Apple Aperture 3.5 - Manual (Page 168)

Chapter 5 View and compare photos 168
Work with audio and video in the Viewer
If you have imported audio and video files into Aperture, you can use the Viewer to review and
edit them. You can edit the length of video and audio clips using the video and audio controls
in the Viewer. You can also set the poster frame for a video clip (the frame that appears as
the video’s thumbnail in the Browser), as well as create a JPEG image from any frame in the
video clip.
Note: If you have a camera that can record audio annotations or if you have manually attached
an audio file to a photo, you use the Info inspector to listen to and edit audio attachments. For
more information, see
Modify metadata in the Info inspector and Inspector HUD on page 198.
Listen to audio clips or view video clips
1 In the Library inspector, select an item that contains audio or video clips.
The audio and video clips appear in the Browser as thumbnails.
2 In the Browser, select an audio clip or a video clip.
This icon indicates
a video clip.
3 In the Viewer, do one of the following:
•
If you selected an audio clip: Audio controls with the audio clip’s filename appear in the Viewer.
Click the Play button to listen to the audio clip, and use the playhead to navigate forward
and backward.
Play button
Trim button
Playhead
•
If you selected a video clip: The video clip appears in the Viewer. Move the pointer over the
Viewer, and the video controls appear. Click the Play button to view the video clip, and use the
playhead to navigate forward and backward.
Play button
Action pop-up menu
Playhead
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