After you have imported digital master files to your hard disk, you can make adjustments to them. For example, you can change their exposure, contrast, or saturation, or you can crop, straighten, or rotate them. When you make adjustments to an image, Aperture creates a "version" of the master file that includes your adjustments and embedded information; Aperture leaves the master file untouched. Versions do not actually exist as independent image files unless or until they are exported. Adjustments to an image are kept as a set of instructions linked to the master image. When you view a version, Aperture uses the original master file as a resource and applies the linked set of instructions to the image on your display. In this way, all image adjustments made in Aperture are nondestructive. In Lesson 3, you created a Smart Album of images of three potential locations for a fashion shoot. Even though the images are only for assessing the locations and won't be used in the fashion retailer's advertising, they speak to your professional talents, so you want them to look their very best. In this lesson, we will learn the basics of using Aperture's powerful and nondestructive editing tools to tidy up and, in some cases, enhance the appearance of these images. You'll learn more about making image adjustments in Lesson 6, "Finishing Images," and Lesson 9, "Advanced Editing."
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