Operation Manual

• Labels button: Click this button to display options for assigning text to color labels. For
more information, see Labels Preferences.
• Previews button: Click this button to display options for how Aperture creates and
displays preview images. For more information, see Previews Preferences.
• Web button: Click this button to display options for reviewing and updating albums
that you’ve published to your MobileMe Gallery. For more information, see Web
Preferences.
• Advanced button: Click this button to display options for specifying hot and cold area
thresholds, adding tolerance to Auto Levels adjustments, choosing color or monochrome
clipping overlays, and choosing to have Aperture look up image location information
automatically. For more information, see Advanced Preferences.
General Preferences
Use the controls in the General preference pane to set the location of the library, enable
face detection, automatically stack new versions of the same image, and configure other
image management options.
The General preference pane contains the following controls:
• Library Location field: Displays the default location of the library. To specify a custom
location for the Aperture library, click Change and navigate to a location to store the
library. Quit and reopen Aperture to complete the location change. Click Reveal to
display the Aperture library file in the Finder.
• Enable Faces checkbox: Select this checkbox to enable face detection when importing
photos into the Aperture library.
• “Automatically stack new versions” checkbox: Select this checkbox to automatically stack
versions of the same image as you create them.
• Reset All Warnings button: Click this button to display warning messages. If you have
set Aperture to not display certain warnings, this button resets Aperture to display
them again.
843Chapter 27 Customizing the Aperture Workspace