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Appearance preferences – Apple Aperture 2 User Manual

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Part I

Interface and Acquisition

Appearance Preferences

A

“Show activity label
next to the status
indicator” checkbox

Select this checkbox to set Aperture to display the current activity
next to the status indicator.

B

“Show number of
versions for projects
and albums” checkbox

Select this checkbox to have Aperture display the number of
versions in a project or album in the Projects inspector.

C

“Show ‘Loading...’
indicator while full size
images load” checkbox

Select this checkbox to have Aperture display an initial proxy
image if there is any delay when loading a full-size image.

D

“Double-click photo”
pop-up menu

Choose an option from this pop-up menu to set what Aperture
does when you double-click a thumbnail in the Browser. You can
set Aperture to switch to Viewer Only view, switch to Full Screen
view, or do nothing. Double-clicking the image again restores
Aperture to the original view.

E

Cold Area Display
Threshold slider

You can view an image’s cold areas (where black data in any color
channel has been clipped) by choosing View > Highlight Hot &
Cold Areas. To adjust the threshold used to determine an image’s
cold areas, drag the slider.

F

Browser Background
Brightness slider

Adjust the Browser background brightness using this slider.

G

Viewer Background
Brightness slider

Adjust the Viewer background brightness using this slider.

H

Hot Area Display
Threshold slider

You can view an image’s hot areas (where highlight data in any
color channel has been clipped) by choosing View > Highlight Hot
& Cold Areas. To adjust the threshold used to determine an image’s
hot areas, drag the slider.

I

Clipping Overlay
pop-up menu

Choose color or monochrome for the display of your clipping overlays.

J

Search Scope
pop-up menu

Use this pop-up menu to set your preferences for how Aperture
performs searches. You can have Aperture search for your entered
text throughout all the metadata associated with your images or
perform a limited text search that doesn’t search through your
images’ EXIF information.

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