Operation Manual

• Enter a custom aspect ratio by entering values in the Width and Height fields.
Aperture interprets small (single and double-digit) numbers as inches and larger
numbers as pixels.
2 If you wish, click the Switch Aspect Ratio button to switch the orientation of the Crop
overlay to portrait or landscape.
Click the Switch Aspect Ratio
button to change the orientation
to portrait or landscape.
The values in the Width and Height fields are reversed, and the Crop overlay is updated
to show the new orientation. (Entering a number in the Width field that is smaller than
the number in the Height field sets a portrait orientation. Entering a larger number in the
Width field sets a landscape orientation.)
You can also display cropping guides within the Crop overlay to help you compositionally
align the Crop overlay according to the rule of thirds.
To show cropping guides within the Crop overlay
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Select the “Show guides” checkbox.
Select the “Show guides”
checkbox to display
cropping guides over
the image.
Displaying the Cropped Image Without the Crop Overlay
When the Crop tool is selected, the whole image is shown, with the trimmed edges
dimmed. You can also have Aperture display the cropped image without the trimmed
edges.
To display the cropped image without the trimmed edges
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Select another tool in the tool strip or the Full Screen view toolbar. For example, select
the Selection tool (or press A).
The cropped image appears in the Viewer.
Select the Crop tool again (or press C) to make the trimmed edges visible in the Viewer
again.
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