Apple Aperture 2 - Manual (Page 668)

668 Glossary
USB Short for Universal Serial Bus. A versatile interface used to connect external devices
to computers. USB cables are often used to connect computers to computer
peripherals, such as keyboards and digital cameras, as well as transfer large amounts of
data. See also
camera , FireWire , tethered shooting .
vault A designated storage space that contains an exact copy of the Aperture library
(from the last time you backed up), usually saved on an external FireWire drive. See also
FireWire , library .
version The file containing all the metadata and adjustment information applied to
an image. In Aperture, only versions are changed. The masters are never touched. See
also
master .
Vibrancy parameter An Enhance adjustment parameter in Aperture used to add
saturation in an image in a nonlinear manner. Saturated colors are left alone while
saturation is added to all other colors. However, skin tones are not modified. See also
adjustment , desaturate , Enhance adjustment , saturation .
Viewer An area in Aperture that displays the images currently selected in the Browser.
You can use the Viewer to perform adjustments on images as well as compare them
with each other. See also
Browser .
Viewer Only view A workspace view in Aperture in which the Browser is hidden. See
also
Browser , Browser & Viewer view , Browser Only view , Full Screen view , Viewer .
viewfinder The part of the camera designed to preview the area of the scene that will
be captured by the digital image sensor. See also
camera , digital image sensor .
Vignette adjustment An adjustment in Aperture designed to add a vignette effect to
an image. See also
Devignette adjustment , vignetting .
vignetting a. Darkening, also known as falloff, at the corners of the image as a result of
too many filters attached to the lens, a large lens hood, or poor lens design. b. The
process of applying a vignette to an image for artistic effect. See also
Devignette
adjustment , filters , lens , Vignette adjustment .
watermark A visible graphic or text overlay applied to an image to indicate that the
image is protected by a copyright. Watermarks are used to discourage the use of
images without the copyright holder’s explicit permission.
White Balance adjustment An adjustment in Aperture that changes the color
temperature and tint of a digital image. The goal of adjusting an image’s white balance
is to neutralize color casts in an image. For example, if the white in an image is too
yellow because of incandescent lighting, white balancing adds enough blue to make
the white appear neutral. See also
color cast , color temperature , kelvin (K) .