Apple Aperture 2 - Manual (Page 40)

40 Part I Interface and Acquisition
Printing and Exporting Images
You can also easily print individual images in standard and custom print sizes and print
collections of images on contact sheets. Aperture has many preset printing options to
help facilitate printing. You can also customize print settings to get the optimum use of
your printer and meet custom print requirements. For more information about print
options, see Chapter 16, “
Printing Your Images ,” on page 471.
When you need to deliver digital files to clients, prepare files for posting on websites, or
transfer files to other computers or users, you can export images in a variety of formats.
You can export your original masters as well as versions that you’ve created. Aperture
provides many preset options for exporting files in a variety of file sizes and formats,
and you can add custom touches such as watermarks or copyright information. When
you export images, you can assign custom filenames and export all or a selection of the
metadata associated with an image. For example, you can send an editor a digital file
complete with the IPTC information you’ve added. Aperture also enables you to quickly
email images. For more information about exporting images, see Chapter 17, “
Exporting
Your Images ,” on page 487.
Sharing Images with iLife and iWork Applications
The Aperture library is accessible from within iLife and iWork applications so you can
easily share and use your photos in iLife or iWork projects and documents. You can also
import your entire iPhoto library into Aperture, or open the iPhoto Browser in Aperture
and review and select iPhoto images that you want to import. You can import
documents or files from iLife or iWork applications as long as the files are in formats
compatible with Aperture.