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An Overview of Stacking Photos
To capture a specic moment in time, such as a bride and groom kissing or a student soccer
player kicking the winning goal, a photographer may shoot multiple photos, using both
bracketing and continuous shooting, to increase the odds of capturing a usable photo. After
shooting the series, the photographer reviews the images and picks the best photo of the group.
Reviewing and making picks from many related photos can be time-consuming and
dicult. Aperture makes it simple to choose the best photo out of a series by allowing you to
group related photos into sets, called stacks, that are easy to review, work with, and select nal
picks from.
Aperture can automatically create stacks by grouping photos that were shot in quick succession,
or by grouping multiple versions of the same photo. You can also select photos and create
stacks manually.
A stack appears in the Browser as a group of thumbnail images. The photo that represents the
stack, called the pick, is selected and displayed on the left. You can select any photo in the stack
as the pick, and it moves to the leftmost position in the stack. You can rearrange the order of
photos in a stack. For example, you might choose an alternate photo and position it next to the
pick. A Stack button appears in the upper-left corner of the pick photo in the stack, indicating
the number of photos in the stack.
The Stack button
indicates the number
of photos in the stack.
A stack with three photos
is shown expanded.
Stacking Photos and Making Picks