Friday, April 27, 2007

Metadata Overlay in Aperture 1.5

If you select Command-J in Aperture, you get a set of prefernces for the type of information you want to appear in the overlays at the botton of your images. The information varies, but for now I mainly want to know what rating and keyword(s) I have given t0 photo(s). I want to know that information whether I'm viewing a photo(s) in the Viewer mode or the Grid View. Since all a project's files are named the same thing, I really don't need that information.

Also since I work in and out of the Viewer and Grid modes, I simply have the same set of information displayed for both modes of view. That way I can use the hot keys Shift+U or Shift+Y to change to what information I need, no matter which mode I'm primarily viewing photos in.

As I develop my workflow in Aperture, I may find a need for a different type of information in the overlays, but for now Keywords and Ratings will do. Remember the hot keys for changing metadata overlays may take a little getting used to, but they can come in handy when processing images.

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