Opening Aperture

There are three ways to open Aperture:

• Double-click the Aperture application icon, located inside the Applications folder on your hard disk.
  
  
• Click once on the Aperture icon in your Dock.
  
  
• Double-click any Aperture project file.
  
  

For this exercise, you'll open Aperture by double-clicking the application icon.

1.	Locate the Applications folder on your computer. Double-click the folder to open it. The folder opens to reveal the applications installed on your computer.
2.	Double-click the Aperture application icon to open Aperture. When you first open Aperture, you're greeted by a Welcome screen listing several tasks and options that are useful when you're getting to know the application. "Start using Aperture" is selected by default. We won't be using the other options during this tutorial, but if you'd like to come back to this screen the next time you open Aperture, leave the box checked at the bottom of the window.
3.	Click Continue to start using Aperture. A menu appears asking if you want to use Aperture when you connect your digital camera. If you decide not to use Aperture, you may have to install other software to download photos from your digital camera. This selection can be changed at any time in the Preferences panel.
4.	Choose Use Aperture. Next you'll see the Sample Project Import window, which asks if you want to load the Sample Projects. Since we will be using the images in the Sample Projects for the exercises in this tutorial, you should load the images.
5.	Click OK to load all the Sample Projects. Aperture will begin importing the projects, and a progress bar will appear. When it has finished importing, click Continue.
6.	When Aperture opens, you will see the main window displaying the Standard layout. In the upper left-hand pane, click the disclosure triangle next to the Sample Projects folder to reveal its contents. Click to select the Tibet project.
7.	Press I to display the Inspectors panel.