Apple Aperture 2 - Manual (Page 560)

560 Part IV Distribution and Backup
Publishing Images to Web Galleries
Publishing photos directly from Aperture to your MobileMe account is a convenient
and effective method for providing web access to your images. Web galleries provide
an easy-to-use framework of webpages that can display your images at their best with
few design considerations on your part.
You can publish as many MobileMe albums as you want. When you reach the storage
capacity of your MobileMe account, you can easily purchase more space.
To publish images to a MobileMe album, you must:
 Set up a MobileMe account (if you don’t have one already)
 Set your MobileMe preferences in System Preferences
 Select images and create a MobileMe album
Setting up a MobileMe account
If you don’t have a MobileMe account, you can open one by visiting the MobileMe
website at:
http://www.apple.com/mobileme
Note: If you already have a MobileMe account, you can skip ahead to “ Setting
MobileMe Preferences ,”next.
At the MobileMe website you can read about all the MobileMe features available to
account users, review pricing, and even sign up for a free trial. Follow the instructions
on this website to sign up, receive a member name, and set a password.
Write down your member name and password. You’ll need it for setting up your
MobileMe System Preferences.
Tips for Creating High-Quality Watermarks
Use the following guidelines to create high-quality watermarks for your images:
 Save your watermark as a .psd (Photoshop) file with a transparent background.
 Create multiple sizes of your watermark so that you can select the one that is the
best match for the output size of the exported image.
Note: If a watermark file is larger than the image you wish to export, Aperture
automatically scales the watermark down to fit the image. (Aperture does not scale
watermarks up.)
 After you create a watermark, save it as part of a web export preset, so you can
reuse it as often as you need.
Note: Export presets and web export presets are independent of one another.
Make sure to save your watermark as part of the appropriate preset.