choose Aperture > Preferences, or press Command-Comma (,), then click Metadata.

2

Select the Browser checkbox.

3

In the Browser area, choose the metadata view you want from the Set 1 pop-up menu.
Choose an alternate metadata view from the Set 2 pop-up menu.

4

Choose where you want the metadata displayed in relation to the image from the
Placement pop-up menus.

5

To include labels with metadata items, select the Show Labels checkbox.

6

Click the Set 1 or Set 2 button to specify the set you want to use.

7

Close the Preferences window.

When you choose a metadata view for the Browser in list view, the metadata view
determines the number of columns that appear. Each metadata item in the metadata
view becomes a list view column.

To set the display of metadata in the Browser in list view:

1

Do one of the following:

 Choose View > Metadata > Customize (or press Command-J).
 Choose Aperture > Preferences, then click Metadata.

2

Select the Browser checkbox.

3

In the List View Columns area, choose the metadata view you want from the Set 1
pop-up menu. Choose an alternate metadata view from the Set 2 pop-up menu.

4

Click the Set 1 or Set 2 button to specify the set you want to use.

5

Close the Preferences window.

To set the display of metadata in image tooltips, do one of the following:

m

Choose View > Metadata > Image Tooltips (or press T).

m

Choose Aperture > Preferences, or press Command-Comma (,), click Metadata, select
the Image Tooltips checkbox, then choose the metadata view you want from the Set
pop-up menu.