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After creating a stack and selecting the pick, you can close the stack by clicking the Stack button
on the pick photo. When a stack is closed, only the stack’s pick photo appears in the Browser.
Clicking the Stack button again expands the stack.
Only the pick photo is
shown when the stack
is closed.
By closing stacks, you quickly reduce the number of photos you have to visually sort through
when selecting photos in the nal photo edit.
After creating stacks, you can organize and change them as needed. You can add photos to
a stack and remove those that don’t belong. You can also split a stack into multiple stacks
if necessary.
Important: When you open an Aperture library in iPhoto, only stack picks are shown. The photos
within stacks are not shown or accessible, but they are not discarded. To work with your photos
within stacks, open the Aperture library in Aperture.
Creating Stacks
You can create stacks in two ways: specify that Aperture create stacks automatically, or you can
create stacks manually. For example, if you shoot a series of photos in quick succession (such as
at a sports event) or if you bracket photos to allow for dierences in lighting or exposure, you
most likely will want to view those photos together. Aperture can stack those photos based on
metadata recorded by the camera as the series of pictures is taken.
A series of photos taken
in quick succession.
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Photo series: With a series of photos shot in quick succession, Aperture can determine the
photos in a sequence and group them in a single stack. For example, sports photographers
shoot rapid bursts of photos to capture action. Based on timeline metadata—when a series of
shots was taken and the interval between shots—Aperture can determine which photos fall
into a sequence and group them in stacks.
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Bracketed shots: These typically represent a series of three pictures with slightly dierent
exposure settings. Advanced digital cameras often have options for shooting bracketed shots
automatically. When Aperture detects a series of bracketed photos, it includes the neutral
photo and the over- and underexposed photos in the stack.
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Version stacks: You can also have Aperture automatically group new versions of the same
photo as you create them.