Apple Aperture 3.5 - Manual (Page 190)

Chapter 5 View and compare photos 190
Move, resize, and align photos in the Light Table
You can drag photos to new locations in the Light Table, trying out different combinations and
orientations. For example, you might take a group of related photos and arrange them to see
how they’d appear on a print page. You can also enlarge or reduce photos. After resizing a photo,
you can quickly reset the photo back to its original size.
As you drag photos in the Light Table, yellow guidelines appear to mark the vertical, horizontal,
and center points of the stationary, unselected photos in relation to the photos you’re dragging.
Using the guidelines, you can make sure that your selected photos visually align with other
photos in the Light Table.
You can also select a group of photos in the Light Table and automatically align them according
to their top, bottom, or side edges, or by their centers. In addition, you can have Aperture arrange
a selected group with equal space between each photo.
When you drag a photo,
guidelines appear, helping you
align it with the other photos.
Move photos in the Light Table
m In the Light Table, select the photos you want to move and drag them to a new location.
To add more space for your photos to the Light Table, drag a photo to the border of the Light
Table until the screen begins to scroll.
Change the size of a photo
m Position the pointer over the photo, and drag a resize handle.
Move the pointer over the
photo to show the resize
handles, then drag to
change the photo’s size.
To reset the photo to its previous size, Control-click it and choose Reset Selected Size from the
shortcut menu.
67% resize factor