For the ultimate image-editing and onscreen proofing experience (and to really impress your clients), you'll can use a system with multiple displays. The Mac OS has long supported more than one display, allowing you to create a large desktop that spans two screens. Aperture improves on this simple "extended desktop" capability by letting you specify what the second screen should be used for. For example, you can have your primary display show the normal Aperture interface, while your secondary display shows a full-screen view of the currently selected image. To configure your computer with multiple screens, you'll need, obviously, multiple displays, as well as a video card that can drive both of them. The Aperture: Getting Started manual details how to connect your displays to your Mac. Once the displays are attached, you're ready to configure Aperture for multiscreen viewing. When two displays are connected to your Mac, Aperture considers the main displaythe one with the menu barto be the primary Viewer. The other display is the secondary Viewer. By default, the primary Viewer displays the Aperture application. Let's specify the function of the secondary Viewer.
If you want to use your second display for something other than Aperture, you can choose Desktop from the Viewer Mode pop-up menu. This reveals your Mac desktop and frees the display for showing the Finder or another application. If you want to completely eliminate the distraction of the second display, choose Blank from the Viewer Mode pop-up menu. |