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Apple Aperture 2 User Manual

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Chapter 2

The Aperture Interface

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Adjustment Tools

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Selection tool

Select projects, albums, and images with this tool.

B

Rotate Left tool

Rotate an image to the left with this tool. You can use this tool to
rotate an image displayed in the Viewer or Browser.

C

Rotate Right tool

Rotate an image to the right with this tool. You can use this tool to
rotate an image displayed in the Viewer or Browser.

D

Lift tool

Copy a set of metadata and adjustments, including cropping and
straightening of images, from a selected image with this tool.

E

Stamp tool

Stamp, or apply, a copied set of adjustments or metadata to one or
several images with this tool.

F

Straighten tool

Use the guides to help manually straighten (or level) the
selected image.

G

Crop tool

Trim the selected image with this tool.

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Spot & Patch tool

Remove imperfections in the image, such as sensor dust, with this
tool. The tool either copies the pixels around the blemish (“spotting”)
or copies pixels from another area of the image (“patching”).

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Retouch tool

Retouch all types of imperfections in an image, such as skin
blemishes, using either the Repair or Clone brush.

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Red Eye tool

Reduce red-eye, occurring when the subject’s retinas reflect light
from your camera’s flash, with this tool.

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