Aperture's method of archiving an entire Library is to create a mirror image of the Library on an external device, such as a FireWire drive. Any number of vaults can be connected to a computer. Aperture indicates by color which files need backing up.
version
The file containing all the metadata and adjustment information applied to an image. In Aperture, only versions are changed. The master image files are never touched.
viewer
A panel in Aperture that displays up to ten currently selected images in the Browser. Adjustments can be made on images in the Viewer.
viewfinder
The part of the camera designed to preview the area of the scene that will be captured by the digital image sensor. See also camera, digital image sensor.
vignetting
(1) Darkening, also known as fall-off, at the corners of the image as a result of too many filters attached to the lens, a large lens hood, or poor lens design. (2) A filter in Aperture designed to correct unwanted vignetting in the image. See also filters.
