Apple Aperture 2 - Manual (Page 328)

328 Part III Performing Image Adjustments
An Overview of Adjustments in Aperture
Adjustment controls are found in the Adjustments inspector and the Adjustments pane
of the Inspector HUD. The controls are the same in each. The Inspector pane is shown
on the left side of the screen. The Inspector HUD is a floating version of the inspectors
that can be placed anywhere onscreen, allowing you the most flexibility in how you
use your screen workspace.
You can make the following adjustments to images in Aperture.
Adjustment Function
Red Eye Correction Reduces red-eye in the eyes of the subjects in your images. Used in
conjunction with the Red Eye tool.
Spot & Patch Specifically used to fix imperfections in an image caused by sensor
dust. Used in conjunction with the Spot & Patch tool.
Retouch A tool used to retouch all types of imperfections in an image, such
as skin blemishes, using either the Repair or Clone brush.
Straighten Levels the image’s horizon. Used in conjunction with the
Straighten tool.
Devignette Corrects a vignette applied to the image when it was shot.
Crop Trims the image. Used in conjunction with the Crop tool.
Flip Inverts the composition of the image horizontally and vertically.
Exposure Adjusts exposure, recovery, black point, and brightness.
Enhance Adjusts contrast, definition, saturation, and vibrancy, as well as
black, gray, and white tints.
Levels Selectively adjusts the tonal range of an image.
Highlights & Shadows Selectively adjusts the exposure in the shadows and highlights of
an image.
White Balance Sets an image’s white balance by adjusting its color temperature
and tint.
Color Adjusts hue, saturation, and luminance on a color-by-color basis, as
well as chromatic range.
Monochrome Mixer Selectively controls the source red, green, and blue color channels
when a color image is converted to grayscale.
Color Monochrome Desaturates the image and applies a color tint of your choosing to
the midtones.
Sepia Tone Changes a color image to sepia. Allows you to desaturate the color
image to the level of sepia coloring you want.
Noise Reduction Reduces digital noise in an image.
Sharpen Sharpens the image.
Edge Sharpen Sharpens the image based on luminance using multiple
sharpening passes.
Vignette Applies a vignette effect to the image.