Keyboard shortcut for "auto enhance" function ???

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Keyboard shortcut for "auto enhance" function ???

I'd like to use a Keyboard Shortcut for the function "Auto Enhance/QuickFix". When I search in the Command Editor to see if one is pre-programed, I find this

but there is no "info" in the "modifiers" or in the "key" column. The description in the lower right corner of the screen shot above describes what I want to do but doesn't offer such a command itself. Does a KS exist for this ? If not how might I create one ? Thank you very much.

Bob

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4), Apertue 3.3.2 vs. 3.2.4

Posted on Jul 1, 2015 12:30 PM

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Answer 1

mrmanc

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Sep 24, 2017 4:27 AM in response to rwgs

Not exactly the answer to your question, but since this is the highest ranking question when you search for this, I thought I would share the tip that you can choose to automate moving the pointer to where the enhance button is, left clicking, and then returning the pointer to its original location using BetterTouchTool or similar.

It’s not perfect—it is only consistent while the application is in the correct position. I keep the application full screen to achieve this.

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Answer 2

Jul 2, 2015 7:50 AM in response to rwgs

The interface is a mess, but is stuffed with functionality.

Here is one way to bind a command to a key-chord.

In the Command List section, select the command you want to assign a shortcut to (e.g.: Quick Fixes ▹ Auto Enhance).

In the "Keyboard" section, click the key you want to use for the shortcut. Ignore modifier keys during this step.

The key you clicked should show in the lower right section, which changes from "Command Detail" to "Key Detail" and shows a picture of the currently-selected key in the upper right border.

Drag-and-drop the command in the Command List section onto the key-chord (with modifier keys) in the Key Detail section. A colored bubble should show up, indicating the key-chord binding (i.e.: you have made a keyboard shortcut for that command. (The colors indicate — uselessly, imho — the command category in Aperture. There are listed in the Command Groups sub-section of the Command List section.)

Note that you can re-assign bindings by dragging and dropping within the Key Detail section.

HTH,

—Kirby.

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rwgs Author

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Jul 2, 2015 9:38 AM in response to Kirby Krieger

Kirby

Thank you so much !! Not only did your method work, it was so clearly written and so concise, that it renewed my faith in the Aperture community that, for those of us who wish to stay with Aperture into the future, this Support forum will continue to provide a space where one can find help on problems. I've used Macs since 1983 and Aperture since about 2008 [?] and have no intention of going somewhere else for my extensive photo editing. I wish the folks at Apple would "get" it. Photos just doesn't offer any features for those to whom photography is an integral part of one's discretionary time or more.

The step by step outline you gave did the trick, the first time ! Thank you.

Bob

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Answer 4

Jul 2, 2015 9:51 AM in response to rwgs

Bob — you're welcome. Thanks for the kind words — your acknowlegement of the care that goes into writing a good answer means a lot to me. As for this forum — I still check in, but much less often. Few of the questions are about making the most of Aperture. As for Aperture itself: it never got the fully-mature version that the brilliance that went into its design deserved. Alas — Aperture is dead. Long live Aperture!

—Kirby.

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