Opening Aperture


There are three ways to open Aperture:

  • By double-clicking the Aperture application icon

  • By defining Aperture as your default image application and double-clicking an image

  • By clicking the Aperture application icon in the Dock

Over the course of this book, you'll open Aperture using all three methods. Let's start by opening it from the Dock.

Adding Aperture to the Dock

You can add Aperture to the Dock as you would any other Mac OS X application.

1.

Click the desktop to make sure you're in the Finder.

You should see the word Finder next to the Apple logo in the upper left corner of your screen.

2.

Choose Go > Applications. The Applications folder opens in a Finder window.

3.

Locate Aperture in the Applications window and drag the Aperture application icon to the Dock.

If you inadvertently release the mouse button outside the Dock, the Aperture icon will be moved to your desktop. If that happens, drag it back to the Applications folder and try again.

4.

Close the Applications window.

That's it. Now you're ready to open Aperture and get to work.

Launching Aperture for the First Time

It's time to take Aperture on its maiden voyage. Put on your life vestshere we go!

1.

Click the Aperture icon in the Dock to open the application.

When you open Aperture for the first time, the Welcome screen appears.

The Welcome screen has five options plus a checkbox. Let's take a look at all of the options before we move on.

  • View the Quick Tourspoints your web browser to QuickTime movies about Aperture

  • Import Your iPhoto Libraryallows you to import the current iPhoto Library

  • Import Photos from a Folder on Diskallows you to import from a variety of media, including hard disks, CDs, and DVDs

  • Import Photos from a Memory Card or Cameralooks for a mounted camera or media card to import from

  • Start Using Apertureopens directly into Aperture

  • Show the Welcome Screen at Startupa checkbox that should be deselected if you would like to bypass the Welcome screen in future sessions

We will learn how to import images from iPhoto, from a disc, and from a memory card or camera in Lesson 2. Right now, let's start using Aperture.

2.

Make sure Start Using Aperture is selected, and then click the Continue button in the lower right corner of the Welcome screen.

Aperture prompts you to set it as the default application for your digital camera.

3.

Click the Use Aperture button to select Aperture as the default application for importing images from a tethered camera.

Note

If you have previously opened Aperture and selected either Use Other or Use Aperture, this screen will not appear. If you are not sure Aperture has been set as your default image-capture application, do the following when Aperture opens: Choose Aperture > Preferences. In the Preferences dialog, choose "When a camera is connected, open" > Aperture, if it is not already chosen. Close the Preferences window.

Next, Aperture asks if you'd like to import a sample project. We'll start our real-world, though fictional, project in Lesson 2. For the purposes of simply learning the interface in this lesson, let's import a sample project of RAW images that ships with the application.

4.

Click the Import button to import the Tibet sample project included with the Aperture installation disc.

Note

If this window did not appear, it may be because you've opened Aperture before and you previously checked the "Don't show again" box. To import the Tibet project manually, choose File > Import > Projects, navigate to Macintosh HD/Library/Application Support/Aperture/Sample Projects, select the Tibet project, and open it.

Aperture adds the Tibet project to the Projects panel in the upper left corner of the Aperture main window, displays image thumbnails in the Browser at the bottom of the main window, and displays one large image in the Viewer in the center of the main window. Let's get acquainted with these and other aspects of the Aperture interface next.




Apple Pro Training Series(c) Aperture
Apple Pro Training Series: Aperture
ISBN: 0321422767
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2004
Pages: 185

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