Using Multiple Displays


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.

1.

From the control bar, click to open the Viewer Mode pop-up menu.

If you have two displays connected, then you'll see separate sections for each display.

2.

Choose Mirror from the Secondary Viewer Mode pop-up menu.

3.

In the Browser, select any three images. You should see all three images appear on both displays. The second display is showing an exact mirror of the Viewer of the first display. Obviously, the difference is that the second display shows the selection full-screen, with no interface elements.

4.

From the Viewer Mode pop-up menu choose Alternate. Your primary Viewer should still show all three selected images, but the secondary Viewer should change to show only the primary selection.

5.

Use the left and right arrow keys to navigate through the images in the Browser. The second display will update to show only the current primary selection.

6.

Choose Span from the Viewer Mode pop-up menu. Some of your selected images should move to the second display, while the rest of the images in the selection remain on the main display. Span mode spreads the selection across both displays, so your images can be viewed at a larger size. How Aperture chooses to divide them up will depend on the size of your Viewer and the size of your displays.

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.




Apple Pro Training Series(c) Aperture 1.5
Apple Pro Training Series: Aperture 1.5
ISBN: 0321496620
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2007
Pages: 190

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