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Chapter 4 Working with Photos in the Browser 79
You can select photos in the following ways.
Task Action
Select a single photo
Click the photo.
Press the arrow keys to navigate to the photo.
Select a range of photos
Select the rst photo, then choose Edit > Select to
End (or press Shift-End) to extend the selection to
the last photo in the Browser.
Select the last photo in a range, then choose Edit >
Select to Beginning (or press Shift-Home) to extend
the selection to the rst photo in the Browser.
Click the rst photo in a range, then Shift-click the
last photo.
Press the arrow keys to select the rst photo, then
press Shift and an arrow key to select the last
photo in the range.
Drag a selection rectangle to select all the photos
that fall within the rectangle.
Select a photo among selected photos
Press Semicolon (;) or press Command–Option–
Left Arrow to select the previous photo in the
selection. Press Apostrophe (’) or press Command–
Option–Right Arrow to select the next photo in
the selection.
Select a photo in a stack
Press the Right Arrow or Left Arrow key.
Select nonadjacent photos
Command-click the photos you want to select.
Command-click the photos again to deselect them.
Slide a selection
Press Command–Left Arrow or Command–Right
Arrow to slide the current selection over by one
photo. For example, you can move a three-photo
selection left or right by one photo at a time.
Select the next stack
With a stack selected, press Option–Page Up or
Option–Page Down.
Select or set a compare photo
Select the photo, then press Option-O.
Deselect the compare photo
Press Command-Return.
Select a dierent compare photo
Select the photo you want as a compare photo,
then press Return.
Select all photos in the Browser
Choose Edit > Select All (or press Command-A).
Select only the primary photo, deselecting all others
Choose Edit > Reduce Selection (or press Shift-E).
Deselect all photos in the Browser
Choose Edit > Deselect All (or press
Command-Shift-A).
Click the gray background of the Browser.
Navigating Through Photos in Quick Preview Mode
As you work with photos in the Browser and Viewer, you can set Aperture to display JPEG
representations of the photos called previews. Because the previews le size is smaller than that
of the original photo, Aperture can display the photo more quickly. For example, the thumbnails
in the Browser are preview representations of the originals, reduced to thumbnail size.