Operation Manual

FunctionAdjustment
Corrects chromatic aberration, produced by certain lenses during
shooting.
Chromatic Aberration
Reduces digital noise in an image.Noise Reduction
Selectively remaps the tonal range of the image by applying a curve
from input to output.
Curves
Selectively adjusts the exposure in the shadows and highlights of
an image.
Highlights & Shadows
Selectively adjusts the tonal range of an image.Levels
Adjusts hue, saturation, and luminance on a color-by-color basis,
as well as chromatic range.
Color
Selectively controls the source red, green, and blue color channels
when a color image is converted to grayscale.
Black & White
Desaturates the image and applies a color tint of your choosing to
the midtones.
Color Monochrome
Changes a color image to sepia. Allows you to desaturate the color
image to the level of sepia coloring you want.
Sepia Tone
Sharpens the image.
In Aperture 3, it is recommended to use the Edge Sharpen
adjustment to sharpen images.
Sharpen
Sharpens the image based on luminance using multiple sharpening
passes.
Edge Sharpen
Applies a vignette effect to the image.Vignette
Quick Brush Adjustments
You can make the following adjustments to images in Aperture using Quick Brushes. For
more information, see Making Brushed Adjustments.
FunctionQuick Brush
Smoothes people’s skin by subtly blurring wrinkles and skin pores
in the area of the image the adjustment is brushed on.
Skin Smoothing
Dodges (lightens) the area of the image the adjustment is brushed
on.
Dodge (Lighten)
Burns (darkens) the area of the image the adjustment is brushed
on.
Burn (Darken)
Deepens the colors in the image by specifically darkening the
shadows and midtones while preserving the highlights in the area
of the image the adjustment is brushed on.
Polarize (Multiply)
Corrects the shadow areas of the image that appear washed out
by intensifying the contrast between pure black and 50% gray in
the area of the image the adjustment is brushed on.
Intensify Contrast (Overlay)
429Chapter 16 An Overview of Image Adjustments