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In this movie, we'll continue talking about setting Preferences. The next option is what happens when you double click on a photo. You have several choices. One is To Show or Hide the Viewer Only. Another is to Enter or Exit Full Screen Mode or you could have double clicking do nothing. I prefer to have double clicking Show or Hide Viewer Only Mode so that when I double click, I see just the main image that I'm looking at or I see the Viewer and the Browser Combined. We'll talk more about the Search Scope, the Full text search or Limited when we talk about Smart Albums. I recommend that you leave the rest of the options checked, although Show Tool Tips on Controls is optional if you find that you're adept at using all the different controls within Aperture. Let's look next at the Export Options. It's essential that you specify your external image editor. I've chosen Adobe Photoshop CS3, but if you have another program such as Elements or Painter or whatever, you would click here and choose it. You also want to specify what format to send the images to the external editor. I choose TIFF 16-bit because I want the files to have as much information as possible so I want a 16-bit file rather than an eight-bit file. There are, however, some programs that do better with an eight-bit file. You also have the option to send PSD files, which is perfectly find. Sometimes psds are slightly larger than TIFFs, which is why I choose TIFF 16-bit. But again, that's personal preference. I set it for 300 DPI because that's what I use for printing most often. If you use 360 or 240 for printing, then go ahead and set that here. You specify which program to use for the email that can be set up automatically in Aperture and this is one of the features that I really love about Aperture is how easy it is to send an image to friends or editors quickly. So I've chosen mail because I use the Apple program and then I have my Presets set up. We'll talk specifically how to edit and set up your email Preset when we talk about output in another movie. Make sure to add your web copyright information here and by the way, to get the copyright symbol, hold down the Option Key and press G and go ahead and type in your name. Under Previews, I recommend unchecking the option to Automatically Create Previews for New Projects. I found that when I had it checked, I was using a lot of memory for Previews that I was rarely using. Previews are useful when accessing your images in other applications such as KeyNote, iWeb, iPhoto, etcetera. I prefer to edit my images first and then create Previews for just my best images that I want to use in emails, slideshows, etcetera. However, you do have to remember to generate the Previews later that way and it can be frustrating to discover that the Previews are missing. So if you have plenty of memory, you might opt to leave this checked. Checking the option to Use Embedded JPG From Camera When Possible means that the Quick Previews will load even faster and use the JPG from the camera when it's possible. I also recommend keeping the option to Share Previews with iLife and iWork checked. That's certainly a major convenience. I leave my Previews set to about eight most of the time, although you might want to set your output up to ten if you're using the Previews in iPhoto for cards or calendars. Most of the time I use the Preview Limit Size set to 1440 by 1440 because my Projector output is 1400 by 1050 and this also matches the resolution of my MacBook Pro that I often use to show images to other people. You do have a lot of choices here, but if you choose Don't Limit you're going to find that your Previews take up a lot of space. We'll go through the Metadata and Web Gallery Preferences when we talk about using those specific functions. For now just be aware that you could always buy more .Mac storage space right here in your Preferences.